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Will broadband mean a truly faster future?

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Updated on October 8th, 2013

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The debate around the national broadband network often seems to be far more political than ‘what’s in it for us.’ However I’ve just discovered a book that answers this question for us — the business owners, online marketers and online shoppers!

A Faster Future

A Faster Future

A Faster Future

I’ve been reading the book called “A Faster Future” by Brad Howarth and Janelle Ledwidge which has made me realise how big this opportunity will be for those who are ready.

I particularly enjoyed the 3rd chapter “Small Business, Big Potential” (p77).  The benefit for small business owners is that broadband and the web provides them with more power to compete with big business.

Not only can smaller organisations collaborate to tackle bigger competitors but they can now access web tools and software that were previously too expensive.

Outsourcing using sites like oDesk.com and Brickwork India (our favourites) provides access to a truly global talent pool. And of course if you’re doing business on the web you’ve opened yourself up to a global market too!

As buyers

As someone who buys stuff online, broadband has meant an explosion of online reviews which makes my decision making much easier. Ruslan Kogan, founder of Kogan Technologies, explains why on p85:

There is a whole dedicated online retail community made up of users with personal blogs who review products. You can type in nearly any product and the word ‘review’ into You Tube (or Google)… It is far safer to shop online because you’ve got all this information available to you.

Shoes of Prey

My favourite case study from the book is on p91 about Shoes of Prey – an online shoe retailer (no, not Zappos this time) based in Sydney.  On a personal note, I’ve been following the success of the three Shoes of Prey co-founders, so it was no surprise to see them profiled in this book.

Shoes of Prey

Design your own shoes

It turns out they set out to build a product that was a Purple Cow (a Seth Godin term for something so remarkable that people talk about it — like seeing a purple cow in a paddock).

I’ve seen first hand on many occasions, just how much of a purple cow their idea of allowing girls to design and purchase their own shoes on online is.

Girls go seriously crazy over being able to choose their shoe style, the length of heel, the colours and the decorations and they pay up to $375 for the privilege!

Shoes of Prey have embraced social media to allow the word to spead, including a very popular blog. Some guest blog posts have attracted 500,000 visits in a week and their story has even been picked up by the Wall Street Journal.

You can follow @shoesofprey on twitter.

Howarth & Ledwidge’s book gives countless examples of how small business can use broadband and the web to catapult themselves past big (slow) businesses – and for me that is the most exciting thing we have in store for us in the next few years!

You can follow @bhowarth and @janelleledwidge on twitter and check out their book for yourself www.AFasterFuture.com.

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Adam Franklin is the bestselling author of Web Marketing That Works. He is an international social media speaker and CEO of Bluewire Media.  His blog was Australia's #1 Business Blog and his podcast was #9 on the top marketing podcasts in Entrepreneur magazine. His work has featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, Huffington Post and iTunes. Download the popular Web Strategy Planning Template which has been used by hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. His weekly 'Bluewire News' email goes out to over 32,000 readers.
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