It looks like retail giant Walmart has made another acquisition. The e-commerce giant has bought Social Calendar, an app on Facebook that allows you to get birthday and holiday reminders by email and SMS, and to post personalized photo cards and other virtual greetings on friends’ Facebook Walls on their birthdays. Here’s the message posted on [...]
“The future of business is cloudy!” “The cloud boom is well underway in the business world!” “Enterprises are keeping their heads in the clouds!” Any one of these lines could have easily opened this piece…and they would all be lies. Certainly, the business world at large is interested in the benefits of the cloud, but [...]
Next time you are sitting in a meeting, take a look around. The odds are high that you will see your colleagues checking screens, texting, and emailing while someone is talking or making a presentation. Many of us are proud of our prowess in multitasking, and wear it like a badge of honor. Multitasking may help [...]
Are you curious what small businesses are doing to achieve success with social media marketing? Look no further. This article highlights nine small businesses of various sizes and industries that have transformed their online presence with innovative social media marketing practices. You’re guaranteed to find inspiration for your social media marketing efforts here. These tactics will work for just [...]
In 2011, social media had its share of growing pains. Large brands and corporations took to social media in force to try to find footing in this expanding medium. Some brands found success, while others found peril and new PR nightmares. One person who has helped brands navigate the proverbial social media minefield isAmy Jo [...]
Google Search plus Your World Personal Results Integrated social search is immediately evident in three spots on your search results page. You have to be signed into Google+ to see all this. Google Search plus Your World Personal Results 2 Photos get the personal touch, too. Looks like you once shared this photo from [...]
“Make sure you ask the right questions at the right time.” That’s one memorable piece of advice from a leader at a global innovation powerhouse. Unfortunately, it is a piece of advice that is heeded too infrequently inside large companies. At many companies, the idea evaluation process revolves around detailed Excel spreadsheets, comprehensive PowerPoint documents, [...]
Those words seem to encapsulate Apple’s 2011 perfectly. The year saw the company both became the most valuable company in the world and lose its founder, savior, visionary, and leader. Earlier, Erick published his roundup of the bigger stories and themes in tech this year. Topping that list is the passing of Steve Jobs, a story so [...]
The year flew by mostly because it was a very, very busy one. Although the economy continues to face many challenges, the startup and tech industries are very much alive. The IPO window slightly opened up for companies like LinkedIn, Pandora, Groupon, Zynga, and Carbonite. We saw monster rounds of funding for companies like Facebook, [...]
Reputations, money, survival. A lot hangs in the balance in 2012 for the prominent heads of many global companies. Here’s a rundown of a dozen of the more intriguing business scenarios and the executives who will need to navigate through them in the coming year. Tim Cook | Apple In his 10-plus years with Apple Inc., Tim Cook [...]
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