Las week Sycara President Dan Boberg and I sat down wiht Ray Torres for his points of view show to disuss the SyCara Tallwave relationship. Tallwave is a venture accelerator company which provides starts ups and entrepreneurs with start up services. They also help companies navigate the sometimes daunting task of raising capital.
This is part one of the interview and you can see the rest at the SyCara Blog….
The French Open kicked off on the 17th at the Roland Garros Stadium in Paris. The start of the summer Tennis Season always reminds me of Europe and the summer. This year however I am not sitting in 110 degrees in Phoenix we are having unusually cool weather for May much to our relief. However I digress as the main purpose of thi post if to talk about the really “”important stuff” which is Nike’s video about Roger Federer’s oufit!!!!
On the 1st of June I will be presenting a workshop on Online Reputation Management as part of Instant Training’s Social Media Training Workshop. I was honored to be asked byBob Tripathi to be one of the presenters in this workshop. Bob is working with an incredible line up of presenters all with a passion for education and thought leadership in our ever evolving space. The workshops run from the 25th of May until the 22nd of June and given Bob’s commitment to excellence and quality are ideal for anybody learning social media and its application in business. There is a huge difference between effectively managing social media in a business environment and having a facebook, linked in and a twitter page of your own.
Bob has written a great post which decribes the event here Social Media Training Workshops The cost of these workshops is $299.00 and there are also group discounts available.
Social Media conferences can cost thousands of dollars to hear the same speakers this is incredible value and you do not have to leave your desk or get out of you pyjamas for the early morning sessions.
In this video Bob Interviews Social Media Expert Li Evans
Politically illustrated www.politicallyillustrated.com claim in this article that Google made a deal with the OPA to give higher value to its members content. The results certainly reflect this and I can see why a conspiracy theory might be hatched. I would like to see the proof that they say they have because if its true then Google has finally turned evil and although many people believe they are already evil I don’t. I think they are sort of evil. They are one of the best search engines in the world and an amazing success story but since they became public and Wall Street started running the show clearly they have lost some of their authenticity. This story if true would convince me to move from ‘sort of evil’ to full blown on the axis. It would be like finding out there is no Santa Claus!!!….okay I am kidding a little but I do know that I have sites with completely original content which no longer rank. Its tempting to jump on the conspiracy theory but I would like to see the proof.
