About

• Des Walsh is a social media strategist, business coach, author, blogger, international speaker and podcaster.

  Here he writes mainly about his great personal and professional passion, how social media helps fast moving contemporary businesses level the playing field so they can compete more effectively, globally and loaclly. Hi Thanks for visiting my site. I've had a pretty diverse experience in the world of work and business, from school teacher to taxi driver to public servant to business owner to coach and now social media strategist. There's a longer version on my Visual CV page. I've been blogging for six and a half years now, becoming progressively involved in the broader field of social media, particularly as it is used in business and government. And I'm passionate about the way Web 2.0 technology and social media have levelled the playing field for small and medium business in what was previously their outclassed contest with big business. I have re-designed my business around that passionate interest - it's taken me a while to get here but now I do what I love and love what I do. As a coach, I see my special skill as being attentive listening. Colleagues have told me that the key thing I bring to my coaching is wisdom. I love coaching successful, entrepreneurial men and women who are ready to shift gear and go to a new level.
  Through my daily immersion in the world of social media, I am able to be a guide for people who want to be able to understand how social media works for business, the cultural and governance implications and how social media can work effectively and productively for them and their businesses. I've written a book on blogging and co-authored a book on the use of the professional business networking platform LinkedIn. I'm now working on a group of services and products under the general heading of Social Media Roadmap, aimed at helping business owners and others develop their own roadmaps for the use of , and involvement in, social media. Disclosures and Relationships I am one of two Directors of The Webarts Company Pty Ltd, a communications consultancy incorporated in New South Wales, Australia, trading as Webartsco. We are currently launching a new arm of our business, as Webarts Online Marketing. Watch this space! My company manages sales and support in Australia and New Zealand for the social media release service PitchEngine and receive commissions on subscriptions to that service. Webartsco is also a solutions partner for WordFrame and other services and products of ITBrix LlC, a Colorado Springs, USA based company and is able to receive commissions on sales of those services and products. From time to time I review books on subjects pertinent to this blog and often receive complimentary review copies. The company is an affiliate of Amazon and receives commission on books and other items linked from this site. Occasionally I am invited to attend conferences and seminars as a guest of the organisers and endeavour to return the favour by posting notices of such events beforehand and Twitter and blog posts during and after the events. The company is an affiliate of DIYThemes, producers of the WordPress theme Thesis and are eligible to receive commissions on referred sales. From time to time we enter into other affiliate arrangements for products and services we believe offer value for money. We carry some paid advertisements in the sidebars of the blog. Des Walsh Contact Find me, with lots of links on the social web, at http://XeeSM.com/deswalsh Or use the Contact page on this site Other contact details: Tel: +61 7 5536 5658 | +61 413 089 355 Email: deswalsh(at)gmail(dot)com