Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Future of Social Media and Business: PivotCon Ideas & Links
by Eric Melin on October 21, 2011 We want to thank host Brian Solis and the folks at this week’s Pivot Conference for inviting Spiral16 to participate. There were tons of great speakers and opportunities for learning and networking. Not mention, it all happened in New York, … Continue reading
CMOs Struggling to Keep Up With the Digital Revolution
By Steve Olenski | Posted on Wed, Oct 12th, 2011 In a wide-ranging survey of more than 1,700 chief marketing officers from 64 countries and 19 industries, IBM’s 2011 Global CMO Study revealed that a large portion of CMOs, while excited at all the changes … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street Is No Friend of Small Business
BY SCOTT SHANE OPINION David Meinert, owner of Big Mario’s Pizza in Seattle, has been giving free pizza to Occupy Wall Streetprotesters. While many small-business owners, like Mr. Meinert, share the movement’s anger at the Wall Street banks, they should be wary. … Continue reading
DAVID FRUM: It’s Time We Republicans Finally Admitted That Paul Krugman Has Been Right
Henry Blodget | Oct. 23, 2011, 12:51 PM Image: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection Few economists have been more correct about the economic crisis of the last several years than the proudly liberal Paul Krugman. Krugman spotted the “liquidity … Continue reading
Are User Behavior Analytics The Real Predictors Of Customer Engagement?
BY FC EXPERT BLOGGER SHAWN GRAHAM | Mon Oct 17, 2011 This blog is written by a member of our expert blogging community and expresses that expert’s views alone. When it comes to consumer insights, the rise of the social web has been both … Continue reading
Facebook FAIL: Missteps and Shortcomings Revealed [INFOGRAPHIC]
October 16, 2011 by Charlie White Facebook’s gone through some profound changes lately, which is exciting to us, but leaves others in a profound state of anger and frustration. Like it or not, all is not perfect with the world’s largest social network, … Continue reading
Top 12 Mashable Infographics
by Lauren Drell View As Slideshow » 1. How Airlines Have Taken Flight With Social Media [Full Graphic] An analysis of how some of the most social airlines — like Virgin America, JetBlue and Delta — have utilized social media to drive their … Continue reading
Facebook by the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]
by Ben Parr The Social Media Infographics Series is supported by Vocus‘ Social Media Strategy Tool, a free, six-step online tool that lets you build a custom social media framework tailored to your organization’s goals. You likely know that Facebook is the world’s largest social network with … Continue reading
Startup Funding by the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]
by Sarah Kessler The Social Media Infographics Series is supported by Vocus‘ Social Media Strategy Tool, a free, six-step online tool that lets you build a custom social media framework tailored to your organization’s goals. In many cases, money is a key fertilizer for startup … Continue reading
The Perks of Working at Google, Facebook, Twitter and More [INFOGRAPHIC]
October 17, 2011 by Lauren Drell Are you a techie looking for work? We recently offered some tips on landing jobs at Google, Apple and Facebook, but there are more companies in the Valley than those three. And you might be wondering what the culture is like at … Continue reading
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