I’ve started a new series, called Social Media Frequently Asked Questions. It’s a collection of the top asked questions I hear over and over. I’m putting them here on my blog is a great place to help everyone quickly get educated, convince their boss, or … Continue readingSocial Media FAQ #5: How Do I Talk to my Executives about Social Media?
The trust and influence around brands, products has moved to discussions around communities’ lifestyles, often in blogs, social networks and other locations ‘off’ the corporate domain. A new class of measurement tools have emerged, that measure the impact of social media, among them is the … Continue readingVideo: BuzzLogic tracks and measures influence
Social Networks continue to show a strong future of growth. Two recent Forrester reports published by my colleagues, Josh Bernoff and Oliver Young, both showing the future of social computing for the interactive marketer and for enterprise 2.0 purchasing. A very obvious trend for both … Continue readingSocial Network Spending to Increase
Left Image: An impoverished Darfur child is shown holding an LV-like purse, image sold as a T-shirt from artist, now being sued, see Hi-Res version. Thanks to Søren Storm Hansen for bringing this to my attention. It could have been your brand It could have … Continue readingLouis Vuitton gets Brand-Jacked, Collateral Damage in Anti-Genocide Campaign
Embrace your Customers At Forrester, we use the term Embracing as a social strategy where customers and employees work together using social tools to build next-generation products. Quite a change for the strong headed product manager, who now has to set the roadmap, while in … Continue readingBuild your own “IdeaStorm” with UserVoice
Yesterday, I spoke the executive team and business unit leads at a very large insurance company. It was a long 4-hour session, where I gave a Groundswell presentation, discussed technographics, and gave specific case examples of their insurance industry and financial industry. It’s not my … Continue readingCOO and CFO Questions
Perhaps you’ve read my informal analysis on Target and Wal-Mart’s Facebook campaign that I did last year, well Forrester has asked me to formalize a report in the spirit of a formalized community review scorecard. I’m seeking examples of Social Network Marketing campaigns (there hundreds, … Continue readingUpcoming Research: Social Network Marketing Campaigns
I’m on a quest to meet and greet bloggers all over the world! When you finally meet someone face to face, the relationship bonds stronger than any trackback, comment, or picture can do. Nothing beats face to face meetups, where you hear their voice, listen … Continue readingA Gathering: Tampa Blogger Dinner
