Posted by Gary on May 15, 2012 | 0 comments

About 18 months ago I wrote my first post about the dark world of social media experts. It was very popular and seemed to strike a chord with many folk but time has flown since then and to be honest nothing much has changed.
However, I’ve been thinking once again about this subject and so I thought it a good time to revisit. In musical terms we always talk about the ‘difficult’...
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Posted by Gary on Aug 13, 2011 | 4 comments
I plan to write a few posts about Klout in the coming months but here’s a starter for ten.
Observing the behaviour of tweeters I’ve come to the conclusion there are 4 types of attitudes to Klout amongst the users.
There are:
Those that truly believe that having the greatest Klout score is everything.
Those that know it’s not ‘everything’ but act like group 1...
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Posted by Gary on Jul 1, 2011 | 14 comments

I was at the Royal Norfolk Show this year helping on a client’s stand in the food hall. It’s actually the first time I’ve been (for various reasons) but next year I definitely want to go along as a visitor. I had a long tiring day but learnt a lot and enjoyed it.
Now maybe my view was some what unfairly biased by working in the food hall and not getting to see much outside but...
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Posted by Gary on May 26, 2011 | 6 comments

I’ve been thinking today how powerful a single person is.
At one end of the scale a single person can start a war and bring around peace or a single person can build a business empire and destroy it (Ratners). Then maybe at the other end of the scale a single person can choose to smile or be miserable and make or break someone’s day.
The power of one is very powerful.
In the world of...
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Posted by Gary on May 15, 2011 | 1 comment

In the film the 5th element we see Korben Dallas (played by Bruce Willis) chasing across space to collect 4 stones representing the 4 classic elements and then a 5th element, a women called Leeloo, which makes the other 4 ‘come alive’ in order to fire a weapon and ultimately save the planet.
Know – Like – Trust we’re told are the 3 classic elements for people to do...
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Posted by Gary on Apr 27, 2011 | 0 comments

People are what it’s all about. We talk to, email, tweet, interact on-line and of course meet face to face with people. We form relationships and interact with people every day. I love meeting people and listening to them getting to know their stories. Learning how I can help them and knowing when I can’t of course.
With the web 2.0 revolution I love the fact that people can connect and...
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