Social Networking - Business ExchangeMost Active Articles2009-11-26T00:38:57.862-05:00Business ExchangeBusiness_Exchange@businessweek.comurn:com:businessweek:bx:topic:most-active:social-networkingRon Casalottircasalotti055Black Friday and Social Media - Boost Your Businessurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2453273919406602472-518d938ad3b1c41ddb19337f4a5ca07b2009-11-25T10:31:32.841-05:00A new twist on Black Friday this year is using social media to promote businesses’ goods/services. Twitter and Facebook are being used as serious vehicles to reach consumers in a giant way to...A new twist on Black Friday this year is using social media to promote businesses’ goods/services. Twitter and Facebook are being used as serious vehicles to reach consumers in a giant way to...compukol.comhttp://compukol.com/blogs/compukol/black-friday-and-social-media-boost-your-business/Michael Cohnmcohn2834310Virtual Meetings, Conferences, Events, and Trade Shows: Corporate Giants Go Virtualurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5073196690579240819-8bb2eaf439a925a94dca2677baa90abb2009-11-25T15:21:31.377-05:00Organizations are searching for strategies to reduce travel and hotel budgets, virtual meetings, are becoming increasingly attractive. In 2009, Cisco ended a 20 year tradition and replaced its face-to-face sales conference with a virtual event in Second Life. Will other companies follow the lead of Cisco and other corporate giants going virtual?Organizations are searching for strategies to reduce travel and hotel budgets, virtual meetings, are becoming increasingly attractive. In 2009, Cisco ended a 20 year tradition and replaced its face-to-face sales conference with a virtual event in Second Life. Will other companies follow the lead of Cisco and other corporate giants going virtual?eventcoup.comhttp://www.eventcoup.com/virtual-conferences-meetings-and-trade-showsAnne Thornley-Brownathornleybrown5070000Tim Andren: 3 easy steps to maximize your time onlineurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1326014540171315568-e384362830c4a0b1df4ec05633794f582009-11-25T15:21:17.841-05:00The once cavernous line between work and recreation on the computer has been narrowed significantly over the past few years. How you manage it can maximize your productivity. You have a wealth of business tools on the computer you are using to read...The once cavernous line between work and recreation on the computer has been narrowed significantly over the past few years. How you manage it can maximize your productivity. You have a wealth of business tools on the computer you are using to read...blog.timandren.comhttp://blog.timandren.com/tim_andrens_blog_impactbi/2009/11/3-easy-steps-to-maximize-your-time-online.htmlTim Andrentandren5820000xaxii - Protecting your next creation from fashion piratesurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5438714970107680227-714852cfc298a968beaa7e47d45481b72009-11-25T13:46:54.413-05:00Every designer dreams of creating the next popular collection. A collection that brings the name recognition world over. It is the reward for all the creative and emotional energy that went into making this collection a realty. Rightly so, a...Every designer dreams of creating the next popular collection. A collection that brings the name recognition world over. It is the reward for all the creative and emotional energy that went into making this collection a realty. Rightly so, a...xaxii.comhttp://xaxii.com/blog/-/blogs/protecting-your-next-creation-from-fashion-piratesMani Agrawalmagrawal8250000LinkedIn Aims to Show Up in More Places Online - Bits Blogurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17334311709171132912-1aa1932802286331c44eaefd5f950dea2009-11-24T11:51:23.066-05:00LinkedIn is hoping to let its users tap into their professional network across the Web. On Monday, LinkedIn will make its technology available to software developers who want to use it in their own sites and applications. By incorporating...LinkedIn is hoping to let its users tap into their professional network across the Web. On Monday, LinkedIn will make its technology available to software developers who want to use it in their own sites and applications. By incorporating...bits.blogs.nytimes.comhttp://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/linkedin-aims-to-show-up-in-more-places-online/?ref=technologyJenn LaRoccojlarocco496111001Inc. 500 CEOs Use Social Media for Businessurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11673460196107111050-996aac72e85c5f3409199d539d2e23632009-11-24T15:08:53.963-05:0091% of Inc. 500 companies use social media for business purposes91% of Inc. 500 companies use social media for business purposesinc.comhttp://www.inc.com/news/articles/2009/11/inc500-social-media-usage.htmlHarry Hooverhhoover1339900Crowdsourcing for Managing Online Groupsurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16816735602920089418-fc66d221098fa2628960316a908d25752009-11-25T01:56:59.201-05:00No one has ever come up with a perfect model for managing online communities. With the recent closing of Geocities and the explosive growth of online groups for event planners, it's time to pause, reflect on lessons learned and develop a more inclusive, bottom up approach to management. Could crowdsourcing be the wave of the future?No one has ever come up with a perfect model for managing online communities. With the recent closing of Geocities and the explosive growth of online groups for event planners, it's time to pause, reflect on lessons learned and develop a more inclusive, bottom up approach to management. Could crowdsourcing be the wave of the future?eventcoup.comhttp://www.eventcoup.com/crowdsourcing-for-the-management-of-online-grAnne