Tag: networking

My personal LinkedIn experiment

Philip Wattis | 26/04/2016

Who would have believed in 2002 when Reid Hoffman was mooting the idea of a professional social network - a kind of Facebook for suits - that it

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Strategy

Why ‘stealth mode’ will hurt your startup

Philip Wattis | 16/08/2013

On my travels I talk with many startups and occasionally come across a few that are so protective of what they are doing, they are unwilling to even tell

Business

Get your Twitter business strategy right: Part 7 of 7

Philip Wattis | 03/05/2013

For part 7 of this tutorial I am summarising the steps covered in the previous parts so you can see at a glance what needs to be done

Business

Get your Twitter business strategy right: Part 6 of 7

Philip Wattis | 23/04/2013

For part 6 of this tutorial I am going to introduce you to the ‘Twitter Ratio’, why it is important, and how to avoid it causing you problems.

Business

Get your Twitter business strategy right: Part 2 of 7

Philip Wattis | 02/03/2013

In part 2 of this tutorial we are going to focus on the need to tweet your own content several times a day, the importance of doing this,

Business

Get your Twitter business strategy right: Part 1 of 7

Philip Wattis | 21/02/2013

I use Twitter a lot, and at the time of writing have amassed 18,000 relevant followers, of which around 80% are UK based. Polite people often ask how

Business

Linkedin, eHarmony and now Last.fm all fail their customers in the same week

Philip Wattis | 08/06/2012

It seems the Iron Curtain may be re-emerging this week as Russian hackers first disclose 6.5m passwords from Linkedin, followed by 1.5m passwords from eHarmony, and then Last.fm with

Social Media

6 ways to get your Linkedin account suspended

Philip Wattis | 11/01/2012

Linkedin is a great networking tool, and many are utilising its power to manage communications with their contacts. I make extensive use of Linkedin and was dismayed last