Building Business in a Connected World
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Slides for keynote by Ross Dawson at City of Port Phillip Business Breakfast on March 30, 2011. For more see www.rossdawson.com
Building Business in a Connected World
- 1. Building Successin a Connected WorldFuturist
- 2. Entrepreneur
- 4. AuthorWe are #1! Are you?
- 6. If you help bring the networks to life……you will create success for yourselfImage credit: Lumeta/ jurvetson: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/63009926/
- 16. CLOUDStart with what will make the most difference to your business
- 17. Set yourself up to be able to work anywhere
- 18. Grasp the possibilities of remote teamwork
- 19. Be sure to have online back-up
- 28. CROWDWork out what you want and write it down clearly
- 29. Look for the best people, not the lowest price
- 30. Start with small, clearly defined tasks
- 31. Build ongoing relationships based on respectWho ARE you?
- 36. CREATEIf you’re ready, blog!
- 37. Take compelling content and add your thoughts
- 38. Create and share presentations
- 39. Videos can be easy to make
- 40. Put thought into your content
- 41. Make your branding obvious, but don’t sell too hard
- 44. CURATEChoose a channel on which to share content
- 45. Mini-blogs provide great personal branding and great return on effort
- 46. Choose your target audience and what you will share
- 47. Spend a little time each day looking for great content and sharing the best
- 48. Don’t spend too much time on it
- 51. CONNECTFocus initially on one social platform
- 52. Work out what you want: build relationships, find customers, be visible…
- 53. Carefully think through how you want to be seen
- 54. Decide who you do and don’t want to connect with
- 55. Be yourself
- 58. CONVERSEDecide if you want to converse widely
- 59. Put up an interesting profile and picture
- 61. Be interesting! Share the gems you find
- 62. Don’t promote yourself too much
- 63. Engage and interact – have conversations!
- 64. Don’t feel you have to keep up