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Digital Diplomacy Job: Head of Digital Engagement for UK Foreign Office
Job: Head of Digital Engagement, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Employer: Foreign & Commonwealth Office Posted: 28 Sep 2009 Contact: Faye Flexer Location: Central London Sector: Public Sector – Central Government… Read more →
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SmartBlog On Social Media » Andy’s Answers: How McDonald’s is using social media at local, regional, and global scales
Here are a few great ideas from Heather Oldani, senior director of communications and Steve Wilson, senior director of global web communications for McDonald’s, on how McDonald’s is using social… Read more →
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A CEO’s guide to reenergizing the senior team – McKinsey Quarterly
When business conditions change as dramatically as they have in the past year, CEOs need to be able to rely on their best leaders to adapt quickly. But what should… Read more →
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How Do Innovators Think? Harvard Business Review
What makes visionary entrepreneurs such as Apple’s Steve Jobs, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Ebay’s Pierre Omidyar and Meg Whitman, and P&G’s A.G. Lafley tick? In a question-and-answer session with HBR contributing… Read more →
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Mad Men Blogs – 1960s Handbook – Confessions of an Advertising Man
“The two most powerful words you can use in a headline are FREE and NEW. You can seldom use FREE, but you can always use NEW.” So says ad man… Read more →
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A Dozen Social Media Applications
In June, Facebook attracted 24 million new unique visitors with 340 million unique visitors/month, surpassing Wikipedia as the fourth largest site in the world. Twitter’s unique visitors totaled 44.5 million… Read more →
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Stuffing your facebook: The kitchen is open online
Since Galvan started using Twitter four months ago, he estimates his sales have doubled. “What helps the most is that the chefs who follow my updates can actually see the… Read more →
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You’re Not Spending Enough Money! Startup Financial Tips
The money flowed like beer at a frat party. We hired people right and left – even though we didn’t have time to orient them and put their talents to… Read more →
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Giant Supermarkets Seek Advantage of Small Stores
To advance its efforts the company promoted Ron Bagley to director of compact formats, a newly created position. Bagley, whose most recent position was director of operations, merchandising, will report… Read more →
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Entrepreneur casts his social media net wider for business
A shop aimed at fishermen within a mile of the sea on every side seems bound to succeed, but when Harding ,41, moved in, its turnover was low. “The shop… Read more →