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The Social Business Canvas

Many organizations ask "what can we do with social technology?".… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on August 26, 2010 at 6:37am — 3 Comments

Hippies 2.0: The "Social" Philosophy

Are you old enough to remember the 60's and 70's? It was a time of social change where "cultures clashed" over ideology, freedom and policy. The younger genera… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on July 27, 2010 at 4:00pm — 3 Comments

Social Pearls Before Swine

The term “pearls before swine” comes from the Sermon on the Mount, a famous speech given by Christ to his disciplines. It means that people should not… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on July 22, 2010 at 6:33am — 3 Comments

Video: Pioneering Leadership - Scott Thompson President, Paypal

PayPal has received more than 20 awards for excellence from the Internet industry and the business community at large; for Scott Thompson, who started out as PayPal's SVP and CTO, overseeing information technology, product dev… Continue

Added by Phil Rosenberg on July 16, 2010 at 5:12pm — 1 Comment

Following the Right "Thinkers"?

What we "think" is reflected by what we say and do. If we don't think we end up doing the wro… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on July 15, 2010 at 6:22am — 4 Comments

Video - Leading for a change: Paul Amos President & COO, Aflac

Aflac has been on Fortune's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For
for 12 consecutive years and has seen sales increase by $250 million to
$1.5 billion. But how do you go about managing such a dramatic change?
How do you continue to grow, while continuing to create innovative… Continue

Added by Phil Rosenberg on July 14, 2010 at 7:39pm — 1 Comment

God's Responses to a Blogger

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Added by Jay Deragon on July 12, 2010 at 8:33am — 2 Comments

Challenging Social Dogma

The marketplace of conversations is filled with social dogma — "a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative." Social marketing, SEO, social advertising, get twitter followers, make money onli… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on July 8, 2010 at 6:00am — 4 Comments

Social: Useful vs. Useless

Lets take an exam. How many people using social are useful to you? How many are useless to you? Lets do another exam. How many organizations using social are useful to you? How many are useless? Now… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on July 7, 2010 at 7:10am — 3 Comments

Being There When They Arrive

As a business owner you want customers to find you, engage with you and learn about the value you offer. They can't unless you are open, findable and engaging.… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on July 6, 2010 at 7:17am — 1 Comment

Answering John Wanamaker’s Question

I recently spoke at Nielsen’s annual Consumer360 conference (disclosure: I work for Nielsen). My session was humbly titled “Answering John Wanamaker’s Question:”

“I know that 50% of my advertising is wasted, I just don’t know which half.”

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Added by Randall Beard on July 1, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Doing vs. Knowing What to Do

There is a big difference between doing and knowing what to do. The difference separates the winners from the losers. A lot of people… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on July 1, 2010 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

No Strategy? Your Plan Is Going Nowhere!

Let's say you discovered a new process that could revolutionize your business. Lets say this process enables you to do more with less and allows you to engage all stakeholders effici… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on June 29, 2010 at 6:08am — 1 Comment

Nielsen & McKinsey: Another Social Shift?

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awareness of "social media" has created an explosive growth in providers offering people and businesses an… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on June 21, 2010 at 7:00am — 5 Comments

Dear Mr. President, We're Losing Hope

We watched, with close to 50 million other people, the Presidents address last night. We were interested to hear whether he had new answers to the BP oil spill in the gulf. Instead we heard more p… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on June 16, 2010 at 5:57am — 3 Comments

The Digital Life of Luxury Brands

Seth Godin is often provocative. He challenges us to ask the questions that had slipped out of view but had been bothering us. He reminds us of the fact

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Added by NewMediaHire on June 15, 2010 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

The Social Overton Window

Social media is causing markets to react to the open discourse about everything, anything, everyone and anyone. It is the open discourse and reactions that create "… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on June 15, 2010 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Digitizing the 1st Moment of Truth

When I was the Marketing Director for P&G China, our Regional Head, A.G. Lafley (later the P&G Chairman and CEO), used to come to Guangzhou, China every quarter. Part of the “review” ritual was going on in-home visits and store checks. Naturally, these visits were less about CEO learning and more about making an important point to the local organization: the consumer is the boss.

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Added by Randall Beard on June 11, 2010 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

Onerous Processes Aren't Social!

While people and organizations use "all things social" much of what they end up doing is onerous. The word onerous means: laborious or oppressive and having or involving burdens or obli… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on June 9, 2010 at 6:23am — 3 Comments

Social PR: Ripping the Mask Off

Public relations is about shaping the public's opinion about your company,your brand and your product. Many organizations spend lots of time and money trying to create a f… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on June 7, 2010 at 6:00am — 4 Comments