by Steve Hershberger | Oct 30, 2012 | Content, Thought Leadership
On October 18th, I-COM, The International Conference for Online Measurement held its 2012 Global Summit. This is important because I-COM is probably the most important marketing conference occurring today and one that most marketers have never heard of. For the...
by Peter Duckler | Sep 5, 2012 | Community
Admit it: Google+ is a ghost town. After the initial hoopla, how often did you log in? If you were like most of us, the answer is hardly ever. Clearly, the giant’s attempt to be part of our daily lives like Facebook hasn’t quite yet clicked as hoped. But, a month ago...
by Cheryl Treleaven | Aug 21, 2012 | Community, Content
Each fall, ComBlu releases its annual “State of Online Branded Communities” report. Every summer, our researchers join about 250 communities and score them using a best practices scorecard. In addition, they make more qualitative judgments about member...
by Steve Hershberger | Jul 24, 2012 | Community, Content, Thought Leadership
By now, everyone has seen this Infographic. Yes, it is complex and confusing and it should give you a headache. The tools to manage and measure activity on a socially enabled web today are growing at substantial rate. Today, you can track and measure virtually any...
by Cheryl Treleaven | Jun 26, 2012 | Content, Thought Leadership
A few years ago, engagement was the holy grail of marketing. Brands delivered interactive campaigns designed to stimulate action and interaction: Take a poll, share or upload a photo, join a “community,” create a video, and so on. Unfortunately, the outcome was a lack...