According to The Nielsen Company , social network sites have grown in importance globally in 2009. Australia, Brazil, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain and Italy) shows not only that overall time on site has increased, but also that the global audience for social networking has increased. Tags: Matt Rhodes Social networks Australia facebook France FreshNetworks Germany Nielsen Company Social network Social network service Twitte Image by Balakov via Flickr In December 2008, global consumers spent an average of just over three hours on social networks

Whether you’re an airline, holiday company or hotel chain, your guests typically only experience the brand on a limited number of occasions annually. The three examples below show different ways in which companies in the travel industry are using online communities to engage their customers with a view to increasing customer loyalty. Amy has become the company’s travel spokesperson. For the next in our series of Online Community Examples we are looking at examples of online communities in the travel industry Online communities in the travel industry

They quickly surfaced and prosecuted previously unrecognized sales and marketing opportunities. Big 4 Audit Firm identified new strategic opportunities for expanded or new roles in the changing financial services, risk management, and audit reporting industry. Pharmaceutical Industry Analyst identified key influencers in pharmaceutical industry in Europe and defined the innovation value network behind the successful launch of Viagra®. Corporate Metrics and Asset Management Fast-growth Technology Company used a value network audit to optimize tangible and intangible assets

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Related Resources If youre interested in the wacky world of wikis, heres an RSS feed of blog posts about wikis (filtered with FeedRinse to remove mentions of Jotspot just because thats going to clog the airwaves for the next 48 hours), heres a wonderful video explaining wikis in plain english from CommonCraft, and here is wiki consultant Stewart Maders great short video series 21 Days of Wiki Adoption . « Prior Post Next Post » Posted in Products and tagged with ning , open source , social

The book is available to buy on all the major Amazon sites: Canada France Germany Japan United States United Kingdom Even if you don’t buy it, I would be hugely grateful that if you like it, please go and review it on Amazon. Time to take another look at my company’s own community I feel. How to use crowdsourcing and communities for your small business. — Home About The Book About The Author About The Editors Spread Buy / Get Reviews Grab the RSS feed Art Of Community Online Posted on September 18th, 2009 Written by Jono Bacon

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