The Web Guy, Online Insights for Business
This is the first in the series of “Practical Social Media“; over the coming weeks I will be looking in depth at how to set-up and run Social Media as part of your overall business strategy. If you have any areas you would like me to cover please let me know via the comments section [...]
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In today’s online world it’s all about being personal and getting social. This means one to one interaction with your customers, clients and prospects. Time and again we have seen businesses that really care, like Zappos for example, win through with unlikely e-commerce models because of their ability to engage with customers. The original online [...]
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What makes you nervous? You know, that fluttery tummy sensation that makes you feel light, hungry and thirsty all at the same time. For me it’s about 10 minutes before I get up to speak. And this weeks talk at Hot Source in Norwich was no different. Now I love giving talks, I could talk [...]
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I finally got my Google+ invite! After being teased by all the discussion around Googles new social platform for weeks I am now able to see what all the fuss is about. As a Google advocate I have tried many of their previous applications that ventured into the social space. What I had been hearing [...]
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Traditional retailers are having a tough time on the high streets currently. With consumer spending down, both in the US & UK due to the continued economic downturn. In testament to this decline, and rather ironically, Rackspace occupies what was a shopping mall in San Antonio, Texas; hosting the websites of many online retailers who [...]
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When starting out blogging it can be tough. You’re writing every day, with little feedback, no audience and little to guide you on what you’re doing right, or wrong. For a new blog it can take months, sometimes years to pick up a decent size audience. It requires consistency, and focus to succeed. At the end [...]
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Finding time for Social Media and fitting it into your already busy day can be a challenge. We all want to do more with our day but time is an immovable object. There are only 24 hours in a day no matter who you are or how much money you have. Some people seem to [...]
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What a week! Busy for me and busy for IPO‘s too. LinkedIn, Zynga and now Groupon all going Public, another Internet Bubble? Maybe. The big difference between now and early 2000 is that these high profile IPO’s all have huge revenues. A lot of the problem previously was severely over valued “ideas” rather than solid [...]
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Twitter is a fantastic tool, allowing you to communicate with thousands of people in your marketplace. Like email before it though, Twitter can have a detrimental effect on your productivity. You can find yourself drawn into conversations, checking for replies, looking at lists and following links into eternity. If you find yourself being drawn [...]
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This is the first SWOT post, Sean’s Week On Twitter. What will become a series of weekly posts highlighting some of my favourite articles that I have shared on Twitter during the week and why. Do your Marketing and/or Social Media efforts actually move people? Great article by Mitch Joel of [...]
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