David Erasmus

The messages we push out about ourselves often become our realities.

This happens through what we say, do, dress like and what time we turn up.

In some weird self fulfilling prophecy we attract the attention that ask for through our actions.

My friends have always banged on about me getting a decent car for perception but the main perception I care about is my web footprint.

It’s where everyone makes their decisions about me, about whether I am a cowboy or an established and more importantly trustworthy business person.

Below is how my blog looked before I got someone to improve it……

I wonder if I would be perceived as any less of a person if my blog still looked this way?

What do I look like to you? Let me know.

There is a balance to be stuck between writing stories and telling stories.

If all an author did was lock himself in his cupboard and write continuously no-one would ever hear of his work and it would have no impact.

If all he ever did was talk about his writing in interviews and reviews then he would just be full of hot air.

We are all writing our own stories and telling them to the people around us whether we know it or not and different seasons demand different priorities in the writing / telling balance.

I know for me the next three months is a writing time!

The next chapter in my book. “Mobile Micropayments”

I will tell you about it once its written!

My team are already bored of hearing it.

“The future is Social and Mobile”

We want to do….

Whatever we want

With whoever we want

Whenever we want

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Is it good?

Probably not

Is there any way to stop it?

Probably not

Will you win commercially if you fight it?

Probably not

In any market segment, any country any socio-economic grouping sooner or later I think you will be hearing these words.

Mobile & Social

TechCrunch just released an article by Ben Horowitz on Leadership.

He maintains that there are 3 facets to the best leaders he has seen.

• The ability to articulate the vision
• The right kind of ambition
• The ability to achieve the vision

I am sure we all know plenty of people who only carry 1 or 2 of these attributes and cant get out of the starting blocks.

Seth Godin talks a lot about The Dip. When a business is about to fail is the only point in which you can truly see a leaders relationship equity. Horowitz commends Steve Jobs on his ability to get through these Dips against all odds.

The most exciting leaders I want to follow are ones who’s whole lives revolve around serving a purpose bigger than themselves.

I guess that falls under the right kind of ambition.

A few days ago looking at a tech conference I saw the following.

This man sounds like an experienced, professional, silver haired fox.

What was slightly surprising was to see his photo next………..

Its amazing how powerful  what our presence on the web suggests.

I am not suggesting this apparently very young person can or cannot deliver commercially I just think its interesting how the language that is used conjures a very different picture in my head to the one I am viewing.

They say when you meet someone you make your judgments on them almost immediately.

The same is definitely true if not truer on the Web.

Don’t underestimate the power of the pictures and language you choose to use on the web.