This is really heaven for me, many of the vendors I cover such as SmallWorld labs, Jive, Telligent, Hivelive, Lithium, Webcrossing, Google all at the same table. I’m here here at the Online Community Unconference at a session where we’re probing the problems with the … Continue readingLiveBlog: What’s Wrong with the White Label Social Networking Industry?
I took a few weeks off from doing this digest, after my Hawaii vacation, but am now back in the groove. If anyone wants to contribute to this on an ongoing weekly basis as a guest editor, let me know. I’m respecting your limited time … Continue readingWeekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: June 18, 2008
I’m doing research around how different ages using social networks, communities, and virtual worlds by age, and will compile this list as it grows. I’m looking for established community sites that are mature enough to work with brands. There is already so much coverage on … Continue readingList of Communities, Virtual Worlds, and Social Networks for Youth, Boomers, Retired, and Beyond
A few days ago, I posted some videos on how social networks enter pop culture, a few folks like left some comments, here’s a few related vids: Second Life: The Real World Movie Facebook Anthem (From Rachel Beer) Internet Party 2: An Intervention for MySpace … Continue readingVideos: When Social Media enters Popular Culture
Social Networks have started to penetrate not just the culture of youths, but now pop culture, TV satires, and a general joke we here at many cocktail parties. Enjoy the following videos. glumbert – Poking Granny’s Boyfriend On Facebook Poking Granny’s Boyfriend On Facebook Confirm … Continue readingVideos: When Social Networks enter Popular Culture
As an analyst at Forrester focused on Social Computing, I’m creating an online catalog for clients that lists out the many players in the White Label Social Networking space, a market I’ve been covering before I even joined the company. If you work at one … Continue readingForrester Underway to Catalog the White Label Social Networking Space
My main focus as an analyst is on online communities and social networks, if you’ve the same focus, I highly recommend you attend the Graphing Social Patterns conference, started by Dave McClure. The conferences runs deep into the developer discussions, as well as is blossoming … Continue readingFocused on Social Networks? Attend Graphing Social Patterns
Above Image: Dan Schawbel noticed I was endorsing Career Builder within Facebook, after I became a fan Dan Schawbel, an energized social media practitioner at EMC emailed me, and said he noticed that I was endorsing Career Builder, within Facebook, he wondered it this was … Continue readingWhat happens when you become a Facebook Fan
About my use of social media in my research I use my blog, (and other social media tools like Twitter) as a percentage of my research methodology (around 15%), it’s not the only contributing factor but is an effective way of me using a real-time, … Continue readingFindings: What you said you wanted in a White Label Social Networking Vendor
NOTE: The weighted findings are now available on this followup post. I’m preparing for an upcoming report to help segment out the many vendors in the White Label or Private label social networking industry. Essentially, these companies allow brands to create their own social network … Continue readingWhat do you look in a White Label or Private Label Social Networking Vendor?
