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Tech Startups Build Tools for Wellbeing

A new market has emerged. Technology has intersected with our wellness – to aid in monitoring, promoting, augmenting and managing our well-being. These low-cost technologies are transforming the field, making tools for managing wellness accessible to anyone who wants to adopt them. This stands in stark contrast to the way the current, traditional health industry approaches health and wellness, by requiring traditional practitioners, insurance, and a wide range of costs. Users are turning to technology to supplement their diet, to develop their mind, aid their fitness, their sleep, and their reproductive health, improve the design of their environment and much more. Using these new tools, they’re not approaching wellness in a vacuum – the offerings typically involve supportive digital communities … Continue readingTech Startups Build Tools for Wellbeing

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Infographic: Modern Wellbeing

Technology is creeping into every aspect of our lives. Now, it’s starting to impact our fitness, mindfulness, how we interact with others, and the physical design of spaces around us. I’ve been very passionate about fitness for the last few years, and am active in CrossFit, Spartan events and more, as a result, I’ve used many a technologies from hardware devices to software apps to track my performance. We’ve been researching this Modern Wellbeing (modern meaning, technology) for several months, and have helped a few clients on their innovation work in this arena. To best articulate the many changes we see in this market, we put together this visual diagram which illustrates how technology is integrating into our lives. The … Continue readingInfographic: Modern Wellbeing

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Honeycomb 3.0: The Collaborative Economy Market Expansion

The Collaborative Economy enables people to get what they need from each other. Similarly, in nature, honeycombs are resilient structures that enable access, sharing, and growth of resources among a common group. Our latest version of the Honeycomb framework, Honeycomb 3.0, shows how the Collaborative Economy market has grown to include new applications in Reputation and Data, Worker Support, Mobility Services, and the Beauty Sector. Get the Honeycomb: Register to Receive a High-Res Version This is a market map to help you understand how every industry can benefit from the Collaborative Economy by partnering with new startups. Advance to the registration page, or click on the image below to see the larger version.   Our Research and Design Process Honeycomb … Continue readingHoneycomb 3.0: The Collaborative Economy Market Expansion

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Infographic: Collaborative Economy Startups Proliferating

This inforgraphic is part of my ongoing coverage of the collaborative economy (see all posts), which is the next phase of the social business. What’s that? We’ve published a seminal report on what it means for corporations including video, slides and additional resources.  Altimeter’s segmented 200 sharing startups to find out why –and how –these disruptive startups are spreading across many verticals, here’s some of the key findings: Excessive influx of startups in every industry. One of the findings is that there is a cambrian explosion of startups, caused by a few reasons: 1) Low cost to create startups in today’s software as a service and open source technology startup market 2) Influx of VC funding 3) A strong desire to solve … Continue readingInfographic: Collaborative Economy Startups Proliferating

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Wrapup: Community Manager Day 2013, Trended

In 2013, Community Managers are trending, both online, and their impact to their organizations and the customers, who they serve. Community Managers are the most powerful group online As professional online communicators, Community Managers are the most powerful group for 5 reasons: 1) Professionally trained 2) Access to top tools 3) Manage the largest social media accounts in world 4) Highly connected to each other, and 5) Their interactions with market are public, which resonate.  I’m pleased to report that yesterday, on Jan 28th the Community Manager Appreciation tag (#CMAD) became a Twitter trending topic in at least Finland, France, and United States for over five hours. Recognition of the Community Manager Role, Globally Known Each year, Community Manager appreciation … Continue readingWrapup: Community Manager Day 2013, Trended

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Beyond Tools, Marketers Must Focus on Content (Altimeter Report)

Marketers, have you ever been in an agency pitch that focuses on the tool and channel and forgets about content? Or, from the other side of the table, have you ever had a client on the brand side ask you for your Twitter/FacebookPinterest strategy –but doesn’t have anything meaningful to say? Our industry is afflicted with shiny object syndrome, a focus on the new tools, without thinking about the content that will drive it. As we mature and the tools make it easier to share information, companies need to be extra sensitive to the content that will be shared, both that’s created by the brand, and the customer. Altimeter’s latest report by Industry Analyst Rebecca Lieb, takes that topic head … Continue readingBeyond Tools, Marketers Must Focus on Content (Altimeter Report)

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(Report) Social Media Crises On Rise: Be Prepared by Climbing the Social Business Hierarchy of Needs

What’s a crises? We did analysis on the list of social media crises aka “punkings” to find out what went wrong, why, and what should have been done. First, a workable definition on Social Media Crises for this report: A social media crisis is an issue that arises in or is amplified by social media, and results in negative mainstream media coverage, a change in business process, or financial loss. To refine further, while crises may happen on a daily basis we wanted to focus on crises that had the actual outcomes: We categorized each crisis according to three severity levels: Level 1 is for crises that result in negative coverage in mainstream media; Level 2 is for crises that result … Continue reading(Report) Social Media Crises On Rise: Be Prepared by Climbing the Social Business Hierarchy of Needs