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Facebook: A Brilliant Business Model

By on Saturday, May 19th, 2012 | No Comments

In business school, case studies of successful companies often involved companies who created physical products and services, mass media, or services at scale for a global audience.  Yet I’d assert that web based Facebook is one of the most brilliant business models we’ve ever seen.  In fact, in part, Facebook has you to thank. Despite [...]

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Keynote: Three Future Trends of Social Business (Slides)

By on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | No Comments

I’m presenting here at Webcom in Montreal, sharing the State and Future of Social BUsiness. In fact, I think the Cluetrain as we know it, while right for many years, needs modification to represent how the social web is changing. I took the first three theses of the mainfesto and translated it to represent how [...]

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WordPress Hosting That Means Business

By on Monday, May 14th, 2012 | No Comments

Did you know Copyblogger Media has a WordPress hosting division? Many people don’t, because it’s been a bit under-the-radar. The whole thing started with our frustration with web hosting in general. Specifically, the fact that a lot of “WordPress hosting” amounts to generic one-click installation of the CMS on a standardly-configured box — which simply [...]

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Video: Scaling your Social Business

By on Monday, May 14th, 2012 | No Comments

A few days before the hectic 2012 SXSW storm (my analysis here), The Dachis Group hosted the Social Business Summit (catch one in your city) with some of the world’s top brands to discuss social business.   Kicking off the day, I shared Altimeter’s research on how advanced companies are scaling their programs –and avoiding [...]

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People on the Move in the Social Business Industry, May 11, 2012

By on Friday, May 11th, 2012 | 1 Comment

Both the submissions on this job announcement board, as well as available social media positions at corporations continue to pour in. In this continued digest of job changes, I like to salute those that continue to join the industry in roles focused on social media, see the archives, which I’ve been tracking since Q4, 2007. People on [...]

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Friendliest States for Small Business

By on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 | No Comments

Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation, has released data indicating that Idaho, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah are the friendliest states towards small businesses. Small business owners gave California, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont the lowest ratings. The Thumbtack.com Small Business Survey drew data from a nationwide universe of job creators and entrepreneurs to investigate [...]

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