Tag Archives: social networking

User Experience is in the Details

Aug
12
2010

Open / Close

Just like a good design is all about the fine details, so too it is the same for the design of an over all user experience.   The critical elements usually come from those small details of the communications and interaction with the audience.

If you start to get these wrong, then people do start to question if you really are that genuine with your UX approach.

Generally people are forgiving, so you can make a few mistakes, just don’t make too many as one day you will wake up and your loyal audience will be gone.

Growing Business in a Walled Garden

Apr
30
2010

Broken Wheel

Social networking sites like Facebook and the like were fun when they started.   You could be ensured of a reasonable degree of trust with them.

I don’t know if you have noticed lately, but Facebook have been slowly but surely selling off your privacy, and rights  to the information you put on their site. They are doing this by just changing their Terms and Conditions from time to time.   The changes have been slow and almost calculated.

Networking the Morning After

Apr
14
2010

Business Cards

You have been to all the networking events, chatted to people, exchanged business cards. Even found a few contacts that would be worthwhile leads in the future.

Still after all this, it just doesn’t seem to be working.

So you go to few more events, you have been really listening to people and you have your opening  networking pitch perfect, it’s all going well.

However still the results aren’t that great. Sound familiar?

The problem is business networking doesn’t stop once you have left the event. It’s about the longer term networking post event. This is often the most important aspect of networking besides the event.

Effective Freelance Networking – The Opening Pitch

Jan
10
2010

Path to no where

I don’t know about you, but I have been to face to face networking events where it’s basically been like pulling teeth to get the people in the room to talk and discuss what they do and the benifits it has for me.   There is nothing wrong with the event itself, it’s just some of the attendees don’t know how to network.

Networking doesn’t come easy, you can’t just expect to turn up to an event and it happens, you have to work at it. You have to build the trust and connections with people.  You have to get people interested in you and vice-versa.