Paul Gillin

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The research, which was conducted by IBM’s DeveloperWorks organization, also showed rapidly growing acceptance of cloud computing as a platform for application development and a swing toward developer preference for the Android mobile operating system.

Customer Surveys 50

Customer Surveys Peer-to-peer SMB Business 50

Paul Gillin

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

222 : Filmmaker Rob Spence from Toronto, Canada, has developed a camera to replace the eye that he lost as a child. 225 : German scientists have developed a steel version of Velcro that is strong enough to support buildings. The book is an annual collection of unusual, unbelievable and amazing stories from around the world.

Cable 50

Cable Tagging Design Features 50

Paul Gillin

JANUARY 17, 2012

We’re a century-old company founded on the principles of collaboration, but now we’re worldwide, said Jeff Berg (left), IT eBusiness Architecture and Development Manager. The research & development organization has used IBM Connections to take a long-standing technical conference online.

Wiki 50

Wiki Peer-to-peer Work Management Marketing Management 50

Paul Gillin

JUNE 28, 2012

The Facebook protest started less than a day ago, but some back-and-forth is beginning to develop. It was the subject of a dedicated e-mail from change.org, which no doubt will move that number higher pretty quickly. Critics are beginning to gather on Progresso’s Facebook page. So far there’s been no response from Progresso.

Facebook 50

Facebook Demand Research Brand Identity 50

Paul Gillin

JANUARY 20, 2012

Among the topics he covers: The controversial decision to sell the PC division to a Chinese manufacturer and why the sale intuitively made sense; Why IBM has continued to invest $6 billion annually in research and development, even during tough economic times; The toughest decision he made a CEO: restructuring IBM’s pension plan.

Impressions 50

Impressions Profiling Video Marketing Research 50

Paul Gillin

JUNE 3, 2014

That’s the task that Microsoft veteran Yoav Schwartz and a team of Israeli developers have tackled with WhoDoYou , a ratings service that taps into Facebook conversations to rank local businesses. But what if the millions of casual recommendations that people make every day on social networks could be captured and organized?

Peer-to-peer 50

Peer-to-peer Social Networks Facebook Analysis 50

Paul Gillin

APRIL 13, 2012

million so it can develop yet another secret metric that purports to measure online influence. A Chicago company called Unmetric has just raised $3.2 Unmetric monitors brands, not people, but it has the same shortcomings as Klout, PeerIndex and the others: Its methodology is a mystery.

Advertising Benchmark 50

Advertising Benchmark Opinions Social Media Twitter 50

Paul Gillin

JULY 13, 2010

Andy is trying to use Supergenius to demonstrate the power of word-of-mouth in support of a very worthy cause: fresh drinking water for the developing world. GasPedal has partnered with charity: water , an organization whose goal is to bring clean drinking water to the estimated 1 billion people on earth who don’t now have it.

Word of Mouth 50

Word of Mouth Campaigns Conference Communities 50

Paul Gillin

MAY 27, 2010

They are flexible gathering halls that can fill a wide variety of purposes ranging from product development to lead generation. Valued members of the community are invited to participate in conference calls with Spiceworks developers. Communities are the convention centers of social media.

Communities 50

Communities B2B Work Management Marketing Management 50

Paul Gillin

JANUARY 16, 2012

The company is rolling out a series of technical workshops and consulting services to help customers develop a culture that fosters open collaboration and sharing among employees, clients and partners. The announcements coincide with the annual Lotusphere conference being held in Orlando this week, which features a social business theme.

Work Management 50

Work Management Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Service 50

Paul Gillin

APRIL 24, 2012

Traditional tactics involved too much interruption and intimidation, which ultimately made sales people less successful than they could be, said Nigel Beck, IBM’s VP of Business Development for IBM Collaboration Solutions & Social Business in a speech to the SugarCRM SugarCon conference in San Francisco this morning.

Business 50

Business Work Management Customer Satisfaction Marketing Management 50

Paul Gillin

MARCH 13, 2012

A recent IDC survey asked developers which platforms they were “very interested” in targeting. In other words, word of mouth marketing is the only viable promotional model. Will Microsoft be a player in mobile platforms? It may be, but Redmond has a lot of work today, Gens said. HTML 5 was a strong third.

