The Titanic Challenges of the Internet - 34 Really useful Selling and training websites

RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in one of the most tragic peacetime maritime disasters in history

One of their most important legacies was the establishment in 1914 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea  (SOLAS), which still governs maritime safety today.

Modern naviagtion aid

Commemorations are taking place this week and in my birth town of Southampton.

http://www.seacitymuseum.co.uk/ Double Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell is to officially launch Southampton’s SeaCity Museum on 10 April

(Southampton lost 549 of the city's residents in the disaster.)

The web is like a vast ocean and navigating around it could be a Titanic challenge.

So I asked my colleagues at the Tack International Spring Conference 2012 just before EASTER 2012 to share with me some of the ' navigation aids'  - business sites -they find most useful to avoid the web's 'icebergs'.

I share them with you! :-

1.       BBC news                                                                              http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

2.       Fruits of Success with hugh                           http://fruitsofsuccesswithhugh.blogspot.co.uk/

3.       Twitter                                                                                   https://twitter.com/

4.       Comparison sites e.g. Trip adviser                              http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/

5.       TED                                                                                          http://www.ted.com/

6.       Brand Channel                                                                    http://www.brandchannel.com/home/

7.       Business Balls                                                                      http://www.businessballs.com/

8.       FT                                                                                             http://www.ft.com/home/uk

9.       Times on line                                                                       http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/

10.   LinkedIn (news / groups) Training Groups              http://www.linkedin.com/home

11.   Google, Google Search, Google + (circles) Google alerts, https://www.google.co.uk/

12.   Sunday Times                                                                      http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/

13.   Facebook business page, facebook groups            http://www.facebook.com/business

14.   Yammer                                                                 https://www.yammer.com/

15.   Tack International Blog                                                    http://www.tackinternational.com/uk/blogs

16.   Tweetdeck                                                                           http://www.tweetdeck.com/

17.   Webinars e.g.      http://www.natwest.com/business/business-school/webinar.ashx#tabs=section1

18.   Fierce pharma                                                                     http://www.fiercepharma.com/

19.    Fierce finance                                                                    http://www.fiercefinance.com/

20.   You tube                                                                               http://www.youtube.com/

21.   Wikipedia                                                                              http://www.wikipedia.org/

22.   Training Zone                                                                      http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/

23.   Management Today                                                         http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/

24.   Training Managers Yearbook on line                         http://www.apbusinesscontacts.com/

25.   Investopedia                                                                       http://www.investopedia.com/

26.   Kompass                                                                               http://gb.kompass.com/

27.   Trainer’s base                                                                     http://www.trainerbase.co.uk/

28.   Economist                                                                             http://www.economist.com/

29.   CIPD local groups                                                               http://www.cipd.co.uk/news/socialnetworking.htm

30.   Sales Performance Association                    http://www.salesperformanceassociation.com/

31.   CIM                                                                         http://www.cim.co.uk/home.aspx

32.   12manage                                                             http://www.12manage.com/

33.   Companieshouse.gov.uk                                 http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/61443c3015048a15faaad21f8b2315fa/wcframe?name=accessCompanyInfo

34.   ISMM                                                                     http://www.ismm.co.uk/

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