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



1. # Did you know that if you’re not blogging you are now in the minority? HubSpot‘s ‘State of Inbound Marketing’ study was recently released with some interesting stats.

2. # Congratulations to Alan O’Rourke of Toddle on making it into the BizSugar Top 10, with his very first Bloggertone post ’8 Components Of A Successful Email Newsletter’.

3. # The Sunday Times in the UK have launched a new list that tracks the worth of people online based on their social networking connections, here’s the lowdown from Simply Zesty.

4. # Lorna Sixsmith of Garrendenny Lane Interiors on ‘Reviews: The Value Of Letting Customers Have Their Say’

5. # Are you guilty on any of these? Lisa Barone of Outspoken Media on 4 Ways NOT to promote your Blog at Small Business Trends.

6. # Cool video! 10 Twitter Tips In 60 Seconds from Bill at Net4wiseowls Social Media

7. # Social media contests can produce great results but they are also a bit of a minefield – particularly on Facebook! Here’s how-to from Social Media Examiner.

8. # Speaking of contests, read how an innovative Facebook campaign helped Glenisk increase Sales by 35% and get Є200K of Free PR.

9.# Iain MacDonald, CEO of Irish social network SkillPages talks about social networking.

10. # Have your say! Are Groupon type sites good for businesses?



The Author:

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://blog.myprojecttracker.com Barney Austen

    Lisa always is worth reading – a good additionu00a0 list Niall.

  • http://tweakyourbiz.com/ Niall Devitt

    Hi Ben, as someone who has been there and done that, I really like this post. I really agree with your point on “Always be training” – I found role-play a great training tool, once people get over their awkwardness.

  • http://www.facebook.com/elish.bulgodley Elish Bul-Godley

    Empowering for me was a critical point. itsone thing to set targets etc.. and train someone to the hilt – but the other side of the coin is to facilitate them when they are able to make the next step forward in the process.

  • http://twitter.com/bengii bengii

    Thanks Niall!, The key is to push hard for answers and for performance but not in a way that will humiliate anyone or trivialise the process. Once people understand the power of learning from their peers in an open environment, then great strides are possible

  • http://twitter.com/bengii bengii

    Yup! There is nothing worse than micromanaging. It kills responsibility and creative thinking, wastes everyone’s time, and displays a total lack of faith in the team. Total waste of time