The politics of technology
Like many of you, I use a handful of social network applications to create networks, stay in touch with friends and develop my professional network. I’m guessing I was also like many of you in that I didn’t sit down and develop a “social networking strategy” before I started using these tools. In fact, in [...]
10 seconds to stand out
Here’s a quick tip if you use LinkedIn. When you invite someone to join your network, personalize the invitation. How tired do you get of seeing:
David,
I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.
– Some Contact
There’s nothing wrong with accepting the default message and it’s certainly a benefit of LinkedIn that they [...]
The DCO Reader – 2009.5
The web is a vast repository of opinions, commentary, distractions, and occasionally, wisdom. The DCO Reader is an occasional feature highlighting and discussing some of the articles I’ve recently found that have inspired or challenged me. While the majority of articles I will discuss here align with the core topics of Entrepreneurship, Personal Excellence and [...]
DCO Weekend Reader – 12/12/08
The web is a vast repository of opinions, commentary and occasionally, wisdom. Here’s a selection of the best articles I read over the past week.
If you would like to recommend an article, blog or book, please leave a comment with your suggestion. Weekend Reader is a regular feature here at DCO, and you can read [...]
Are your customers part of your Business Plan?
Sounds like a crazy question, doesn’t it? Well, I’ve been following an online saga over the weekend that makes me think that some entrepreneurs aren’t aware, or don’t care, about this simple premise.
I Want Sandy is an online scheduling and reminder service. Get any kind of information about daily “stuff” (appointments, things to remember, lists, reminders, [...]
Turning Buzzwords into Reality
As I reported on previously, last week I had the opportunity to moderate a panel entitled “Using Web 2.0 to Drive Top-Line Growth.” The panel did a great job, with several important themes coming out of the panel discussion and the networking afterwards.
We distribute feedback forms at every meeting and while the feedback was overwhelmingly [...]
Web 2.0 meets Web 1.0
I moderated a fantastic panel last night for the local SIM Chapter I’m a member of. As a Board member in charge of Programming, I’m always very nervous come meeting night. After four years of scheduling presenters, the one lesson I’ve learned is no amount of planning is sufficient to even guess how the program [...]
The point of that last post
Most of my posts get written at night and then are scheduled to go live the following morning. So it went with my last post on using social networks to build relationships in response to the economic downturn. I had just finished the post and was getting ready to call it a night. I’m not [...]
Dots: Connected – Thanks Chris
I’ve always felt I’m a good “connect the dots” kind of person, whether those dots are people, concepts, initiatives, strategies, etc. In a sense a big part of my job now is helping entrepreneurs connect dots: their business concept to markets, their markets to market pain, market pain to opportunity and opportunity to investment.
I’ve written before [...]
LinkedIn vs. Facebook: initial impressions
I’ve been a user of LinkedIn for quite a few years now, although I only started using it’s advanced features over the last year. I’ve had a Facebook account for coming up on a year, but again, it’s only been over the last month or so that I’ve really started to explore using it with [...]
