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In the past few weeks I’ve experienced a decent amount of spam from social networking sites ranging from people marketing their books, selling “make money online” information, to promoting their personal brand. Social proof is a weapon of influence by which we replicate what we see others do. We tend to make assumptions in our head when we’re unable to determine the appropriate action to take. http://designdamage.com/blog/index.php/200906/7-keys-to-creating-social-media-strategy-for-your-brand/

7 Keys to Creating Social Media Strategy for Your Brand | design

http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/internet/using-technology-to-improve-workforce-collaboration Knowledge workers fuel innovation and growth, yet the nature of knowledge work remains poorly understood—as do the ways to improve its effectiveness. The heart of what knowledge workers do on the job is collaborate, which in the broadest terms means they interact to solve problems, serve customers, engage with partners, and nurture new ideas. Technology and workflow processes support knowledge worker success and are increasingly sources of comparative differentiation. Those able to use new technologies to reshape how they work are finding significant productivity gains.

McKinsey: What Matters: Using technology to improve workforce co

trendwatching.com: Consumer trends and insights from around the

Brands that behave more humanly, including showing their flaws, will be awesome. FLAWSOME explores why consumers are more focused on brand attitude and behavior than ever before, with examples from brands like Four Seasons, Chevrolet, Virgin America, FedEx and more. http://trendwatching.com/
http://lifehacker.com/5373339/top-10-web-collaboration-tools-that-arent-google-wave Google Wave is shutting down and merging into other Google projects . Even if the app itself didn't gain traction, it made us think about the tools we use to collaborate. Here are some of the best non-Wave project and communication tools around. Note: We wrote this Top 10 long before Wave's imminent closing was announced—before Wave was even publicly available , even.

Top 10 Web Collaboration Tools (That Aren't Google Wave) -

http://blogsetie.blogspot.com/2009/01/business-risk-report-pour-2009-le-top.html

Business Risk Report pour 2009 : le Top 10 par Ernst&Young

Allez on réattaque cette année avec entrain (et je l'avoue avec une envie certaine!) et surtout avec la marque de fabrique maison, tu l'auras compris depuis le temps que tu passes ici : des études dès qu'elles sortent pour te tenir informé au plus vite, des analyses (souvent peu profondes...^^) visant à ouvrir le débat, des coups de gueule , et beaucoup (sûrement trop) de déambulations intellectuelles ! Pour ce post on s'arrête donc sur la partie étude , toute fraiche, toute belle, méritant ton attention cher lecteur adoré (bon ça va... j'essaye juste de te chouchouter un peu!). "2008 was a traumatic year for the global economy. A decade of economic growth has come to a sudden, grinding halt. The financial services sector has been forever transformed through collapse, write downs and forced government interventions"
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/07/swarms/miller-text/1 I used to think ants knew what they were doing. The ones marching across my kitchen counter looked so confident, I just figured they had a plan, knew where they were going and what needed to be done. How else could ants organize highways, build elaborate nests, stage epic raids, and do all the other things ants do? Turns out I was wrong. Ants aren't clever little engineers, architects, or warriors after all—at least not as individuals.

Swarm Theory - National Geographic Magazine

About the MIX | Management Innovation eXchange

Because you aim high... There may be some folks who are content to work on trivial problems, but you're not one of them. You're excited by the chance to bring your experience and imagination to an important, global-scale project. http://www.managementexchange.com/about-the-mix
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http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/01/19/how-to-create-a-profitable-freemium-startup-spreadsheet-model-included/

How to create a profitable Freemium startup (spreadsheet model i

Click to download Freemium spreadsheet Background on this discussion Last year, the stupendous Daniel James co-hosted a talk with me on Lifetime Value metrics for subscription and virtual goods-based items. You can see the video/outline for the talk , Daniel’s commentary , and a mindmap of the talk (scroll to the bottom of the post). As part of the talk, we worked on a spreadsheet model for freemium businesses that we didn’t get enough time to work on – so I’m going to cover it in this post! If you haven’t gotten the spreadsheet yet, here’s another link to it .