Travel to meetings? I feel your pain…and highlight mine
Last Wednesday morning I left home at 6.45am and returned at 7.12pm. I’m not whinging about the fact I was out 12 and a half hours as most of the adult working population is busy with their jobs and pushing themselves ever closer to the limits in order to get though these difficult
read moreshow social or show business
If your heavily entrenched in social networks across the digital world then you’re probably having a great time. Friendships are strong, conversations are frequent and it’s generally a great place to be. Who wouldn’t want to connect with hundreds and thousands of people with every tweet or have your Facebook ‘friends’ discuss your latest status [...]
read moreNeed inspiration? Take 2 pills of social media guru pain relief & swallow…then focus and become great
I’m carrying on a theme from an earlier post but I don’t think it’s just me that sees companies and individuals across social media going through plenty of self-analysis and soul searching lately. The reasons for this to me are relatively clear. 1. Many so called experts and gurus(??) are slightly bemused as to why [...]
read moreLife is not played out in 140 characters
It’s a thought that’s been whirring around my mind for a while now as I’ve been watching the social media channels fill up with 140 character messages, status updates, wall posts, blog comments and image uploads and I’ve started to realise that too many people don’t seem to mind that they’re playing their lives out [...]
read moreLikeminds. Bringing people together? A resounding Yes!
Like 350 others I was lucky enough to attend Likeminds 2010 in Exeter, Devon last Friday. Much has been written about it the day; from the speakers, the attendees and the atmosphere, and most it has been very positive. There has even been a minor backlash at all those who seemed to infiltrate the twitter [...]
read moreGuest Post from @brandguardian (Jo Porritt): Attending LikeMinds – A Virtual Perspective
Here follows the first of my guest posts this week. The first is from Jo Porritt (@brandguardian) who gives her perspective on Likeminds as a virtual event. Later this week I’ll also be posting another guest article from Trey Pennington (@treypennington), looking at Trey’s views on the comparisons between social media in the UK & [...]
read moreEyes Down! Social Media… every day 24/7/365! But is it worth it? Hell Yeah
So far (and I mean so far, as I have absolutely no intention of changing) most of us reading this will spend an average of 2 – 5 hours each today embroiled in looking at our tweetdeck columns, iphone social media apps, favourite blogs, You tube links and/or leaving comments and thoughts across the world [...]
read moreThe people I want to meet up with this year
As we’re into the new year and everyone is full of lists or predictions of what they want to achieve I thought I’d take a different slant and look at people I want to spend more time working with, meet, engage & collaborate in social media and marketing; or at least hold a really decent [...]
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