July 2008 - Posts

• Where were you 20 years ago?

  Metia is twenty years old tomorrow - Friday 25th July - as you'd imagine, everyone at the various Metia offices around the world will be celebrating with a glass of champagne or two. If you too want to wallow in nostalgia for Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 24 July 2008 13:46 by Steve | 4 Comments Filed Under: Random

• Deloitte: corporate social networks are a waste of money

  Deloitte's research is picked up here in a piece by Read Write Web's Marshall Kirkpatrick, who refers to an earlier WSJ article. Blanket condemnation is good for headlines but is not 100 per cent true. It would be more accurate to say dumb ideas Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 24 July 2008 08:44 by Steve | 1 Comments Filed Under: Marketing, Communities, Social networks

• Financial institutions warming to customer advocacy

  It may just be serendipity but shortly after our customer advocacy team has completed their first project for Alliance & Leicester - their first client in the financial services sector - and have started discussions with a second (too early to share), Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 18 July 2008 16:02 by Steve | 0 Comments Filed Under: Customer Advocacy

• Are you a Tweeter or a Twitcher?

  A few people have posted about the pros and cons of excessive tweeting. Tom called it Twitter Tourettes. So if a 'tweet' captures a thought or comment, then surely a 'twitch' is a compulsive nervous tic expressed through Twitter. Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 17 July 2008 22:53 by Steve | 1 Comments Filed Under: Blogging, Social networks

• Digital WPC broadcast live to the world

  Steve Clayton offers a nice plug for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Digital WPC site. It is the second virtual launch experience we have delivered for client Microsoft, who are really beginning to understand how to execute Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 10 July 2008 18:01 by Steve | 0 Comments Filed Under: Marketing

• Most corporations are still working at blogging strategies

  A few comments recently on corporate blogs have confirmed my view that most corporates are still working to understand whether blogging fits into, or perhaps alongside, their communications activities. The Wall St Journal reports on the dire Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 02 July 2008 11:00 by Steve | 0 Comments Filed Under: Blogging