Category: Trends

  • Social is the new DNA says Movenbank

    First it was a Salesforce.com job ad that asked for a Klout score of 35 or more. Now, it’s retail banking where US bank start-up Movenbank has secured initial funding to enable it to start rolling out a very different…

  • An easier view on influence analysis with Kred Story

    Things are heating up in the social influence measurement space with yesterday’s re-launch of Kred as Kred Story. Kred is one of three companies I see as the primary ones that, broadly, offer measurement and analytics services in the emerging…

  • Should everyone in your company be a marketer?

    Next month, I’m speaking at an evening event in central London organized by Bernie Mitchell and #TAGTribe Forum, entitled “Your Connected Customer and Company.” Fellow speaker JP Rangaswami and I will be talking for about 15 minutes with some thoughts…

  • The hype cycle and tipping-point technologies

    In studying the latest hype cycle for emerging technologies chart, published last week by IT industry analysts Gartner, there’s much to absorb as you review what Gartner sees as the common patterns of overenthusiasm, disillusionment and eventual realism that accompanies…

  • Influence rank: the shape of recruitment to come

    If your job embraces community building and engagement across the social web, does your ranking on an online influence-measurement service like Klout matter? For some companies and recruiters, it certainly does. A case in point – Salesforce.com has a job…