Web 2.0

Is A Blog Your New Business Card

A blog gives sales executives an opportunity to stand out from the crowd – a way to explain who and what we are, why we’re special, and why others should do business with us. Have you got a blog as your personal business card, yet? The sales guys personal blog can be a multi faceted, [...]

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The End of Linked In Isn’t the End

Internet Enabled Business

The end of Linked In is close now, or at least that’s the message in Is Linked In Checking Out? by Brad McCarty at TNW. It’s a good article, referring back to a previous piece in the same publication about the downward spiral in usage resulting from crappy old fashioned software and the lack of [...]

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Google Will Win and Facebook Will Lose

Internet Enabled Business

In the battle between Google and Facebook, Google will win and Facebook will lose. And so will Foursquare, Evernote, and anybody else you might think of. And Google will lose in the end too. I don’t know who to, because they haven’t started yet, but if I were a betting man, and I’m not, I’d [...]

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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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How to Stop Email Interrupting You

Front Office Box

Image via Wikipedia Email drives my workflow, instead of interrupting it, so I save time and get more things done. We solved the problem with it hurting our productivity and saved hours every day. Is Email a problem for you? Is it constantly interrupting you with incoming messages which need something done, but not necessarily [...]

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A Role for Social Media in B2B

Internet Enabled Business

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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Waving to Myself – Am I Really That Sad

CRM

Image by avlxyz via Flickr Google Wave Matures, or does it? Has Google Wave come of age as a business tool? Does it have a role in Customer Service and CRM applications. Will it be a natural component in any company IT architecture? We’ve been trying it out again to find out the answers to [...]

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Small Business Takes to Clouds

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I’ve had a great day today with several pieces of excellent news. This is in someways the best, because we’re a global business but our main markets are the USA and UK. So far interest coming from the UK has been disappointing, compared even with places like Australia, China, Hong Kong and even the Nordic [...]

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