Thornley-Brownathornleybrown5071100LinkedIn Finally Opens Platform: The Good & Bad Newsurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1172170741872533028-a5bb4864548f79d4a79870a5ee2703452009-11-23T23:27:29.675-05:00LinkedIn today finally opened up a series of application programming interfaces for other companies to build on top of. Make no mistake about it, though - there's some good news and there's some bad news.LinkedIn today finally opened up a series of application programming interfaces for other companies to build on top of. Make no mistake about it, though - there's some good news and there's some bad news.Planet Ajaxianhttp://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/linkedin_platform_pros_and_cons.phpMaanasi R Kmrk44399801Top 10 Social Networking Websites & Forumsurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4907003977971339439-3dd3805f2565fc6b103f9aa8095d162d2009-11-23T00:30:06.296-05:00data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million US internet users. Hitwise measures more than 1 million unique...data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million US internet users. Hitwise measures more than 1 million unique...marketingcharts.comhttp://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/top-10-social-networking-websites-forums-october-2009-11099/Maanasi R Kmrk4439262501Facebook Page Donation buttons a How To Guide | facebookurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7722806747531828386-3a231d88dd012ca4fce176839287a88e2009-11-24T13:55:22.404-05:00This question comes up a lot so I thought it was time to put a guide together so you can have your own PayPal donation button on your Facebook Page. What you will need: A Facebook Page A PayPal Account 15 minutes of your time To get started go to...This question comes up a lot so I thought it was time to put a guide together so you can have your own PayPal donation button on your Facebook Page. What you will need: A Facebook Page A PayPal Account 15 minutes of your time To get started go to...technicavita.orghttp://www.technicavita.org/social-advice/facebook/facebook-page-donation-buttons-a-how-to-guide.htmlJohn Carnelljcarnell6401100Twitter, FM, and Microsoft Extend Association with ExecTweets ITurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10150060348851387815-60a9ee86ae93858891a8685dc7abf7612009-11-24T11:45:54.841-05:00Six months after Twitter, Microsoft and Federated Media teamed up to launch ExecTweets, a service that streams business tweets from a handpicked collection of executives, the group is debuting a new project, ExecTweets IT. ExecTweets IT functions on...Six months after Twitter, Microsoft and Federated Media teamed up to launch ExecTweets, a service that streams business tweets from a handpicked collection of executives, the group is debuting a new project, ExecTweets IT. ExecTweets IT functions on...clickz.comhttp://www.clickz.com/3635745Jenn LaRoccojlarocco4962101Stop Campaigning and Start Conversingurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2142549968171149408-42fcdd1d6e383e175b04d2e742cc090d2009-11-23T17:46:23.637-05:00Today's advertising professionals need to break out of campaign thinking and embracing conversation thinking. Successful marketing in the future will need to focus more on connecting with consumers versus just selling them stuff.Today's advertising professionals need to break out of campaign thinking and embracing conversation thinking. Successful marketing in the future will need to focus more on connecting with consumers versus just selling them stuff.tommartin.typepad.comhttp://tommartin.typepad.com/positive_disruption/2009/11/tom_martin_social_media_strategy_consultant_speaker_stop-campainging-and-start-conversing.htmlTom Martintmartin8587601Smart Social Networking For Your Small Businessurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:18005183392374261010-67f4a93515c8059501d2b502c17078002009-11-22T00:16:19.206-05:00Next to mobility and cloud computing, social networking was the talk of Interop this year--especially at a conference session devoted to social software tools and a portion of the Unconference, where real SMB users talked about how to make the most...Next to mobility and cloud computing, social networking was the talk of Interop this year--especially at a conference session devoted to social software tools and a portion of the Unconference, where real SMB users talked about how to make the most...Forbes.comhttp://www.forbes.com/2009/06/05/social-networking-interop-entrepreneurs-technology-bmighty.htmlRajeev Bajpairbajpai042181800Twitter Doesn’t Create Influence, it Reveals iturn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2852570435354341662-1369092bd71c2d5ac2fe59f8921681c42009-11-19T01:51:18.884-05:00An interesting blog post by tacanderson on social media today about the influence of Twitter.An interesting blog post by tacanderson on social media today about the influence of Twitter.SMC:postshttp://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/143552Maanasi R Kmrk4439191720How Google Wave is Changing the Newsurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3512100740620962718-d1b7d46259a6ba8e7ce364f6a208c41e2009-11-22T20:16:12.025-05:00It’s not too often that legacy media learns a new mass communication tool along with its audience. But that’s exactly what’s going on now because of Google Wave. Although it’s still invitation only and in preview, the real-time wiki collaboration platform is being used by some media companies for community building, real-time discussion, crowdsourcing, collaboration both inside and outside the newsroom, and for cross publishing content.
