At the prompting of my friend, Leanne Berry, I applied for the following opportunity WANTED: Big thinking entrepreneur for documentary film. Must travel. My logic is simply that it could be a really good opportunity to help boost my efforts to build awareness of and promote the members of the online business community I serve – The Centurions. Here’s how it’s unfolded so far… [Read more]
August 16, 2010 by Robin Dickinson | 378 views | Comments (51)
June 26, 2010 by admin | 241 views | Comments (24)
This is a guest post by Sharewords contributor Tony Hollingsworth. Tony’s own Sharewords “synergizes people and technology” inspired him to develop this idea for Sharewords. Tony has over 20 years experience in the information technology and data industries working with leading players including IBM Cognos, Dun & Bradstreet and The Nielsen Company. He is passionate about the Internet and excited about the way it is changing society and business. Tony’s primary passion is people – sharing his knowledge and experience to make them and their businesses more successful. Feel free to connect with Tony on LinkedIn, Twitter or his blog. [Read more]
tags | Boosting recommendation, Building an on-line community, Building sales, Business & social, Buying audience, Communication skills, Crowdsharing, Crowdsourcing, Data analysis, Diamond focus, Diamond-tipped focus, Effective communication, Growing sales, High-performance communication, Increasing referral, Referral business, Sales tactics, Sell without selling, Share-market, Share-words, Social media, Social networking, Tag cloud, Target audience, Valuable community, Word of mouth, Word-of-mouse
June 8, 2010 by Robin Dickinson | 93 views | Comments (18)
In a recent tweet, Chris Hall mentioned about getting great engagement. The context was online engagement. He got me thinking about this topic, and I would love to discuss it with you.
What does the term ‘engagement’ mean to you? In your opinion, how does building engagement online differ from offline – if at all?
tags | Blogging, Building an on-line community, Building engagement, Connection technology, Facebook, Offline engagement, On-line communication, Online engagement, Social media, Social networking, Social technology, Technology change communication, Twitter, Valuable community
May 30, 2010 by Robin Dickinson | 98 views | Comments (14)
The new social a-gender
May 20, 2010 by Robin Dickinson | 326 views | Comments (73)
A community really thrives when we all help each other succeed – when we shift from being passive viewers to becoming active doers. It’s what I like to call ‘shared muscle’.
The most powerful way to do this – to build up this shared muscle – is to know exactly what each other wants and then help each other to get it. [Read more]
tags | Adding value, Boosting recommendation, Building an on-line community, Building sales, Business & social, Business success, Communication skills, Growing sales, Helping each other, High-performance communication, Increasing referral, People's needs, Referral business, Share-words, Shared understanding, Shared value, Shareworking, Social media, Social networking, Valuable community, Value over volume, Word of mouth, Word-of-mouse
