Social Business, Social Enterprise News, Analysis

Contract workers, contingent workforce and “solo-preneurs” are on the rise. 

Aaron Levie’s timing could not have been better, though it was probably due more to coincidence than intention.

How can your business become a social business? A new report from the Altimeter Group outlines six maturity stages your company will experience on the road to get there.

Collaboration. Engagement. The Consumerization of the Enterprise. Today, global businesses are beginning to realize that driving and sustaining an engaged workforce is a necessity to increase efficiency and profits. Yet four out of ten employees worldwide are not engaged, according to an AON Hewitt study, and this lack of engagement is crippling business growth potential.

Got data? Of course you do. Have you figured out what to do with it? ZoomData can help. It takes your data at any level and gives you actionable, shareable, real-time insights.

On its own, search technology will not help us find the right things quickly. We need human expertise and human management.

Customer Experience Metrics
If you aren't measuring your customer experience strategy, how do you know it's working? Check out 6 key customer experience metrics. 

Mobile Marketing Success
A new survey says that if you want your mobile marketing to be successful you need to think websites not apps. Here are 5 tips for mobile marketers.

SocBizChat Tweet Jam
This month, CMSWire and a great group of experts will discuss the importance of employee engagement in our March 27th  #SocBizChat Tweet Jam. Check out the Tweet Jam questions and list of experts who will be there.

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Featured Events (all events | post your event

• Mar 20 -- Content Strategies Summit
• Mar 20 -- Webinar: Keep Your Email Flowing with DMARC (Message Systems)
• Mar 28 -- CMSWire's Google Hangout: Universal Social Engagement Standards
• Apr 18 -- Forrester's Forum for Marketing Leadership Professionals Los Angeles
• Apr 29 -- Gartner Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit San Diego

Featured Jobs (all jobs | post your job)

• User Experience Director in Boston at Synacor
• Senior Digital Content Strategist in New York at Siteworx
• PR Manager in California at Tealium
• Social Content Manager in Seattle at Tableau Software
• Business Analyst in San Francisco at New Relic

This week offered several statistics about the low levels of employee engagement in the workforce. But all hope is not lost -- there are strategies and tools out there that can help turn these numbers around. Read on.

 Newly launched, mobile-focused, email manager and productivity boosting service Mailbox has joined forces with Dropbox to provide a more rounded, yet somehow boxier, service. Expect the move to help improve and scale the Mailbox side of the offering. 

Do you think of your employee's experience when creating your enterprise search strategy?

A happy employee is a productive employee. There is a firm correlation between employee engagement and high organizational productivity and performance, across all sectors of the economy.

Your intranet is killing your company. 

Content storage and sharing provider, Dropbox has announced updates to the menu feature of its desktop client designed to improve the service’s functionality.

Our industry event planner gives you the heads-up on what key industry events are coming around the corner. If we've missed something, don’t hesitate to add your event to the list. (You can view the full calendar here.)

"Innovation occurs at the intersection of fear, opportunity and talent.” -- Bruce Cleveland, Venture Capitalist at InterWest Ventures.