So the crisis, per Wall Street, is coming to an end and Q3 looks promising – really think so? So why is that that businesses are just beginning to feel the pinch of layoff pressure, pricing downturn and market share concerns? I have a theory. One that many of the Senior Leadership of varying sized companies will say aha when they read this (It’s that 20/20 thing) and take note on ways to avoid the many...

There’s a new ART to the understanding of Crowd Behavior and it’s not just getting people to follow, connect or read your blog posts. In today’s fast-paced 140 Character, highly-limited bandwidth of your audience, you must know your audience and how to alter their behaviors with the vast tools available to your Marketing Strategy. Just being there (Online) isn’t nearly enough. When Senior...

ViTO (Very Important Top Officer) I wanted to write and thank Beth Allen and Tony Parinello for having me on as a Featured Guest on Friday’s Quota Busters Show broadcast in 29 Countries (I believe – it may be more). What an honor to be on this show, and if you know, read or have heard of the “ViTO Man”, Author of so many Best Selling Books it’s too many to list here (Blow are just...

#Opportunity-is-knocking-and-you-are-not-using-hashtags-properly Small, medium and large organizations take note: Hashtags can drive opportunities if used correctly. Let’s take a non-likely industry, say Freight Carriers, and look at some scenarios of how they could be leveraging Social Technology to drive business. Problem: A Freight Haulers main business challenge is “Back Hauls”, which...

Chris Brogan wrote a very short but intense article http://www.chrisbrogan.com/spread-your-wings-get-more-retweet-action-today/?dsq=10418994#comment-10418994 that has received over 30 comments from others, that contains great tips, which is how this whole Social thing works. As you read Chris’ posting, be sure to sign up for http://disquis.com to add your comments as well. This posting leans toward a...

Innovation seems to be lacking during times of survival across many industries and management teams. As the drive for revenue and profits remain difficult from a year over year basis, sales and marketing becomes stagnant as focus can only be on survival. Innovation may be easier than most realize, given human assets on both sides of the equation, creative and analytical teams can co-exist, in a collaborative...

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:06 PM Posted by Chad Parry, Gmail Engineer I wanted to get this out to as many as possible using Gmail. I use Gmail for many reasons, but mainly as the tool that allows me to synchronize, connect easily and speed through emails as I get 300-400 per day from my Social Network connections. Needless to say, I also use Gmail Calendar, to bring in various Calendars from others that allow...

If you hit the “Accept” button on LinkedIn – Stop immediately. OK…too much drama so far? Sorry, but I have seen a recent trend to quickly hit the “Accept” Invitation button with little or no research after you accepted the invitation. If you were given the chance to talk to a number of the 7,700 1st degree invitations I have accepted, you would understand how I have built...

As many of us begin to understand how LinkedIn and Twitter work in harmony together, many companies have yet to understand the dynamics of these two very different mediums from a ROI perspective. I find that organizations, even those with many salespeople, can’t seem to determine why they should be on either platform, from a sales strategy perspective. Some  companies even discourage the use of LinkedIn...

This is not for the weak of  hearts, however, you can cut through maddening amounts of time by using LinkedIn’s Advanced Search tool and some “Code Guy” type techniques. Let’s look at how this works and then the operators that can help drive very interesting searches in far less time. Tough? Let’s look at how we can make this simple: If you would like to do a complex search (for...