How technology enables companies to connect with customers
I just updated the growing list of Corporate Social Strategists, you can take a look at these 280 professionals leading the charge at their corporation. For a few years now, I’ve been managing the list of Corporate Social Strategists at large corporations (over 1000 employees, … Continue readingContingent of Corporate Social Strategists Grows
The hires in the social business space continue to heat up, in fact the market research data (read the report) shows that hiring is the top spend in 2011. Expect there to be more hires over coming quarters. Both the submissions on this job announcement … Continue readingPeople on the Move in the Social Business Industry: March 18, 2011
Front and center industry analyst disclosures: Your trust is important to us, as such, we strive to disclose our client relationships, some which are listed in the following post, read Altimeter’s disclosures page. Research Summary: Growth in Vendors and Market Demand –Yet Space Is Immature … Continue readingThe State and Future of the Social Media Management System Space
I’m writing from a Jetblue flight from Austin back to Silly Valley, it’s a great chance for me reflect on what happened in the last few days at SXSW and sober up both from last night’s party and the excess of stimuli –they both require … Continue readingSXSW 2011: Great for Networking, But No Technology Breakthroughs
How do the biggest and most successful corporations spend on social business? We aimed to find out. These “wealthy” (which deemed by annual revenues) corporations spend comparatively more on customer facing social business efforts than most other corporations, yet the overall subtotal of spending is … Continue readingData: How Wealthy Corporations Spend On Social Business
We’re very pleased that Brian Solis joins the Altimeter Group as a Principle focused on business strategy, training, change management, metrics. Read Brian’s post, Flying to a Higher Altitude with Altimeter Group. I’ve known Brian in the social business (it wasn’t called that, backthen) space … Continue readingBrian Solis Joins Altimeter Group
Left: View of our spacious headquarters, The Hangar, in San Mateo. We’re poised and ready for more growth. To meet the demand of our clients and new clients, Altimeter Group is continuing to hire since we formed up a firm in August, 2009. We have … Continue readingAltimeter Group: We’re Growing
My career mission since I launched this blog several years ago when I was running social at Hitachi (Shel Israel is writing a book about the early days) is to focus on how companies use web technologies to connect with customers. Aligned with my mission, … Continue readingData: How Corporate Social Strategists Use Slideshare
The hires in the social business space continue to heat up, in fact the market research data (read the report) shows that hiring is the top spend in 2011. Expect there to be more hires over coming quarters. Both the submissions on this job announcement … Continue readingPeople on the Move in the Social Business Industry: March 1, 2011
If you’re using Micromedia (Shish Kabob) tools as your primary tool for thought leadership, then your efforts are out of balance. Add longer lasting, higher impact, larger form content now (Steak) content to your mix now. Your Mix Is Unbalanced: Twitter’s Limited Features are Overloaded. … Continue readingExpand Your Social Media Mix: Twitter Alone is Not Enough
