social networks posts, articles, and infographics

How Many Damned Social Sites Do I Need to Join??

November 3, 2011 by Stephen G. Barr with 74 views

Can Aggregators Survive As Social Networks?

April 22, 2010 by Tac Anderson with 269 views

How dare you speak ill of Buzz! I always find it interesting which posts I write get people worked up. It’s rarely the ones I think it will be. My last post about Google Buzz got me some negative feedback. That’s fine BTW I appreciate all feedback as long as its constructive. I didn’t realize it until today but ReadWriteWeb and... [read more]

Business traffic to Facebook exceeds that to Google reports Network Box research

April 18, 2010 by Krishna De with 177 views

Do you allow your employees to access social networking sites at work? I meet PR professionals and marketing managers each week who can not access Facebook from their work computer as it has been blocked. I also see that in some organisations there is an area often near the reception or staff restaurant where certain PC’s have been... [read more]

Why Small Town Small Biz Has an Advantage at Using Social Media Tools

March 30, 2010 by Becky McCray with 319 views

[Liz Strauss has been a friend to Small Biz Survival for... ever, it seems like. She called us SOBs back in our very first year: 2006. We finally met in person in 2008, when we stayed at Sheila Scarborough's house together for SXSW. Liz is a mentor, a friend and a constant fountain of encouragement. -Becky] By Liz Strauss I grew up in... [read more]

Thinking About Etsy In The San Telmo Markets

December 30, 2009 by Fred Wilson with 157 views

The streets of the San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos Aires turn into a big outdoor market on Sundays. Our family spent Sunday afternoon there this past weekend. As I strolled around, I could not help but think of Etsy, what it has become and what more it needs to do to realize its potential. But first a little backdrop. This decade we... [read more]

The 10 TENsions That Will Define 2010

December 21, 2009 by Ross Dawson with 279 views

To anticipate what will shape 2010, we need to understand the TENsions that will define the opening year of the TENsions decade. The TENsions that are most prominent will evolve during the course of the decade. However the accelerating pace of change means that TENsions will inevitably define the decade, in myriad forms. These are the... [read more]

Social media and its implications for education Part 2

December 18, 2009 by Kate Carruthers with 87 views

There are three areas that are relevant to both our society in general and to us as educators in particular. They are: (1) the overall landscape in which we are operating; (2) the social implications of the changes being driven by technology and how we are using it; and (3) the changing models that are beginning to impact on... [read more]

Customer Engagement Survey Shows Twitter is King of ROI

December 4, 2009 by Andy Beal with 212 views

I’ve been a contributing analyst for the eConsultancy/cScape Customer Engagement Survey over the past few years. The 2010 edition has just landed and I thought I would share with you the data that jumped out at me. Email Newsletters Fading? The 2nd Customer Engagement Survey saw businesses focusing their efforts on using email... [read more]

Stating the Obvious: Social Media Peer Groups and Startup Strategy and Vision

November 10, 2009 by Peter Auditore with 211 views

Humans are a community-oriented species; this behavior has been crucial to our evolutionary success over the last 4.5 million years. The fact that many of us are now engaging with Web 2.0–enabled communities is not surprising, but how do we interpret the future of this trend? As Liam Fahey so aptly said during a recent meeting I attended... [read more]

Influence research: what are the real influence networks within Twitter and social media?

August 18, 2009 by Ross Dawson with 480 views

We continue our Influence research series, paving the way for in-depth insights and breaking new ground on the topic at Future of Influence Summit 2009 in San Francisco and Sydney. See the Future of Influence Summit blog for the full series. Earlier this year Bernardo Huberman and colleagues at HP’s Social Computing Lab did an analysis... [read more]

Social Networks and B2P

May 3, 2009 by Don Bulmer with 149 views

I was recently invited to submit an article for Connect-World Asia Pacific. Connect-World is a series of magazines that offers a forum where the highest-level decision makers in the telecommunications and information technology sectors discuss their opinions about the impact of technology on Global and regional... [read more]

In Praise of Lag

March 25, 2009 by Jonathan Salem Ba... with 138 views

The Greek Chorus of technologists and the digerati continue to belittle marketers for their slowness in shifting ad budgets online.The rationale is that 2/3 of consumers now use social networks for something or another, and online and portable music usage has soared. Yet 4 out of every 5 ad executives polled in a survey conducted... [read more]

Attract Prospects with Easy Web 2.0 Techniques

March 14, 2009 by Kendra Lee with 201 views

The Internet is my best friend for attracting new prospects. In a flash my name and an article I’ve authored have “gone viral.” I’m promoted all over the world and I’m suddenly the expert everyone wants to talk with. Leads start flowing in from people I’ve never met and new opportunities abound. Is it magic? No! It’s Web 2.0, and you... [read more]

What You Need to Know About Your Privacy and Social Networks

November 28, 2007 by Gavin Heaton with 40 views

It's fun being part of a social network. It can be great to participate in movie polls, in music quizzes and to attract others of like mind through widgets, games and discussion boards. But it is important to remember that EVERY single piece of data that you share contributes to your seen and unseen profile. That's right, your... [read more]