What is it to be resilient?
By Jesper Astrom at 25 November, 2009, 12:39 am
The other day I got asked a question: “How resilient are you?”. The question was asked to me in a friendly environment, but it made me really start thinking. Why should anyone be asked to be resilient in the modern business environment? How can it even be an option to be resilient? Why should it be a trait to be resilient? Nothing in life should be about being resilient and nothing, I repeat nothing, in business should be so.
Business shall be about making money. Nothing more, nothing less. You can decide if you want to make that money in a decent manner or if you want to make that money in a dirty manner. That is completely up to you as an entrepreneur. The bottom line however is that you try to create the best product there is, with the buying consumer in mind. You aim to get the highest possible revenue out of some sort of input. That’s business.
Read More >>Goals and Measurement of Social Media
By Jesper Astrom at 25 October, 2009, 9:00 am
Had some fun cutting down some clips I found on YouTube tonight. As I was playing around I thought of an idea to actually try to break down what differs companies that make money and the ones that do not make money from social media. This first episode deals with the fact that you have to set up goals that are connected with your business strategy and overall business goals as well as measure how you’re moving towards these goals with the help of Social Media KPIs.
Read More >>Web Analytics Wednesday presentation on Social Media Perspectives
By Jesper Astrom at 20 April, 2009, 8:10 pm
My theory is that there are three major voices in the social media debate right now. There are the evangelists, the marketers and then a group I would like to call Dr Data. This presentation tries to tell the story of how these three groups communicate what social media is, what is its value and also how it should be measured.
Read More >>The Mindset of an Online Consumer in Social Media
By Jesper Astrom at 27 January, 2009, 6:18 pm
If you are looking to convert through social media, you have to recognize that it is a completely different task than converting traffic from a search engine.
In this post I will quickly run through two situations where the mindset of a person will enable you to make a sale through social media.
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