How can blogging help you sell?

Do you want to know how blogging can help you sell? Are you sceptical if it will work in your business niche/sector/industry? Are you trying to figure out if you should start a blog? Then read on….. While on holiday in Thailand I saw this article pop up in my Flipboard. Link to article > […]

What is social business?

Do you want to know what social business is? Do you want to know how it will change business in the future? I believe there is no such thing as “Social Media”. It is just a phrase to describe the current state of the internet. I believe social business is the future of business. Social […]

How to be happy

I have just spent the last two weeks in Thailand and I am currently writing this blog on the 13 hour flight back from Bangkok to London. Thailand is an amazing country. I have experienced it’s two extremes – the busy streets of Khaosan Road in Bangkok and the peace and tranquillity around islands such […]

How to embed a tweet button in your blog

Have you ever wanted to embed a tweet button into your blog post? Rather than tweet a link to the whole article, have you ever wanted to tweet just a quote or snippet? In a previous post I explained how to get people to share your content through social networks. This article will help you to […]

How to create a business case for a social selling

Do you work in sales? Are you passionate about how social can help your organisation sell more? Do you want to know what role content marketing and content creation will play in the future way you will  communicate with your potential customers? This post explains how you can build a business case to help change […]

How do you sell in the social era?

Are you looking to improve or modernise the way you sell? Do you want to learn how you can use the social web to help you sell more? In this post I will discuss both the traditional and the new ways salespeople can work. After reading this post you will have an insight into what […]

Why you don’t need to buy any social software

(Until you read this post) If my last post on why I wish social was NOT in my job title didn’t stir up enough controversy – then this one might! “Invest in social culture before social technology”   In this post I will explain the harsh question you need to ask yourself before you decide to spend […]

Can conflict in social business be a good thing?

When I work from home and take a break to eat lunch I normally get my iPad out, open the TED app and watch a video to see if I can find any additional inspiration for the afternoon. Yesterday I searched for leadership and came across Margaret Heffernan’s talk called “Dare to disagree.” The official […]

How to write your first blog

I have spent the past week sunning myself around a pool, high in the Italian hills of Giaole in Chainti, Tuscany. For the last 30 years I have been convinced that I cannot hold my breath under water with out holding my nose. During the first day around the pool I was embarrassingly trying to […]

How @itv2 could make more money from advertising from #towie using #socialdata

  I was walking down South Woodford high street (in Essex) with my girlfriend and her friend.  Suddenly a girl came chasing after us. She wanted us to be extras in the latest episode of “The only way is Essex” (TOWIE). As it happened I couldn’t make it but I was a bit gutted! I might lose all […]