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Infographic: Finding the Right Social Platforms for Your Business

By Marqui Web Marketing Blog
May 16, 2012 5:15 AM
Categories: Sales and marketing SMB Social media Social networking
Even those marketers with exceptional social-network-savvy can struggle to keep up with the latest developments in leading social media. Acquisitions, new features and new platforms are a daily occurrence, and it can be easy to get lost in the sea of updates in the social world. Similarly, it can also be easy to lose sight of which are actually of benefit to your business.

The Social CEO | Presentation by Peter Aceto

By Sue Ansell
February 23, 2012 12:45 PM
Categories: Business innovation Sales and marketing Social media Social networking Speakers Corner
Are you a CEO? Do you tweet? If so, you are among the '8 percent'. Peter Aceto is and he explains why. Peter sees a dramatic shift in the way companies are now being run, as do other experts like Don Tapscott. Social business is here and one of its big requirements is transparency. Find out what social business leaders are doing to connect with customers and employees in new and exciting ways.

2062 - The Good Old Days of Social Media

By Alan Brookstone
February 17, 2012 5:45 AM
Categories: Social media

A futuristic look at Social Media - Very funny!

Communicating with Bloggers and Influencers | Presentation by Dave Fleet

By Sue Ansell
February 16, 2012 11:30 PM
Categories: Business events Social media Speakers Corner Tech events
Who are the media influencers today? Bloggers. Dave Fleet tells how not to work with bloggers and how to work with them. He describes a new model for interactions. He has tips for bloggers too!

Geosocial - Perfect Storm of Mobile, Location and Social Media | Presentation by Nick Jones

What is geosocial and how does it provide ways for people to link products and services?

Mobile Computing and Digital Mapping Revolution | Presentation by Nick Jones

By Sue Ansell
December 23, 2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Business innovation Gadgets Mobility Social media Speakers Corner Trends
Why do people use mobile devices? Which ones do they use and is their use growing? Yes it is - tablet use, for one, is growing rapidly - and this offers opportunities explains Nick Jones.

LinkedIn for Lead Generation: 5 Ways to Get Started

By Marqui Web Marketing Blog
November 15, 2011 5:30 AM
Categories: Sales and marketing Social media Social networking
If you're a B2B company, LinkedIn’s network is the ideal platform to connect your business to over 120 million professionals. Here are five ways you can improve your company’s presence and begin increasing your lead flow.

ERP 20: Social Media and Enterprise Software

By Eric Kimberling
October 19, 2011 6:15 AM
Categories: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Social media Web 2.0
Enterprise 2.0, social ERP, and other buzzwords related to enterprise software combined with social media are quickly gaining momentum in the ERP software industry. Industry analysts and research firms regularly cover the potential convergence of social applications like Twitter, Facebook, and Yammer with traditional ERP systems like SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics. For example, last year IFS North America and Affinity Research Solutions conducted a study of manufacturing executives to determine their interest and understanding of social ERP.

Libraries and the Mobile Web 2.0

By Glen Farrelly
September 20, 2011 7:45 AM
Categories: Social media Social networking Trends
Earlier this year, I looked at the convergence of social media and mobile library applications. I found this was an area that could have a lot of potential to augment information services, but found little innovation in this area. The intersection of increasing user involvement in creating, finding, and sharing their own information, combined with the direct and ubiquitous access of mobiles has prompted discussion in library literature, but it appears little action - yet.

Why E2.0 and Social Business Initiatives Are Likely to Remain Difficult

By Jon Husband
September 13, 2011 7:45 AM
Categories: Social media Social networking
Horizontal networking often creates dissonance in the vertical enterprise. The vertical structure of knowledge did not foresee the coming of horizontal networking tools now shaping today’s workplace.

#Tweet This! 5 Strategies for Building Engaging Conversations on Twitter

By Marqui Web Marketing Blog
June 29, 2011 11:30 AM
Categories: Sales and marketing Social media Social networking
You have likely heard about the business benefits of a strong Twitter presence: competitive intelligence, increased brand awareness and customer engagement, to name just a few. However, if the Twitterverse is still foreign to you and your colleagues, check out these tips for starting and maintaining a meaningful dialogue: