Should social media rewrite business rules?

There is an interesting question.  First, you have to put a definition on what social media is. This might seem like a silly thing to do for some, but I imagine if you ask the CFO of any business (big or small) what their definition of Social Media is, you’ll get a...

Social networks: No ‘Net’ new?

In a blog posted today by Spike Jones of Brains on Fire, titled Social networks are not what you think they are Spike shares some interesting facts that come out of a recent report conducted by Noshir Contractor,  Jane S. and William J. White Professor of Behavioral...

M&M Post Script

I received a comment from Deb Eastman, the CMO of Satmetrix regarding my recent blog post.  Her comment is below: I want to clarify a misperception in your original post, M&Ms is absolutely NOT faking customer engagement.  This site is hosted on the Satmetrix...

M&M. Faking customer engagement?

Ok, I love M&M’s.  Who doesn’t.  My two year old daughter really loves M&M’s.  To her, it’s a food group.  Me, if I was trapped on a desert island and could only take one candy, it would be M&M’s. I doubt I will ever be put in a position to make this kind...

Form over function

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