Is Infotainment The New Sales Strategy

by stevensreeves inbound marketing

As far back as I can remember selling has always been a combination of information and entertainment – with different emphasis on each depending on the circumstances.

Back in the 70’s
sales reps would have a

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Voicemail Direct to My Dashboard

by stevensreeves Business Internet Tools

Here’s an awesomely short video demonstrating how my voicemail automatically gets delivered to my Front Office Box Dashboard, where I plan whatever needs to be done about it.
Courtesy of Ribbit – this just blows me away. No bells or whistles – just plain sensible function which works and stays out of my way.

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Turn Voicemail into Email

by stevensreeves Business Internet Tools

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Every so often my inability to resist new web apps really pays dividends. Mostly I’ll have a quick play, promise to go back to it and then don’t. Funnily enough this helps me understand a lot about adoption for Front Office Box – new article coming soon.
But in this case I [...]

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Google Wave – First Impressions

by stevensreeves Business Internet Tools

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Last Friday we jumped in to set up our Google Wave account. Disappointed at having to wait so long – first invitations went out Sept 30th – we were anxious to start playing with this new toy. Is there a game changing business application in it? That’s what we wanted [...]

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Friendfeed to Twitter to LinkedIn

by stevensreeves Business Internet Tools

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As usual Mashable keeps us up with the news, and especially when there’s an inside track. Those guys certainly have good sources and access to the thought leaders.
I got pretty excited about this. All sorts of people who would never think of Twitter or Facebook are joining LinkedIn. It seems [...]

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Facebook Business Tools

by stevensreeves Social media

Can Facebook really be a serious business resource?
I’ve always been a little dubious – it just seems to be the wrong environment. Great for keeping up with family news, or even distant friends it certainly is. A few minutes everyday is enough for me for that. Otherwise Facebook doesn’t do anything for [...]

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Work With Us On Google Wave

by stevensreeves Business Internet Tools

We finally got our Wave invitation and have spent a few minutes fooling around with it today, meeting and chatting with guys in Israel and India – kinda like a three way real time Twitter.
Lucky people already using Wave can find us at stevensreeves@googlewave.com – please connect.
For us Mac people there are some things which [...]

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Protecting My Intellectual Property

by stevensreeves Business Internet Tools

Can I steal your ideas, or can you steal mine? While you wouldn’t do that, I know, there are people around who would. How can we protect our work?

Some weeks ago I got wound up when Zemanta offered me a link which sounded familiar. In fact it wasn’t like something I’d written [...]

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