Selling just under 300 books per week in just 20 days

I’m glad to announce that my book on recruiting with social media in just 20 days is now ranked 17,367 out of 424,793 Kiddle books on Amazon. According to fonerbooks.com that implies that the book is selling just under 300 books per week on Amazon.com alone based on the graph (below) and multiplying a factor of [...]

[Pic] Becoming a Fan on Facebook? :)

Think this is really funny: Source: Harry Sethi

[Presentation] Social Network for Corporate Internal Communication [kwiqq]

During these difficult economic times, staff efficiency is an important consideration for companies. The presentation below looks at how social networking can improve staff communication, hence efficiency and profitability. The presentation below contains case study of IBM Intranet (W3) and IKEA, both making monetary gains from using social networks for internal use. Overall social networking [...]

(High-level) Technical overview of KwiqqOpen Social Networking Platform [kwiqq]

We have recently recieved a few messages asking us to reveal our underlining technology of KwiqqOpen. In the spirit of being transparent and open we are revealing a top level overview of our technology. Technology overview If you are looking to build on top our platform or looking to extend it, this section will give [...]

Entertainment Agency: Increases sales leads through Social Media [kwiqq]

Another case study of how one of UK’s leading live entertainment service provider with operations in over fourteen countries and over 100 staff worldwide increased it’s sales leads and web traffic through social media. Entertainment Agency: Increases sales leads through Social Media

Case Study: of a travel company, increasing sales through social media [kwiqq]

We recently published a case study on 2wentys, First Choice Holidays now part of TUI, one of the world’s largest tourist firms with interests across Europe. Case Study: Increase sales through social media (First Choice Holidays) I will be publishing more case studies highlighting success of social media for various industries in the forthcoming days.

Business Matters Newspaper: Social networking…for business [kwiqq]

Business Matters is the monthly business newspaper launched in February 2007 by Sussex Newspapers. Dedicated to local Sussex businesses large and small, focusing on issues that concern you – with the opportunity to express your opinions, communicate your success – and gain new clients across the area. Recently Business Matters’ Theo Cronin met me at [...]

(Presentation) SMEs Grow your business using Social Networks [kwiqq]

I recently prepared this presentation for SMEs looking to grow their businesses though social networks. The presentation looks at the growth of social networking technology, social tools SMEs should use, features to include in social networks and a fun task on LinkedIn to get your hands dirty. Grow your business using Social Networks: Raj Anand [...]

Facebook Finally Supports OpenID

It’s nice to see Facebook finally support OpenID.  It’s difficult to see any real downside to the move for Facebook.  They have apparently reported that new users who create an account with OpenID get to grips with Facebook faster  (reference: ReadWriteWeb)  This isn’t a suprise as it seems that OpenID is still the preserve of [...]

8 chat APIs for Social Networks [kwiqq]

Image via Wikipedia I’m currently on a mission to create a single resource for list of APIs for developers to integrate into their website. I’m releasing them in batches, this post is dedicated to integrate chat into your social network. Our favourite so far is Imified API. Instant Messenger / Voice Chat Facebook Chat API [...]