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Tag Archives: Social media
Losing touch with reality in social media
I have been away for a while taking a holiday, or if you prefer, a vacation. I really needed to step back and it was great to do so. Due to my actually having a rest from normal in-front-of-computer activities … Continue reading
The Daily Culture Shock
If we use social media in our marketing, we can easily get distracted by the latest fashion or the latest scare story. It can all get very confusing. You know what I think of Klout and its ilk. I think … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Social media
Tagged Facebook, fashion, marketing, network, networking, Social media, trend
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Living our lives in public
I guess all of us who use social media tools and web applications are to a degree living a public life. After all, that is the purpose, isn’t it – to raise our profiles for marketing purposes? Continue reading
Posted in networking, Social, Social media
Tagged network, networking, reputation, Social media
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Rabbit, rabbit!
Image via Wikipedia I hadn’t intended to return to the subject of web influence but elsewhere on “the internet” there are people including quite well-known pundits telling us that we should be working on our Klout and PeerIndex ratings because … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Sales, Social media
Tagged influence, Klout, noise, Social media
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Measuring web influence?
Image via Wikipedia When some people talk about their personal relationships, we want to cry out “Too much information” but when on-line that’s what we get. It is so difficult to filter out the noise. We are constantly being urged … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Sales, Social, Social media
Tagged BranchOut, Facebook, influence, Klout, marketing, Quora, sales, Social media, Twitter
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Riding the wave
So if we move with the times, let’s enjoy ourselves. If you are reading this you probably know that I have quite a significant on-line presence. I cannot claim to be one of the big hitters like Chris Brogan or … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, networking, Sales, Social media
Tagged Chris Brogan, Google Wave, Guy Kawasaki, marketing, network, networking, sales, small business, Social media, WordPress
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Ten Reasons I Won’t Follow Back On Twitter
Image via Wikipedia We all have our prejudices, and I guess mine are reflected in my approach to social media and indeed networking on and off-line. Here are some turn-offs as regards Twitter users – I won’t say the Twitterati, … Continue reading
Posted in Customer relations, marketing, networking, Social media, Uncategorized
Tagged follow, network, networking, small business, Social media, Social Networking, Twitter
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Online reputations again
Imagine you have spent a long time building your on-line reputation. You have spent years talking to people, befriending them, helping them and building trust. Your network has become a source of advocacy for your character and your business. You … Continue reading
Posted in Customer relations, marketing, networking, Referral networking, Social media
Tagged business, on-line, Politics, reputation, Social media, trust
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Managing our online reputation – a personal view
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
Posted in Customer relations, Social media
Tagged business, due diligence, Facebook, Google, on-line, reputation, Social media, Twitter
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Why we should deal with the present to look after the future of our business
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