2010 Social Media Prediction Report Card

Last year I did like every other social media blogger out there and made some predictions for 2010. I actually posted two different sets of predictions. My first set of predictions were 5 year predictions that I saw happening over the next 5 years. These were, in my view at … Continue reading

Top 5 Predictions for the Next 5 Years in Business Social Media [2010 Edition]

Be sure to join the New Comm Biz Facebook Page or follow the Twitter account I spend a lot of time predicting the future and every year I look out over the next 5 years. You are reading the 2010 edition.  The 2011 edition is here. You can also see my … Continue reading

Do You Think Your Company Should Be On Twitter

If you do there are some things I’d recommend you thinking about first. Or if you’re too impatient you can skip to the end. Content is King We all understand that content is king but we also need to understand the important differences in how different types of content flow … Continue reading

Sometimes less is more. Sometimes less is just less.

Image via Wikipedia There’s an article in BusinessWeek that talks about the growing trend that some companies have been taking (my former employer included). Instead of cutting staff they are cutting salaries, and bonuses and benefits.I always feel a little callus when I talk about job loss because I don’t … Continue reading

Enterprise 2.0 Needs a FriendFeed

Image by Tac Anderson via Flickr We have dozens of Twitter-like, microblogging applications for inside the enterprise but where’s the LifeStreaming applications? If there is one already, I’m not aware of it. Where is the Enterprise 2.0 version of FriendFeed? Where is the app that captures my work progress? Every … Continue reading

CIO.com tries to explain Twitter to your Boss’s Boss’s Boss

Image by RubyJi via Flickr For most of you, CIO magazine is not very relevant. But for us B2B Enterprise IT marketers this is a pretty big deal. If you’re selling IT to the Enterprise, the CIO (or your companies equivalent) is the most important person you want to influence. … Continue reading

[NCB Best Of] How to Implement Social Media inside Your Company

This week marks my 2 year blogiversary. To commemorate one of the things I thought I’d do is re-post some of my better older posts. This blog was originally posted on 6/4/07 These tips are for all of my friends working inside of large companies, wanting to take advantage of … Continue reading

Managements Misguided Social Media Efforts

Most corporate employees I talk to lately are dealing with one of three scenarios: They are trying to convince their managers that they need to be doing social media Their managers are on board with social media and are relying on them to put together a plan, they’re not sure … Continue reading