Tag: social networks
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“Smarter, better,” customer service is what UserVoice (@UserVoice) promises and, by most accounts, delivers.
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Jeremiah Owyang, the well-known and whip-smart “Web Strategist,” has left his post as Forrester analyst to join Charlene Li and Ray Wang as a partner at the Altimeter Group, a consulting firm that helps big companies figure out how to use new technologies. For those in the social media space, it’s huge news, but even…
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I’ve been watching with great interest at friends, luminaries and publications have commented with varying levels excitement and, dare I say – passion! – about Facebook’s acquisition of FriendFeed. The headlines from articles and blog posts speak for themselves: Facebook’s next step in crushing Twitter Facebook Buys FriendFeed: What Does It Mean? Facebook buys…
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I recently gave a talk for CoreNet Global young leaders and – while interested in strategy – what people really wanted to know was how to virtually network. How to keep personal from professional and vice versa. As just about every person I know immersed in social media as I am will tell you, after…
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Sometimes you come across a new service that holds the promise of what social networking is supposed to be. That’s what happened when came across wissr and subsequently spoke with its founder and CEO, Venkat Gopi. Pronounced ‘wiser,’ wissr aims to be a a trusted micro-market to share recommendations and classifieds with friends, family, and…
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The power of social networks. That’s what we’ll be discussing at Duarte Design in Mountain View this evening at 6:30 PM, the site of tonight’s Social Media Club San Francisco Silicon Valley chapter. The evening will kick off the evening with a half-hour fireside chat with John Hagel, network effects expert and Director at Deloitte…