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Michael Adcock

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Consultant/SI, ETI

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Jan. 23, 2012

Michael Adcock recommends this answer by John Lowry

Which social website is best for business use?

It depends on the intended use.
For marketing focused business connections, you can't beat Linkedin
For blanket marketing, Facebook and Twitter are excellent (Look at Richard branson on Twitter - amazing).
For serious, secure, accurate, instant, audit-able, business communications, Myloop has no peer. more

Online Marketing

Jan. 3, 2012

Michael Adcock and 24 other people answered this question

POLL: What do you feel is social media's biggest pitfall?

1- It is overwhelming. Even when a thread is interesting it can quickly become too time consuming to keep up with. It doesn't help that sometime people begin to spam these threads and waste everyones time with some blatant advertizing.
4- Related to #1 too ... more

Online Marketing

Jan. 3, 2012

Michael Adcock recommends this answer by Alan Kay

How do you fix cultural flaws as a company grows?

A few suggestions: Don't try to 'fix' culture. Instead...
a) find out what works within the culture (i.e., what are the useful elements), and do more of that,
b) define what you want the culture to be, (i.e., different from the one that's not useful), ... more

General Management

Human Resources

Company Culture

Dec. 29, 2011

Michael Adcock answered this question

What are some financing options for startups?

I don't know, but I'm interested in what people can offer on this question. Perhaps setting a few parameters will help.
What type of business are you looking at starting?
How much will you need to operate for the first year?
Where are you located(US, ... more

Finance Strategy

Dec. 29, 2011

Michael Adcock and 2 other people answered this question

Should you respond to every mention of your brand on social channels? Why or Why Not?

I makes sense to let your customers know you hear there requests and are working to reslove percieved problems and frustrations, but there is a great deal of value to being "a fly on the wall". The risk in responding to every posting is that ... more

Social Business

Social Networking

Aug. 26, 2011

Michael Adcock and 27 other people answered this question

Is arguing on the internet a bad idea?

Using that logic writing a “letter to the editor” in a major newspaper is a bad idea, unless we let the letter sit for weeks so that’s it’s published after the topic becomes irrelevant. I know newspapers are not as eternal nor were they ever ... more

Aug. 24, 2011

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Has anyone considered how the raising of taxes by the Obama administration is going to affect them?

Has anyone not considered how Obama's tax policies and additional regulation is going to affect them?!?!?
I'm not a business owner, but I want to start one. I'm afraid with the additional taxes I'll be paying I won't have the cushion every new business needs until ... more

Aug. 3, 2011

Michael Adcock recommends this answer by Bob Gately

What do you think of the new Debt Compromise? Is it a fix or just a band-aid?

Not much and it is a short term band-aid.

Congressional Budget Office

Aug. 3, 2011

Michael Adcock answered this question

Is it uncommon for organizations to acquire companies primarily to acquire talent?

In the direct sense of “Talent Management” - where HR and company managers identify who, by name, are the key contributors to company performance - I don't recall there ever being a case of reported of a merger or acquisition for such a reason. It's ... more

Talent Acquisition

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