Your Fantasy Business Team

Published By Ben Shute On Monday, November 16th 2009. Under Best Practice, Marketing, Online Business Niche, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter, innovation  Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,   
Your Fantasy Business Team
I think it's true for everyone that no matter where you have worked, you will come across people within an organisation who are just really, really good at what they do. Certainly for me, having worked across a number of different media companies, I have found people in all sorts of departments ... Continue Reading

Experts, Gurus and Evangelists

Published By Ben Shute On Monday, August 31st 2009. Under Online Reputation, Social Media, Twitter  Tags: , , , , ,   
Experts, Gurus and Evangelists
In the great wide social tapestry, a lot has been written about the appropriation of the word "expert" by people looking to leverage the web for a return. I've mentioned my opinion on these in passing previously, but I got a DM on Twitter that I thought needed its own post to discuss the ... Continue Reading

Innovation, Les Paul, More Twitter and Trust Agents

Published By Ben Shute On Tuesday, August 18th 2009. Under Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter, innovation  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   
Innovation, Les Paul, More Twitter and Trust Agents
I've had some great feedback regarding my last post of 27 people who I derive value from on Twitter. Some of you left comments on the blog and I received a number of emails as well, and I want to thank all of you for your contribution to the conversation. One ... Continue Reading

27 People You Should Follow On Twitter

Published By Ben Shute On Friday, August 7th 2009. Under Facebook, Online Business Niche, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter, eBay  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   
27 People You Should Follow On Twitter
While there are some on Twitter who place value on the number of people they have following them, or that they follow, for me Twitter is about extracting the maximum value from a carefully selected group of selected people. Let's face it, who has the time to trawl through tens ... Continue Reading

Three Practical Tips for Traffic Generation

Published By Ben Shute On Saturday, July 25th 2009. Under Content, PPC, Search Advertising, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Social Bookmarking, Social Media, Traffic, Twitter  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   
Three Practical Tips for Traffic Generation
Getting people to any site is a challenge, even more so to a new one. Until your SEO kicks in (and even when it has) and delivers organic traffic, you need to rely on other methods to get people's attention. There are 3 tips I can recommend for (almost) free to drive traffic to your site and begin to build awareness (and hopefully quality links).
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