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19
Jan

Social media strategy is more than Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin

By • January 19, 2012 • Consumer 2.0, Social Media • 4 Comments

So often we miss the point of social media. We get caught up in the networks Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and any other that tickle our fancy at the time. We hear a murmur about Google’s Google+ and start to get nervous about managing yet another social media platform. The truth is that social media is [...]

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01
Dec

Web 2.0 Conference in March 2012

By • December 1, 2011 • Events • 2 Comments

I am proud to be presenting at the Web 2.0 Conference at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park in March 2012. I will be speaking on the need to reinvent your business using social technology and how you can do this. The line up of speakers looks very impressive and I think it will be one [...]

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30
Nov

Three fantastic time management techniques that will change your life

By • November 30, 2011 • Productivity • 2 Comments

2011 is drawing to a close soon and as I look back I have been able to say that it was a relatively successful year. I have managed to meet all of my business targets and I have enjoyed every moment of the year. I am often asked about my time management techniques and I [...]

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08
Nov

The Social Media Entrepreneur [series]

By • November 8, 2011 • Case Studies, Entrepreneurs, Facebook, Linkedin, Social Media, Twitter • Leave a comment

Over the past few months I have been blogging at www.ideate.co.za on I have used social media to build a business as an entrepreneur. I called it “The Social Entrepreneur” series which sounded cool at the time but I have since found out the the “catchy title” was a but misleading. Either way I thought [...]

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31
Oct

3 lessons from the Global Leadership Summit

By • October 31, 2011 • Entrepreneurs, Global Leadership Summit, Leadership, Productivity • Leave a comment

As a businessman I have become acutely aware that my ability to lead is directly related to the growth and success of any business I run. This has lead me to read as much as possible on leadership, follow top leadership professionals and attend conferences where I can learn more about successful leadership. The Global [...]

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24
Oct

Social Reinvention – New Keynote Presentation

By • October 24, 2011 • Business to Business, Case Studies, Control, CRM, Entrepreneurs, Online Branding, Social Business, Social Media • Leave a comment

I am proud to present the result of over a years worth of research in a Keynote Presentation called Social Reinvention. Social Technology (Social Media) has thrown many businesses and industries into a state of flux as they feel the effects of this communication shift. Barriers to entry, an influx of new entrepreneurs, new platforms [...]

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20
Oct

What’s the real benefit of Online Reputation Management

By • October 20, 2011 • Online Reputation Management • Leave a comment

Online reputation management may be one of the most useful tools to business looking to extract a value out of social media. Continuous monitoring of what people are saying about your brand, product or service can provide incredibly valuable insight into how you are perceived in the market. After all, perception is reality – at [...]

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07
Oct

Linkedin adds Company Status Updates [video]

By • October 7, 2011 • Business to Business, Linkedin, Social Media • Leave a comment

I have been waiting for this to happen for some time. With the growth of Linkedin in South Africa and on a global scale it is only fitting that Linkedin would begin offerring ways for company entities to engage their clients. Linkedin have opened the status updates option for Linkedin. This means that Linkedin company pages [...]

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06
Oct

Social Media Bootcamp in Johannesburg this October

By • October 6, 2011 • Social Media Workshops • Leave a comment

Thanks to a growing demand in our Social Media Bootcamp we are proud to be bring another round of the bootcamp to Johannesburg on the 26th October 2011. To refresh your memory here are the key points we cover in the half day workshop: The Social Media Bootcamp is a crash course in Social Media and [...]

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04
Oct

How social screening can help the recruitment process [infographic]

By • October 4, 2011 • Facebook, Generation Y, Linkedin, Recruitment, Social Business, Twitter • Leave a comment

A while ago I wrote an article on how the recruitment industry was shifting due to social media technology. I would like to add to that conversation by talking about social screening. Social screening is the process of searching for potential candidates in social websites like Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter and “checking them out.” This [...]

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