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The Social Business Comes First

December 20, 2011 by Gavin Heaton with 59 views

In the coming months and years we will hear a lot more about “social business” and what it means for your organisation. There will be infographics, presentations, blog posts, tips, tricks and links galore. [read more]

The Business of Social Business

September 27, 2011 by Kate Carruthers with 112 views

Continuing our Tuesdays and Thursdays with pieces from women entrepreneurs and writers: Social business is the new trend following on from Enterprise 2.0 – but underlying it is an essential conflict between two different styles of doing business. The conflict is between businesses optimized for efficiency and those optimized for the creation of value. [read more]

There is No Social Business is there?

February 11, 2011 by Jacob Morgan with 767 views

  I had a great chat with friend and advisor Gil Yehuda on the topic of social business prior to my presentation at the American Marketing Association. The topic of “what makes a business social” came up during which Gil imparted his usual bit of wisdom with the following quote: “All businesses have always been social; what’s... [read more]

Social Business Will Take Us Back To The Middle Ages

March 12, 2010 by Tac Anderson with 341 views

I had an amazing day at the Dachis Social Business Summit. I have so much to write about it might take me a few weeks to catch up. Especially after surprise guest John Hagel presented. That was the most insightful 15 minutes I’ve heard in a long time. I’ve been thinking about out loud on this blog is what the future of the... [read more]

We Need to Completely Rethink How Business Operates Using Social Media

March 10, 2010 by Tac Anderson with 198 views

I’ve mentioned the book I’ve been working on. I’ve actually made considerable headway on the weekends (except I can’t come up with a good title to save my life) and thought I’d share my current working summary. I’d love to hear your feedback. I am looking for examples where social technologies have been used by... [read more]

The Conflicting Definitions of Social Business

March 9, 2010 by Tac Anderson with 194 views

As social media has continued to evolve and we start to move into the era of social business we’re running into a linguistic snag; There are now two different definitions for Social Business. Those of us in the social media world have not yet settled on an industry wide definition but I’ve recently started using this definition for... [read more]

Social Media or Social Business?

October 7, 2009 by Jacob Morgan with 277 views

(image from Shutterstock) I’ve been going over the differences between the terms “social media,” and “social business” as I’m working on developing a new company site for Chess Media Group (which will launch soon). My business partner Connie and I kept going back and forth debating on if we should call ourselves a “social media... [read more]

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