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10 Links You May Have Missed, But Shouldn’t!

by Niall Devitt on January 22nd, 2011
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‎1. # “Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves” Are you a member of a women-centered business group? Really thought provoking post from Elli Stgeorge-godfrey of Ability Success Growth-3 Keys Coach and check out the comments. What do you think? Does separating the women in business from the men in business limit growth?

2. # What makes an entrepreneur great? Super question from Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog. Please share your thoughts.

3. # Is Becoming An Entrepreneur For Everyone? David Siteman Garland from The Rise To The Top gives his take in this video (via BizSugar)

4. # Did you know that Starbucks has just introduced a new logo? Rob Berman asks “Does Your Logo Equal Your Brand?”

5. # “You are not entitled to a follow-back on Twitter simply because you follow someone. You are not entitled to blog subscribers or comments simply because you publish stuff. You are not entitled to clicks to your junk or signups for your newsletter or any thing of the sort” Amber Naslund spells out a few home truths about the web over at Brass Tack Thinking.

6. # Looking for Social Media Case Studies? Here’s 50 Of The Best Social Media Case Studies, Reports And Pieces Of Research. Great post from Simply Zesty!

7. # Paddy Cosgrave talks to Ina O Murchu from socialmedia.net about his ideas for the next Dublin Web Summit taking place on March 8th, 2011.

8. # Want to sell your goods from the Facebook newsfeed? Check out this presentation from Tommy.ismy.name Thanks to Luke for the share.

9. # Here’s how a startup named Hipster got 10K signups in two days, without revealing what it does

10. # Do you use Wikipedia? It celebrates it’s 10th year anniversary this month and they’ve published this video. (Thanks to Cindy King and Social Media Examiner for the share)



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Niall Devitt is a doer, not a talker when it comes to social media. Niall advises organisations how to plan, design and implement social media strategies that generate real business returns.  Niall is Chief Digital Strategist & Founder at the Ahain Group, an independent, ideas-led social business consultancy with experience of working with all types of clients and sectors– from large blue-chip multinationals to the 1 SMEs. Download our industry specific and researched social business reports. In 2009, Niall co-founded TweakYourBiz.com (formally Bloggertone.com) an international, business community and online publication. http://www.ahaingroup.com/

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  • http://www.seefincoaching.com/blog Elaine Rogers

    Wow, an interesting melody of content to catch up on there, NiallnThanks for sharing, off for a good read now :)

  • Anonymous

    Niall:nnThanks for including me at #4 on the list.nnRob

  • http://www.tweakyourbiz.com Niall Devitt

    My pleasure Rob, great article! Thanks for writing :)

  • http://tommy.ismy.name Tommy is my name

    Hey thanks for sharing! :-) I’m glad you liked it!

  • http://www.tweakyourbiz.com Niall Devitt

    My pleasure Tommy, that’s some great FB advice!

  • http://tommy.ismy.name Tommy is my name

    stay tuned. I’ve only scratched the surface…

  • http://www.tweakyourbiz.com Niall Devitt

    :) That’s what I like to hear

  • http://www.bloggertone.com Niall Devitt

    What a great post, Helen! Talk about making me see spreadsheets in a new light :)

  • http://www.theexecutivesuite.com/blog/ Warren Rutherford

    Helen – you make me smile. I’ve too many horror stories to share:).  I realized some time ago the necessity to have my formulas checked – and then the input performed by those who love to work on spreadsheets and accounting software.  You have a great talent for this and I applaud you for it – as well as explaining in layman’s terms how to monitor otherwise simple errors.  Thanks.

  • http://www.smartsolutions.ie/blog/ Elaine Rogers

    Helen, a super article – thanks for highlighting the vulnerability and volatility of spreadsheets and their users!!
    =20+15*2  - A most common error in spreadsheets is lack of knowledge of simple mathematics. Some would use this simple formula to return an answer of 70, however a spreadsheet will return 50. No amount of auditing/checking will proof something like this.

    I had a client who used Excel for accounting – when moving over to an accounts package, they realised they had not invoiced for 2 contracts!! OK it was only 1000 Euros, but that is a lot of money to be missing out of a small business cash flow!

    Again, thanks for highlighting. Self taught spreadsheet users can be the most dangerous kind, especially when they mentor others!

  • Lewis

     Elaine, I don’t really get your example :) Of course 50 is the right answer to the formula. So that would be an incentive in the use of spreadsheets, or what? :)
    We also get LOTS of mistakes with spreadsheets. I mean, mistakes are bound to happen, even with the best of us. Everybody gets distracted or tired sometimes and either you get someone to double check somebody else’s work and someone to triple check that or you have to deal with a margin of error. That said, basic training should be required in every company where Excel or such are largely used (the most of them, actually), which unfortunately doesn’t happen very often.

  • http://www.smartsolutions.ie/blog/ Elaine Rogers

    Hi Lewis,
    You are reading the formula one way. Imagine if you wanted to add 20 and 15, and then multiply the result by 2? Basic mathematics and understanding the syntax of a formula would alert us to apply brackets to the aspect of the formula we wish to have calculated together ie. =(20+15)*2 this will return the correct answer of 70. However, if someone does not know or understand these simple principles, they will receive the incorrect result (50) and may not think to check it at all.

    This is such a common yet fundamental issue, I see it in training every day. Precedence in formulae needs to be taught, thankfully this is becoming less of a problem over time. You have hit the nail on the head “basic training should be required in every company…” the very ones to slip through the net are small business owners.

  • http://twitter.com/xcelbusiness Helen Cousins

    Sounds like you have a good delegation plan in place. Thanks Warrren for you kind comments, I’m delighted that I made you smile!
    ~ Helen

  • http://twitter.com/xcelbusiness Helen Cousins

    Thanks Niall :)
    ~Helen

  • http://twitter.com/xcelbusiness Helen Cousins

    Realising that your spreadsheets are need to be checked for error is half the battle, so many people don’t and place blind faith in them. Glad you enjoyed the article, thank you.
    ~ Helen

  • http://twitter.com/xcelbusiness Helen Cousins

    Thanks Lewis, great to see you having a debate with Elaine here!
    ~ Helen

  • http://twitter.com/xcelbusiness Helen Cousins

    Thanks for your illustration and comments Elaine. Maths does indeed let a lot of people down. However, it should be noted almost all of the mistakes I have cited in my article were made in very large organistions by highly trained people. In fact, one of the mistakes was made by a person holding a degree in Maths and Computer Science and who is a trainer at expert level in MS Office Products including Excel.Scary isn’t it?~ Helen

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