Archive for July, 2007

Employee blogging an increasing concern for corporates

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Some eyeopening stats in the new Proofpoint US corporate study. The study details some of the main concerns faced by companies whose employees post online. If you don’t want to wade through the bullet points the most startling stat is over 9% of companies polled have sacked an employee for posting sensitive or inappropriate material [...]


Mike Davison, July 21st, 2007
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3 guide to mobile social media

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3 Next is a new site launched to help drive awareness and uptake of mobile apps. Jaiku, Shozu and Vringo are just some of the reviewed social media services on the site. Users can suggest new apps and comment on existing ones. With only 2% of people using social networking sites via mobile at the [...]


Mike Davison, July 15th, 2007
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Youth-fluentials

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New study from Burson on a niche group of 10-18 year old super-influencers who not only influence peers but also parents too.
"While it’s not surprising that nearly 100 percent of the 10 to 18 year-old Youth-fluentials believe they influence their friends’ decisions about clothes and music, more than 80 percent hold sway over their parents’ [...]


Mike Davison, July 13th, 2007
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Towards niche networking

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Social networking is moving towards niche audience as local and special interest networks build. Hitwise looks at some interesting growth patterns for three niche groups; cafemom, eons and dailystrength.Thanks to LeeAnn Prescott @ Hitwise.
Here’s a couple more useful links;
http://www.amateurillustrator.com/ - a place for illustrators.http://www.ning.com/ - an engine for anyone to build their own social networking site. Check out http://my.rawkus.com/ for example group.http://www.superdeluxe.com/ - male [...]


Mike Davison, July 7th, 2007
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