June 2011
Jive Social Business Study: Will conversations... →
Jive released a study today – Jive Social Business Index 2011, (infographic below) which surveyed 902 US based executives at large and mid-sized companies on their views of the social…
“The Jive Social Business Index 2011 identified three key findings: Social...”
– Press Releases - Jive Software
Here Comes Bubble 2.0, Which Is Just What The... →
Written by Maha Ibrahim
Maha Ibrahim: Bring on the bubble.
With the LinkedIn, Pandora and Bankrate IPOs behind us, and Groupon, Zillow, CafePress and others waiting in the wings,…
Facebook Facts and Statistics
Reach
Worldwide
700 million members worldwide (SocialBakers / Mashable 2011/05)
1 in every 13 people on Earth is on Facebook
If Facebook were a country it would be the 3rd biggest in the world – ahead of USA, Brasil, Russia and Japan.
70 languages available worldwide (Facebook press room).
70% of users are outside US (Facebook press room).
It took radio 38 years to reach 50 million...
“The evolution of business, propelled by the customers becoming more interested...”
– The Confusing World of Social Business | The Social Customer
Sales, Service, Marketing? In the Social Era,... →
Air conditioning for troops costs more than NASA →
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If you think your electricity bill is a joke, get a load of this. The United States spends more than $20 billion per year on air conditioning for troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. As NPR reports, that’s more than the entire operating budget for NASA.
This infuriating post has only 19 likes/reblogs. It’s was posted at lunch time est, Monday June 27th....
Thoughts from the Enterprise 2.0 Conference- June... →
E2.0 conference in Boston
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Social Business Readiness: 5 Questions for Human... →
Organizations usually benefit when there are multiple intersections among staffers through social media. Human resources is in a position to facilitate these efforts and create useful applications…
Disclosure Best Practices Toolkit: 12 FTC Friendly... →
A free toolkit of checklists from SocialMedia.org to create or update your social media policy with the FTC’s Guidelines Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising in mind.
Big data: The next frontier for innovation,...
Big data will help to create new growth opportunities and entirely new categories of companies. Many of these will be companies that sit in the middle of large information flows where data about products and services, buyers and suppliers, consumer preferences and intent can be captured and analyzed.
Drawing on detailed analysis of five domains—health care, retailing, the public sector,...
Enterprise 2.0 Boston 2011 - Live Coverage - The... →
Communities - The New Strategic Imperative →
“Humans cannot go faster and faster without breaking the quality of their decision-making and judgement. So while social communications channels will persist, their value to the organizational system…
“@rhappe “Those organizations too focused on the short term, transactional...”
– via @rhappe The Social Organization: Communities - The New Strategic Imperative
5 Myths About Collaboration →
I guess it’s collaboration day at ReadWriteEnterprise. Earlier today we looked at Jeff Jarvis’ thoughts on collaboration and left you with some questions to ponder. So here are some more…
Mobile Shopping Trends, Visualized (Infographic) →
Did you know that men aged 30 to 49 do more mobile shopping than their peers? Or that 50% of Groupon’s business over the next 2 years will come from mobile devices? Or that Starbucks has seen…
Mining Your Company's Talent →
Have you ever worked with someone who made your own job difficult? Someone who forced you to pick up the slack, or who had “personality issues”? Such people make you feel like you’re working two…
Is Social Media the New Big Brother? →
Anyone who’s anyone has Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or others. They are a great way to communicate and connect with people. They provide to you a platform to voice your thoughts, opinions and…