social media & social networks
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Business blogging: Golden rules for B2B enterprise blogging success
This piece is about our golden business blogging rules based on our experience and the implementation of business blogs in the field. Once all enterprise stakeholders have understood why Web 2.0 is more than a fad and why its marketing could benefit from it (read our 12 golden rules for…
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Yann Gourvennec13/09/2007Obama asks a question on LinkedIn
I have just been on LinkedIn to check a few things including the presence of the brand new LinkedIn LION’s logo (a group of open networkers within LinkedIn) and here I see the stunning news that Barack Obama is posting a LinkedIn question to his network (I am only 3…
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Yann Gourvennec03/07/2007Social Internet: 15 golden rules for Web 2.0
What are the rules for Web 2.0 or social web success on the social internet? This document was originally designed to address the questions which were sent to me by large customers wanting to launch web 2.0 initiatives. Very often these clients wanted to jump on the bandwagon, but they…
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Yann Gourvennec28/05/2007The living proof of Wikinomics and the Power of Us
We all know about Wikinomics, Don Tapscott’s latest contribution to our world of changes. One may think that Tapscott’s exposé is a little bit theoretical and judging by the number of people of all nationalities whom I have met recently and who still wonder what a wiki is, one may…
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Yann Gourvennec11/04/2007Marketing in social networks
Joe Lewis has an interesting story about social marketing as a reader rightfully pointed out (social marketing is indeed about marketing products or services which can be viewed as beneficial from a Society point of view). To sum it up in a few words: an iProspect (a search engine marketing…
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Yann Gourvennec21/02/2007IBM Dutch Arm (Nearly) Takes Corporate Blogging To Next Level
IBM ‘s Dutch Arm has almost created a best practice in the field of Corporate Blogging. Close but no cigar, however. The world of large Multinational Corporations is hardly thought of as a place for entrepreneurship and risk. And indeed, there aren’t so many best practices in the world of Corporate…
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Yann Gourvennec19/02/2007Are there any tangible signs that Web 2.0 is another bubble?
Since the beginning, the Web 2.0 craze has triggered thoughts by many an observer as to whether the concept was a fad, a bubble or even just a rehash of earlier Internet ideas that failed. As in this recent WSJ article, debating this subject is pretty much a matter of…
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Yann Gourvennec31/07/2006Wikipedia moderation: Admin Tightening Control on Content
Moderation is a hot topic at Wikipedia. The New York Times published this article on June 17 about Wikipedia’s new rules with regard to content control. Wikipedia moderation: Admin Tightening Control on Content The website co-founded by Jimmy Wales has now taken steps in order to avoid mishaps such as…
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Yann Gourvennec25/01/2006Rewriting history on Wikipedia: has Web 2.0 Gone Mad
It’s not because you are a collaborative work enthusiast that you have to agree with everything that is going on in the name of so-called WEB 2.0. A USA Today editorial published on Nov 29th entitled “A false Wikipedia biography” is making our hair stand on end. How come anybody…
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