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Online Communities for Retail
For a Retailer, embracing communities can help build better services and boost customer loyalty. Through online communities, customers can participate in defining new features and services. They can also be the source of real-time feedback to help change Read More...
Online Identities
Recruiters have been known to mine all information about you via Blogs, Twitters and the other digital footprints that you leave behind. An online identity is a social identity that you establish in online communities. Although some people prefer to use Read More...
Tapping Tacit Knowledge with Social Networking Tools
By definition, tacit knowledge is knowledge that people carry in their minds and is, therefore, difficult to access. Tacit knowledge has been found to be a crucial input to the innovation process. An organizations ability to innovate depends on its level Read More...
Customer Service and Blogging
There is an interesting trend of companies using microblogging services like Twitter to monitor customer complaints. One example mentioned in the Boston Globe is that of a customer who griped about his HDTV reception via twitter during an NBA playoff Read More...
NewsGator Adds Value to Enterprise Social Computing Features for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
NewsGator Technologies, Inc. announced the general availability of Social Sites 2.0, a major upgrade for NewsGator’s social computing solution for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.  Social Sites 2.0 offers new social capabilities to Read More...
Podcasting
With Store Managers and Store Associates spending very little time in front of computers, mobile applications, speech applications and podcasting become more relevant. Podcasting is a excellent means by which Retailers can communicate corporate information Read More...
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Continues to Emerge as Enterprise 2.0 Platform of Choice
The concept of social networking has recently experienced a great deal of visibility as a means to increase the productivity of information workers and organization members. Social networking as a concept involves the ability for a technology platform Read More...
Harley Davidson Ride Planner
I love the ideas and concepts behind the Harley Davidson Ride Planner . Its not only a great example of mashups but is also an excellent social computing application: it allows users to create and share ride information. In addition to that the application Read More...
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