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Drumroll Please! The 10 Most Popular Bloggertone Posts of 2011 Were:

by Niall Devitt on December 28th, 2011
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With 2012 on the horizon and the final days of 2011 fast approaching, I thought I would take a look back at the 10 most popular Bloggertone posts from the last year.


# 1. QR Codes: Will They Be Big In 2011?

Back in January, Beatrice Whelan wanted to know if QR codes would be big in 2011 and with just under 12K page views, it seems a lot of other people did too!

# 2. 12 Ways To Improve Productivity At The Workplace

Even though this post was published during 2010, these 12 suggestions from Neil Jones on how to improve workplace productivity continued to be a massively popular Bloggertone post in 2011.

# 3. Traits Of A Great Sales Person

Sales people are the public face of business and this post and his second entry into our top ten from Neil, identifies which personality traits make for the greatest salespeople.

# 4. The Importance Of A Personal Development Plan

Our 4th most popular 2011 post was written by Frank Bradley. Frank looks at our ability to learn from experiences and why he believes the creation of a personal development plan is central to this process.

# 5. 10 of the MOST STUPID Interview Questions EVER

Another 2010 post that continued to prove popular in 2011! – In it, I put forward my 10 of the most stupid interview questions ever.

# 6. The Not So Sweet 16: Common Mistakes Businesses Make With Social Media

Be careful not to rush into social media with your eyes closed! Greg Fry’s look at some of the biggest mistakes companies make using social media, was our 6th most popular post in 2011.

# 7. How I Make Money On Twitter

If you could make money on Twitter, would you be interested? Of course you would! This brilliant  how-to Twitter strategy from Ivan Walsh was our 7th most popular post on Bloggertone in 2011.

# 8. Making Facebook Welcome Pages Work For Your Small Business

Customised Facebook landing tabs proved increasingly popular among businesses in 2011 and so did Amanada Webb’s post and examples on how to do it well.

# 9. What Can Kellogg’s QR Code Campaign teach us about Marketing

The second post  in our top 10 dealing with QR codes, Anne Perez‘s case study on how Kellogg’s successfully used them to great effect was our 9th most popular of the year.

# 10. An Expensive Lesson In Domain Names

Back in April, our CEO Anita Campbell shared with us an expensive lesson in domain names she learnt when starting out, rounding off our 2011 top 10 list.

Happy New Year! Which post was your favourite from Bloggertone during the year?

Thanks for reading,

Niall

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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.cupidrocks.ie/ Anton McCarthy

    Congrats Beatrice!

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

    Congrats to all – and Happy New Year 2012!!
    I really enjoyed Neils post at No 2 and Franks post at No 4 – but they are all great, and instigated some interesting conversation, which contributes to the value of the posts.

    Here’s to a great 2012 for Bloggertone (or whatever it will be called) and thank you Niall for all your hard work and support over the last 3 years. It’s been a blast, and I look forward to great things in 2012

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

    Thanks Elaine & Happy New Year to you :)

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

    Hi Neil, Great post and explanation of what crowd-funding is all about. I love the the concept of crowd funding but wonder if it lends itself more to certain types of businesses/ideas. But as I think about it again, this may be down to the fact that it hasn’t really reached more main stream businesses just yet. 

  • http://neilsisson.com/ Neil Sisson

    Hey Niall, adoption seems to have been primarily in the creative space to date, however there is some huge money changing hands in some market niches. I’m involved with a mobile application development funding crowdfunder called AppsFunder.com and they are funding the development of paid and fremium mobile apps.

    Here in Ireland there’s a company called Fundit.ie that seem to be funding everything and anything. There are also a number of debt/equity funding platforms out there which are more traditional in approach, where each member of your funding crowd actually own a piece of your company. Not sure I like that model as much.

  • http://neilsisson.com/ Neil Sisson

    Thanks Anton – yeah I agree completely and that’s backed up by feedback from a number of VC funds and angel investors that I’ve spoken to. Getting funded definitely skews the risk calculation in favour of the entrepreneur and while it in itself isn’t the holy grail, its a massive achievement and step in the right direction.

  • http://www.encouragingexcellence.ie/ Mairéad Kelly

    Brilliant post Neil, you explain it so well.  It is a lot like the likes of the charity funding for small businesses in third world countries for example http://www.kiva.org/

    One question; does that funding ever have to be repayed or is it basically an advance payment on a product/service that is being developed?

  • http://twitter.com/#!/antonmccarthy Anton McCarthy

    That’s great to hear. I love the concept all round and it’s so encouraging to see it flourishing – especially in the current economy – as so many people have great ideas but just don’t have the funds to see if they are winning ones. Have been checking out AppsFunder too after your last post – one to watch.

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

    Love this post Neil, it’s nice and practical and comes from the real world :)  It’s one thing to have a great idea, but quite another to develop it, fund it and get paying customers. I particularly like the added benefits you list at the end, start-ups need advocates and having the drive an imagination to find your own funding sources says a lot about an entrepreneur. If a start-up could target a “crowd” that would be a form of product endorsement as well, so much the better.
    ~ Helen

  • http://neilsisson.com/ Neil Sisson

    Thanks Helen.

  • http://neilsisson.com/ Neil Sisson

    Hi Mairéad, thanks for your comments. To answer your question, there has been an explosion of crowd funding platforms in the last couple of years. There are a lot of them out there now and there are a number of different business models they operate under.

    I’ve seen platforms that require you give your Funders a chunk of the equity of your business. Others just work on an almost voluntary donation system where the Funders don’t receive reciprocal value for their investment (some of the arty ones work like that). 

    The best ones in my view are the type that operate on the model I outlined in my example – i.e. the business owner retains 100% equity but gives his/her Funders a Return on their Investment. It doesn’t have to always be cash either, it could be cool stuff or kudos or membership to an exclusive “club” of supporters.

  • http://www.appointmentsetting.com/ simonswills

    Excellent post and description of what crowd-funding is all about. I really like the the idea of crowd funding but wonder if it gives itself more to certain kinds of businesses/ideas. But as I think about it again, this may be down to the truth that it hasn’t really achieved more major river companies just yet. 

  • http://www.grow-connect.com/ Seed Capital

    Great pic. It’s good to see people uniting for one goal  . Thanks for  the share . :D

  • http://charter-tv.spruz.com/pt/Charter-TV-for-cheap-deals.6-25-2012/blog.htm Patrick Hudson

     The concept is good but i doubt its success. How many are ready to put their money into others business and that too without any major profit for them. But the idea of doing this kind of funding is interesting.

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