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Is social media really a waste of time? Harvard professor gets it wrong

Is social media really a waste of time? Harvard professor gets it wrong

By Michael Krigsman on March 10, 2015

A prominent author tells brands that social media will not help their bottom line. Marketing leaders think differently.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CXO, Harvard Business Review, linkedin, marketing, sales, social media, Social network

Does it matter if you are popular on LinkedIn?

Does it matter if you are popular on LinkedIn?

By Dan Morrill on February 13, 2013

I am sure that some of us have gotten these really cool e-mails from Linkedin lately helping us put some kind of context around our relative popularity on the internet, or at least on the LinkedIn system. The problem is that being popular on LinkedIn does not matter to me at all. Sure the infographic […]

Posted in Application Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged facebook, google, linkedin, Online Communities, social media, Social network, twitter

You Really Don’t Know if Your Market is Too Small For Quite a While

You Really Don’t Know if Your Market is Too Small For Quite a While

By Jason M. Lemkin on February 4, 2013

One of the things that causes a lot of anxiety in SaaS is market size.  If you’re creating the latest Pinning app, or Social Network, the odds are surely against you.  But in consumer internet, often you know if you hit it, however low the odds are, at least the market is huge (or at […]

Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Entrepreneurship, market size, peoplesoft, saas, Social network, startups, workday

Facebook gets freakier with Take This Lollypop

Facebook gets freakier with Take This Lollypop

By Dan Morrill on January 21, 2013

Facebook gets freakier with Take This Lollypop If you ever wondered who was looking at your public information, and you were silly enough to post real information rather than plausible dummy information, then “Take This Lollypop” will totally make your day. Facebook indeed presents a danger for oversharing information that can allow a person to […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged facebook, Lollypop, Social network

4 Good Reasons Not to Start a SaaS Start-Up

4 Good Reasons Not to Start a SaaS Start-Up

By Jason M. Lemkin on November 16, 2012

There’s been one huge change in “entrepreneurship” IMHO over the past 10 years. >> No, it’s not that it’s cheaper than ever to do a start-up.  That’s not even true.  In the old days, when software came on a disk, or a CD-ROM, it was even cheaper.  You didn’t even need a single server to […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Lotus 1-2-3, Quora, saas, scaling, Social network, software as a service, start up, techcrunch | 2 Responses

Professional Social Networking with B2B Social Media

Professional Social Networking with B2B Social Media

By Joel York on September 25, 2012

I believe many B2B professionals struggle in their adoption of social media for professional use, because they see it as a marketing platform as opposed to a professional networking tool. However, I think if they really understood the purpose and value of B2B social networking, then they would make the time for it and they would use it well. The is the second post in a series designed to help B2B marketers create better B2B social strategies by thinking in terms of B2B social networking over B2B social media.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged B2B Marketing, b2b networking, b2b social, chaotic flow, joel york, professional network, professional network online, professional networking, professional social networking, Social network, social networking | 1 Response

Socialcast Goes Free to Increase Adoption

Socialcast Goes Free to Increase Adoption

By Ben Kepes on June 6, 2012

There are a number of vendors trying to determine the best way to increase adoption for enterprise social tools – but no one has yet found a more compelling proposition than giving a product away for free. It’s a sad reality that, despite the continual evangelism by proponents of the “social enterprise”, enterprise social tools […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged sliderocket, social collaboration, Social Enterprise, Social network, socialcast, Tim Young, vmware

Tweets Offer Little Value in Understanding Customer Needs

Tweets Offer Little Value in Understanding Customer Needs

By Hutch Carpenter on June 5, 2012

Social media. A rich source of insight and opportunity for companies. Why, it’s an article of faith that customers are talking…on their terms…where they want. So get out there and learn from them! See what this IBM executive says:

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged college savings, customer insights, google, jobs to be done, mba, Online Communities, social media, Social network, twitter

Cooperating with Law Enforcement in Social Networking

Cooperating with Law Enforcement in Social Networking

By Dan Morrill on March 19, 2012

Social Networking is facing the prospects of being deputized by the Australian Image via CrunchBase Federal Police, Facebook, and other social networking sites are increasingly becoming one of the most important sources for intelligence about people. Forget neighbors talking to the police, now we are looking at our socially connected world as being involved with […]

Posted in Security | Tagged Australia, Australian Federal Police, facebook, hacking, police, Social network, Social network service, World Wide Web

Wanted dead or alive: any Facebook user, $ 125 reward

Wanted dead or alive: any Facebook user, $ 125 reward

By Martijn Linssen on January 31, 2012

With the upcoming IPO of Facebook this week, I got a little worried. I told a few people “Mark my words, this IPO is going to blow the Social Media bubble once and for all” and even “Wouldn’t be surprised if FB’s IPO is going to start the final leg of this crisis and finish […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged $FB, 1.0, business exceptions, Eddie Murphy, facebook, financials, Initial public offering, ipo, social business design, social media, Social network, Trading Places, trust

Facebook's new "Needs Review" feature

Facebook’s new “Needs Review” feature

By Dan Morrill on November 15, 2011

I like Facebook a lot, and spend significant social media time there talking to people and otherwise engaging in the usual social media voyeurism. What was very cool today though was the “needs review” tag that is automatically opt-in rather than the usual don’t sweat it you have to manually figure out how to opt-in […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged facebook, google, Image, linkedin, social media, Social network, Techwag Basics, twitter | 2 Responses

Completely drop your Klout account in 30 seconds

Completely drop your Klout account in 30 seconds

By Martijn Linssen on November 2, 2011

Well, the day has finally come. Since yesterday, Klout allows you to delete the profile they (or you) created on you. In my case, that means I’ll first have to sign up for klout, as they created my account all by themselves – but I’m happy to go through that little PITA Here’s how to […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged 1.0, 2.0, facebook, information, Klout, maturity, social media, Social network, trust, twitter | 1 Response

New Klout Scores. No Sir, Many People Do Not Like That.

New Klout Scores. No Sir, Many People Do Not Like That.

By Dan Morrill on October 26, 2011

The whining has been phenomenal today with the changes to how Klout scores your relative influence within social media and networks. While it is an interesting system, and one that I do watch because when I have a Klout score of above 50 people offer me interesting things to do, there are still some things […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged facebook, High school, Klout, orkut, social media, Social network, Techwag Basics, twitter, wordpress | 1 Response

Podio Brings On the Fly App Creation to Mobile

Podio Brings On the Fly App Creation to Mobile

By Ben Kepes on September 20, 2011

I spent some time recently talking to Ryan Nichols, former VP at Appirio and now heading up the apps division at Podio, a company that set out to allow people to build lightweight social apps for everyday tasks – the sort of long tail type applications that no software vendor is likely to think about. […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Mobile | Tagged appirio, Atlas Blue, copenhagen, Podio, Social network | 1 Response

This CEO Isn’t Afraid to Take on Jive Software or Salesforce.com

This CEO Isn’t Afraid to Take on Jive Software or Salesforce.com

By Mark Fidelman on September 7, 2011

Yammer thrives. The herd mentality around the enterprise activity stream is driving its competitors to emulate their every move.  Jive’s done it.  So has Salesforce.com, SocialText, Newsgator, Moxie Software and IBM Connections. From the Fortune 500 to the Fortuneless company of one, the activity stream is supplanting email for many forms of business communication. What’s […]

Posted in Application Software, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged chatter, enterprise 2.0, IBM Connections, jive Software, Moxie Software, salesforce.com, Social Business, Social network, socialtext, yammer | 1 Response

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