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Is a Blog right for you and your business?

This week i want to tackle the topic about blogging for my readers. The reason i write this post is because i have now received emails from at least 10 of my reader buddies asking me various questions on the blogging topic. I have answered these questions via email but last night when archiving my emails i realized that i could have a post series tackling the basics steps within the blogging world. Please note there are bloggers out there who are extremely gifted and have learnt the ins and outs of blogging. They are masters in their own right

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[ More ] August 17th, 2010 | 3 Comments | Posted in Digital News, Web Business Life Strategy |

How to write a blog post that helps your readers

In today's social media world, blogging has picked up as another tool that we should use to keep our content fresh and appealing. There was a time I wished that the whole world would love my writing style but alas it was a painful process of understanding and rethinking the process of how to capture my audience in a nice way. I want to share with you a few ideas on how to write great blog posts. I have recently understood this theory and was able to experiment this on my own blog. The first thing

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[ More ] August 12th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Digital News, Web Business Life Strategy |

Top 10 Social media mistakes that you can fix over time

How many times have you tried to go about doing social media just to realize that you are not getting the results you deserve. I have been there too and it's frustrating at times. Now instead of giving up, let's look at ways we can get out of this mess. I hope the social mistakes listed below provide some insights for your social media presence. Let's get started Social media mistake 1 : They told you to connect and you did, but they were the wrong connections: Ok who has not been down this road. Lots of

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[ More ] August 9th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Digital News, Web Business Life Strategy |

‘What are you doing for others?’ through the power of social media.

For this Weekend I urge you to reflect and ask yourself, what have you done for others with no expectations? This week has been a heck of a sick week for me. Have been down with fever and a sore back and yet my world has been filled with social media and how to get back up on my two feet to get things moving. When i visited the Chiro this week for a few sessions we spoke about social media and what i do. When he heard Social Media the conversation went on and on about

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[ More ] August 5th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News, Web Business Life Strategy |

Why as a business you need that Facebook Page, don’t laugh I’m serious

What's the point of having a facebook page you may ask. In social media everyone keeps harping about how you need to have that facebook page. You have gone ahead and created one but there is no one buzzing around it. I know the frustration and I sympathize with you. It's all ok for me to sit in my home office and talk about all the wow factors that Dell has been able to achieve with their page or how Coco Cola was able to do it. How do you go about creating that same

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[ More ] August 5th, 2010 | 4 Comments | Posted in Digital News, Web Business Life Strategy |

How to Measure Social Media ROI – It can be a mission

These days i have been a bit out of action as i have thinking on how to measure return on investment within the social media realm. Or should I say The Return on Ignorance (ROI). Sorry that's me just thinking out loud. It's a mission as its not that straight forward. Many CRM applications are working to bridge this gap but in the mean time how to you measure returns. I actually feel bad for corporates who have a legacy based CRM application because they have a challenge now in front of them to measure their marketing

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[ More ] August 4th, 2010 | 12 Comments | Posted in Digital News, Web Business Life Strategy |

Ways to beat your competition using social media channels – just be different

Social media is no more a buzz word. It's just business as usual for most companies especially those who have embraced social media. But in all this social media world people have gotten into the rat race of competition for fans, followers. Most companies judge their return on Investment based on the huge number of followers or fans. Let me get this straight to you. This is absolutely not the way to go about social media. Innovation and being natural is the key to success just like how we differentiate our own individual personality in

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[ More ] August 3rd, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Digital News, Web Business Life Strategy |

Are you being a follower for the heck of it or are you following quality?

When i commenced my journey on twitter I would feel really bad not to follow someone especially when they are following me. Social Media services and consultancy is getting to be a complete mess in some instances. So when i commenced using Twitter every day i would login to Twitter and geez my dashboard would be full of updates that don't matter to me. It would be annoying but I was in the process of learning the game. I was confused why i got followers who practically followed me for the heck of it and i

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[ More ] July 28th, 2010 | 4 Comments | Posted in Digital News, Web Business Life Strategy |

Will you get paid to be a friend?

In today's busy world how many of us actually have our true friends near us when we need them? How many of us take time out to nurture a relationship and grow this into a friendship? I believe friendship is and will always be sacred in my books. Its a bond that you nurture and grow over time. It's not a transaction. Today however we are running after money, fame, our job, and of course providing for our family. During this time however we don't think of taking time out for our friends or for anyone we come across. I

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[ More ] July 23rd, 2010 | 8 Comments | Posted in Digital News, Web Business Life Strategy |

Endorsements and recommendations are they worth it? Does that make you the person you are?

Ever day that passes by i aim at doing less and less of the normal corporate business day in and day out tasks.My typical day lately has been writing a post, managing social media campaigns, automating some of my processes, chatting online with friends via IM, facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, sms and of course meeting with people. But i feel a bit weird because everyone is busy running around. Life was the same for me too a year back but since i have consciously made a decision to choose what i want to do i have time to now connect and

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[ More ] July 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Digital News, Web Business Life Strategy |