Social media culture is a crucial aspect of social media implementation. Last month, on Nov 10, 2009, the 7th blogwell session took place in sunny Atlanta, Ga. (this is meant to be a joke for I have been twice to…
There is a dark side of social media. This is a critical look at the Chip Conley story previously published on Bnet. For those who haven’t read the story yet, Chip Conley is the founder and owner of the Joie…
One is often told that getting the buy-in for a Social Media blogging initiative requires some solid ROI calculation. One would have to weigh the pros and cons, how much it costs, try and evaluate the effort which is required,…
Are blogs and bloggers still a puzzle for the man in the street? The question stunned me I must admit. While walking down the aisle of the yearly event of the Confederation of French Industry Medef – equivalent to CBI –…
What’s in a successful B2B social media strategy? Business brands using social media are starting to see the benefits. But are there any best practices they can use? Guessing that the average business person may not know where to start, George…
There is one topic which tops the list from a digital marketing point of view and it’s Search Engine Optimisation (aka SEO). It is indeed one of the most important levers for bringing traffic to a site. I can barely think of…
Web ethics are vital for this industry. There are still people who doubt that Marketing accountability is a must. Golden rules for 2.0 including disclosure, transparency and openness are not ( repeat not) an option. For those people, here is the living…
Social Media conversations are of paramount importance. Bob Pearson, has just been appointed President of the newly rebranded Social Media Business Council (*) after a successful stint as Vice President, Communities and Conversations at Dell. Bob has been kind enough…
Of course, we knew already about it, but it’s been made public only recently that the late Blog Council has changed its name to Social Media Business Council (aka SMBC). We are very pleased to be able to relay that…
How do you create valuable Internet Content? After a decade and a half of evangelisation by the likes of Seth Godin (re his book entitled: Permission Marketing) and those who followed in his footsteps, Marketers are now finally waking up…
