Keith Ferrazzi is a relationship expert who wrote Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Back – both of which I love. He came out to Australia recently thanks to The Growth Faculty and gave a workshop. His thoughts on social media are worth sharing!
You know it’s interesting about social media. Social media is another connection point we can all use to broaden the touch points, the connections that we have, but it doesn’t necessarily assume that you’re going to build a relationship.
One of the most common questions I am asked at presentations and workshops is “how do I deal with negative comments on social media?”
After telling a few stories about both good and bad ways of dealing with negative comments, I usually paint a hypothetical situation and let the audience members debate it in small groups and then de-brief at the end. Each group often takes a slightly different approach and they are all very valid.
The 2 most common responses I hear and advocate are: 1. Personally contact the person who left the negative comment and “show you care”.…
It turns out Andrew Griffiths is Australia’s best selling business author, from Cairns and quite a character!
Andrew Griffiths is a small business author, professional presenter and advisor. Here is his interview on how writing a book is an effective marketing strategy.
If you’re wondering how to get involved in social media and ‘protect yourself’ at the same time then you’re not alone!
Arguably the biggest fear people have is that staff will run rampant and give the company a bad name. Or worse still, that customers will air their grievances publicly and it will end up being a marketing & PR nightmare.
The good news is there’s a way forward — a social media policy!
During my time in San Francisco I was lucky enough to meet and interview Dave Peck – the social media strategist for Meshin.
He’s based out of Palo Alto Research Centre (home of the ethernet) in Silicon Valley.
Dave’s career is pretty remarkable – it was kick-started while he was playing Second Life (as a young blonde named Britney no less) and has grown in even more remarkable ways.
To name but a few of his achievements:
Dave has built online communities for Sergio Rossi, Stella McCartney, Coca Cola and Wells Fargo,
He has also worked as a social media strategist for The Grammys, The Ozzy Osbourne Auction, and NPR; and
He’s been profiled by CNBC and CurrentTV for his work in social media and community building.
In this 3 minute interview, Giam Swiegers shares his passion for social media, how they embrace it as Deloitteand why future leaders absolutely need it!
Here’s what I discovered.
What is a Digital Native?
A Digital Native is a term coined by a Stanford professor in 2001. A digital native is considered anyone born after technology was invented. That is anybody younger than 34.…
Ross Dawson is a leading technology futurist, entrepreneur & best selling author. I caught up with Ross Dawson to discover his predictions for the Web in 2011.
Watch this 4:54 minute interview to find out what’s happening on the web in 2011.
Here’s what I discovered from Ross about the futurist’s web predictions…
What do you see the future of the web being for businesses?
Prediction 1: The web is becoming more and more central for how we find information and therefore products, services & suppliers.
Prediction 2: The other key thing to stem from this is reputation. …
It sometimes surprises me how approachable people are online & Aussie blogger Jeff Bullas was no exception!
It was one of Jeff’s posts about 37 Signals monetising their blog that caught my attention, so I dug around to find out a bit more about him. I discovered that Jeff writes fascinating blog posts every day, is an AdAge Power 150 blogger (that’s a big deal) AND has over 47,000 twitter followers. I was intrigued (and yes, impressed).
I wanted to find out how…
So I tweeted Jeff (and mentioned a mutual friend). …
Pete Blasina is well known on Australian TV as the Gadget Guy. I was thrilled to meet Pete when we were on the same panel at the “Man vs Machine” debate in Sydney’s lower town hall recently.
After the debate, I interviewed Pete ‘The Gadget Guy’ about his favourite new business toy – Apple’s iPad.
Discover how what started out as a entertainment device has quickly become a really valuable business tool at Peter’s company.
Pete “The Gadget Guy” discusses the Apple iPad
Hi. I’m Pete, the Gadget Guy, and I’m going to just talk about the iPad. …
Jack Daly tells a wonderful tale of how powerful Facebook has been for him.
Prior to a trip to Toronto and then to New York, Jack updated his facebook status. Big deal, you say?
Sometimes Facebook’s basic features like status updates are dismissed as being inappropriate for ‘work’ and often overlooked entirely.
Yet as you can see from Jack Daly they incredibly powerful communication tool! Thanks again to Business Connect for bringing Jack out to Brisbane.
Watch the video to find out how this simple Facebook status update triggered messages and enquiries that led to Jack booking 4 speaking gigs in one week!…
‘Networking’ is one of those horrible words, like ‘selling’ and ‘self-help’ that have icky connotations.
Unfortunately, ‘networking’ conjures up images of the schmoozer handing out his business card and then darting his eyes over your shoulder to find his next victim. Nobody likes that guy.
Luckily, there are friendly, approachable people like Scott Ginsberg aka “The Name Tag Guy” who give networking a good name!
Scott Ginsbergis the authority on approachability (google it) and meets people everywhere he goes because wears a name tag all the time!…