Episode: VMC #205 – Chris Brogan – They Shall Know Us By Our Dialtone [right click to download 'Save the link as...', video-player available below] Presence and the social web are the new battleground for attention and authentic business communication. How did Barack Obama win the 2008 US Presidential election? He knew where the people…

What are your sales mistakes costing you? – When you loseWeight Exercise a client or are pitching business that you don’t win… do you know why you weren’t chosen? Measure the Impact, Not the Influence – Reaching a person interested in what you have to offer is more important than reaching many who are disinterested….

Episode: VMC #199 – Loic Le Meur, LeWeb and PR We were both invited at the World Blogging Forum so I finally had the time to capture on video few thoughts with Loic. It was a nice chat about his projects and his take on PR. He is a great guy and truly passionate about…

User-Created Ads Create Rights Conundrum – Bad move by Toyota… ever heard about Creative Commons? Why Social Media Is Vital to Corporate Social Responsibility – Social media has begun to play a key role in how companies shape their corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies and present themselves as good corporate citizens. Collaboration within organisations increases…

Episode: VMC #198 – The Role of Blogging in Branding; World Blogging Economic Forum World Blogging Forum, a Day 2 jam-packed of terrific presentations. I especially liked the entrepreneurial passion of Loic Le Meur (@loic), and the great World Economic Forum insights of Matthias Lüfkens (@davos). I’ll release the video of their presentations too, meanwhile…

Twitter/Facebook Will Soon Dominate The Web — Not Google. – Sean Parker, a managing partner at Founder’s Fund, gave an interesting talk at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. The key to it is simple: Facebook, Twitter, Apple, and eBay will dominate the web going forward. One company of note that won’t? Google. What…