#wighthour finally goes for that hot chocolate!

 Well today after weeks of promising myself a hot chocolate in the gorgeous 'Chocolate Island' shop at Godshill I finally made it there!
We as a family have visited the shop many times but this was a first visit as '@wighthour' and the first stop in the cafe. I really liked it there its pretty and feels cosy and personal even outside, and the hot chocolate was gorgeous!
@chocol8_island was expecting me as we have spoken many times on twitter during #wighthour and I had asked if they could make me a #wighthour chocolate bar... well they certainly didn't disappoint.....all I have to do now is resist eating it ...well for a while anyway ;) (pic at bottom of post)
Next time you are in Godshill I definitely recommend stopping in for a treat for yourself or someone else :)

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Do you want to be featured?

I am looking to feature a different island business here on the wighthour blog each week, if you are interested @wighthour or by email @ wighthour@gmail.com
in being featured please contact me either here by leaving a message in the comments box below, on twitter
I will send you a few questions to answer so you can be featured as you wish - in your own words! I will gladly include any images you want (so long as they are yours!)
I look forward to hearing from you all! I will feature people in turn in the order I get their requests!

Sarah @wighthour

Getting to know you..

As a way of getting to know you all I thought I'd start this question and answer session...
Just 5 questions please leave your answers as comments!

Your names (First name and username/twitter name if you have one!):
Name of your business:
Type of business:
How long have you been in business:
Have you told anyone about #Wighthour/Will you?

1st #WightHour

Ok I will admit I did feel like I was waiting for a party to happen that no one was going to turn up to but thankfully in the first ever #wighthour I wasn't alone!!

It was slow going at first but I got a fair few tweets for the first night and I hope now that week on week it will grow with more and more island businesses following, rt'ing' and promoting not only their own business but also other local businesses too, with the idea/hope that they and others will do the same back!

These are the businesses that tweeted with us tonight and promoted us in the build up to #wighthour!
@emswindsor emmawindsor.co.uk
@Treetopthinking treetopthinking.co.uk
@BluelabelleIOW bluelabelle.com
@CareerLovingMum facebook.com/careerlovingmums
@bekenandson http://www.bekenandsoncowes.co.uk/
@iheartbuttonsuk http://www.iheartbuttons.co.uk/

Thank you all and hopefully see you all again next monday!

Don't forget to spread the word to help us all! :)

#WightHour

Hello #WightHour

There are alot of #....hour tags on twitter now, all set up for various groups or niches of people who try to get together once a week (or more) for a set hour to share similar interests, businesses or local areas.

I live on the Isle of Wight, which aside from the geographical obvious seperation also means you are or at least can feel quite seperate from everywhere else.
Most other places and counties have their own area #hour so  I went searching (with thanks to the lovely @emswindsor )to see if there was one based on the Island.. I couldn't find one, so after a few weeks of thinking I thought I'd make one!
So this is basically a shout out to anyone running or starting a small business on the island as a way of promoting ourselves to the rest of twitter by Rt'ing' each other including the #wighthour hashtag during the set hour!
Now as it's only me right now I am going to pick a monday night between 8-9pm (This is subject to change if the need arises).
It doesn't have to be just business tweets either, it can be just general chit chat if you are on or love the Island! :)
If you have any suggestions or comments for or about #WightHour please leave a comment here or tweet me @wighthour