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4 Reasons to Use Social Enterprise Networks for Business

Mindjumpers

Most people wrongly assume social enterprise networks are simply Facebook for business. If that were the case, Microsoft wouldn’t have dropped $1.2 This month, I surveyed end users to find out how they draw value from going social. Social enterprise vendors have invested heavily in social and adaptive intelligence.

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Major Social Media Acquisitions: 3 Must-Reads

Firebelly

Big companies have been acquiring social media startups a lot lately. Here are 3 must-reads on some of the larger acquisitions and, more importantly, why these companies feel the need to become more social. Salesforce Buys Buddy Media To Ride Social Media Marketing Wave.

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Grow Your Wiki

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Social Enterprise: Interview with 7thFloor Magazine. The current issue of 7thFloor , an italian business magazine, includes an interview with the speakers from the International Forum on Enterprise 2.0. Thomas Vander Wal explains folksonomy - using social taging to organize knowledge based on interconnections between people.

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Social Pros 22 – Evan Hamilton, UserVoice

Convince & Convert

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). Social Pros Transcript For Your Reading Enjoyment, Thanks to Speechpad for the Transcription.

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This Week in Social Media – 5/29/2013

Social Media Marketing

China’s largest Internet company, Tencent, is eyeing India for further growth for its messaging platform as it ventures overseas. Companies need to understand that certain employees may need access to sites, platforms and apps that help them do their jobs outside of the firewall and outside of normal business hours.