Business Process

Internet marketing is not just about a campaign. Your organization has to be ready to communicate with customers and constituents online. Your business processes and policies have to support the tools your audience is using, the measurements and the data these tools offer.

Is Customer Service Social Business?

February 3, 2012
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Social business is the phrase of the day. The fact that it’s used in so many ways suggests that we don’t have agreement about what it is. I’ve considered whether it’s real, and I’m not the first to ask that question. Others debate who is qualified to provide social business consulting. When a phrase appears out of nowhere but is widely touted as the most important thing a business can do for survival, we owe it to ourselves and our customers to be really precise about the definition. When we have trouble defining something, we tend to offer examples. When [...]

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Is Social Business Real?

January 4, 2012
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Yesterday I (awkwardly) commented on an interesting post by Geoff Livingston, Social Business or Social Bullshit? On Friday he will pick the top 5 comments and send each person a copy of Jason Fall’s new book. Take a look if you want to give it a shot. I’ve wondered this myself which is why I commented (not that I wouldn’t like the book). For me, the question is more about terminology. Here is what IBM (where I am an internet marketing consultant) says the characteristics of a social business are: A Social Business is engaged—deeply connecting people, including customers, employees, and partners, to [...]

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