How to do Business

Interflora SEO rankings penalised by Google as it loses top search spot

DrAlanRae — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:15:16 +0000

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Google has pulled the SEO ranking of Interflora for its own brand name as well as generic related topics such as ‘flowers’, ‘flower…

AlanRae‘s insight:

Blimey – is nothing sacred. Google punish interflora for their core business activities

See on www.thedrum.com

The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Mediocre People – The Rumpus.net

DrAlanRae — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:25:01 +0000

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AlanRae‘s insight:

This man seems to have been around a lot and learned quite a bit. Highly recommended

See on therumpus.net

Everything you need to know about Google + Communities

DrAlanRae — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:26:46 +0000

It really has been a long time coming for Google to launch their Google + “Communities”. It’s hard to believe that it took them more than a year to come u …

AlanRae‘s insight:

Interesting post on the basics of Google + communities from my friend Lilach Bullock

See on www.socialable.co.uk

Thomas Power – Google+ – The Rise and Rise of Google+ 2011 to 2018 Having built and…

DrAlanRae — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:08:18 +0000

The Rise and Rise of Google+ 2011 to 2018

Having built and sold a social network, 1998-2011, I understand with deep insight and painful practical…

AlanRae‘s insight:

Well here’s an interesting think piece from someone who’s been mulling this over for ages. Well worth a read IMHO.

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Plus-One This: Proof That Google Plus Will Prevail

DrAlanRae — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:04:22 +0000

Remember when Google Plus “flopped”? Well, it didn’t.

AlanRae‘s insight:

See on www.fastcompany.com

Interesting article about Google Plus and why we should be taking note of it.

Basically it says you would be well advised to use the Google Plus profile to link to your blog, Crewate a local business page and learn how to search relevant communities.

Are science and business incompatible? – NFU Online

DrAlanRae — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:45:02 +0000

NFU blog post about how the commercial drives of the GM industry result in decisions being made that are scientifically stupid and actually quite dangerous

AlanRae‘s insight:

This article is basically about the rise of super-weeds thanks to the particularly crude approach that Monsanto have taken to commercialising GM crops.

See on www.nfuonline.com

13 Things Digital Marketers Should Master In #2013

DrAlanRae — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:02:36 +0000

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Last year I created a post about 12 Platforms That We Should Use in 2012 and my goodness what a difference a year makes. So much has happened in the world of Digital Marketing in 2012, all pretty …

AlanRae‘s insight:

Useful digital marketing review article via my friend Marieke @Hensel

See on anisesmithmarketing.com

Return to relentless customer focus in 2013?

DrAlanRae — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:28:45 +0000

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AlanRae‘s insight:

We seem to have a litany of customer focus posts this morning – no doubt due to everyone’s dismal Xmas present experiences Here’s some food for thought from my old chum Anne Marie McEwan

See on www.thesmartworkcompany.com

Why are companies grappling with basic customer service?

DrAlanRae — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 06:57:44 +0000

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Adam Bender from Computerworld Australia recently reported on an event hosted by IPscape exploring the challenges companies continue to have delivering customer service that meets expectations. Wit…

AlanRae‘s insight:

Interesting article given ongoing struggle to get parcel delivered by #moltonbrown via #yodel since 19trh December

See on blog.marketculture.com

Leap! by Dudley Lynch – the psychology of communication. » Communication in Business

DrAlanRae — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:33:56 +0000

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Leap! is the new book from Dudley Lynch author of Strategy of the Dolphin. He reviews what behaving like a dolphin means in this strange 21st Century in terms of being pragmatic, looking for things that work and maintaining resilience.

See on communicationinbusiness.theintelligentgarden.com