The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. It Will Be Socialized. You are living in a period of unprecedented power given to the common man. We have seen it most clearly in Iran, Tunisia and Egypt. There are countless stories where people with no power were given power because of the tools that are available to them today. This has a direct effect to you and your business. The power of revolution not only can topple governments it can topple businesses. We will look at how this is directly effecting businesses of all sizes today and what you can do about it.

2. My Name Is Sage

4. But first, a story.

15. What I Didn’t Do

16. That was 2007, 2008, 2009

17. 2010

22. What I Didn’t Do

23. 4 Lessons

24. Lesson #1

25. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR PRODUCTS

26. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR PRODUCTS

27. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR PRODUCTS

28. I’M SERIOUS

29. People only care about themselves and solving problems

30. Lesson #2

31. Don’t be this guy.

36. Don’t Be Howard

37. Since 2007 he has said nothing

38. Local Search Listings Are Coming To The Seed Industry

40. PLEASE! Add and VERIFY your business at Google.com/places

41. Lesson #3

42. Don’t underestimate the power of Social Media.

46. Businesses of all sizes are impacted by social media.

47. Lesson #4

48. Go with the flow

50. The most helpful favorable review

51. The most helpful critical review

52. “ Sales of the kitsch Three Wolf Moon T-shirt shot up 2,300% after a spate of ironic reviews went viral.”

53. “ We'll take ironic fashion any day.... and we're printing another 400,000 more t-shirts...it's just a fantastic thing.” The Mountain’s art director Michael McGloin

54. Tools

55. Monitor Your Brand words with: Google Alerts search.twitter.com Trackur.com

56. Get involved using: Blogger.com Wordpress Facebook Pages Twitter