{"id":1026,"date":"2014-03-07T11:32:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T11:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ianmcalvert.com\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2014-03-07T11:32:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T11:32:30","slug":"so-you-are-online-but-are-you-how-did-you-get-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ianmcalvert.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/07\/so-you-are-online-but-are-you-how-did-you-get-there\/","title":{"rendered":"So you are online – but are you? How did you get there?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you really on-line?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"#IanCalvert<\/a><\/p>\n

Who put you there?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"I<\/a><\/p>\n

If someone helped you – what made you use them?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

These are just some of the wonderful questions I get asked or people discuss with myself quite often. It is really surprising how many people are now jumping on the band wagon of being a “Social Media Expert”,\u00a0“Social Media Guru”,\u00a0“Social Media Marketer”,\u00a0“Social Media SEO Expert”,\u00a0“On-Line Expert”,\u00a0“Marketing Expert”….the list can go on and on….<\/p>\n

\"I<\/a><\/p>\n

Whilst I don’t proclaim to be an expert, what I do is look at the market and the future and not just say “Are you on LinkedIn<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/strong>?”, “You need Facebook<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/strong>“, “You need Twitter<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/strong>“, are you here or there or everywhere – trends are not always KEY<\/strong>!<\/em><\/p>\n

A recent article by Philip Calvert<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0highlighted this topic substantially when he wrote about a company saying that don’t reply to people tweeting their company as they don’t take them seriously<\/a><\/em> – why? Is this just their thoughts or were they advised this way? Where are their marketing department?<\/p>\n

With the future moving faster than you know (you may say this is not the case but do you really know what is happening behind the scenes?<\/em>) and this is becoming more and apparent in the developing world and emerging markets. Whilst here we are in the United Kingdom<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Scandinavia<\/a><\/strong>, parts of\u00a0Europe<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and the United States<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0with some of the fastest possible broadband\/internet access available, do you know we are so far behind in other areas and hence no doubt you business is too….<\/p>\n

For example, do you know where you customers are? How far away from your premises are they? Are they less than 100 metres or approaching you? I am not talking about knowing their location<\/strong> or email address<\/strong>, I mean actually in PERSON<\/strong>!<\/em><\/p>\n

Most of you will have seen (and maybe fed up by now) of me constantly going on about ENGAGE, ENGAGEMENT, INTERACTION, LOCATION MARKETING and MOBILE MARKETING<\/strong><\/em> and here is why….<\/p>\n

This aspect of location\/mobile marketing is not here now but it is already here in India<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and other parts of Asia<\/a><\/strong>. They know when their clients are nearby. They can anticipate and be ready if a client turns up. And yet most people would say these areas are and could be considered third world regions by comparison. They say that India<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0only has 13% internet penetration whilst here in the United Kingdom<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0we have 75%!<\/p>\n

Why I am saying this, simply put, do your so\u00a0called\u00a0“experts” and “influencers” fully understand where the world is going? \u00a0Make sure you really\u00a0know their background and don’t get sucked in by a cheap or low-cost solution….<\/em><\/p>\n

And before you say it, no I am not bitter or having a dig at certain people – I am just highlighting the issues that many experts I know share with myself. Why do they share this with me, because whilst we may compete in some areas – the main thing is that we actually share or work in collaboration plus we work together behind the scenes to help make sure we all are ready to be able to help all our prospects and clients.<\/p>\n

Real experts and influencers<\/a><\/em>\u00a0work together – not compete!<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, think about who you are using and just maybe, seek the opinions of other experts and <\/em>influencers<\/a><\/strong> to make sure you are being taken on the right path of delivering the future now to your business….<\/em><\/p>\n

To learn more about myself or contact myself, you can educate yourself here, communicate with me here<\/a> or just complete the form below….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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