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Episode: VMC #221 – Better Video For Your Business – # Tips by Steve Garfield

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The things social media professionals and experts should gradually start asking themselves are:
What’s there to be done now, in the current situation? and
How could I educate and develop myself for the future? when there’s less and less people asking you those same two questions “Why should I go to social media?” or “What’s the use for it?”.

I’ve been microblogging with Google Buzz for two days and I feel this time Google brings to us something that is more than Orkut. What’s so good about it? Buzz is out there in public for the first days and a lot will change during the coming months. I don’t need to fill a SUBJECT description. Most blogs still have a headline. Microblogs don’t ask for a subject. You just start writing.

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This is a question I’ve been pondering a lot lately when I’ve cleared to many people what I do for a living. Could a simple deduction practice help to determine this?
So am I a,
1. Creative Director?
This is something I even printed on my business card, because at that time it sounded this is what I do.

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Sometimes corporations try to shut their people up. Why?
Do you happen to know ice hockey? Well, who are the ones always interviewed and thus creating the name and value for the team? The key players, the stars.

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Last week I posted the slides of a social media workshop I gave in December [which was in Finnish] and promised to convert it in English.
Well, here it is. Enjoy! |=_0|
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Hi you all!
And happy new year!… or something. Guess it’s already almost February, but now let’s be more active, yes?
Here’s presentation slides for a social media workshop I gave in December for business teachers.
I’m not a big fan of posting presentations online, because I believe something is always missing from them [usually the speaker, right?], but in this case I feel this could come in handy for someone.

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The Twitter Lists feature is a way to organize the people, brands or whoever else you are following on twitter. What’s interesting about Twitter Lists is that they represent something more than a simple tool to organize contacts. In Twitter Lists we can find a huge amount of data that can be analyze to understand how people identify with a specific brand.

The Enterprise Social 2.0 (Amsterdam 27-28 Jan. 2010) is an event that will bring together decision makers from the Top Fortune companies to discuss innovative strategies on how to maximise business performance through social media engagement. Few names?

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Today I received (again) another sales phone call. It was unpleasant and it wasted my time. The good side of it is that it gave inspiration for this blog post in which I give you some insights on

I just finished reading November’s number of African Business magazine. Again there were many interesting articles, but one particular named as “Rebranding Africa” got me thinking, what kind of help is really best for “Africa” and who’s to decide? There’s quotes because, as there is no such thing as Europe, there’s not a single Africa either.

Episode: VMC #213 – Tony Hsieh, CEO Zappos.com – Business Happiness
[video 24.47 min.]

Show Notes & Credits: LeWeb, Zappos.com

• What are your sales mistakes costing you? – When you lose a client or are pitching business that you don’t win… do you know why you weren’t chosen?
• Measure the Impact, Not the Influence – Reaching a person interested in what you have to offer is more important
  

“…But how’s with the social, intellectual and emotional differences? Could those also be a source for new fascinating lifeforms? Couldn’t there be an environment created with these that allows one genuinely fulfill herself, nourished everyone’s dignity and gives everyone opportunities to develop towards independence and thus step by step towards reciprocal dependence?

Estonia has previously enjoyed a relatively high reputation among startups and international high tech companies due to its friendly and very incentivised tax environment. Well, if a new law regarding the different kinds of income goes through we might have to say good bye to that reputation. Baltic Business News reports that the government is in talks of revising the Income Tax Law to change the status of benefits, such as share options and shares.

A dedicated family business can be either a worthy pursuit, or it
can be a despicable failure.  As a business owner, you could end up
giving an important job to your nephew that you knew darn good and well
is under qualified to run a mop.  That said, sometimes a family
business can pan out.  You still have to make good decisions and
remember full well that there may be unintended consequences.  (As the
head of the company, YOU could be the jerk that didn't let someone have
time with their wife and kids, SCROOGE.)   So, if you're thinking of