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Latest blog posts from The BizWalk

Finding The Missing Jigsaw Piece
Paddy has always been a great person to be conversing with, for one who never fails to light up any discussion and share his opinions/ideas. We met over Sunday and while on the way home, we began a short topic regarding the low sustainability of new media in Singapore. It wasn’t comprehensive... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Choosing The Right Social Media Partnership
Previously, I wrote about a very important aspect of social media which is transparency. We know many businesses are still apprehensive about revealing themselves to the public. Their reasons are not unheard of, and not unreasonable too. Especially in an environment that things can quickly turn... Read more...
Published a month ago

Bad After-Sales Service Turns Off Customers
The decision by Linksys (Singapore) to cease operation of their telephony support is still disappointing to me until today. Having been a customer for years, the telephony support is one of my most-used avenue to ask for assistance to my router or wireless adapter. I have since dropped any... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

We Can Do Better Than This… Surely?
We hear that buzzword - transparency - in social media so many times, but I wonder how many of those who practise social media actually abide by it. I have been reading so many parties whom have been redefining the boundaries of social media in words. At the end of the day, I feel we are looking... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

The Olympic Games “PR Nightmare”
It ain’t a nightmare, I exaggerated it to highlight the massive efforts to keep the Olympic Games going smoothly. While managing the Olympic Games is a dream to most, some will be thankful they have nothing to do with it. It’s, nevertheless, an honor should anyone get that far. To have the... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Where do you draw the line?
This incident has become a talking point over the internet, spiralling into social conversations even on Friendfeed. The two camps made their points, and all are equally valid. Quite a classic incident I must say, for several reasons. 1. Simon Blint, was just doing his job. He’s not wrong for... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Three CONs of Social Media
“Social Media” is the IN word these days. Still in its infancy, there are plenty of ideas to explore (and loopholes to exploit). How will social media pan out in future, it’s practically unknown even though we know of a fair share of analysis (or speculations if you’d like) from various... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Singapore Real Estate Opportunities
I thought I could send another shout on an upcoming event, if you’re interested in finding out about Singapore’s real estate opportunities. I will just re-publish the mailer and sign up if it interests you. Singapore is turning into the Switzerland of the East, a global city attracting the... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Three Shouts For The Week
I am putting out three things I would like to spread words on this week and the first two come from much respected Kevin Stirtz - The Amazing Service Guy. He sent me his book which I wrote here, and his sharing doesn’t stop at that. I’m not quite done with the book, though. Hence, I am... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

4 steps to a better social media effort
Kat French of Social Media Explorer was kind enough to put up a four-part series written for the social media practitioners last month. Yes, you may think that since so many have written on social media it isn’t necessary to read the same old stuffs anymore. True, there are rules of the trade... Read more...
Published 2 months ago