Posts Tagged ‘quote’
Mahatma Ghandhi said… “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
“This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind…let it be something good.”
Author Unknown
Are You Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic?
Nicholas Boothman writes…
People can be roughly divided into three types, depending on how they primarily experience the world. We call these Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic (meaning related to touch or feeling). To the untrained eye people all look, sound, and feel just like ordinary folks, but to the trained person there are subtle, but important differences.
via test your senses.
Creative Class Means Creative Thinkers
#WebsiteKudos to Jacquie Severs/Art Columnist for writing…
The term “creative class,” coined by economic intellectual Richard Florida, refers to workers who inhabit fields that require them to be creative thinkers. This isn’t limited to the creative types that might spring to mind right away; artists, writers and musicians. It also includes creative thinkers who you might not consider at first; scientists, computer programmers, small business operators, teachers and so on.
Read on… Oshawa Express.
Great Advice For Business From Steve Jobs
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
– Steve Jobs, US computer engineer & industrialist
75% of the companies don’t monitor their online reputation?
Just read Harvard Business Review Analytics Services Studies Social Media and was not surprised to hear that…
“Most organizations are in discovery mode when it comes to social media,”
or that…
“the significant participation in the survey of more than 2,000 senior executives demonstrates how important the topic is—and it’s one they are working hard to figure out.”
I was however VERY surprised to read these statistics:
- Three-quarters (75%) of the companies did not know where their most valuable customers were talking about them.
- Nearly one-third (31%) aren’t measuring the effectiveness of social media on the business.
- Less than one-quarter (23%) are using social media analytic tools.
- A small number (7%) of participating companies are able to integrate social media into their marketing activities.
Especially that 75% of companies polled were not monitoring their reputation in this day and age and economy. Don’t they realize that there are over 500 million active users on Facebook alone – over 1/2 of which participate once a day — even if they choose not to???
If you’re reading this blog and are not managing your online profile and need help getting started, give me a call. I’d love to show you how to protect the reputation you’ve worked hard to get. We call it profile management and in our books it’s a must do, that is if you want to stay in business!
10 Ways You Can Managing Your Social Media Profile More Effectively
- BRAND - Decide on a brand and use it consistently on the web and in your social media spaces so it’s easy for you and your target audience to remember.
- SOCIAL MEDIA EMAIL ADDRESS – so when you go on holidays manning the social media storefront can be delegated, and so you can filter it into a special email folder, so you can look only once per day. Perhaps a gmail account as you’ll need one to
- BLOGS / RSS NEWS FEEDS — so social media spaces can automatically syndicate it.
- SCHEDULE TIME IN YOUR SCHEDULE – get it done
- PROFILE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE – to watch your pages, those you manage and your competitors
- COMMUNICATIONS PLAN — what do your customers want? what will they share?
- RESOURCES – what do you have now, what is available for free on the net
- ALLIANCES – who do you know, win/wins?
- EDUCATE YOURSELF – fast track your success and avoid fatal errors.
- GOOGLE ALERTS & ANALYTICS — on your website so you can identify what works and repeat it, as well as what does not, so you can eliminate it and focus on true success
Ever Wonder How Different Generations Are Using The Internet?
Pew Internet has updated its data on how different generations are using the Internet for 2010, and the results clearly show that the older generations are catching up with younger internet users, even surpassing them in some online activities.
via Everyone Uses E-mail, But Hardly Anyone Blogs Anymore [INFOGRAPHIC].
How Businesses Can Use Twitter Efficiently
Today we’re launching a revamped version of business.twitter.com – a site that provides the basics on how businesses can use Twitter effectively. We’ve seen tremendous growth in the creative ways businesses and organizations are leveraging Twitter, and we want to make sure you have access to their great ideas. We’ll continue to update the site with fresh use cases, tips, tools, and resources.
