This Week: Social Business Doesn't Mean What You Think it Does

This week Deb Lavoy struck a chord with her article which said social is not about technology or about corporate culture. Jacob Morgan sparked discussion when he wrote that there's no such thing as a social business. Both perspectives (and the related comments) are thought provoking and, if you missed them, worth a quick weekend read.

We need to remember that for the everyday worker, the organization, the customer, times have changed -- social is a big part of that change.

Let's look at the strategies and technologies that help make us more social creatures. Here's a good start:

• What's the Difference? Community Manager vs. Social Media Manager
• Social Media Marketing 101: Who Are You? What Do You Do?
• Making Money Off Social Media: Nothing Else Matters #socbiz
• Why Content Management is Not Social Business

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• Microsoft, IBM, Jive Lead Gartner's Social Software in the Workplace Quadran
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• Gartner's Companies to Watch in Social Software for the Workplace Include Telligent, Salesforce.com, Drupal

Editor's Picks

• What's the Difference? Community Manager vs. Social Media Manager
• Networking for Success: 4 Case Studies on Social Business
• WEM: How a Web CMS Can Help You Deliver Qualified Leads
• Percussion CM1: Web CMS as a Product, Not a Framework
• The Art of SharePoint Success: 10 Reasons Why SharePoint Projects Fail

Around the Web

• Tracking the KPIs of Social Media
  
• CIO: from information to innovation (infographic)
• Taking a Proactive Approach to Social Media Complaints
• 67 questions usability testing can answer
• The Customer Is Always Wrong

Featured Events (all events | post your event)

• Sep 13 -- (Webinar) How to Create and Manage Rich Customer Experiences
• Sep 26 -- Telligent's The Big Social Conference in Dallas, Tx
• Oct 2 -- Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, CA
• Oct 3 -- Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Anaheim, CA
• Nov 8 -- Sentiment Analysis Symposium in San Francisco

Featured Jobs (all jobs | post your job)

• Content Manager at Capitalone
• Editor/Content Manager at Thomson Reuters-Boston
• Director, Product Marketing at New Relic
• Front End Web Developer at Acquinity Interactive
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