Des Walsh is a social media strategist and business mentor coach

Hi

This site, Des Walsh dot Com, is about the two main areas of my business:

  • social media – with an emphasis on a strategic approach
  • business mentor coaching – especially on helping executives play the “inner game”

I’m passionate about both.

Why I’m passionate about social media is fundamentally because of the way, managed strategically, it enables businesses to connect and engage with their customers and to do that more effectively, more genuinely than through old-fashioned advertising and media spin. And I know I have an ability to de-mystify and de-jargonize social media so other non-techie business owners and entrepreneurs can become, in the simplest way I can express it, savvy participants, not roadkill.

I’m passionate about mentoring and coaching business owners and entrepreneurs because I know from first hand experience how valuable it is (actually I believe it is essential), whether you are a chief executive or a solo entrepreneur, no matter how high you rise in a company or other organization, and no matter how much you know about your particular field, to have experienced, wise mentors. I know from experience and the feedback I get that I have an ability to listen well and provide helpful responses.

Some things I’ve done

  • my own communications business for over twenty years, consulting, strategizing, doing PR, executive coaching
  • before that a public service career with senior positions in education, the arts and major events planning
  • actively engaged online and as a consultant in the Internet space since the mid 1990s
  • written an e-book on business blogging, co-authored the book LinkedIn for Recruiting
  • spoken on business blogging and social media at conferences in Australia, the USA and China

Some other things I’m interested in

  • history – since high school and majored in it at university, taught it at high school level in Australia and UK
  • international politics – and Australian politics (because I do care)
  • literature – including Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Updike
  • Rugby football – as a spectacle these days
  • music – especially classical, jazz, some folk

Home is

Gold Coast, Australia

Where I live and work with my life and business partner Suzie Cheel, a social media diva and personal development coach in her own right.

More

There is a more detailed background on my Linkedin profile.

And you can see my various “locations” on the social web on my Xeesm page.

Memberships:

Contact

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

Disclosures and Relationships

Des is 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.

The company manages sales and support in Australia and New Zealand for the social media release service PitchEngine and receives commissions on subscriptions to that service.

The Webarts Company has Business Partner agreements, with Des Walsh as principal representative, with US based companies Xeequa (Xeesm platform) and WordFrame.

From time to time Des reviews books on subjects pertinent to this site and sometimes receives complimentary review copies.

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

From time to time the company enters 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.

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