About

Des Walsh is a social media strategist, business coach, online marketing consultant, author and international speaker.

This site, Des Walsh dot Com, is his home base online.

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I’m passionate about helping companies understand what is happening with social media, what that means for their business and how they can operate more effectively in the new business environment, including how to manage the risks as well as seize the opportunities.

Because the world has changed and we need to make sure our businesses don’t get left behind.

As the sub-title for this site says, I am about social media for real business.

When I consult on social media my aim is first to listen and discover what the company really wants to achieve. My aim then is to work with the company so as to produce policies, strategies and a plan of action that is appropriate to that company and, crucially, has unequivocal C-level buy-in from the outset.

I bring to the table wide experience, in executive roles, as a consultant and as a coach. Social media has transformed my business and in recent years, with only the most modest outlay of funds, has given me a global reach that would simply not have been feasible when I started out in business as a communications consultant.

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.  You can see more about that on my profile page at LinkedIn.

I’ve been blogging for six and a half years now, becoming progressively involved in the broader field of social media.

I’ve written an e=book on business blogging and co-authored a book on the use of the professional business networking platform LinkedIn.

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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 and Webarts Online Marketing.

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.

From time to time I review books on subjects pertinent to this site and sometimes receive complimentary review copies.

The company is an affiliate of Amazon and receives commission on books and other items linked from this site.

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 this site.

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

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