February 2013 - Bluewire Media

Posted on Feb 27, 2013 by Charles Trentham

Yikes. Personal data might get wiped if you bring your device to work

This is a guest post.

Charles Trentham is a diehard tech blogger who loves to write about software, technology and future science. Recently he’s begun tackling topics related to antivirus and Trend Micro in order to feed his tech habits. He enjoys spending time with his family and Kelpie named Elaine.

Welcome Charles…

With the popularity of BYOD (bring your own device) soaring and more employers opting to go this route rather than investing in new hardware for their employees, data security is becoming a major concern. Facing the prospect of employees having regular access to potentially sensitive documents, emails, servers, and other information, employers need to know there are measures in place to protect themselves in the event of a breach.…

Posted on Feb 25, 2013 by Adam Franklin

Why it is important to tell stories online with Valerie Khoo

Valerie Khoo is the author of ‘Power Stories‘ and runs the Australian Writers’ Centre. Recently I got the chance to interview Valerie about why it is important to tells stories in the online world.

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Here is the transcript:

Adam Franklin: Hi there. It’s Adam, and I’m here with Valerie Khoo, the author of ‘Power Stories’. Thanks for joining us Valerie.

Valerie Khoo: Glad to be here.

Adam Franklin: Valerie’s taught us this morning about how to write business book. So thank you, it’s very valuable.…

Posted on Feb 22, 2013 by Toby Jenkins

3 Lessons from Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

Quiet - the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking book cover

Have you ever lingered in the bathroom at a social event to take a few extra minutes to re-gather yourself?

Have you ever found that working alone was much more productive?

Or, on the flip side, that working alone was much less productive?

I can definitely answer “Yes” to all three.

If you’re looking to understand why you answered these questions the way you did, then “Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” might help.

I first saw Quiet’s author, Susan Cain, speak in Boston at Hubspot’s Inbound Marketing conference.…

Posted on Feb 10, 2013 by Adam Franklin

How to identify your native genius. Multipliers

When we attended Liz Wiseman‘s Multipliers Leadership Summit in San Francisco, Toby and I did a short video for Liz explaining how we do our native genius activity at Bluewire Media. It’s a process we follow with new team members once they’ve been with us for about 3 months.

Multipliers Success Story #1 Bluewire Media from Larry Wiseman on Vimeo.

Here is the transcript:

Adam Franklin: Hi. It’s Adam Franklin and Toby Jenkins, and we’re from Bluewire Media. We first read “Multipliers” a couple of years ago when Verne Harnish suggested we read it at the Growth Summit.…

Posted on Feb 8, 2013 by Toby Jenkins

How to create Scorecards for Topgrading

Ahhhh. A new book and new best practice ideas to implement. Thanks so much to Geoff Smart and Randy Street authors of “Who: The A method for hiring”, for sharing their insights.

So. To enable businesses to hire 90% A Players, “Who” sets out a 4 step process to implement the Topgrading hiring methodology:

Scorecard
Source
Select
Sell

So we started on the Scorecard and in this post I wanted to share a surprising benefit, what a Scorecard is, why use a Scorecard, how we created our scorecards and an example Scorecard.…

Posted on Feb 5, 2013 by Adam Franklin

Are you worried you’re annoying? Dan Zarrella tells.

In Boston I caught up with Dan Zarrella – the Social Media Scientist at HubSpot. I like Dan’s work because, like a true scientist, he analyses loads of data to reach his conclusions!

I wanted to know at what point you become annoying on social media and how often was too much or not enough.

Here’s a transcript of what we spoke about.

Adam Franklin: Hi, there. It’s Adam Franklin, and I’m here with Dan Zarrella, the Social Media Scientist from HubSpot. Thanks for a great presentation today, Dan.…

Posted on Feb 4, 2013 by Adam Franklin

How to raise your IQ by 50 points – Write a book

Andrew Griffiths has written 11 books in 11 years and most have been best sellers.

When Andrew spoke at the Key Person of Influence event on the weekend he explained why we need to write a book, what we need to do to become an author, and how to be a best selling author.

Here’s what I learnt from Andrew Griffith’s keynote.

Why write a book?

The main reason to write a business book is that you have more credibility, and you become an expert, therefore you get more business opportunities, more media opportunities, you are more highly valued, you get paid more, you get more speaking engagements, more consulting gigs, you get more leads, more clients, more income streams and you can get in more doors.…