July 2011
Social Business Failure #5: Treat it Like an IT... →
There are a few fundemental things we must all learn.
How to put on pants.
The sun’ll come out, tomorrow.
Social Technologies are 90% human and 10% IT.
Then why is it we so often…
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What Are the Best Web Tools For Running Your... →
For small businesses and startups, the selection of Web-based tools available for things like communication, productivity, finance and IT is seemingly limitless, with new products launching…
Who is the 'Social Business Change Agent'? →
Social business is not about communication. It’s not about technology or Enterprise 2.0. It’s about change management. I believe this to my core.
6 Effective Ways to Get More Instagram Followers →
For a service that is only officially available on a single platform (iOS), Instagram sure is doing well. In less than 10 months of existence, it has managed to gain 6 million users, and its…
Friday Five: Social Media Lessons from Startups →
Many big brands produce stellar campaigns, but it is as important for marketers to keep an eye on the little guys – the startups – who are operating fantastic marketing campaigns, often with…
Google+ is the social backbone →
The launch of Google+ is the beginning of a fundamental change on the web. A change that will tear down silos, empower users and create opportunities to take software and collaboration to…
“If you’re in top management, don’t wait. Work with a solid strategic...”
– Beverly Macy: Social Media Is Morphing Into Social Business
Why files need to die →
Files are an outdated concept. As we go about our daily lives, we don’t open up a file for each of our friends or create folders full of detailed records about our shopping trips. Create,…
Social Business Failure #3: Ignore Others Who Have... →
UPDATE: Join the discussion already in progress on G+
Let me be clear, using “social business” necessitates working in a new way. And unless you do it, chances are you won’t fully…
Watchbutchwalker: is sorry he hasn’t posted anything on my blog in awhile…
Twitter Selects Acquia and Drupal to Power... →
Dev.Twitter.com Introduced Today for 750,000+ Twitter Developers
From the press release:
WOBURN, MA–(Marketwire – Jul 11, 2011) – Acquia, the leading provider of commercial…
“Most companies would love to have rabid fanatic customers like Apple, Harley, or...”
– » Your Best Customers Probably Aren’t The Experience is the Product (via soxiam)
The Great Reset: Why tomorrow may not be better... →
Growing up in the waning days of the Carter administration, I remember a societal malaise that was pervasive to the point of toxicity. A common sentiment then was that our best days were…
Your Support Site Parties Like It's 1999 →
We’re interacting and relying upon more applications and more mobile devices today than ever before. That’s not a new development. And the help guides for these products started showing up…
“In fact, there’s never been a better time for a CMO to fulfill what legendary...”
– Jive Community: Business: ROI is the THING; the ONLY THING when it comes to Social, by Tim O’Connor, CMO Ashworth College
On Social Media Becoming Social Business – David... →
We are entering an age of social business: a purposeful, planned, orchestrated, and integrated way of doing business in a social context which may feel personal to the outside world but combine…
“We are entering an age of social business: a purposeful, planned, orchestrated,...”
– On Social Media Becoming Social Business - David Armano - Harvard Business Review
Tribal Leadership: A Review →
Organizational leadership theories too often manifest into tedious memoirs peppered with Sun Tzu and Machiavelli quotes. The frequent outcome is subjecting teams to rewriting job priorities as
What’s Your Social Business Plan? →
Outside the Twitter bubble, the term “social business” has yet to reach the same level of search volume as “social media”, obviously. Take for example the following graph taken from Google…
The Social Business Index [Infographic] →
Think social is going to fundamentally change how business gets done?
I suppose if you’re a regular reader of our blog, your answer is probably yes.
However, we felt the industry…