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By Tom Mighell And Dennis Kennedy
Online collaboration is a hot, hot, hot topic in 2009. Why? The proliferation of free or inexpensive Internet collaboration tools, coupled with a down economy, has made many people hungry to learn more about ways to work with others online-and save money in the process.
Here's a look at some key collaboration tools that are widely available for your use, along with some handy pointers for making the most of working with others online.
1. Cut Costs with Online Meetings
In tough times,…
By Leslie Horn
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387898,00.asp
After about six months of proceedings, News Corp. has finally rid itself of MySpace. It sold the troubled social site to a little-known advertising company called Specific Media for $35 million, a measly amount compared to the $580 million News Corp. shelled out to acquire MySpace in 2005.
It would be inaccurate to simply subtract $35 million from $580 million and estimate that News Corp lost $545 million on MySpace, since it fails to recognize the amount the media company spent running the bus…
Mitchell Osak Jun 22, 2011 – 12:07 PM ET
Mitchell Osak – Strategist to the C-Suite
Mitchell Osak is managing director of Quanta Consulting Inc. Quanta has delivered a variety of winning strategy and organizational transformation consulting and educational solutions to global Fortune 1000 organizations. Mitchell can be reached at mosak@quantaconsulting.com
Despite a late start, retail banking is beginning to dip its toe into social media. The promise of higher revenues, lower costs and better risk management are too compelling for managers to remain overly cautious. How banks connect, serve and organize around their 'connected customers' on sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will have important strategic and organizational implications.
Social media is having a major influence on many industries and firms. And for good reason. These…
Jenny Lee
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/smallbusiness/archive/2011/06/27/how-to-hire-a-social-media-expert.aspx
Be careful when choosing a "social media" expert -- some talk in buzzwords and are just "faking it til they make it," warns social media consultant Nichole Kelly, in Social Media Explorer.
Watch out for these red flags:
- "Social media is a great strategy for every company and if you don't have it, you'll be left behind."
social media isn't right for every business. Do you have the resources to support a strategy long term, and is your industry already involved in social media?
- "You must…
By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/06/28/twitter-co-founder-biz-stone-moves-on/
Twitter is losing another co-founder.
Biz Stone, who helped launch the microblogging service in 2006, is leaving day-to-day work at the company, he said Tuesday. Although he'll remain involved with Twitter, most of his time will be spent on the relaunch of the start-up where Twitter was first developed: the Obvious Corporation.
The departure marks the latest shift among the executive ranks at Twitter. Jack Dorsey, who came up with the…
by Don Reisinger
Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has written about everything from HDTVs to computers to Flowbee Haircut Systems. Don is a member of the CNET Blog Network, posting at The Digital Home. He is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20075124-17/google-resets-social-agenda-with-google/#ixzz1QgCLNF59
Google+ has several features.
(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET)Google is taking another stab at the social space with a new service, called Google+.
For now, Google is quick to call Google+ a "project," and acknowledged that the social service still has "rough edges." However, it currently has a host of features to help people communicate over the Web with friends and family.
Google+ is designed around "Circles" that allow users to group people within their social sphere…
Published on: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=78374
Penampang: The public have been urged to be responsible around social media to avoid negative outcomes.
Invited speaker and one of the founders of a leading US interactive marketing agency, Adrienne Cornelsen, said it has become a norm and trend for people, young and old, to make use of social media in their daily lives.
However, she said it would be more practical and wise to have rules and guidelines around it, instead of destroying it or stop making use of this new technology.
Sh…
By Fiona Roberts Last updated at 11:27 AM on 26th June 2011
The Federal Trade Commission has approved a controversial firm which scours social media sites to check on job applicants.
It means anything you've ever said in public on sites including Facebook, Twitter and even Craigslist could be…
Posted by: Today's Tip Contributor on June 27, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/tips/archives/2011/06/how_to_measure_your_return_on_social_media.html
Here are ways…
By Doug Lacombe, Special to The StarPheonix June 25, 2011
"I want the corner butcher back. Bring it back a century."
So said Scott Stratten when asked what business should look like in a social media world.
"I don't want Walmart, I want the butcher who knows my name and saves me a certain cut of meat because he knows I like it and my family might enjoy it for Sunday dinner. The thing is, big business can do that too."
Stratten is president of Un-Marketing, an "UnAgency" that counsels such corporate giants as PepsiCo, Red Cross and Fidelity…
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