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Businesses wanting to take advantage of social media may not be ready to seize the opportunity. McKinsey reports that social media adds up to $1.3 trillion opportunity for the economy. At the same time, Capgemini notes that “Ninety percent of all jobs in the next year will require information and communication technology skills, yet more than half the companies polled lacked social media... Read More
Just a few weeks ago I mentioned the “S” Curve in a post about the social media road trip -- with a focus on that little plateau in the “S” curve that has proven to be a real trouble spot for many industry leaders who appeared, at one time, to be the unstoppable and way ahead of their game. The failure to fully adopt and then continue to innovate some more can lead to any industry leader... Read More
As we are, or become, awash in visual images then understanding the “operations” of visual perception are likely important starting points for developing a complete visual literacy and communications framework. By understanding some principles of how we see, then we can start to talk in a more informed way about visuals, business and the way we communicate using visuals. I’m no... Read More
The social web is still a relatively new phenomena and its characteristics not yet completely understood -- often leaving room for questions and the need for some workable frameworks to come at the new things we face. What was a selfie before a few years ago? Who used the term content marketing and what did that mean? How did you go about operationalizing... Read More
Im going to just assume that the water is going over the falls, in one way shape or form ....soon because of 3 links in the last few weeks -- one from from McKinsey, one from Hubspot and one from the Huffington post. They are embedded here. Forget for a minute the arguments about whether the CEO has time for social media or that he/she has a business to run and employees to spend time... Read More
I'm thrilled to be joining the folks at Vocus for their Demand14 conference in Washington DC, June 5-6. Im also excited about joining Christopher Penn of SHIFT Communications and Nichole Kelly of Social Media Explorer. Content Marketing and What the Future Holds: We kicked off our discussion with a little Q&A over on the Vocus blog talking about Content Marketing and what it looks like... Read More
The Changing Communications Business. The communications business is a tough one these days, although every aspect of business also seems challenged in many many ways. For communicators its not just about the change, but also about all the news and noise. The media landscape is askew from almost any angle you choose to assess it --the traditional business of print, radio and broadcast are... Read More
It was the fall of 2006, we sat around table at Rudy’s BBQ one evening and the Dell cafeteria during the day with Andy Sernovitz, Stan Joosten (P&G), Scott Wilder (with Intuit at the time) and the Dell community and conversation team, as it was known then. The blog council which became Socialmedia.org was created — a community for business leaders responsible for social efforts.... Read More
Ever stop to think about how things change? I know that is trite to say but are your assumptions up to date about the way you use online tools and social networks? Ever just stop to think about it? Social networks are in constant change. But, it is not just the software or networks that change. How we use them changes with time. Stop and think about your own interactions and behaviour,... Read More
I don’t know why, perhaps pure coincidence or perhaps “fate.” Whatever the reason, the last couple weeks I experienced a continual wave of stories, blog posts, media articles about social media being used in business to personalize the business and/or strengthen real people to people connections (or not). One slide on slideshare and Facebook noted there is no more B2C or B2B it is all... Read More