Word-of-mouth recommendation drives business success – big time! And I’ve got 48 superstars I’m busting to recommend to you – people who have participated in the sharewords community and had their sharewords created. Sharewords are the new elevator pitch. They are shorter, punchier, and make it much easier for me to recommend you to my friends and colleagues. Check out these all-stars and their sharewords. [Read more]
July 14, 2010 by Robin Dickinson | 559 views | Comments (96)
July 8, 2010 by Robin Dickinson | 140 views | Comments (30)
When I first started blogging a year ago, I nearly fell off my chair with excitement when a reader left a comment on one of my blog posts. Since then, I’ve loved it every time a reader has commented. For me, this engagement is the web. With over 1000 comments to-date, the sharewords post has taken this engagement to a new level. In your opinion, what is the significance, if any, of this extraordinary level of reader engagement?
June 26, 2010 by admin | 240 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, Crowdsharing, Crowdsourcing, Data analysis, Diamond focus, Diamond-tipped focus, 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 15, 2010 by Robin Dickinson | 215 views | Comments (27)
People are spending increasing amounts of time online – building businesses, brands and publishing ever bigger slices of their lives. Reflecting on this recently, I was wondering what differences there are, if any, between the people we meet and interact with online, and their offline counterparts?
I would love to discuss this topic with you in the comments. [Read more]
tags | Authenticity, Offline identity, Online collaboration, Online engagement, Online identity, Online participation, Online strategy, Personal branding, Social media, Social technology, Technology change communication
June 10, 2010 by Robin Dickinson | 129 views | Comments (24)
My friend, Catherine White wrote an excellent post For whom the iPhone tolls. It raises the important issue of being able to disconnect from technology – turn the computer off, switch off the phone, hibernate the pad – just for a moment.
It got me thinking – what’s your routine for disconnecting from technology? Is it even necessary? I would love to discuss this with you in the comments below.
tags | Blogging, Connection technology, Disconnecting, Facebook, Impact of technology, Offline engagement, On-line communication, Online engagement, Social media, Social networking, Social technology, Technology, Technology change communication, Twitter, Valuable community
June 8, 2010 by Robin Dickinson | 90 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
June 6, 2010 by Robin Dickinson | 48 views | Comments (4)
My mission is to help you succeed. To do this effectively, it will be really useful to know exactly what you are selling and whom you are selling it to. Any confusion here will make it difficult for us to refer business to you.
So let’s get diamond focused. Here’s your chance to spell it out for us – nice and clearly.
tags | Boosting recommendation, Building sales, Business & social, Buying audience, Communication skills, Crowdsharing, Crowdsourcing, Diamond focus, Diamond-tipped focus, Growing sales, High-performance communication, Increasing referral, Referral business, Sales tactics, Sell without selling, Share-market, Share-words, Social media, Social networking, Target audience, Word of mouth, Word-of-mouse
May 30, 2010 by Robin Dickinson | 93 views | Comments (14)
The new social a-gender
