Referring clients to your competitors is a good idea

Friday, 20 November 2009, 20:26 | Category : Influence
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Uploaded by Sergio Prado on 30 Sep 09, 3.06PM GMT.
Here is a good example of why it’s a good idea to refer clients to people who can help them when you can’t do it.
Went to a corner shop today and I asked for something. The guy behind the counter looked at me, slowly turned around, [...]

How can you follow thousands on twitter?

Thursday, 23 July 2009, 17:35 | Category : Social Media
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When I did the Intro to Social Media I was asked how many people I follow on twitter. I said over 1500 but the accurate count (today at least) is 1901.
“Impossible”, the man said, “how can you monitor over 1500 people?”
The simple answer. I don’t.
I know there [...]

Friendfeed surge? Is it just me?

Monday, 11 May 2009, 9:41 | Category : Startups
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I am under the impression that a lot of new activity is going on over at Friendfeed. I see loads of new people and a lot of Greeks as well, who seemed to not like it or not know about it for quite some time.
And I sort of started wondering. Wouldn’t it be lovely if [...]

Some negative thoughts on Facebook

Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 15:18 | Category : Social Media
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No – this is not about money, or stock options or marketing and online advertising budgets. This is actually about friends and networks of friends and how I find Facebook to be a huge challenge at the best of times.
I reserve Facebook for personal contacts – in direct opposition to say LinkedIn where I have [...]