The Merry-Go-Round of Posts and Improving Visibility

People who specialise in SEO will understand that it is not only the web-site that you create that has to have the right keywords, yet it is also important to have inbound links in order that Google, or other search engines take the page seriously. There are a number of tactics that we can leverage [...]

December 15th, 2011 by Peter B. Giblett 

“Twitter has done Nothing for Our Business”

I was talking the other day with the marketing manager at a large, well known hotel. She was complaining how they had posted their telephone number on Twitter on several occasions and had never received a single call on the special line they had setup. Her complaint was although they have more than 25,000 followers [...]

August 23rd, 2011 by Peter B. Giblett 

The Challenge of Becoming a Social Business

Much has been discussed over the past 5 years of the need for businesses to take note of the power of Social Media when communicating with prospects or clients. Indeed many corporations now have active brand accounts on Twitter or Facebook. There are many similarities in how any business will use social platforms, yet there [...]

May 17th, 2011 by Peter B. Giblett 

You Cannot Ignore Web Video: Consider, Plan, Execute

“If everyone and their mother are using web video and you aren’t it will only make you look bad and cause you to lose customers to competing companies with an online video presence”, Asserts Megan O’Neill. I am not saying that she is wrong about the importance of web video, but I have always been [...]

January 13th, 2011 by Peter B. Giblett 

Blogs – A Vital Component of On-Line Business Success

Blogs – A Vital Component of On-Line Business Success

In a recent article relating to the advantage offered by small business the author mentioned that “With any blog the article writer is best advised to write articles of general interest to their area of expertise”. Until recently Blogging has largely about personal image building, rather than building the image of brands or products. As [...]

November 30th, 2010 by Peter B. Giblett 

The Small Business Advantage – Near the Customer’s Heart

The Small Business Advantage – Near the Customer’s Heart

Listening to a representative of a local winery at a recent event gave me a time to listen to the experiences of a local small business. Of particular interest was the thought that “in our business if you want to talk to the marketing department you call me. If you want to talk to PR [...]

November 29th, 2010 by Peter B. Giblett 

Building a Enterprise Perception for the Technology Specialty

There is one certainty throughout the whole of our business life and that is the constant need for transformation. Business change is necessary in all places, that is certain, indeed we have to change in order to remain competitive. This statement is accurate through both good times and bad. This existing decline which we have [...]

November 11th, 2010 by Peter B. Giblett 

In The Rush to Socialize Does Your Website Look Stupid?

In The Rush to Socialize Does Your Website Look Stupid?

All types of companies are endeavouring to make their website Social Media friendly. One of the aspects that can lead to success here is the use of social widgets on the site to allow users to share information about your site with others in their network. Whether socializing a product website or an on-line magazine [...]

October 12th, 2010 by Peter B. Giblett 

30 Tips for Building your Social Media Following

This set of tips has been drown together from experience and a few one liners that I have heard during the better part of the last three years. It is curious how one has to live and experience social media life in order learn how to best assist others: Help someone each day, in some [...]

September 29th, 2010 by Peter B. Giblett 

The Danger of Advertising Posts on Social Media

A new form of advertising has started to appear on Twitter streams, it takes the form of a message that appears as if it is from a connection and you are guaranteed to see it because it mentions your user name or comes as a direct message. You may have received a post somewhat like [...]

August 23rd, 2010 by Peter B. Giblett 

Like, but No Dislike! How should we disagree?

Like, but No Dislike! How should we disagree?

One of the features many Social Media  sites have added to their application is an ability to signify that you like the item posted. The idea is to allow other people that you know that there is a post that you approve of which may encourage them to take a look, increasing the popularity of [...]

August 18th, 2010 by Peter B. Giblett 

Social Media: A Shift in Business thinking Brings Success

Social Media: A Shift in Business thinking Brings Success

Leveraging the Social Media channel as a communication tool for many businesses is  a priority. Perhaps one of the key concerns of CEOs or business owners though is how it will contribute to successful business growth. Yet this step requires a leap in thinking in order to be executed successfully. Sadly there are many so-called [...]

August 10th, 2010 by Peter B. Giblett 
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