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Guest Post by Euan Wilcox (Regional Managing Partner - The Upper Storey )

There is a lot of talk, and honestly a lot of contradictory information, about Social Commerce. No wonder some brands might approach the whole opportunity with some trepidation and caution. Fortunately for me, my agency The Upper Storey, and Dell, we jumped headlong into Group Buying at the end of 2008 way before the over-hype made the picture significantly more complex.

Some people might question if group buying is a significant part of social commerce. I would agree, I think its true relevance to the potential field is probably minor. But it certainly fits under the broader definition of social commerce and is one of the most talked about today. For me there is no point arguing definitions and I find the Wikipedia definition more than satisfactory: Social commerce is a subset of electronic commerce that involves using social media, online media that supports social interaction and user contributions, to assist in the online buying and selling of products and services.

Guest Post By Matthew Kwan

Do you realize how much negotiation do you do everyday? You may negotiate with your customers for the most favorable prices, order quantity, delivery time and condition. You may push your sub-ordinates and co-workers to deliver the jobs on time and with high quality that meet your expectation. You may try so hard to show your performance to your boss and managers in order to get a better pay rise or promotion in the next review cycle. All these show that doing business is all about negotiation!

Guest Post By Maria Francis

Their numbers grew rapidly ever since free Internet became available in most offices. ‘Free’ being the keyword here.

Well, actually the Ten Minuters existed long before that. We might be able to trace their beginnings right back to the Stone Ages where one caveman sat polishing his saber-tooth weapon longer than the others, possibly to impress a group leader. Anyway it appears to have worked, probably in the form of the seat closest to the fire or a juicier chunk of mammoth meat meted out by the leader.

In our modern day corporate world, this translates itself into good appraisals and promotions. Those ten minutes after office hours (also calculated as 600 seconds to emphasise its significance) has become more of an enjoyable phenomenon thanks to the World Wide Web.

Guest Post By Matthew Kwan Copyright © 2010

You do not need to start your own company to be an entrepreneur. However, you need to be an entrepreneur to succeed in business. Entrepreneurship is an attitude, a mindset, a way of thinking, and something you need to develop. So, are you an entrepreneur?

Here are some questions you may ask yourself:
1. Do you enjoy solving problems and seeing the results at the end?
2. Do you enjoy hearing new ideas?
3. Do you enjoy building new business processes?
4. Do you enjoy learning how other organizations work?
5. Do you enjoy thinking win-win proposals?
6. Do you enjoy working with other (internal & external) parties?
7. Do you think negotiation is a way to achieve a win-win situation?
8. Do you think calculated risk is bearable?
9. Do you think performance improvement is mandatory?
10. Do you think an alternative route is an answer to a dead end?

If you mostly answer “YES” to the above questions, then the chances are that you already possess entrepreneurship qualities.

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