Many of you know that I serve as Chief Strategist at Converseon, a leading social media consultancy based in New York City, with a number of world-class clients. I had…
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Data lust, tacit knowledge, and social media
We are all witnessing the dawn of a new information technology era, the hyper-digitization of the world around us. While the physical world is being captured and monitored via smart…
Read MoreAcademics use social media more than business people
I spoke at a panel session with Hester Tinti-Kane and Jeff Seaman at the Pearson CiTE conference in Denver yesterday, unveiling a survey of higher education on how social media…
Read MoreWhat’s missing from your social media playbook?
Some people think that B2B and B2C social media are very different. I think they are similar, however. But one thing people often see as the hallmark of B2B social…
Read MoreScaling Social Intelligence Across the Enterprise
I had a great session yesterday with Zach Hofer-Shall at the Forrester Marketing Forum in San Francisco, substituting for Converseon CEO Rob Key. I ran into numerous companies at this…
Read MoreWill social media listening replace market research?
Advertising Age had an interesting story that was brought to my attention by a colleague, where a Procter & Gamble exec speculates that social media is already changing the world…
Read MoreReview of Social Marketing to the Business Customer
I’ve read each one of Paul Gillin‘s books and you should, too, including his latest (with Eric Schwartzman), Social Marketing to the Business Customer, a fast-paced ride through the specialty…
Read MoreWhy give priority to mobile and social marketing?
The biggest criticism I hear about the local, mobile, social Web is that it doesn’t yet just justify the hype–that it generates little to no return and distracts companies from…
Read MoreMoney alone can’t buy digital marketing success
I’ve been talking to some small business owners recently who are all complaining that they are getting squeezed out of social media, search marketing, and other forms of Internet marketing…
Read MoreHow do you leverage social media for SEO?
Amidst the blizzard of announcements by search engines or which social media sites they are now checking to rank your search results, it leaves a question unanswered: “Just what do…
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