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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. Such platforms as Yammer, Chatter and Jive certainly look and feel similar to Facebook – with a news feed, groups, friends and status updates. This month, I surveyed end users to find out how they draw value from going social.

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Thank you Google, for the Antithesis of a More Social Network

Waxing UnLyrical

The first reaction to all the talk around Google+ and it’s Facebook-killing armor was, “Oh God, not another one.&#. Let’s take a moment to talk about the very premise of “friending &# on Facebook. Feel the same urge with Facebook stream? But I wanted to give my bloggers a voice. Fair enough? (By

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Bubble or No Bubble, We’ll Still Be Social

Waxing UnLyrical

“Of course, we know this social-media-is-cool phenomenon makes big, bulky, white-elephant-ish corporations go tingly in their eyes. What if Facebook comes crashing down tomorrow (or worse, people just get bored)? Reflects a severe exhaustion in terms of usability with social media users, doesn’t it?

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The Real Roadblock to Social Business Success

Webbiquity SMM

Yet too many companies, regardless of their progress as social businesses, already take or plan to take this monitoring to excessive, even downright creepy, levels. ” Of course, employees need to actually be engaging in social media activities on a company’s behalf in order for their to be any social activity to monitor.

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Nonprofit Webinar Series – Social Fundraising

Janet Fouts

Whether you work with a grass roots organization or a humongous nonproft you know that social media can be an effective way to make your message more visible out there in the world. Evonne Heyning, interactive producer for Tech Soup will share her insights for using video to communicate your message and engage users. July 12 – 1 pm PT.

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Beware! The Social Media Dog Strategy Mentality

Diva Marketing Blog

What is disheartening is many organizations/brands have similar, let's call it a " Social Media Dog Mentality " where cute and counting are the extent of their planning process. Tweets and Facebook status updates fly into cyberspace that are little more than "cute" spins from a marketing campaign. Step 1: Align the Enterprise.

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I Didn’t Fail the Test, I Just Found 100 Ways to Do It Wrong

Social Media Strategery

At least then we get to talk about some real honest stories instead of an endless of marketing-speak talking about engagement, authenticity, and community. Failures – And What We Learn From Them,&# yesterday at the Enterprise 2.0 Assume this is about collaboration, being social - Enterprise 2.0