The Rise of Social Media Within New Zealand Agricultural Businesses
16 July 2010
The statistics say it all; Social Media is here to stay… But hang on, what about New Zealand agricultural businesses?
16 July 2010
The statistics say it all; Social Media is here to stay… But hang on, what about New Zealand agricultural businesses?
Posted in Social Media0 Comments
15 July 2010
Does a seller (or buyer) really care how many properties a real estate agent has sold this year, or what the value of the properties they sold is.
Posted in Marketing2 Comments
15 July 2010
Only when you get suspended or banned from a social network will it finally dawn on you how much of your own life you put into these networks. As of 48 hours ago one of our business Twitter profiles with over 5,000 followers was suspended.
Posted in Social Media8 Comments
15 July 2010
It's pretty well known in Social circles that your follower numbers, or subscribers, in no way relates to the number of people actually engaged with your content.
Posted in Social Media0 Comments
15 July 2010
I recently listened to a business leader say that customer service is not and should not be considered as a distinguishing factor between businesses, even when comparing successful and not so successful ventures.
Posted in Management2 Comments
07 July 2010
Now we focus on some other financial indicators that can tell you something insightful about how is your company doing.
Posted in Finance0 Comments
06 July 2010
There’s a lot of talk about using online social media platforms to grow your business by connecting directly with consumers. But should we be using these tools for B2B (Business to Business) marketing?
Posted in Email Marketing0 Comments
06 July 2010
When I first engage with a client and see their company I am looking for one key ingredient and that is; momentum!
Posted in Finance, Management0 Comments
05 July 2010
How many sales efforts do you know of that don't claim to be about selling "value"?
Posted in Sales0 Comments
05 July 2010
I’m not at all opposed to online networking – I use it all the time to build relationships, but no matter what medium you use to connect with people, it’s not about CONTACTS, but meaningful and lasting CONNECTIONS.
Posted in Social Media1 Comment
01 July 2010
In the summer of 2008, I did not have a care in the world. I was working remotely from a small island in the Mediterranean, for my families telecommunication business, located in the suburbs of NYC.
Posted in Marketing0 Comments
29 June 2010
Property Tutors engaged CampaignHub to market their recent 4 Hour Event via social networks including Twitter and Facebook.
Posted in Social Media0 Comments
29 June 2010
Last week I was talking to the manager of a communications company about the trials and tribulations of sales staff and their lack of ability to look after their customers. I asked the manager whether he had sales reps or account managers to which he replied "they are the same thing .... aren't they?"
Posted in Management1 Comment
24 June 2010
Within a few weeks of the birth of our first child, Diane and I were already imagining and anticipating how it would be when he was all grown up, had graduated from college and was out on his own.
Posted in Management1 Comment
24 June 2010
Most of us get a little down some time or another in winter. There is no doubt that a rainy, cold day without seeing too much sunshine can all play a part on our moods and emotions.
Posted in Mindset2 Comments
23 June 2010
I asked some of our contributors to provide us with their best tip on how a business can survive especially while we are in this recession.
Posted in Management1 Comment
22 June 2010
Bob Parsons of GoDaddy says simply “get and stay out of your comfort zone”. I agree and would add that adults don’t learn unless we are disoriented.
Posted in Mindset0 Comments
21 June 2010
You know how valuable a blog can be to your business. You know how every article you add gets you more love from Google. More traffic. More leads. More sales. You started off great, but now you’re getting busier and you just can’t find the time or inspiration for creating regular new content for your blog.
Posted in Social Media1 Comment
18 June 2010
The debate of how much effort and resource a business should invest within social media for engagement continues but we at BusinessBlogs.co.nz have found that social networks are increasingly making up 30-40% of our inbound traffic.
Posted in General2 Comments
18 June 2010
Most people go into a venture capital raise thinking that all they need is their accounts complete, a basic business plan and a great company.
Posted in Management0 Comments
Added on 11 January 2010