David Bowen commentaries
In his regular columns for the Financial Times and ft.com, senior consultant David Bowen has pursued themes ranged from customer relationship management and career marketing to ‘ethical’ retailing and royal family sites. His collected Financial Times and ft.com columns from January 2001 onward are indexed by theme and available for viewing on this site.
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Why the web’s mourners are dead wrong
The latest obituarist for the website blames its demise on a nest of apps, but far from facing a poisoned fate its importance will increase, David Bowen says.
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What to make of Google+
The arrival of Google+ Pages has caused a scramble among companies for a strategy to exploit this latest social opportunity. But which one, asks Robert Curran.
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How Nestlé applied itself to apps
An early launcher of a corporate app, the Switzerland-based confectioner shared the lessons of its development at a recent meeting of the Web Effectiveness Network, Scott Payton reports.
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Where there’s no consensus on convention
Accepted wisdom has its value – as in the positioning of a car’s accelerator and brake pedals – but on the web there is surprisingly little of it, David Bowen says.
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What makes the best web managers
To run a corporate web presence successfully requires a blue-chip skills portfolio that combines often contradictory attributes, David Bowen says.
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BRICs fail to build on the web
Developing world corporate websites cannot be bundled together, says David Bowen. But there are clear reasons why they are failing to catch up with the pack.
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Siemens takes a risk
Siemens has reinvented the corporate home page twice in five years. After six months, David Bowen tries to discover if its latest approach is working.
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Why we need unrelated links
Giving site visitors what you think they want is not recommended if the objective is to stimulate their interest, David Bowen says.
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Why, it’s déjà vu all over again
Managing social media gives corporate web executives familiar challenges, the advent of the iPad lends them hope of coping more easily, David Bowen says.
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Where it’s app – now and in the future
Nestlé’s pioneering of apps has generated a raft of ‘early mover’ lessons for corporate communicators. But their potential has barely been scratched, David Bowen says.