Category: Social Media
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Salesforce and Radian6 combination signals social media ecosystem consolidation
Yesterday’s announcement that Salesforce.com has offered to acquire Radian6 for $326 million strongly suggests that an embryonic social media ecosystem is evolving from a monitoring/analytics tools and services landscape that, broadly speaking, is immature, fragmented and piecemeal and ripe for…
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Local gestures can make global impacts
On Saturday March 26 at 8.30pm, we’ll be turning our lights out at home for about an hour as we support Earth Hour 2011. It’s our small part in supporting a grassroots environmental campaign that aims to bring attention to…
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Twitter is in the mainstream
Yesterday, Twitter marked the fifth year since co-founder Jack Dorsey sent the first tweet. As part of that date-marking, Twitter launched a new website, discover.twitter.com, that’s a focal point for enabling you to learn about how others use Twitter. On…
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The rise of Groupon and social shopping
Will social shopping spell the end of discount voucher sites? asks Robin Goad, Research Director at analysts Experian Hitwise UK. […] The new emerging trend in the retail sector is for social shopping. I’ve mentioned in previous blogs how social…
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A great week for digital insights with Brian Solis
There are three terrific social media-focused events taking place in London this week that I’m actively involved with and speaking at. First is The Digital Marketing Forum, a one-day conference organized by Richmond Events, on Wednesday March 16. I’m leading…