#NewTwitter: Twitter’s big announcement

September 15, 2010
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Ayer se desarrolló un evento importante en Twitter. Se mantuvo en secreto hasta el último momento y se invitó a gente del medio a una conferencia de prensa. Luego de momentos de ansiedad, se reveló que Twitter está por lanzar una nueva interface. ¿Gran noticia verdad?

Pues es interesante ya que el posicionamiento de Twitter ha ido dejando de ser Red Social y más un "stream" de noticias. El mayor reto es para usuarios nuevos que no entienden como funciona y de que se trata. Los usuarios expertos utilizan aplicaciones externas pero Twitter no era muy intuitivo. Con los nuevos cambios, no sólo se podrá observar videos e imágenes en los mismos tweets, sino además se hará más evidente la información para un usuario novicio. A su vez, prometieron mayor velocidad y estabilidad del sistema ya que una de las quejas más importantes es la constante presencia de la Ballena Azul de Twitter (página de error o servidor caido de Twitter).

¿Qué opinas... es esto un anuncio importante? Revisa la nueva interface aquí.

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Twitter had a “big” press conference yesterday evening. They sent out invitations with little explanation of what was about to be revealed. The invitees felt the excitement in the air, the secret was filling the room and the Twitter employees giddily smiled, barely containing the secret.

Twitter was a flurry of tweets, even people (like me) who were not present in the conference were hanging from every tweet from TechCrunch and others talking about what was going on in the event. Read more »

Want to sell? Tell me to buy!

September 14, 2010
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Si quieres que compre, dime que estás vendiendo algo. Es importante incluir "llamadas a la acción" en nuestros sitios web. Estas llamadas a la acción varian de industria en industria, sin embargo usualmente son muy visibles y te indican que debes hacer para comprar o que paso sigue luego de llegar a un sitio.

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How can a business be successful without sales? How can you sell without asking me to buy? This is simple, yet, many people forget this easy basic element of selling. You have a great product, its packaged brilliantly and its in your office waiting for me to buy. I may, by chance, get to see it, but I may think its there to adorn your desk. If you want me to buy it, you need to tell me you are selling it! How does this translate to internet marketing?

We spend lots of time and effort creating excellent website design but we forget that the most important element is what’s makes things happen… “a call to action”. The concept is simple, you have a product and its shown in your website all over the place. It looks pretty, it has a price, but most people won´t take action unless the required action is obvious. If you want a visitor to fill a form, state it clearly with text and design, make it obvious. If you want a visitor to buy, show the “buy now” button clearly. Read more »

What can a brilliantly executed idea do?

September 8, 2010
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¿Qué es un afilador de lapcies artesanal? Hay ideas que parecen una locura o una fantasia y sin embargo, todos los dias encontramos más ejemplos de éxito basados en conceptos que parecen broma. Tal es el caso de el afilador de lapices artesanal que se dedica a vender lapices finamente afilados a mano. Esto nos hace considerar 4 cosas:

1. No es lo que vendas, sino cómo lo vendes. Tener un producto estelar es importante, sin embargo, no siempre es seguro de éxito.

2. ¿Es en serio? Cree en lo que haces y hazlo saber a los demás.

3. Se trata todo de ti. La gente compra de la gente, es importante que el producto es el negocio, pero es el artesano el que lo vende.

4. Si a la primera no lo logras... debes seguir intentando. No importa cual sea tu negocio o cuantas veces hayas fracasado, lo importante es que te levantes y vuelvas a intentar. El verdadero camino al éxito es no rendirse.

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What is an artisanal pencil sharpener? Well, most of us remember when we had to sharpen our No. 2s in school. I still remember how in between classes I had to sharpen my pencil and the pride and peace it brought having an excellently sharpened pencil, specially if they didn’t break. There were cheap pencil sharpeners that almost invariably resulted in a broken tip. And then, there were others that sharpened the pencil like a really pointy dagger. So, there are sharpened pencils and Sharpened pencils. Read more »

Medios Sociales en mi Negocio

August 23, 2010
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Social media in my business: Understanding social media. Basic questions, basic principles.
Adapting social media strategies to the sales strategies in business, its becoming something necessary, although it is important to understand that for these to be effective we need to understand them. Basic Questions.
Q: Why do I need social media in my business?
A: Sell, promote and to retain customers.
Q: What can I sell through social media?
A: Any product or service that can benefit from good reputation and positive word of mouth.
Q: Are there any rules to social media?
A: Communicate, share and maintain.
Q: Should I worry about my privacy?
A: Yes, but remember you have control over the information, don't be afraid to share, just do it smartly.
Q: How can we ensure success utilizing social media?
A: Constance and congruency.

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1.0 ENTENDIENDO LOS MEDIO SOCIALES

Adaptar los medios sociales a las estrategias de ventas en negocios se ha convertido en algo básico, sin embargo, entender que para que estos sean funcionales debemos saber cómo se operan y para que funciona.

Preguntas básicas. Read more »

Funny video and the rap song that made him famous

August 17, 2010
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Video creado en base a entrevista realizada a Antoine Dodson de Alabama. El primero es el video de la entrevista original, el segundo es el video creado por The Gregory Bothers con la entrevista. Antoine Dodson tiene ahora página web dedicada a su música y se ha convertido en una celebridad de internet. Esto no es noticia, ni es nada realmente trascendente, pero es divertido.

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This is not news, this is barely something that should matter, except for the fact that is funny. Of course, some healthy fun is always great. This has gone all over the web, has been in the news in different places and now Antoine Dodson (the guy in the video) has a website and has created some controversy in his hometown in Alabama.

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