I borrowed these top ten from inbound marketing experts Hubspot. Do you have any Facebook business tips you’d like to add?
1. Be interactive, fun and helpful. When people reach your Facebook page… Continue reading
I had the great privilege of test driving a Tesla Roadster today with the help of Gian. Of course it does 60 mph in 3.7 seconds – check out the full official Tesla Roadster spec here. We chatted through some of the benefits, and afterwards I made a quick note of the top ten benefits from the… Continue reading
Please note I am a fan of Tesla (see my snap above on holiday in Amsterdam) and reading about their success in Wired magazine in September last year.
Indeed, when one of the guys at eBay showed off the eBay sponsored sports car last year I wrote to Tesla suggesting they come on… Continue reading
Does anyone have a good dictionary definition for the phrase ‘snappy happy’? I only ask as I love the phrase, and even bought the domain – snappy-happy.com – today to celebrate ready for the delivery of my Kodak C143 from Nicole at Office Depot HQ!
OK, just because I’m hiding out at the BCS why not start a list of examples under the following fun headings?
User issue type 1: Technical issue
User issue type 2: Design issue
Example 1: To set up a new ringtone on your HTC Desire is easy. Except because the way the phone interface is designed it’s not obvious that there is a slider which you need… Continue reading
OK so I v.quickly listened to the audio book version of Eric Ries book ‘The Lean StartUp’. What key points as a non-techie, but as a social media/social sci guy stand out for me?
1. The 5 ‘Y’s – asking 5 questions to get to the root of the problem, not the surface issue:-)
2. The… Continue reading
Listening to the Harvard Business Review podcast this morning with Misiek Piskorski of Harvard Business School and Anthony J. Bradley of Gartner Research, this quote stood out: “Some conflict when properly resolved will get you a stronger community” – and the stat that customers with complaints are more likely to become a brand advocate – are two ideas that are bouncing around my mind right now. [more thoughts to… Continue reading
I picked up on Hunch in August last year when working on eBay Inc’s Shopping.com so it’s great to see my former employer has bought Hunch today. Apparently former-Flickr founder Caterina Fake left last summer to start a new company, but remains an advisor. Also worth reading are the some of the comments on the ‘Uncrunched’ report. Specifically (..& from my limited experience, which I passed on through an ‘EVP’… Continue reading
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That’s an interesting question which one rarely gets chance to reflect upon, as usually that set up is already in place. Taking