Nick Roy November 23rd, 2007
The Human Capitalist » Can HR Be the Social Networking Shepherds?
IT, especially at large organizations, still maintains a command and control approach to applications and communication technology and will continue to do so. As much as it would make sense for HR to own internal collaboration, I don’t see it happening
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Nick Roy November 13th, 2007
Pownce is competing with 37Signals, not Twitter!
37Signals has done a great job of remaking traditional enterprise tools in a lightweight, online, distributed environment, but they’ve been much slower (recent OpenID integration notwithstanding) and even somewhat disinclined to integrate the newer social
Dapper to Launch Instant Facebook AppMaker
Dapper’s Facebook AppMaker lets these Dapps be transformed into full-blown Facebook applications. This includes functionalities such as remote search and retrieval, remote login, and multi-page apps. A Facebook Developer account is a prerequisite to the
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Nick Roy November 12th, 2007
50% of employees blocked from accessing Facebook at work, Sophos survey reveals
This is coming as a shock considering the increasing number of companies using the new advertising feature on Facebook. LloydsTSB, Credit Suisse, and Goldman Sachs are among the companies reported to have blocked employees from visiting Facebook for fear that it would be too distracting and productivity would be lost. Well, what about MySpace? Do these companies plan on blocking access to MySpace.
More businesses are restricting access to these kinds of sites. Employees may not like it, but these websites can represent a security risk if used carelessly.
I personally can understand companies blocking access to MySpace because of the lewd and potentially distracting nature that exists on that site. I personally have not seen Facebook get to the level of MySpace since it is all in the type of audience that it attracts. Facebook has been initially designed to allow college students to network with one another. MySpace is more geared towards uneducated twenty-somethings who only want to exhibit their party lifestyle.
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Nick Roy November 11th, 2007
Web Strategy: What the Web Strategist should know about Twitter
Web Strategy Theory to know before you go forward — If you’ve not already figured it out, the corporate website is becoming less relevant, and web marketing (and support) has spread off your domain and google results.
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Nick Roy November 10th, 2007
Evaluating Client Search Marketing Readiness » Online Marketing Blog
Here are a few questions companies might ask themselves and answer before embarking on a “search” for a trusted search marketing consultant.
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Nick Roy November 9th, 2007
Forced Click and Coupon Sites
At the ShareASale ThinkTank event I recently attended, there was much discussion about couponers and what constitutes a forced click. There is also a fascinating ongoing thread on ABestWeb.com that provides lots of valuable information and opinions on the subject.
Amen. ScratchBack in Beta
Online marketing consultant Jim Kukral has released the public beta of his ScratchBack application. Its a widget that enables people to support their favorite blogs by giving tips to them sort of like a bloggers tip jar that can be customized to fit the look of the blog site. Payments are made via PayPal.
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