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New from HP's Social Computing Lab comes news of Friendlee, an entirely new kind of social network that focuses on the intimate connections between close friends, family, and colleagues. The application, designed to operate on your mobile phone, tracks your call and messaging history to provide an ambient awareness of who your "real" friends are and then adds those people to your social network. Not only that, but Friendlee also tracks the businesses you call frequently to identify your preferred services which can then be used as recommendations to your network of friends.

Tags: online communities Culture Focused Social Media social software 10 Social Media Principles Business Cooperatio This post is fourth in a series of my Social Media Principles.  The base post is 10 Social Media Principles . 4. Decentralization is freedom – Decentralized power structures spur creativity, growth, and innovation. Note:   Writing a short blog post on this is like writing

Focused Social Media " E20 "enterprise 2. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN! What is the curtain?  The enterprise is the curtain. In concurrent posts, SocialText’s Michael Idinopulos discusses killing pilot projects and the true nature of Enterprise 2.0 . He He explains: Enterprise social software isn't one application.

Focused Social Media Management Urban Planning WI I’ve managed a lot of projects. I tried to count them – I can’t.  As I’ve progressed in my career, I’ve embraced a succession of methodologies that cumulatively represent a rather predictable evolution away from zero sum game management towards non-zero sum game management.

Tags: Management Focused Social Media social software 10 Social Media Principles Cooperation Business Cooperatio After the 10 Principles of Social Media for Business came out, people began to engage us on different real-world applications.  One of these was the University of Lisbon who asked for a brief thought-exercise.  They wanted us to

This may be in a traditional forum, or may be focused on media, features or other pieces of content. Forums and discussions can offer a vibrant source of insight and with a little bit of focus can be even more valuable. It’s about how you frame and focus the discussions that go on and the four points below will help maximise the insight benefits you get: Yesterday we wrote about how to maximise the insight gained from profiling data in online communities . For the second in our series on how to get insight from online communities , we’re looking at how

To compete in this aggressively interactive environment, companies must shift their focus from driving transactions to maximizing customer lifetime value. But more and more firms now have access to the rich data they need to make a customer-cultivating strategy work. Building Relationships B2B companies, for instance, use key account managers and global account directors to focus on meeting customers’ evolving needs, rather than selling specific products. Harvard Business Review Cart My Account Downloads Explore Today on HBR Blogs Magazine Books Authors Store Harvard Business School

Tags: online communities Management Community Indicators Focused Social Media Business Cooperatio Monday February 16th at 10:30PST (1:30 EST) I will be doing my second talking-head stint on the Yi-Tan conference call.  This time with my good buddy Bill Anderson.  We’ll be talking about Agile methodologies and what might come next. Corey Ladas will also be joining

Tags: Business Cooperation Focused Social Media social software Sociology Web/Tec People keep talking about making Twitter work for business, but for me it was missing any way to include it into a company’s workflow.  At last, CoTweet allows people to form work groups (centered on a single account) and have permanence for tweets and actions. Here we see a Tweet where @Sprezzatura has retweeted a question I asked.