The FTC recently issued guidelines for payola to bloggers. The impact and opinions are now emerging over what this means for social media. As with any game played on a new field, rules need to apply. The questions emerge regarding who the rules hurt, who they help, and how the game will develop in the future due to those rules.
Posts Tagged ‘new economic paradigm’
Goldman Sachs: Bernie Madoff on Steroids
Submitted by Dan November 20th, 2009 - 13:58. 1 Comment »
The words “money” and “productivity” should be interchangeable. So, what exactly did Goldman Sachs produce in order to amass such astonishing amounts of “money?” Where is the corresponding astonishing productivity?
Seeding The Social Media Cloud
Submitted by Dan November 16th, 2009 - 02:00. No Comments »
The climate change summit ended in a draw after Kyoto ended in party pooper. You can count the financial crisis, endless warfare, world hunger, slave labor, forest-to-dump consumerism among the same pile of sun dried bullshit. Does anyone still trust the “leaders”?
The Value of Unspoken Communication
Submitted by Dan September 24th, 2009 - 08:00. No Comments »
I can also see how the unspoken communication stores as much value as the spoken communication. In the U.S. , there are race troubles, financial troubles, trust troubles, and confidence troubles. Many fears and anxieties can be accelerated by Social Media in unpredictable ways. First, information riles people up quicker than facts can follow, and second, the shelf life is much shorter as issues are dissipated by new ones. Much is left unprocessed.
Social Media speeds Onboarding
Submitted by Paul Dunay August 6th, 2009 - 10:00. No Comments »
so often I read and see discussions of Social Media and Social Networking ROI but hidden in that discussion is the unique ability for new employees to get up to speed quickly and build a network while building credibility in the organization. It would have taken me months to do that the traditional way, but with the power of Social Media and Social Networks it took weeks. What’s the ROI to Avaya on that? To borrow a phrase Social Networks like this are indeed Priceless.
