In a recent report by Jeremiah Owyang, a partner at Altimeter Group, he discusses his these challenges after surveying more than 140 professionals in numerous corporations about their jobs. Related posts: Jeremiah Owyang From Forrester: The Best and Worst of Social Marketing How Social Media is Impacting the Corporate Marketing and PR Functions Obama, Apple, Cisco and Charlene Li of Altimeter Group on Open Leadership – Part 3 of 3. The corporate social strategist role is at a crossroads. They have challenges that are hurting their progress. Related [.] MORE >>

Sites like these usually have their own private groups for the contributors to the blog, which is definitely a great idea. If you own a blog that has multiple authors, regular contributors, or regular guest bloggers , here are seven ways a private blog group can be utilized for helping strengthen the blog and its community as a whole. This should be the most obvious and important use of a private blog group. Therefore, one of the most important way a multi-author blog group could be used is to encourage all contributors to help push posts on social media. link]. MORE >>

This personal account (think of it as your FB home) is required before you can move up to pages and groups and is limited to “one per person.”  Facebook Groups (Club). Find like-minded individuals through the FB Group (or Club). group can be organized around your business or product, creating a community – but be sure to provide something of value to your members. FB Groups can be Open (anyone), Closed (group admin approves members) and Secret (Only members and those invited know about the group). You are not alone in your confusion. MORE >>

Online community moderation company Community 102 recently published an interesting infographic which looked at how different age groups interact online across the social web. How different age groups interact across the social web. Key takeaways include: When it comes to age distribution across the social web, the most active age range is 35-44 year olds (25%) in comparison to just 9% of 18-24 year olds. The highest majority of Facebook users are aged between 18-25 (29%) while on Twitter the highest majority of users are 26-34 year olds  (30%). MORE >>

The lovely folk at the Design Business Association asked me to share some tips on how their Linked In Group members could make the most of the community. Here are my thoughts … Linked In Groups are a superb place to connect and collaborate with existing communities that have a shared interest, raise your personal brand … Read more. Linked In Social Media Linked In Etiquette Linked In Groups social networking MORE >>