Back To Practice: Flying With The Altimeter Group

New technologies are emerging at a faster pace yet companies lack an on-boarding process. Just a few years ago, fax, cell phones, email and the internet stormed into companies. Today, social technologies have caused many corporations to respond with a knee-jerk reaction, or shudder away … Continue readingBack To Practice: Flying With The Altimeter Group

Data Indicates Facebook Reaching Mainstream Visitor Rate (Compete, Alexa, Quantcast)

Facebook’s stats page indicate that they’ve 250mm uniques users, with 120mm unique visitors per day. I rarely believe numbers provided by vendors as they can easily be stretched so it’s important to compare third party data sources. Looking at just one source is never enough, … Continue readingData Indicates Facebook Reaching Mainstream Visitor Rate (Compete, Alexa, Quantcast)

As Media Brands Build Their Own Communities, They Must Evolve Their Business Model

Left: Several Press, Analysts, and Bloggers met with executives from Cisco and Warner using Telepresence from NY, SF, to San Jose. Cisco’s Eos (their community platform for media brands) landed an enterprise wide deal with Warner Music. Attendees included John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, Dan … Continue readingAs Media Brands Build Their Own Communities, They Must Evolve Their Business Model

Podcast: Understand Facebook Connect for Business

Invest 20 minutes to listen to this podcast focused on how Facebook Connect helps brands connect with existing communities.  This podcast, hosted by Aaron Strout of Powered, was joined by the digital editor of AdWeek, Brian Morrissey and marketing blogger/consultant, Susan Getgood, and myself. You can … Continue readingPodcast: Understand Facebook Connect for Business

Web Strategy: How To Integrate Social Technologies with Virtual Events

I’ve participated in dozens of online and virtual events, including created my own, below is a playbook to think about virtual events as they intersect with the social web. While the scope of this article is focused on online virtual events, many of these tips … Continue readingWeb Strategy: How To Integrate Social Technologies with Virtual Events

Facebook Acquires Social Veterans in FriendFeed Deal

Update: CNN, Financial Times, NYT, and BusinessWeek captured my thoughts in their articles. Facebook makes a play and acquires Friendfeed, a sharing and aggregation tool that helps people find out what their friends are doing. Read Friendfeed’s announcement, and Facebook’s blog post. A few months ago … Continue readingFacebook Acquires Social Veterans in FriendFeed Deal