Google WaveGoogle WaveGoogle Wave may seem familiar to older users of the Internet, who have been using the parts that make up the whole of the platform for years. Wave, however, brings those pieces together cohesively to allow users to share photos, embed videos, and converge other GoogleGoogleGoogle applications such as Google MapsGoogle MapsGoogle Maps and Google Calendar to create customized blocks of user-editable content on the fly. Here are four ways that newsrooms are using Wave.It’s not too often that legacy media learns a new mass communication tool along with its audience. But that’s exactly what’s going on now because of Google Wave. Although it’s still invitation only and in preview, the real-time wiki collaboration platform is being used by some media companies for community building, real-time discussion, crowdsourcing, collaboration both inside and outside the newsroom, and for cross publishing content.
Google WaveGoogle WaveGoogle Wave may seem familiar to older users of the Internet, who have been using the parts that make up the whole of the platform for years. Wave, however, brings those pieces together cohesively to allow users to share photos, embed videos, and converge other GoogleGoogleGoogle applications such as Google MapsGoogle MapsGoogle Maps and Google Calendar to create customized blocks of user-editable content on the fly. Here are four ways that newsrooms are using Wave.mashable.comhttp://mashable.com/2009/11/22/news-media-google-wave/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29Christian Pradacprada9597700Top 10 Video, Multimedia Websitesurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9499085396090629059-046c5ce3fd741086222179d6f40967cb2009-11-23T00:52:04.608-05:00data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million US internet users. Hitwise measures more than 1 million unique...data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million US internet users. Hitwise measures more than 1 million unique...marketingcharts.comhttp://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/top-10-video-multimedia-websites-october-2009-11097/Maanasi R Kmrk44394301Quicktake: Extend LinkedIn’s Community To Your Websiteurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4836483088241999303-3810a2e1085da4aaaa9987b7b5c011302009-11-23T12:40:39.173-05:00I was briefed as an analyst by Adam Nash, LinkedIn’s Vice President, Search & Platform Products to learn about today’s announcement around opening their network as a platform.
Announcement: Access LinkedIn Data From Other Locations Using The LinkedIn Platform
Starting today, developers worldwide can integrate LinkedIn into their business applications and Web sites. They’ve announced that OAuth os now available at Developer.linkedin.com. Like Facebook Connect, this means that any website or any web application can allow users to login from their LinkedIn account on a third party site, and even publish information back to their LinkedIn profile and network from that third party site.I was briefed as an analyst by Adam Nash, LinkedIn’s Vice President, Search & Platform Products to learn about today’s announcement around opening their network as a platform.
