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by Chris Hanlon on December 28, 2011 in Business Strategy
This is the time of year when you think about what you did and didn’t do in the last year, and start thinking what you will do in the coming year. Hopefully this will help… I fought in full-contact Karate tournaments for ten years, and I coached & helped coach other fighters for at [...]
by Chris Hanlon on December 14, 2011 in Interesting topics, marketing
Time to share some of the interesting stuff from the past few days… Media Mingle I have been asked to travel up to Auckland to attend a Media Mingle event(#mediamingle) for months and months now, but the timing never clicked until last night. I had a ball! If you ever get the chance to go, [...]
by Chris Hanlon on December 7, 2011 in Interesting topics, Starting a Business
We have all had those conversations, right? People who know us, like us but just don’t ‘get’ us. Sometimes it makes you wonder yourself… I was catching up with my friend Stuart the other day, we had not seen each other for a while. He commented on how busy I appeard to be. So [...]
by Chris Hanlon on November 24, 2011 in marketing
Does it seem like this Social Media thing is just a popularity contest? Does it frustrate you that people seem to make a snap judgement on your business/product/service without even taking the time to try and understand what you are all about? Well I am not going to sugar-coat it: Welcome to the real world. [...]
by Chris Hanlon on November 10, 2011 in marketing
Yesterday as part of my role with Telecom NZ, I attended the Data Advisory Network (DAN) breakfast meeting. DAN is a sub-group within the Marketing Association that specifically deals with the data side of contacting customers. Most are from the marketing campaigns side of things, dealing with demographics etc. And a few, like [...]
by Chris Hanlon on November 4, 2011 in Business Strategy, Video
Okay so in the past couple of posts I have mentioned Synergistic Processes for Synergistic Business Growth… So what on earth is that??? This video should help answer that question…
by Chris Hanlon on November 2, 2011 in Business Strategy, marketing, Video
As most of the people who follow my blog will have noticed, I have made a radical change in my approach to helping small businesses in the week-and-a-half since I returned from Phoenix… In this quick video I shot last night I explain what it is that has made this fundamental shift. I [...]
by Chris Hanlon on November 1, 2011 in Business Strategy, Video
In this video I discuss how transferable marketing skills are around the world and I share an interesting point brought up by a business owner in Phoenix. I also admit to the effect a poor first impression makes…. This is the video from my phone of the Rock ‘n’ Taco:
by Chris Hanlon on August 22, 2011 in Interesting topics
I know what you are thinking: “What the hell is an Unconference? And why should I care?!” Well you may care if your realised what an opportunity it presents to you and your business, but I will get to that. Let me first answer your question about what an Unconference (also referred to as a [...]
by Chris Hanlon on August 9, 2011 in marketing
LinkedIn is a great social networking site for whitecollar workers. If you or your customers already fit that description then you probably already know about it, if you don’t you are missing out! I am on LinkedIn on a daily basis, mostly for industry news and tips. On LinkedIn I follow the telecommunications industry (my [...]