Clay Edwardstwitter | Clay Edwards http://clayedwards.com Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:28:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Photosynth for Bing Maps gives us a taste of augmented reality's future http://clayedwards.com/photosynth-for-bing-maps-gives-taste-of-augmented-realitys-future/ http://clayedwards.com/photosynth-for-bing-maps-gives-taste-of-augmented-realitys-future/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:48:40 +0000 Clay Edwards http://smallbizassist.com/?p=450

Wow! This integration into Bing maps is stunning. It really shows where the future of navigation and augmented reality is blending together. It should make for interesting vacations :-) Are you on the map? If not, you’d certainly want to be. Imagine someone looking up your location on Bing only to find bland photo’s or just a map. Blagh! That’s not good for your image or marketing! Why not jazz things up by snapping some interesting photo’s and hosting them on Flickr so they “augment” what your viewers/visitors see about your business online? Maybe even some video. Heck, you could even broadcast a live event and tweet about it to promote it. Share it on Facebook too! Do everything you can to increase your market share.

With tools like Bing maps’ augmented reality and the increasing popularity of social media it’s becoming easier and easier to leverage these tools to drive business and the great part is it’s all FREE! There are no excuses for not doing these types of things to get more business. If you don’t have time or the knowledge to get it done, hire someone to do it for you! There are lot’s of great avenues for that, such as outsourcing it to someone overseas! For example, 123employee and AskSunday promote their skills in this area. Making excuses will not make you money.

]]> http://clayedwards.com/photosynth-for-bing-maps-gives-taste-of-augmented-realitys-future/feed/ 1 Statistics on social networking and work http://clayedwards.com/holy-kaw-all-the-topics-that-interest-us-statistics-on-social-networking-and-work/ http://clayedwards.com/holy-kaw-all-the-topics-that-interest-us-statistics-on-social-networking-and-work/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:26:38 +0000 Clay Edwards http://clayedwards.com/2009/10/08/holy-kaw-all-the-topics-that-interest-us-statistics-on-social-networking-and-work/ A recent Computerworld article reported some some surprising research discoveries:

• 54% of U.S. companies have banned employees from social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace

• 19% of companies allow social networking for business purposes only

• 16% allow limited personal use

• 10% of 1,4000 CIOs said companies allow workers full access to social networking during work hours

• Employee productivity drops 1.5% at companies that allow full access to Facebook

• 1 in 33 workers said they use Facebook only while at work

• 87% said they had no clear business reason for using Facebook

My personal belief is that social networking in the workplace makes for happier, more effective employees. If you give people the freedom to work not just hard but also smart, the long term benefits could outweigh the immediate ones.

What do you guys think?

By @noelleee

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