Aisling Foley has 23 years marketing experience in the IT industry. Before founding...
Niall Devitt
Niall Devitt is a leading Irish sales management consultant, sales trainer and coach with over 10 years experience in recruiting, leading and training high performance sales teams. He is a recognised thought leader in business development, sales and social networking. Niall is the a member of Top Sales Experts International, the finest collection of international sales ever assembled in one location. He is the founder of LinkedIn groups Sales Leadership Ireland and Social Media Ireland. His consulting company Beyond the Boardroom is one part of the International Partnership - a strategic alliance to help Indigenous Irish companies to globalise successfully. He is also the co -founder of Bloggertone - a new online space that allows people in business to access and share useful business information and opinions, constantly updated by the collaborative effort of selected business bloggers. He recently was invited and joined the board of advisers of My Venture Pad, part of the Social Media Today Group.
Posts by Niall Devitt:
Marketing
Bloggertone Interview: A Chat With Aisling Foley
by on July 26th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Category: Marketing Strategy, interviews
Tags: Aisling Foley Marketing, B2B companies, Bloggertone Interviews, Branding, CR2, Global Enterprise Monitor, International Marketing, interviews, IT companies, Regus, Sabre Holdings, Social Media, software companies
Technology
Creating a Successful LinkedIn Group (P1)
by on June 30th, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Category: Modern business, Social Media
Tags: creating a Linkedin group, featured discussions, LinkedIn, Linkedin discusssions, Linkedin e-mail templates, Linkedin groups, Linkedin introductions, Linkedin posting guidelines, Manager's choice on LinkedIn, online networking, Social Media, social networking., web marketing
Linkedin groups recently had a makeover. I currently manage a number of LinkedIn Groups including Social Media Ireland & Sales Leadership Ireland. In my my post 50 ways to get more from Linkedin, I mentioned that creating a successful Linkedin group is an really great way of using Linkedin to network. Here are some pointers to get you started.
Technology
Go Connect! @ Small Business Can
by on June 21st, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Category: Great Business Resources
Tags: astest growing small business network in the UK & Ireland, business advice, business blogging, business connections, business groups, business networking site, business tools, case studies, facebook, Fionan Murray, get found online, Ron Immink, Small Business Can, small business community, small business forum, small business networking, Social Media, Ulster Bank
Supported by Ulster Bank, Small Business Can is the fastest growing small business network in the UK & Ireland today.
Technology
Global Corner Shop
by on May 26th, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Category: Social Media
Tags: corner shop, explaining social media, learning about social media, Network Ireland, old school shopkeeper, Social Media, social media for small business, social media ROI
As I tried to reassure people that social media is merely a set of tools that allowed people to communicate, much like pen & paper & e-mail, one analogy used for social media that particularly struck me was that of the old corner shop.
Growth
Interview with Cathy Albanese from FITT Ladies Bootcamp
by on May 23rd, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Category: Start-ups, interviews
Tags: blogging, business interviews, business lessons, business planning, Cathy Albanese, entrepreneur, facebook, fitness industry, fitness instructor, fitness sector, FITT Ladies Bootcamp, irish women and fitness, outdoor activities, Pigsback.com Irish Enterprise Award, Social Media, start up business, twitter
Interview with Australian Cathy Albanese who is a fitness instructor and the lady behind Ireland’s FITT Ladies Bootcamp. After only 9 months, they were nominated for the 2010 Pigsback.com Irish Enterprise Award.
Technology
A Great Business Resource: Bizsugar
by on May 19th, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Category: Great Business Resources, Social Media
Tags: best business articles, best business information, bizsugar, business links, business networking site, get found online, Great Business Resource, promote your business, small business trends, social bookmarking, social media for business, Sugartone Sweet Blogging Contest, vote on business articles
BizSugar is a social bookmarking and networking site for small business and medium-sized business owners and managers. It allows you to submit, share and vote (Sweet) for the best business information links on the Internet.
Management
10 of the MOST STUPID interview questions EVER….
by on May 10th, 2010 | 37 Comments »
Category: HR and recruitment
Tags: interview questions, interviewer, interviewing, interviewing techniques, interviews, irrational interview questions, irritating interview questions, professional interviews, questioning techniques, ridicules interview questions, stupid interview questions
Something that grates with me is why so many downright silly interview questions continue to be asked even though they are clearly pointless & invariably just waste time?? here are my
10 of the MOST STUPID interview questions EVER.
Marketing
10 Blogs To Put The Buzz In Your Social Media
by on April 26th, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Category: 1279, Social media Marketing, blogging
Tags: Advice, blogging, blogs, Brian Clark, Brian Solis, Channelship, chris brogan, conversation, copywriting, Darren Rowse, digital media, engaging online, Krishna De, Mashable, online business communications, online marketing, PR, Simply Zesty, Social Media, Social Media Examiner, Social Media Today, tips, Traditional Media, web 2.0
I’m sometimes asked where I go to for social media know-how, the simple answer is that virtually everything you need to know is available online.
Technology
What can you see in a Social Media Bubble?
by on March 31st, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Category: Social Media
Tags: quality connections, relationship fail, Social Media Bubble, The Internet as a mirror, The promise of the Internet
Perhaps if we were to start thinking of the internet as a very powerful mirror, one which shines back upon us our good and our bad. Then perhaps, we may begin to realise that when blame it, we are merely pointing the finger at ourselves.
Announcements
Sugartone Winners
by on March 24th, 2010 | 24 Comments »
Category: Bloggertone announcements, SugarTone
Tags: bizsugar, Bloggertone, business articles, business community, business contest, business networking, contest, SugarTone, top 10, Top 10 Commenters, Top 10 Titles, winners
Wow! Dozens of business articles were submitted for the Sugartone Sweet Business Blogging contest and there were literally hundreds of votes and comments, both here on Bloggertone and also on BizSugar.
