Year: 2010

Last week, I was invited by Andrew Ellis and Scott Gould to attend the Like Minds 2010 conference in Exeter, Devon. Not only was it my first time at the Like Minds, but it was also my first time in Devon and in Exeter in particular. Scott and Andrew were…

OK, “markets are conversations” but keep on reading anyway … How many times have I heard consultants open their presentations with the ultimate quotation from the 1999 Cluetrain manifesto to justify the need to jump on the social media bandwagon: “Markets are conversations”; QED (or so they think). What the Cluetrain…

The following video is a December 2009 interview of Paul Argenti (Corporate Communications Professor at Tuck University) following the release of his book dedicated to how  “Web 2.0” (even though the term is a bit outdated). The book describes how Social Media transforms corporate communications. Here are – in a few words…

What are the key success factors in a successful enterprise social media implementation. Futurity media‘s Stewart Baines has posted a few interesting questions on his blog. My answers are long-winded, but I think there are rightfully so. This is a difficult subject, and writing short yet sensible answers would be a…

On Nov 10th, 2009 I was in Atlanta presenting at Blogwell on behalf of Orange Business Services, presenting our social media strategy and explaining how, why and what we did online to increase our brand advocacy. Increasing brand advocacy with Social Media According to the influencermarketinghub, Brand advocacy is the…

As Andy Sernovitz is keen on putting it, setting up a blog for oneself is easy, social media implementation for a business is a different kettle of fish. Once upon a time, I was contacted by a marketing representative of a large European company who was showing interest in some of…

Here are my 10 top tips for Social Media success in businesses in 2010. 2010 will be year 6 of the Social Media era (née Web 2.0). Needless to say that 6 years is a long time in the Internet business world. My 10 top tips for Social Media success in…