In previous versions of Outlook, you could download and install a social connector add-in to connect Outlook to various social networks such as LinkedIn and Facebook. In Outlook 2013 this capability is built into Outlook, all you have to do is to activate the connections. In this week’s blog post I’ll share with you how […] Read More
The enterprise social network market has grown substantially over the past few years. Deloitte predicted that more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies would partially or fully have implemented an enterprise social network by the end of 2013. But rolling out a social network in the enterprise comes with a number of challenges. According […] Read More
Would you like to know who is the most active tweeter in your field? Wouldn’t it be great if you knew what your competitor is doing on Twitter to attract customers? Do you wish you could see where in the world people are tweeting about your products? Well, you can! Using a free add-in for […] Read More
The past few weeks I’ve been writing about enterprise social networks; the benefits and the solutions provided by Microsoft. Before you get going with an enterprise social network I recommend you define your goals and objectives, that you evaluate different platforms and that you clearly communicate usage guidelines and policies. Last week I shared with […] Read More
Last week I wrote a blog article about Enterprise Social Networks by Microsoft, including SharePoint and newly acquired Yammer. Enterprise social networking can have an enormous impact on the knowledge sharing within your organization. If done well it can, among other things, lead to an increased sense of organizational identity, improved transparency, decentralization of information […] Read More
There is no doubt that social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have become vastly popular for keeping up to date on friends’ activities. But social networks are not only for personal use, more and more companies are seeing the benefits of enterprise social networking, that is, social networking between employees and business partners related to business […] Read More
The fastest growing social network in 2012 was by far Pinterest, with a year over year growth of a staggering 1047% according to a report by Nielsen. This makes it the fastest growing social network ever in terms of increase in audience and time spent on the site. Whether you use Pinterest for your own […] Read More
Update: As of May 25, 2018, Klout is no more. Last week, September 27th, Microsoft Bing (Microsoft’s search division) announced that they are partnering with Klout to “help enrich the discovery and recognition of influencers across our platforms”. As you are probably aware there is an ongoing competition between the Internet search engines. Microsoft is […] Read More
Last week, September 6th, 2012, Instagram was officially welcomed to Facebook. This means that Instagram’s 16 employees (yes, that’s correct, they are only 16) will be moving to Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park. The acquisition, that was announced back in April, has been pending the Federal Trade Commission’s approval. The final price tag for Instagram ended up […] Read More
As a relatively new “Tweeter” (someone who writes Twitter messages, or so-called “tweets”) I am by no means a Twitter expert, but after just a few months I have come to realize some unique benefits of Twitter that might not be clear to everyone, so I thought I would write this blog post to give […] Read More
Update: Google+ will shut down soon due to exposed private user information (Source). The Social Networking Jungle Last week I attended a Google conference in Dubai where ”Googlers” (as Google employees call themselves) were heavily evangelizing Google’s newly launched social networking platform Google+. Now, I must admit, that even though I’m passionate about technology and […] Read More