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Social business success measures

Businesses may be seen as having a “successful” social strategy by virtue of citations in case studies and speaking at conferences. But, by far, the best metric of success is concrete examples of how the organization creates business value via social technologies across multiple departments and dimensions of their business. In our upcoming research report, we will take a closer look at successful social business strategies that are clearly aligned with strategic business goals AND have … [Read more...]

Pinterest Potential: User Collaboration

Pinterest Potential: User Collaboration

This post originally appeared on Altimeter Group Researcher Jaimy Szymanski's blog. Follow her on Twitter here. If you would have asked me, even a week ago, what I thought of Pinterest, I would've likely given this tongue-in-cheek answer: "I'm not getting married anytime soon, so it's not really for me." To some extent, I still think that, and I'm not alone. A recent stat released by Ignite Social Media confirms that 80 percent of Pinterest's users are female. Does that mean … [Read more...]