People on the Move in the Social Media Industry: April 27, 2008

I’m starting this post series (see archives) to recognize and congratulate folks who get promoted, move, or accept new exciting positions. Please help me congratulate the following folks: Teresa Valdez Klein moves on to T-Mobile as a product planner, she’s very entrenched in social media, … Continue readingPeople on the Move in the Social Media Industry: April 27, 2008

Forrester Report: Global Enterprise Web 2.0 Market Forecast: 2007 To 2013

In 2008, Business Adoption Of Web 2.0 Tools Is Expected To Grow Strongly Global Enterprise Web 2.0 Market Forecast On Monday, colleague Oliver Young (I was involved with the report) published a forward looking report on the growth of Web 2.0 technologies within the enterprise … Continue readingForrester Report: Global Enterprise Web 2.0 Market Forecast: 2007 To 2013

People on the Move in the Social Media Industry: March 21, 2008

I’m starting this post series (see archives) to recognize and congratulate folks who get promoted, move, or accept new exciting positions. We should congratulate the following folks: Tom Diederich joins Cadence as the Social Media/Web Community Manager. He’s working for Carlos Soares, my former colleague … Continue readingPeople on the Move in the Social Media Industry: March 21, 2008

What’s the Persona of Your Company? Examining the LinkedIn Company Directory

Combining both third party plus member data, LinkedIn can reveal a persona –and social capital– of our companies LinkedIn announces it’s ‘company’ pages (your company is likely there) that displays both status updates of content created by members, as well as pulling in third party … Continue readingWhat’s the Persona of Your Company? Examining the LinkedIn Company Directory

People on the Move in the Social Media Industry: March 6, 2008

This series of posts tagged On The Move (see archives) is to recognize and congratulate folks who get promoted, move, or accept new exciting positions in the social media industry. Congrats to those on the Move in the Social Media Industry: Kris Smith is now … Continue readingPeople on the Move in the Social Media Industry: March 6, 2008

Consolidation Needed in the White Label Social Networking Industry

I’ve been tracking with great interest the “White Label” (meaning you can rebrand as your own) Social Networking space with great interest for some time. When I first started the master list, it was at about 20 companies. Now it pushes 70 companies, and even … Continue readingConsolidation Needed in the White Label Social Networking Industry

Commemorating the Idiocy of the Dot Com Era: Did we Repeat or Reform?

What idiocy am I talking about? The idiocy of the first web craze from 1998-2001. I started off my career working at Exodus Communications, a premiere web host for the top web brands, at the headquarters in Santa Clara, in the heart of the valley … Continue readingCommemorating the Idiocy of the Dot Com Era: Did we Repeat or Reform?