TECHNOLOGY  Faster internet connections and cloud applications might just be the key to Australian businesses being able to grow their online presence, expand their customer bases, and ultimately be able to compete globally with ICT powerhouses.
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INDUSTRY TALK  I had a client agency meeting in London a while back and around the table sat 12 people all of us pontificating about a product predominately bought by women. Represented were developers, project managers, media strategy, creative and the social guru. Out of 17 all were men and nobody saw the irony. This is something we should address urgently?
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ADVERTISING & MARKETING  A ton has been written recently about the current craze around influence scoring. Klout in particular has been under the spotlight for attempting to summarise a persons social influence down to a single number. Should we care about our scores? Well personally I'm torn, so here is my brain dump pro and against.
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PEOPLE  Welcome to Digital People where this time we profile Peter Williams, CEO of Deloitte Digital. Peter offers insights into his work with Delloites surrounding crowdsourding, mobile, gamification and the challenges of accessing talent and keeping up with the pace of change. He also introduces yet another acronym 'clomosoda'. A good quick read...
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START UPS  We are joined by London Tech Stars Natalie and Simon from Lanyrd to talk about building a startup on your honeymoon, the experience of going through Y Combinator, and raising $1.4 million of venture money.
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MOBILE  For me, ever since I switched my focus from the fixed Web to Mobile in 2000 it has been the year of Mobile that never really permeated in to mainstream media. I think the reason for this is simple yet not seen as obvious to most, as Mobile as a communication device has played in two main streams since the first voice call in 1946.
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INDUSTRY TALK  Do people really want high quality products? Do they even want standard products designed for specif problems? Is creating something personal, even of moderate quality, much more satisfying that consuming something made by others, even something of high quality? I suspect for many it is and this is a growing market.
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PEOPLE  Welcome to Digital People where this time we highlight views from several of the most experienced people in the digital media industry. Rapid change & evolution in digital media is also raising multiple challenges. Here we focus on some of these challenges with suggested solutions. Please add your opinion - What do you think the digital media industry can do better right now?
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START UPS  Justin Boswer from cloud based CRM and Marketing company HTK Horizon, recently crowned "Britain's Brightest Business", joins the boys for chat. They cover how to build a company organically, and the future of customer relationship management. Hear more from Justin in the accompanying Podcast, including the challenges of running a business from a small town.
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PEOPLE  Welcome to Digital People where we profile Sam Granleese, Strategy Manager at Private Media. Sam shares his career journey, starting in high school to working on key accounts at ZenithOptimedia & now with one of Aust's most successful independent publishers. He offers valuable insights into our 'schizophrenic' industry & shares forecasts on digital broadcasting & more. A highly worthwhile read....
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SOCIAL MEDIA  Named last year as one of the ten most important emerging technologies by the MIT Technology Review social TV is fast rising as one of the hottest topics since group buying. But will social TV really live up to the hype? we take a look at what social TV is, what the main trends are shaping TV, the challenges and the opportunities going forwards for media companies, businesses and marketers
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SOCIAL MEDIA  Rockefeller famously saw the Wall St. crash coming and got his money out when the shoe shine boy started giving him stock tips; so what does it mean for the Next New Thing in social media when your parents-in-law start telling you about Twitter?
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SOCIAL MEDIA  I believe 2012 will be the year that Twitter is finally recognised as a viable customer service tool for many Australian businesses. You only have to look at the increasing numbers of large and small businesses directing their customers not only to a customer service phone number or email address but also to their twitter handle e.g. @commbank, @VirginAustralia, @auspost and many more.
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START UPS  Steve Baty who will be speaking at Xmedia Lab Sydney 8-10 June, gives us some ideas on the when, the why and the how to start a business. Steve is a Principal at Meld Studios, a Sydney-based design studio and President at IxDA, a global network dedicated to professional practice of interaction design.
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INDUSTRY TALK  On this weeks show we are joined by community legend Thayer Prime. We talk about her awesome name, and how she got started in tech. Thayer provides some killer tips on how to break into the industry, discusses how brands are attempting to engage with developers, the challenge of marketing to developers and her latest project, recruiting for the Government Digital Service.
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START UPS  Last week I had the pleasure of being asked to sit on the judging panel for MUSIC Tech Pitch 4.5 held at EMI's London office. This was the second music focused pitching event organised by 2Pears.
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SOCIAL MEDIA  How many articles have you read today on how to have a conversation with your colleagues, make an appropriate phone call or give the best damn handshake you can? None I hope. That's because we all know instinctively how to communicate; we've been doing it all our lives. It's part of our DNA. Making connections and building relationships is what we're all about.
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TECHNOLOGY  Observing the world at the moment is like watching a multi-car motorway pile up. It all seems to happen so slowly, but it's inevitable that when the brakes are applied by some and directions changed by others that a big crash will happen.
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INDUSTRY TALK  I'd like to start by wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! And what a start to the year it has been. Wherever I turn recently I am being bombarded with news that many of the UK's largest retailers enjoyed a roaring, and in some cases, record Christmas trade. The likes of Next, John Lewis, Marks and Spencer, Gap and House of Fraser are just some of those reporting some mind boggling trading figures. Whoop whoop and high fives all round because after a year of doom and gloom it is both a joy and relief to hear such marvellous success stories. And the even better news, especially if you work in digital, is that the Internet played a defining role for most of these businesses.
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SOCIAL MEDIA  Sharing is an industry thanks largely to new technology. And it's one that we still don't know much about BUT one that holds important implications and opportunities for marketers and business alike as we journey headlong towards a new era of the social web.
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