There is some excellent thinking on display in a presentation deck on Slideshare that examines in some detail what large businesses could look like as the concepts and principles of social business evolve. The deck is by Dion Hinchcliffe, Chief Strategy Officer at the Dachis Group - acquired last week by Sprinklr - that he used in a keynote presentation at the Enterprise 2.0 Summit in Paris earlier this month. I explored what we've learned about social business and how we can use frameworks … [Read more...] about Remember the point of social business
Archives for February 2014
How serious are PRs about being genuinely professional?
A simple, musing, rhetorical, tweet on Monday evening about PRs who send out press releases under embargo prompted a wide-ranging conversation on Twitter among a handful of people about professional behaviour, education and training, and being prepared for the PR workplace. Sending out press releases under embargo isn't an unusual practice. On the contrary, it can be a worthwhile activity for a PR professional, agency or client-side, when you want to enable journalists and others you believe … [Read more...] about How serious are PRs about being genuinely professional?
Smartphones preferred device for news among affluent consumers says BBC
The results of a new survey for BBC World News shows a surge in smartphone use for consuming news among affluent consumers compared to the general population. The BBC defines "affluent consumers" as the highest 20 percent income earners in each country surveyed. What the BBC describes as the world's first study into the use of mobile by affluent consumers - over 6,000 such people were surveyed in Australia, Germany, Sweden, India, Hong Kong and the US - shows a 15 percent yearly increase in … [Read more...] about Smartphones preferred device for news among affluent consumers says BBC
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #744: February 24, 2014
Quick News: Chevron apologizes for fracking well explosion with free pizza coupons, Virgin Galactic looking for a PR agency, Groupon claims its President's Day gaffe was intentional, Sprinklr acquires Dachis Group; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Latest CIPR 'State of the Profession' survey prompts a challenge to communicators from CIPR President Stephen Waddington; Michael Netzley's Asia Report: important mobile developments targeting Asia's smartphone-friendly consumers, and more; companies … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #744: February 24, 2014
Instagramming NYFW
A frequent topic over the past year on the FIR podcast that my co-host Shel Holtz and I have pondered and discussed is the rise of visual communication. A key reference point for us was the interview we did in August 2012 with Brian McNely on Instagram as a medium for image-power and his research with case histories on what brands do with Instagram. Today, video has come up alongside static images with tools like Vine and Instagram's video feature that make it incredibly easy and simple … [Read more...] about Instagramming NYFW
Sprinklr acquires Dachis to create a social enterprise powerhouse
Disruptive change is a hallmark of the social web, and nowhere is disruption more often strongly seen and felt than in large organizations. Everyone is trying to figure out a new business landscape that, for large enterprises in particular, has morphed into something called 'social business.' Such change has been rapid and sudden to many, just as they were getting used to understanding what 'social media' is and its key role in building engagement. What enterprise-size businesses want is … [Read more...] about Sprinklr acquires Dachis to create a social enterprise powerhouse
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #743: February 17, 2014
Intro: We recorded this episode via Zoom.us rather than Skype: let us know what you think of the audio quality; Quick News: "The business of blogging" ebook published by Stephen Waddington with insights from 15 business bloggers; 10,000 racial slurs used daily on Twitter; The Holmes Report describes the top 12 crises of 2013; three social media developments in air travel including airline use of Google Glass; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Update on native advertising and brand journalism; … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #743: February 17, 2014
The future of blogging is rosy
Back in the day when blogging was social media, in the decade of the 00s, you were pretty limited in the methods you could use to publish your thinking and ideas. Then, you only had blogs, the websites that enabled anyone with a thought to create a web page (a post) and publish it. But those websites and those who blogged kick-started a near-revolution in how people expressed themselves and who did that self-expressing. That time is epitomized in Hugh MacLeod's "Read my blog" cartoon from … [Read more...] about The future of blogging is rosy