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The quiet way to social: Time, Trust and Truth
As I progress in the discovering of social platforms, I meet a whole group of evidences and assumptions, drawing a kind of “best practices” or “most encountered”. And it shapes as the long way of spending time to build something strong and...The Influencers are not the ones you think…
Social web and the new play for information has scrambled rules of former process for distribution of power and information. The simple idea, in thinking that “one”, at the peak of the pyramid can hold now all the power is so stupid…And this...Social Media Strategy Meets The Digital Art of War, revisited with Sun Tzu 2.0
It reminds me the pleasure when I read this famous book about "art of war", according to Chinese philosophy, from Sun Tzu. This masterpiece became as famous as strategic gentles like Porter, Christensen, Chan/Mauborgne and so long, in the art of...The new game for television: social, mobile and ubiquitous
Old TV set is out. Out of 20th century., It passed through revolutions (black&white, digital, HD, 3D…) and got some changes in uses, life and consideration. Started with information, public managed, it opened to others pleasure:...Social media and politics: natural behaviors
Past the recent twirl around President Obama's victory, we all could stare the invisible victory of social agents too. Disguising, intruding, tracking the next voice, social media tactics revealed true astonishing functions. “some goodies...Darwin 2.0: necessary evolution of companies
Some companies are comfortable adopting social media in the 2.0 environment. But the business cultures of some are still frightened by the idea of adopting 2.0 applications. Here's an "inside report", with information which you might find...Evidencesx's network: episode #3 for social cruise, with “what you say and what you write”
Next step for awesome travel with web buddies, here we are in the third cut: saying, writing are two other ways to show you who you are, and share what you think. The same rules are here, don't forget respect, chatting, open mind oriented,...Le Social Media et les collectionneurs
Le hobby de collectionneur est passionnant ; il l'est d'autant plus qu'on n'est jamais satisfait, car le syndrome du vrai collectionneur c'est de s'intéresser à tout, et surtout à ce qui ne se complète jamais, c'est à dire, les...Human vibrations, waves and social media : a new circle of friends
I could stay hours facing the sea, shores, come and go movement of waves, like and endless cure, vision of what is, was and will. A genuine force of nature, that can bring us new things : ressources, ideas, vision ; making up our mind, throwing...Meetic ou Mythic ?
C'est l'époque où aujourd'hui, plus personne ne se rencontre sans un entremetteur. Il faut une caution, un ami, un professionnel, nous ne sommes plus capables d'aller vers l'autre, de manière naturelle. Vous me direz, ça cr..."Blogging is less expensive than a psychoanalysis
And more efficient, probably. Imagine, one day, you're a little tired, out of work, troubled because you don't know how to handle with daily life : work, family, sport, children education, and so long. You're doing your best but no success...Entreprise 2.0 : un conte de fées ?
Eh oui, rappelez-vous, dans les contes de fées, il y a logiquement une histoire (qui se finit bien), une intrigue, une trame, des personnages, un héros, des méchants et aussi des fées (bonnes) qui aident le héros...The Effects of Social Media on modern TV
Leave your old TV device, don't trust it anymore, as the colour times, and more recently, HD times, there's a new revolution out there : social voice. I tried therefore, times ago, to demonstrate some changes in TV world, and gave some points...Is there any premium fee for social media leaders
Premium belongs to leaders. Economics rules tell us that when you're in difficult competition, with markets, products, etc, you need to be the example, create the path, set the pace. You need to set the standards and the best practices. Being a...Social Networking : an acausal connecting principle ?
An acausal principle. Jung said this about "synchronicity", years ago, in a book in which he atempted to penetrate the mysterious ways of...things unexplained. Using examples that include artefacts, figures, weird theories, he brings us new ideas...The Social Networker : never alone anymore ?
It's written in the books : we won't be alone anymore because of “social networking”. Well…Such a great promise, such a temptation, why will we have to wait so long for ?We, at the prices of so much times on the web, searching...Web 2.0 is a kind of seventh wave
In 1989, I was aware about the last issue of Sting's art, because he had for a long time haunted my days and nights, when he was the leading icon of the Police, my favourite band for years. Several times, I saw myself playing with him, in an...You're a brand social marketer, but you don't know it yet...
Yes, you are ; all of you. Every peoplehave one day complained about, a brand, a product, a firm : damn, such sillypeople, nut product, any imagination and such dumb idea. Let me tell you thestory…After morning wake-up, in a middle state...Social Networks have something in relation with "Chaos Theory": demonstration
Some years ago, I read a book from James Gleick, called “Chaos Theory” about title subject ; stunning piece, masterpiece, including stories and scientific demos about extraordinary surveys ; something that not let you in flat state,...Is TV a Social Media ?
I must admit at first, the answer would not going out from my mouth such easily…But, it's an enough attracting field to mind some time about it. Considering TV phases evolutions (here, a past post), we see an amazing window of the world, of...
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Laurent Francois I lead the marketing&development hub @ Express Roularta Services, a media company. I focus on 2 main brands (L'Express, More »
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“I would compare Facebook Like-Gates to capturing email and other contact information by offering ebooks and whitepapers. Without these, you'd be providing great content but that doesn't mean that everybody would go out of their way to dish out their contact details. It's a way to incentivize content providers to continue to generate great articles, inforgraphics and videos. And unliking a page is ...”
“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. ...”