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Doing social media right

May 022013
 
Doing social media right

Whoever runs your social media feed is an official spokesman, it’s important to choose the right person and give them authority.

  •  May 2, 2013
  •  Posted by Paul Wallbank at 11:15 am
  •   1 Response
  •   Australia, business advice, management, new media, politics
  •  Tagged with: Australia, business, investment, politics, social media

Social media’s irrational exuberance comes to an end

Mar 302013
 
Social media's irrational exuberance comes to an end

With the tech industry’s irrational exuberance ending, the focus is now on building good businesses rather than worrying about hype, spin and fools with more money than sense.

  •  March 30, 2013
  •  Posted by Paul Wallbank at 3:48 pm
  •   No Responses
  •   business advice, Investment, new media
  •  Tagged with: gartner hype cycle, investment, publishing, social media, startups

First we kill email, then Powerpoint

Mar 132013
 
First we kill email, then Powerpoint

French company Atos intends to eliminate email, Powerpoint and meetings from their business. Few organisations are brave enough to follow them.

  •  March 13, 2013
  •  Posted by Paul Wallbank at 7:48 am
  •   1 Response
  •   management, social media, software
  •  Tagged with: email, management, managerialism, productivity, social media

Facebook’s struggle to stay relevant

Mar 042013
 
Facebook's struggle to stay relevant

Are Facebook’s advertising policies alienating users and leaving advertisers unimpressed?

  •  March 4, 2013
  •  Posted by Paul Wallbank at 12:17 pm
  •   5 Responses
  •   business advice, consumer, demographics, marketing, social media
  •  Tagged with: advertising, digital natives, Facebook, social media

To save the community, we had to destroy it.

Feb 142013
 
To save the community, we had to destroy it.

Can online communities like Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree survive in managerial organisations like the BBC?

  •  February 14, 2013
  •  Posted by Paul Wallbank at 8:04 am
  •   3 Responses
  •   business advice, management, new media
  •  Tagged with: BBC, Lonely Planet, managerialism, online communities, social media, travel
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Decoding the new economy

This blog looks at how society and business are changing in the 21st Century.

While the site has a focus on technology, I also look at the human factors along with the demographic and economic changes that are driving how we live, work and play.

About Paul
I'm a recovering entrepreneur, writer and broadcaster with a fascination about how our business world and society is evolving.

Since being invited on ABC Radio in 1998 to discuss Y2K issues, I've been speaking on technology and change for over 12 years. I've also written seven books.

I've founded four businesses and my team built PC Rescue into a national computer help network. I have a consulting business, Netsmarts, which helps businesses deal with challenges in the new economy.

Today I speak and write on change along with consulting to businesses on how they can take advantage of opportunities in today's fast changing marketplace.

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