Networking

Stop Talking (I’m too busy communicating)

The Wowster asks are we communicating so much we've stopped talking to each other Chatting to my friend Marianne last night about a bio I read on Steve Jobs. Despite the fact he could be a huge arsehole, he contributed greatly to the advance of humanity, I said. She wasn't impressed and said she didn't think so. Why, I asked? Well he made it too ...

Next to Godliness

The Wowster on Facebook being next to godliness Facebook in order to counter its image as a spying, prying monolith has cosied up next to godliness. We're talking no porn here, we're Facebook. Zuckerberg or whoever gives a rat's arse about those things ...

How to Retweet and Benefit

Vivian Luu on how to retweet How to retweet on Twitter may bear a strong likeness to forwarding chain emails, but the process of engaging the media goes beyond circulating material by duplicating it. The misidentification perhaps is when we identify retweets ...

Times are changing

The Wowster on why times are changing for marketing My very good friend Keith (yes it's him once again) tells me times are changing, that marketing that worked a year ago no longer works and he seemed rather bewildered. Keith is an ...

Facebook IPO set for lift-off

The Wowster on the forthcoming Facebook IPO. The Web is abuzz with the impending multi-multi-billion dollar Facebook IPO. Will if be 60 bill, will it be 100 bill, ludicrously high figures are being trotted out for the biggest Internet public offering of ...

Twit Tweet

The Wowster on how a twit tweet can end in tears Just one twit tweet can land you in a lot of bother. There was Leigh Van Bryan coming into Los Angeles when he tweeted what he thought was funny as follows: "I'm ...