Have you met any business people lately who weren’t interested in finding new clients? I certainly haven’t. But I have met more than a few people who don’t actually get how social media can help them with this challenge. And often enough, even among those who do have a sense of the potential of social…
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of being interviewed by my friend and colleague, the dynamic young Australian communications professional Jamie Garantziotis. As Jamie wrote in his blog post with the interview video Getting the Edge with Des Walsh, “What we planned as a 10-minute chat turned into a half-hour discussion…” in which we covered a…
A few months ago I was pleased to be invited to be one of a team blogging for the small business focused site MYOB’s The Pulse – News, views and ideas for your business. The company behind the blog, MYOB, is a leading provider of business management solutions in Australia and New Zealand, with the motto “Making…
Speaker submissions have been invited for the next in the series of events which until recently went by the name BlogWorld & New Media Expo and have now been re-named New Media Expo. Re-badging the Expo The name change was announced earlier this month at BlogWorld & New Media Expo New York. New Media Expo/NMX…
About this time two years ago, Sydney based entrepreneur and investor Pete Cooper told me about an event he was putting together for people in the startup scene in Sydney. That became the first SydStart event in 2010 at the Australian Technology Park, with about 165 startups, students, investors and others participating and very positive…
It’s taken longer than I had planned, but I’m finally about to launch my membership program for professional services practitioners wanting help with social media. The program is called Get the Social Edge Kickstart. In a free webinar early next week I’ll be explaining how it will all work, with a commencement date of May…