Announcement: Access LinkedIn Data From Other Locations Using The LinkedIn Platform
Starting today, developers worldwide can integrate LinkedIn into their business applications and Web sites. They’ve announced that OAuth os now available at Developer.linkedin.com. Like Facebook Connect, this means that any website or any web application can allow users to login from their LinkedIn account on a third party site, and even publish information back to their LinkedIn profile and network from that third party site.web-strategist.comhttp://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/11/23/quicktake-extend-linkedins-community-to-your-website/Christian Pradacprada9591100Syndicating Your Content: How to Achieve Ultimate Exposureurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14951077932881655551-e0011bba6829709b6e6de8bb11672b5c2009-11-23T08:34:53.756-05:00Syndication means creating content once and having it automatically spread all over the place. The goal is to get maximum exposure for the minimum amount of work. Web syndication refers to...Syndication means creating content once and having it automatically spread all over the place. The goal is to get maximum exposure for the minimum amount of work. Web syndication refers to...compukol.comhttp://compukol.com/blogs/compukol/syndicating-your-content-how-to-achieve-ultimate-exposure/Michael Cohnmcohn2832200Use Twitter Lists to Build Your Personal Brandurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11609187876268178618-36f7200d72758937f7590a5f33c500982009-11-23T13:29:43.468-05:00If you're a personal brand, or are looking to build your personal brand, you can use Twitter lists as well. Here are some easy things you can do to get noticed...If you're a personal brand, or are looking to build your personal brand, you can use Twitter lists as well. Here are some easy things you can do to get noticed...Delicious/tag/twitterhttp://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/142630?utm_source=smt_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletterJesse Kedyjkedy4014301Zynga May Be Valued at $1 Billion Feeding Off Facebook Crazeurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16279911960951663730-b98674cb70a96110514b5850a0d923fb2009-11-23T09:08:06.741-05:00Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Zynga Inc., maker of the “Mafia Wars” and “FarmVille” games played on Facebook, may be valued at $1 billion based on the sale price of a smaller rival. Valuations for Zynga and its peers were established this month when...Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Zynga Inc., maker of the “Mafia Wars” and “FarmVille” games played on Facebook, may be valued at $1 billion based on the sale price of a smaller rival. Valuations for Zynga and its peers were established this month when...bloomberg.comhttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=ath8dw0g2dyU&pos=15Peter Elstrompelstrom0774400Facebook becomes third most popular video siteurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15646448505726164401-825e787ec045fe58331ff2c40877f88c2009-11-22T12:09:02.489-05:00YouTube might still reign supreme in online video, but the big surprise coming out of Nielsen's VideoCensus release on Thursday is that Facebook is now the world's third most popular place to view video online. According to Nielsen's latest...YouTube might still reign supreme in online video, but the big surprise coming out of Nielsen's VideoCensus release on Thursday is that Facebook is now the world's third most popular place to view video online. According to Nielsen's latest...CNET News.comhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10401834-2.htmlSubrahmanyam KVJskvj6317502U.S. sports to social media: show me the money!urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13060817931976448936-a0c07d953121943e52c1799ddecadf322009-11-18T15:35:20.821-05:00U.S. sports leagues, corporate sponsors and media companies can score big points by using social media and are racing to create accounts on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter for fans. Those social networks help businesses in the...U.S. sports leagues, corporate sponsors and media companies can score big points by using social media and are racing to create accounts on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter for fans. Those social networks help businesses in the...Reutershttp://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE5AH4ZZ20091118Ron Casalottircasalotti055242202How Social Media Optimization Benefits Your Businessurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2189712824016984764-36224ea89446eb4428bae5b41d13e35e2009-11-18T13:44:35.757-05:00Social media optimization (SMO) is a subset of search engine optimization (SEO). SMO optimizes your business site by advertising through social medial sites, blog sites, online communities,...Social media optimization (SMO) is a subset of search engine optimization (SEO). SMO optimizes your business site by advertising through social medial sites, blog sites, online communities,...compukol.comhttp://compukol.com/blogs/compukol/how-social-media-optimization-benefits-your-business/Michael Cohnmcohn283282611Enhance Your Brand: Create a Facebook Pageurn:com:businessweek:bx:article:885264119942466838-0658bf80014cd70a1f34917f057f63ae2009-11-23T12:03:23.359-05:00As more and more people migrate to social networks to research products and services, Facebook offers a unique marketing opportunity for businesses.As more and more people migrate to social networks to research products and services, Facebook offers a unique marketing opportunity for businesses.pamorama.nethttp://www.pamorama.net/2009/11/23/enhance-your-brand-create-a-facebook-page/Pam Dyerpdyer8682200Politician wants Twitter banned from use by....wait for it -- politicians! | ZDNet Governmenturn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9722014222459574107-0b33a7c92f6a78aaf485cd6d192470cd2009-11-19T14:55:18.366-05:00Globe and Mail today, a Federal MP (Northern Ontario - NDP) thinks Twitter should be banned from smart phones like BlackBerries that politicians use. But why… Charlie Angus the MP from Northern Ontario was interviewed and said “to save politicians...Globe and Mail today, a Federal MP (Northern Ontario - NDP) thinks Twitter should be banned from smart phones like BlackBerries that politicians use. But why… Charlie Angus the MP from Northern Ontario was interviewed and said “to save politicians...government.zdnet.comhttp://government.zdnet.com/?p=6224John LoFrancoajun831141301