How technology enables companies to connect with customers
In this last quarter, Apple sold more devices than humans born on planet earth. It was just a little over a decade ago, when Apple had just a small share of overall tech sales, it’s amazing the come back they’ve had over the past years. … Continue readingApple Devices Outpace Birth Rate
Left: A social network mapped out, this one is of influential photographer Kris Krug’s social graph. These breakdown posts often contain content that didn’t fit into research reports, and contain input from industry experts or deeper client engagements, see other ‘breakdown‘ posts. Unsure how to … Continue readingBreakdown: A Strategy for Engaging Passion Communities
I was pleased to be a featured speaker at Dreamforce, to share Altimeter’s research on Social Business. My topic? To focus on how companies need to scale social business. I referenced the following Open Research (meaning you can download them) reports: Social Business Readiness, Career … Continue readingVideo: Scaling Your Social Business (Dreamforce Presentation)
Find out who’s investing in social business by tracking who got hired, the savvy will examine role, industry, title to find interpret growth in our space. Both the submissions on this job announcement board, as well as available social media positions at corporations continue to pour … Continue readingPeople on the Move in the Social Business Industry, Oct 9, 2012
In my industry interactions with marketers (both at startups and at large corporations) I’ve found there is a dichotomy between marketers, and the organizations which they serve, succinctly, I see two types of roles: 1) Downstream Marketers This style of marketer is most common. They … Continue readingTwo Types of Marketers: Upstream and Downstream
Find out who’s investing in social business by tracking who got hired. Where people get hired, there’s often investment for opportunity and growth. Both the submissions on this job announcement board, as well as available social media positions at corporations continue to pour in. In this … Continue readingPeople on the Move in the Social Business Industry, Sept 26, 2012
Need to learn more how Paid, Owned, and Earned are going to work together? We call this ‘Converged Media’ and it’s coming to a website near you. Please listen into this webinar which provides an overview from our recent research report on the Converged Media … Continue readingWebinar Recording: Converged Media Imperative
Find out who’s investing in social business by tracking who got hired. Both the submissions on this job announcement board, as well as available social media positions at corporations continue to pour in. In this continued digest of job changes, I like to salute those that … Continue readingPeople on the Move in the Social Business Industry, Sept 17, 2012
(Above pic: Techcrunch Disrupt featured 329 global startups over 3 days in San Francisco) I just visited dozens and dozens of startup booths (so you don’t have to) at the massive Techcrunch Disrupt held in San Francisco, I also attended in 2011 and published my … Continue readingField Notes: Touring Techcrunch Disrupt 2012
Request: We want to hear from you. Tell us on your blog or website how the “Sentient World” impacts your business (positively or negatively), and we’ll cross-link to the conversation. Altimeter Group continues its blog ring in September and October to deepen understanding of our … Continue readingCall for Insights: Altimeter Blog Ring on the Sentient World
