Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 31, 2013

The Internet is in its 40s, the Web is in its 20s, and social media (in its web manifestation) is in its teens. I think much the same can be said of social business. Social business means so much more to me than a business on Facebook, a business that tweets, maintains a blog, and nurtures an enterprise social network.

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Danny WhatMough

JULY 3, 2012

I’ve been thinking a lot about Enterprise Social Networks recently, and so should you if the figures about the potential size of the market over the next few years are to be believed ($6.4bn by 2016). The news that Yammer has been acquired by Microsoft for $1.2bn therefore shouldn’t come as any surprise.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 3, 2012

Most people wrongly assume social enterprise networks are simply Facebook for business. If that were the case, Microsoft wouldn’t have dropped $1.2 Such platforms as Yammer, Chatter and Jive certainly look and feel similar to Facebook – with a news feed, groups, friends and status updates.

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Socialmedia.biz

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

B rands believe social channels are only to create engagement. In this article, I’ll discuss how social media can assist brands in managing projects. Some studies have found social media is not as effective in garnering B2B leads as are time-tested lead-gen methods like business events, trade summits, and telemarketing.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2012

This is Episode 22 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Evan and some social media news from Eric and Jim ( this week : Facebook changes users’ email addresses without permission, LinkedIn offers targeted status updates, and Microsoft acquires Yammer).

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

This is Episode 3 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Justin Levy , the head of social media for Citrix Online. Social Pros Transcript For Your Reading Enjoyment. Next week’s guest is Lauren Fernandez from Landry’s Restaurants.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 9, 2012

Manage all of your social media accounts from a single login on your iPhone? Make more productive use of your time on social networking sites? Find tools to do all of the above and much more in this collection of helpful business, online and social media tools, apps and reviews. Cool Social Media Tools.

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