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E-Commerce Evolving: Crowd Sourcing and Competive Discounting
As the social web grows up, their is a lot of discussions on making money, but not a lot of specifics discussed. Better yet, few examples of companies innovating to increase sales in new ways. E-Commerce is nothing new to the web, but has the web gets social it to has to change. I stumbled [...]
Silly Kids, Social Media Is About Action
Winning in the emerging social economy is about taking action. It is not about having 10 great blog post ideas, instead it is about publishing one great post. The social web is kind of like Darwinism for hustle. Those who hustle and take action; win. Those who sit around and talk about their “great” ideas lose. Chris Brogan, isn’t the smartest person on the web, but many think so because he is disciplined enough to publish frequent content that is also thought provoking.
Experiment: Do People Really know about QR Codes?
I have talked about QR Codes a few times in the past, mainly because I see them as a great opportunity to bridge the physical and digital worlds. For a quick refresher QR codes are two dimensional bar codes that can be printed on anything from a packing slip to a movie poster. These codes serve as a portal to some type of digital action: Web site, video, text message, and even a phone call.
Examining Trends To Make You Sound Smarter
One of the best things about the social web and the Internet in general is the access it provides to people’s reactions. Services like Twitter search make monitoring for real-time reactions and trends free and easy. Understanding trends helps each of us to better comment and provide feedback on trending issues.
Godin Says Google Never Forgets… I Say Take Advantage Of It
Google is a factor in everything we do, regardless if we are happy about it or not. In a recent post marketing author and speaker Seth Godin writes about how Google never forgets, outlining how actions from the past can easily be uncovered in a quick Google search. He is correct potential employers as well as business partners are using Google to research anyone that is trying to come into their world.
