The digital age has made it easier to connect with a mass audience, but it’s also more of a challenge to truly persuade people to believe in your mission.
For example, how do you influence your employees and promote enthusiasm throughout the company when you don’t have as much direct contact with individuals because of technology?
Mention Dale Carnegie or his best-selling book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, to your colleagues and you're likely to encounter cringes and knowing, semi-sarcastic smiles.
Perhaps it's the general ambience that surrounds Carnegie today, evoking images of Babbittry, good-natured guffaws and glad-handing, the perpetual American boosterism, that provokes these reactions.
The four seasons of the year might not affect your business directly, unless you are a farmer, but more or less seasonal factors play a role for every kind of business. For some businesses, for instance ski vacations, it is obvious when the peak is, while for others this isn’t so.
All equal, for the majority of businesses, except those that cater to this season/holidays, summer is a slow season. So are December and the 1st half of January. This means not only less work but also a drop in sales and as a result a drop in income.
Gaming fans have always been one of the most vibrant and vocal communities around, and they have never been afraid to voice their opinions about a game. But are developers listening-- and should they be?
A month or so back I published a list of ten social media power influencers. I’ve been developing the research since then and now have about 150 social media writers and experts in my power list. Below are the top 50.
