Seeking Case Studies of How Brands Reach Gen X Using Social Media

I’m wrapping up my report on “How companies should organize for social media” in a few weeks, and collaborating on a report with Zach Hofer-Shall (a digital device aficionado) on a “Comprehensive community checklist” and am going to start work on a research report exploring … Continue readingSeeking Case Studies of How Brands Reach Gen X Using Social Media

Data: B2B Buyers and Technology Decision Makers use Social Technologies

You’ve heard of demographics (who people are) and psychographics (what they care about) but now, you must be aware of technographics (how people use technologies) Forrester is known for it’s success with our consumer social technographics, how buyers use social media in their lives. Just … Continue readingData: B2B Buyers and Technology Decision Makers use Social Technologies

2007 to 2008 Social Technographic Data Indicates Increase In Adoption

Despite’s Wired’s opinion piece that blogging is waning (they cite no data), perhaps some of the most important data for this year is this recently released Social Technographic Data from colleague Josh Bernoff showing an increase in adoption in United States of Social Technographics from … Continue reading2007 to 2008 Social Technographic Data Indicates Increase In Adoption

Radio: Politicians Using Social Networks

I had a great time on Mario Armstrong’s Digital Spin Radio (NPR Affiliate) which was joined by KickApp’s Michael Chin (who has a cool accent). He saw my post on Social Marketing from Democrats and Republicans, which kick started this conversation. Also, McCain has launched … Continue readingRadio: Politicians Using Social Networks

Social Marketing from Democrats and Republicans

Above: The Social Technographics of Voters, read Josh Bernoff’s Analysis which further segments the behaviors of McCain vs Obama supportersa In this post, I’m going to make some observations from my network, but my only caveat is, this is not representative of the whole tech … Continue readingSocial Marketing from Democrats and Republicans

What ‘Facebook Connect’ Means for Corporate Websites

I’m here in SF at the F8 developer conference sponsored by Facebook. While the primary thrust of F8 Facebook announcements was for developers, I mentally translate what this means for web strategists at brands at Fortune 5000s. One key announcement is Facebook Connect which allows … Continue readingWhat ‘Facebook Connect’ Means for Corporate Websites