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Major Social Media Acquisitions: 3 Must-Reads

Firebelly

By Trefis Team Salesforce.com has agreed to buy Buddy Media, a leading social media marketing platform for $689 million in cash and equity. Billion Yammer Buy, Microsoft’s Social Enterprise Strategy Takes Shape. Billion Yammer Buy, Microsoft’s Social Enterprise Strategy Takes Shape.

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Facebook: Improving Employee Communications?

Waxing UnLyrical

Whether you want to go for coffee, meet a friend or keep yourself posted on your friends’ birthdays, Facebook is where today’s generation updates each other by sharing the minutest details of their lives on the platform. Today, even employers are making a move to connect with their younger workers through the platform.

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4 Reasons to Use Social Enterprise Networks for Business

Mindjumpers

Such platforms as Yammer, Chatter and Jive certainly look and feel similar to Facebook – with a news feed, groups, friends and status updates. Social enterprise platforms move conversations from someone’s inbox to the public, so management has continuous insight into the team’s progress. A Work in Progress.

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12 Cloud-Based Tools to Stay Productive | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

When I was at my old company I had a large outsourced team based in the Philippines. Hootsuite: While technically I could’ve listed all of the different social platforms, I would like to think that would be sort of obvious. If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed.

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The 1-9-90 rule won't work for Internal Collaboration

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Ok, so you decide to implement an internal microblogging platform like Yammer or Socialcast, or even an internal Wiki platform like SocialText or Confluence. You sweat the long nights and the hard work that it takes to get your new platform stood up within your organization so that everyone can begin to collaborate.

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Social Pros 17 – Maria Ogneva, Yammer

Convince & Convert

This episode features Maria Ogneva of Yammer. Before we get rolling, I will thank our sponsors, which includes my company, Argyle Social , developers of social media management software used by all of today’s brightest social marketing stars, including our guest today, Maria Ogneva from Yammer. Maria Ogneva, Yammer @themaria.

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Social Networking to Advance Your Career

Janet Fouts

Jana Messerschmidt VP of Business Development & Platform Relations, Twitter. Not every social network is a good fit for everyone, finding the platforms that resonate with you and where you find the most people in your area of interest is just good sense. Marilyn Lin Director, Product Intelligence & Enablement, Salesforce.com.