Wayne Gibbins
Wayne Gibbins is a bit of a computer geek coming from the world of software engineering and computer programming but has since evolved into the world of marketing. Wayne is Communications Director for Viadeo; he enjoys photography, cooking, and travelling as well as networking, social media and all that jazz. Wayne lives in London, works across Europe and look forward to chatting with you on Viadeo or Twitter (@waynegibbins)
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A sincere apology from Viadeo
Over the last two weeks we’ve received feedback from our new members via Twitter and blog posts relating to our invitation process. Due to two recent modifications to this process, some users have inadvertently invited all the people in their address book to join Viadeo. These modifications included: the introduction of an invitation stage to the new user sign-up a new AJAX version of the address book viewer Whilst these two updates were introduced with a view to increase the […]
Launch48 Edinburgh
For those of you that don’t know, Launch48 is an event which brings together business people, techies and designers to launch a business in 48 hours. Sounds crazy, well that’s because it is! I spoke at the conference before the event kicked off and managed to stick around for the initial pitches. Twelve people gave business ideas for one minute each and then the audience voted down to a final four. These four would go on to become businesses by […]
iGoogle, do you?
If you’re a regular reader of the Viadeo blog you might have been wondering if there’s an easy way to find out when new articles are posted. Well, you could of course add our RSS feed to your Outlook (copy this URL: http://blog.viadeo.com/en/feed/ or use the RSS button on the right), Google Reader, Netvibes or some other feed reader but if you’re a user of iGoogle, why not try our Viadeo iGoogle widget? The Viadeo iGoogle blog widget enables you […]
iStrategy 2010 – Berlin & London
In February this year I travelled to Berlin for the iStrategy conference. This was two days of digital strategy and social media with a focus primarily on marketing. A combination of speakers, seminars and workshops mixed with networking, live interviews and a wonderful fish tank! Keynote speaker on day one was Michael Donnelly from Coca Cola, the social media hub of Coca Cola, his team provides a central hub of social media tools for their 3000+ marketing managers to use […]
Follow Friday: Escaping Twitter noise and starting again using Lists
Recently I’ve realised that a lot of the main Twitter stream is noise, I’m following about 700 people and it seems to be an irreversible cycle. I’ve tried deleting 10 people a day that don’t add any value, say anything funny or just whine on with motivational quotes every day but alas I can’t get the numbers down. Instead I’ve created a list for colleagues and another for interesting tweeters, some of whom I know, others I don’t. Here is […]
Twitter – an at a glance guide to the service everyone is talking about
What is it? Twitter is a communication tool where users can follow other people to stay informed of each other’s updates. These updates take the form of text and links up to 140 characters. Various features such as @ message, direct messaging and RT (retweet) exist to help people communicate directly to each other, in public or in private and to spread each other’s messages. URL shortening It is typical to use a URL shortening tool when linking to websites […]
A local network for local people: Capricorn and Leo makes for win-win negotiation?
Last August I travelled to India for three weeks taking in some of the highlights of Rajasthan, Delhi and Varanasi. India is a wonderful country which I look forward to returning to in years to come. I also visited our local offices in Delhi where ApnaCircle are based. Spending only a few weeks in India it was clear that the local and business cultures have some similarities to Europe but also some key differences. Subtleties that are best identified and […]
7 free Blackberry apps to keep you smiling
It seems a long time since I travelled the UK with my trusty Nokia 6210. It dealt with calls and text messages and that was about it – it was still probably the best phone ever made though. The BlackBerry wouldn’t compare if it weren’t for the apps. These change it from being just a phone to a real-time, location based business tool that I couldn’t live without. Here are a few of my favourites: Google Maps – I’m typically lost at […]
A touch of management inspiration from the past
In 1948, William McKnight, President and Chairman of 3M, made the following statement: “As our business grows, it becomes increasingly necessary to delegate responsibility and to encourage men and women to exercise their initiative. This requires considerable tolerance. Those men and women, to whom we delegate authority and responsibility, if they are good people, are going to want to do their jobs in their own way. Mistakes will be made. But, if a person is essentially right, the mistakes he […]
7 ways to monitor your brand online
As companies get to grips with social media the one thing that can be an easy and quick way to get involved is brand monitoring and eCRM. Whether you’re a startup or a global brand you really can’t afford not to be doing this and using these tools this can be implemented quickly and with immediate noticeable results. Google Alerts –I create a search term here for our brand, competitors’ brands and other hot industry topics and I have them […]
