My trip to China (March 24-April 9) was amazing. I visited 5 cities in 18 days, and along the way met business contacts and friends. The cities I visited were: Guangzhou – food, casual clothes, humidity, and a down-to-earth personality…
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Simon goes to China: March 24- April 9
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It’s 12 days (and 11 hours) till I get on the plane for Guangzhou, China where I’ll be speaking at this conference. Why is the British Government flying a New Zealander to China? I guess because I had something to…
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Why Social Media is dangerous … and amazing
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We’re living in the age of the Invisible Revolution … and revolutions aren’t always nice. This particular revolution has given power to anyone articulate enough to gather like-minded people behind them. Included in that is people with an axe to…
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What are we searching for?
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I was recently interviewed by Radio NZ about Google’s top searched terms in NZ in 2012. Seems we are interested in pop culture and social media. Not a huge surprise, but interesting to see the themes coming out. (Link to…
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Are your Facebook friends really friends?
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Turns out Kiwis are becoming more sociable on Facebook – our average friend count has gone up in the last year. Does this mean we’re getting more friendly? Not necessarily. The NZ Herald’s Moana Tapaleao asked me whether Facebook is…
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Trading your personal gold
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We all have talents and skills that are like gold. And just like gold, it’s not always obvious how to make it useful for you. If you had a gold bar, you probably couldn’t get a McDonalds happy meal for…