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Kick Start Monday 4th of July – Weekly tips, articles, products

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The following outlines the most useful information I came across this week. It’s a mix of tips, articles, information on products and anything else that will add value and save some of your time. It’s hard to filter out all the good stuff!

1. Facebook Friends phone numbers -  If you go to – Facebook Privacy [...]


Bill Liao – 3 Common mistakes for startup companies

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[A post from Bill Liao,  serial entrepreneur, philanthropist and Co-Founder of Xing.com, a business social network with 10 million subscribers. Bill is keynote speaker at the IIA National Conference this week.]

Over the years I have been involved in a lot of successful start-up companies and while most of what I write about is to do [...]


Listen and contribute don’t broadcast

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Although I work in social media and I enjoy networking online (Linkedin, Xing, Twitter, Blogging etc) I still need to get out and about and meet people in person. I do believe that in the networked environment that we live in a combination of offline and online networking is very beneficial to a business.

I was [...]


Rabo saves their money using social media!

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At the Dublin Chambers of Commerce business owners network meeting last Friday Roel van Veggel the General Manager of RaboDirect.ie gave a very interesting presentation about how RaboDirect is coping in a very difficult banking market and how they are using social media as part of their marketing efforts. RaboDirect is a savings only bank [...]


Ryanair getting social with their passengers!

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In a recent post from Hotel Marketing website it claims that Ryanair are going the social media route by setting up a private community for travelers to communicate amongst each other and with Ryanair. They did consider using twitter and facebook but decided a private community is better.

Is it the right decision to go [...]