Technology and Business Leadership Speaker Scott Klososky Latest Post:A New Tech-Enabled Sales Model

A New Tech-Enabled Sales Model

September 30, 2009

by Technology, Sales  and Business Leadership Speaker Scott Klososky

Technology, Sales  and Business Leadership Speaker Scott Klososky is one the top keynote speakers with an emphasis technology and how it can accelerate the growth and develop of a business. Technology and Technology, Sales  and Business Leadership Speaker Scott Klososky is also a commentator on the impact of technology in our lives and business. In this weeks issue of his blog Technology Story, Technology, Sales  and Business Leadership Speaker Scott Klososky share some insight and trends about the impact of technology is having on sales and the selling process.

Social Media, Business Keynote and Technology Speaker Shel Israel:Twitterville Newbies

Twitterville Newbies: Beware the Public Stream

by Shel Israel – Business Speaker, Keynote Speaker, Social Media Speaker, Author of  Twitterville and Naked Conversations

In Twitterville , I quote co-founder Ev Williams as observing, “people are pretty much clueless when they first get to Twitter.” He said that back in December 2008, and since then the company has introduced all sorts of features and functionality so Twitterville newbies will be able to find their friends and popular accounts when they first join.

I was absolutely clueless to the value when I first got there. After a few days, I had posted only once, had no picture showing and 45 folks following me. Why were the following me; I wasn’t going anywhere? A couple of months later I was in Boston and posted that fact. My friend, and California neighbor,  Jeremiah Owyang turned out to be in Boston as well and ping me. We had dinner and fun that night, and that was the first time I discovered that Twitter can make things happen that otherwise would not have occurred.

That was only a couple of years ago. I could write a book about what I’ve seen on Twitter since then. In fact I just did.

Last week, I went to Kansas City, where I met with the sales team at Five Star Speakers, my new speaking agency. I was there really, so that they could better understand the product that I wanted them to sell–me. I found it more than a little difficult to figure out what it was I should say to them.

But the night before Steve Gardner had taken me out for legendary Kansas City ribs  at Jack Stack. Steve and I found each other through Twitter, and I knew that he saw the value to his organization, yet it was also clear that many on his team were new and, as Ev Williams had put it, “clueless” to how Twitter really worked. At dinner, Five Star, bizdev executive had complained at how fast the stream moved when she got there. The next day, when I presented to the sales team,  heard the same observation and saw other heads nod.

It seems that as Twitter newbies my Five Star friends had been dipping into the public stream where the post of millions of people from all over the world go up in rapid succession. Until this morning I had not looked at the public stream since my first days in Twitterville. It isn’t at all like dipping your toe into a stream. It’s more like immersing your head into Niagara Falls.

The public stream is neither useful nor interesting to most people using Twitter and they usually learn this after a short while. It is your personal stream that matter. This stream contains the content of the people you choose to follow. I like Andrew Lih’s observation that who you follow is more important than who follows you. If you follow lots of people then your personal stream will have lots of content. You regulate both the quality and quantity of what goes past you, by choosing wisely who you follow.

Your personal stream is really what will determine the quality of your Twitterville experience. Mixing metaphors, your personal stream becomes you customized, conversational newspaper. What flows there is the value you will take into real life and the conversation that start there are likely to be the most valuable to you in using Twitter.

Besides, it’s a lot easier and safer to dip your toes into a little stream than a thundering waterfall.

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Female Business Speaker Sally Hogshead Latest Post: Recession karma…

Recession karma: What goes around, comes around, during a downturn.

by Female Business Speaker Sally Hogshead

March 13, 2009

The word “karma” gets breezily tossed about in pop culture. However if we go back a few millennia, things were different. The word karma wasn’t followed by “is a bitch” on bumper stickers.

Before karma showed up in trendy yoga shops, it showed up in ancient religious texts. Here’s an excerpt. (In case you haven’t brushed up on your sanskrit, I’ll translate.)

Harm we cause in this life will come back to us in the next. The universe is relentless. It will not let us get away with anything.

Business and Motivational Speaker Adrian Gostick’s Latest Post:Do You Play Well With Others?

Do You Play Well With Others?

By Business, Keynote, and Motivational Speaker Adrian Gostick

May 04, 2009

What percent of managers don’t recognize their employees? Would you guess 25 percent? What about 50?

Social Media Expert & Author, Business and Sales Speaker Lon Safko: A Virtual Presence-tation

It always seems to happen. Anytime the economy goes into a downturn, the first thing corporate hatchet people do is go after the training and education budget. Honestly, when times are the most difficult do you really think this is the best time to attack morale and eliminate necessary training?

I speak in more than 100 cites each year on innovative thinking, Internet marketing, and now about the subject of my newest book, The Social Media Bible (www.TheSocialMediaBible.com), published by John Wiley & Sons due out on May 4th. I see how Fortune 2000 companies rent entire towers of hotels, grand ballrooms, break-out session meeting rooms, fleets of taxis, and buy 100’s of round-trip airplanes seats all to shuttle their employees or business partners in from all corners of the content for an event. I can’t help but imagine the inordinate expense associated with these events; $50,000, $250,000, $500,000, and sometimes as much as $1,000,000 or more. Is there a reasonable ROI on this investment?