Category Archives: Social Media

Are you clueless when it comes to integrating social into your website?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

A recent non-scientific poll done by Jeremy Victor, which he published on SmartBlog is titled “Are you clueless when it comes to integrating social into your website?.” He reports as results: 42.86%: “Our website has “Follow/Fan Us” links to our … Continue reading →

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Gartner: Difficult Times For the CIO

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Silicon.de reported on the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2011 in Orlando: Gartners CEO Gene Hall warned the CIO’s of the four winds that blow at the CIO simultaneously. CIO’s will have to bundle up to weather the coming storm. The four winds Hall talked … Continue reading →

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“You Have Zero Privacy Anyway — Get Over It” (Really?)

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Scott McNeally has been quoted many times with this (in)famous phrase from 1999. But as Steven Cherry discusses is his podcast (mp3) The Car as Informant – IEEE Spectrum “even he (Scott) would be surprised at the extent to which we can now be tracked, … Continue reading →

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Daddy, Is this iPad Broken? (Baby Handling a Magazine)

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Recently I discussed Digital Recluses, Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives (see picture below) in a blog. But what is shown in this video makes a new category necessary. Maybe “Digital Thoroughbreds?”

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The Six Best Free Facebook Apps For Businesses

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Jesse Stanchak published a blog on The 6 best free Facebook apps for businesses. He mentions some of the better free applications out there. Quoted from the posting: “Note — I’ve purposely left out custom development apps, e-commerce apps and coupon/contest … Continue reading →

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Scott McNealy’s Startup “Wayin”: Social Media For Super-Fans

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

The former CEO and co-founder of Sun Microsystems Inc. (now part of: http://www.oracle.com) is the creator of a new startup. It provides a new social media service called Wayin. The service launched on October 5th and is a application in … Continue reading →

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Social Media Prism Infograph (Ethority.de)

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Ethority created a rather beautiful graphic called “Social Media Prisma“– now available in its version 3.0. It unfolds the different categories of social media and shows some of the actual products in the different sections. I think a classification like … Continue reading →

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Facebook, Twitter, Google+: Making Social Media Measurable

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Tools für Facebook, Twitter, Google+: Social Media messbar machen – computerwoche.de. Companies use social media as marketing tools. But who wants to measure their success, needs management and monitoring tools. Many companies have begun to use Social Media. They serve not … Continue reading →

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Social Media Around the World 2011

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Interesting and inspiring slide set by Prof. Steven Van Belleghem of InSights Consulting: Social media around the world 2011. From the transcript: What to expect from this presentation? 20 eye-catching facts about social media around the world. >1.000 facts & figures … Continue reading →

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Latest Game Theory: Mixing Work and Play

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

RT from Tia Carr Williams: Companies Adopt Gaming Techniques to Motivate Employees – WSJ.com. From the article: “Striving to make everyday business tasks more engaging, a growing number of firms, including International Business Machines Corp. and consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., … Continue reading →

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“Facebook Light” For Elderly, Dementia Patients

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Quoted from: “Facebook Light” For Elderly, Dementia Patients in Works (emaxhealth.com) “Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg probably never had this in mind when he came up with the phenomenally popular social network, but researchers are developing a type of “Facebook Light” for the … Continue reading →

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Good Article: The History and Evolution of Social Media

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

The History and Evolution of Social Media | Webdesigner Depot. “Social media has become an integral part of modern society. There are general social networks with user bases larger than the population of most countries. There are niche sites for virtually every … Continue reading →

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Will Your CEO Be The Next Mubarak?

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Social Power and the Coming Corporate Revolution — Forbes Very interesting article by David Kirkpatrick: Social Power and the Coming Corporate Revolution. The social might of the uprising in the Middle East is now moving towards your company. Empowered individuals can … Continue reading →

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What Happens To Your Social Network Profiles When You Die?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Recently a good friend and business colleague of mine passed away following a heart attack. Help came for him too late. He was only in his 40’s. We were all very saddened by his sudden death having lost a close friend … Continue reading →

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Infographic: The Growth of Social Media

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

SearchEngineJournal published a nice infographic on the current growth of Social Media that I would like to share with you. “Say what you will about the tidal wave that is social media: it’s over-hyped, a fad halfway through its 15 … Continue reading →

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The Social Media Velocipede | Spiegel Online

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Usually I don’t write about products. But today I’ll make an exception: In today’s Spiegel Online was an article on an interesting US-Swiss Cooperation. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) worked with the Swiss company MTB Cycletech. The result of … Continue reading →

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Does the West Now Learn From Dictatorships?

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Limiting Access to Social Media . . . Does the West now mimic the behavior of some Far East governments and some of the other dictatorship regimes? The same circles that a short while ago praised the role of social … Continue reading →

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Social Media in the Enterprise – Blessing or Curse?

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Soziale Medien im Unternehmen — Fluch oder Segen? – Netzwoche. I wrote an article for Experton Group on Social Media in the enterprise. Above the link to the article in German (netzwoche.ch); the English translation of the article is below … Continue reading →

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