Category Archives: Social media

Fear of the unknown in business

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Jon Stow

I wrote a little about being courageous in business a while back and was reminded that FEAR can stand for False Evidence Appearing Real (thank you Martin). Now we may often be worried about doing something that is a complete … Continue reading →

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How I tailor my business purchases and strategies to my needs

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Jon Stow

An alternative title to this post might be “How I run an introverted business in an extroverted way” since the two are inter-linked. My business is for the most part involved in dealing with tax issues. There is some flair … Continue reading →

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On-line reputations and why we should avoid politics

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Jon Stow

In Britain we are fast coming up on a General Election. This is leading to some people getting animated about policy, criticizing politicians they don’t like, and generally displaying their views on-line for all to see. Frankly some of us … Continue reading →

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Why some people don’t want help

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Jon Stow

When we are out networking we tend to offer our help where we think it’s needed. I don’t mean by trying to sell; most of us know better than that. However generally we try to connect people, to make suggestions, … Continue reading →

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Networking and knowing when to say “thank you”

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Jon Stow

We all know that to be successful networkers we should give, and give unconditionally, and in business networking we give in order to build trust. We benefit later on from referrals and recommendations, sometimes years later. In the meantime we take pleasure in the giving. Continue reading →

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How I use Twitter

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Jon Stow

I love Twitter. Many people blog about it, but a networking friend of mine is struggling to understand how she may benefit, and this is what I have told her. Continue reading →

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Managing our online reputation – a personal view

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Jon Stow

This is a popular subject for bloggers, and we know that our online reputation is important, but somehow human nature seems to mean that many of us are as casual about it as with our offline reputation. Most of us … Continue reading →

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Why you should define your offering as a freelancer or consultant

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Jon Stow

In these challenging times with regard to the state of the economy there are a lot more people without full-time employment who find themselves looking for freelance work and who are seeking to offer one form or another of business … Continue reading →

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Why we should deal with the present to look after the future of our business

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Jon Stow

We are coming to the end of another year, and of course all the predictions for 2010 and beyond are already upon us. As with the social media “experts’” forecasts, most of these will be wrong or else they will … Continue reading →

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Social media experts

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Jon Stow

The word “expert” is not a word I am comfortable with. One of the sites to which I am contributor, and for which I am grateful because of the additional exposure does describe me as an expert author. Whilst this is a sort of compliment, I write about what I know through experience. After all, I write this blog about small business life because I have a small business of my own.

So what about social media? Are there any experts? I think there are specialists, but nobody knows where we will go, inextricably linked with the technology. Continue reading →

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