Social Media

How Social Media is Changing Everything As It Dies

The Social Media tsunami which flooded the world over the last couple of years is rapidly coming to the end of its power, having changed everything. Selling in the post social media world needs new rules. Here’s my take on what selling will be like after the flood. It was exciting while it lasted, and [...]

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Why Social Media Is a Complete Waste of Time

Internet Enabled Business

Working with Social Media is a complete waste of time for businesses. Nobody listens, nobody’s interested, nobody cares what you think, or say or do. In fact the majority of people who tried Twitter, or Facebook or Linked In, or Stumbleupon, or You Tube, or Digg pretty soon gave up on the whole idea. There’s [...]

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Pick of the Business Internet July 19th.

Internet Enabled Business

Image via Wikipedia Here’s my selection of the best articles from the Business Internet last week. Do you get really ticked off by those commercial WiFi spots, in stores, coffee shops, airports, and hotels etc. You know the ones where the access is shown as public, but only so as you can login and buy [...]

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A Role for Social Media in B2B

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Image via Wikipedia Does Social Media have a role in B2B relationships? I’ve been trying to find a role which makes sense, and so far a definitive answer has eluded me. What do you think? There’s no shortage of Social Media consultants extolling the potential for the genre to add value to business relationships, and [...]

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Getting Heard Above the Noise

Internet Enabled Business

Did you try building an Internet presence and give up, put off by the need to be extrovert? Quite a number of the guys we do business with did exactly that. It’s hard to be brazen and shout when our culture dictates we be modest. That’s where the social media revolution falls down. It’s counter [...]

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Will Facebook Be The New Business Internet

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Back in the 90′s the Internet was dominated by ISPs who charged us for the privilege of accessing their adverts. Everybody expected this to be the new business model, but it didn’t last. New DSL providers came along, getting together with Google to provide us with free portals. Through the late 2000s we’ve seen an [...]

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