About Adam Franklin
Adam Franklin is co-founder & marketing manager of Bluewire Media - the web strategy company he started with school mate Toby Jenkins .
Adam is a conference speaker, tweeter, email marketer, entrepreneur, blogger for award winning Bluewire Media blog and he's a writer for Digital Ministry & iMedia Connection
.In 2009, Adam was listed on Australia's Hot 30 Under 30 list of young entrepreneurs by Smart Company.
Latest Posts
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Confessions of a Public Speaker
Posted on 31 August, 2010 | No CommentsI have to say it was Scott Berkun’s title that caught my eye – Confessions of a Public Speaker. Then when I watched his video from Ignite , I discovered that Scott’s sense of humour was a classic! Scott Berkun is only in his late 30s... -
Take paid holidays whenever you want!
Posted on 31 July, 2010 | No CommentsLast week, Jack Daly was in Brisbane and he shared a few stories about culture. The first was Zappos.com – a 10 year old company that was just bought by Amazon for $1.2 billion. They started selling shoes online and have expanded into selling other apparel, but... -
5 Tips from Professional Speaker, Kevin Ryan
Posted on 30 June, 2010 | No CommentsSince my business partner Toby & I started doing public speaking for work about 12 months ago, we thought we may as well learn the ropes from someone who ‘does it exceptionally well.’ That someone is Kevin Ryan CSP. The CSP beside his name stands for Certified... -
What I learnt from Verne Harnish at Growth Summit
Posted on 16 April, 2010 | No CommentsVerne Harnish was the drawcard for me attending the National Business Growth Summit in Sydney recently (7-8 Feb 2010). Not only was Verne outstanding as usual but he also introduced us to few other international speakers who I liked. First was David Meerman Scott, marketing strategist and... -
Keeping the stoke alive
Posted on 1 April, 2010 | No CommentsStarting a business is like riding a roller coaster with highs and lows but never a dull moment. One of the more challenging things to do is keep our stoke high. And more importantly, understand why it wanes and know how to re-invigorate it when... -
5 mins, 20 slides, 15 secs each – Ignite Brisbane
Posted on 23 March, 2010 | No CommentsThe fact that Ignite came to Brisbane is great news. And what’s especially flattering is that I had the opportunity to be one of the speakers! What makes Ignite unique is that all presentations are 5 minutes long. You have 20 slides which rotate (automatically) every... -
A Speaker’s Worst Nightmare
Posted on 18 March, 2010 | No CommentsSeinfeld famously said that most people would prefer to be in the coffin rather than giving the eulogy. Apparently, people’s #1 fear is public speaking and their #2 fear is death. I tend disagree as I’ve been an speaker for just over a year and have...