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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Telling Online Marketers What It Means To Professional Networks
Companies worldwide are focused on how to influence and manage online communities to grow their company brands. This is all well and good -- so long as those companies respect the rights and expectations of their community members. But as our New Symbiosis of Professional Networks research findings show, many companies do not respect... [read more]
The Big Three Social Networks Have Emerged as Professional Networks: LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter
This is the first in a series of posts that Vanessa DiMauro and I will publish over the next few weeks, highlighting the more significant findings from The New Symbiosis of Professional Networks study that we recently conducted as part of our fellowship with The Society for New Communications Research. Please visit both Vanessa's... [read more]
The New Symbiosis of Professional Networks: Social Media's Impact on Business and Decision Making
I am thrilled to share key findings from research that Don Bulmer and I conducted called The New Symbiosis of Professional Networks. The research was conducted as part of our 2009 fellowship with the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR). Don and I began this research this summer in efforts to... [read more]
Is "My Dow Network" a "Social Network"?
By Dennis D. McDonald I recently spoke with Trish Bharwada of The Dow Chemical Company. Trish manages My Dow Network, a web-based online membership service launched in 2007 that targets retirees and former employees of Dow. This is how the official news release describes My Dow Network: The closed, online community allows users to... [read more]
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John Bell heads up the 360° Digital Influence team & teaches graduate studies in Digital Influence at Johns Hopkins University. More »
Don Bulmer is Vice President of Communication Strategy at Royal Dutch Shell More »
John Byrne is chairman & editor-in-chief of C-Change Media Inc. & the author or co-author of eight books. More »
Gini Dietrich Gini Dietrich is the founder and chief executive officer of Arment Dietrich, Inc. More »
Vanessa DiMauro is the CEO of Leader Networks & has been creating successful online communities for over 15 years. More »
Maggie Fox is the founder and CEO of Social Media Group & was named one of the Top 100 Marketers in Marketing Magazine. More »
Laurent Francois I lead the marketing&development hub @ Express Roularta Services, a media company. I focus on 2 main brands (L'Express, More »
Rachel Happe is a Co-Founder and Principal at The Community Roundtable & a blogger at The Social Organization. More »
JD Lasica is a consultant who is considered one of the leading authorities on social media & user-created media. More »
Brian Solis s author of Engage and is recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders & authors in new media. More »
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“Nonverbal communication is as important as our verbal or written messages. And how we appear in photographs on the web-- and specifically on Linkedin--can be critically important to our personal brands and our messages. The research you cite about warm and cold impressions is critical to how we are perceived. Thanks for the insightful post, Victoria, and I'm looking forward to the future posts. ...”