Work Management 50

Work Management Marketing Management Word of Mouth Mobile Marketing 50

Paul Gillin

JANUARY 24, 2013

The book also documents step-by-step how some recent notable attacks developed and the critical factors that transformed them from minor brush fires into international news stories. Capacity to Destroy.

Press 50

Press Peer-to-peer Amazon BtoB 50

Paul Gillin

JUNE 29, 2011

Other new stuff that they’re doing (and this comes directly from the press release): The industry’s first online design hub – the element14 knode – designed to help engineers accelerate design and development and bring products to market faster than ever before.

Social Marketing 50

Social Marketing B2B Marketing B2B B to B 50

Paul Gillin

APRIL 27, 2012

Also critical was involving users in the development of the dashboard. A project this ambitious can’t succeed without support at three levels: top management, brand managers and the reps on the street. The fact that new IBM CEO Ginni Rometty had endorsed the project before she even became CEO was a godsend, Burnette said.

Process 50

Process Word of Mouth Forecasting Lock-In 50

Paul Gillin

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It also reflects the time limitations that developers and engineers themselves often cite as a reason to stay in the shadows. Why don’t more companies let the people who build and support their products come out of the shadows the way IBM did? In part, I believe it’s fear that people will do the wrong thing. Tell Stories.

Trade Show 50

Trade Show Youtube Statistics Social Media 50

Paul Gillin

AUGUST 29, 2012

Members reported that children were developing blisters within hours of being diapered with Dry Max. The company invited media to Baby Care Headquarters in Cincinnati to meet with developers and product managers. By spring the discussion was centered on complaints that Dry Max diapers caused diaper rash. Vindication and Lessons.

Paid Search Agency 50

Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Facebook Customer Satisfaction 50

Paul Gillin

JUNE 17, 2010

Those sales are generated by the affinity that the staff has developed with these key corporate customers. “The last thing IT people want when they come to a technical resource is an ad asking them to buy a laptop,” Hanson says. It’s a camaraderie that is nurtured by personal contact.

Enterprise Management 50

Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Rules B to B 50

Paul Gillin

DECEMBER 9, 2011

My attitude is to let people use their breaks to develop a Facebook account or check their Gmail so they can get used to how computers work,” Marx says. The world of health care was about to begin its rapid march toward EHR, and there was no room for the technophobia that has long characterized the profession. “My

Peer-to-peer 50

Peer-to-peer Ad Building Social Networks Lock-In 50

Paul Gillin

MAY 13, 2010

Websites are developed by people who work at the company and who are very knowledgeable about the business. But if the most important source of new business – the website – isn’t doing the job for them, the new tools are a waste of time. After all, why would you want to bring new visitors to a site that does a poor job of telling your story?

B to B 50

B to B Marketing Websites Work Management Webcast 50

Paul Gillin

OCTOBER 11, 2012

I’m looking for something oriented toward professional developers that has recommendations for the major PaaS and/or IaaS solutions.” If you need to have more than one link in your post, use a URL shortening service (see below) and include it in the “Add more details” section. Think of the Benefit to Your Audience.

Linkedin 50

Linkedin Webinar Metrics Tips Webcast 50

Paul Gillin

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Apple opened the iPhone to developers only three years ago, and already more than a half-million apps have been delivered. Apple opened the iPhone to developers only three years ago, and already more than a half-million apps have been delivered. However, the browser will be only one of several ways people will access the Internet.

Web 2.0 50

Web 2.0 Internet Marketing Mobile Marketing Marketing Proposals 50

Paul Gillin

MAY 10, 2010

It’s possible that the creeps who developed it have hidden code somewhere to resurrect it at a later point, so I will post an update few days from now. You need to remove the malicious code from every PHP file to restore your system, and there could be hundreds of files.

SIC 50

SIC Rules Tagging Service 50

Paul Gillin

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Crowdsourced product development is far cheaper than hiring legions of engineers. Gossieaux and Moran believe that organizations that embrace the concept of hyper-sociality and involve external constituents at every level can reap enormous benefits.

Rules 50

Rules Organization Work Management Peer-to-peer 50

Paul Gillin

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Never stick to a prepared set of talking points or questions if a good conversation is developing along other lines. Look for opportunities to create a segue, such as “Sarah, John just said we should do X. Do you agree?”. Go off script. Make sure your panelists know in advance that you retain the right to go off script.

Tips 50

Tips Conference Rules Tactics 50

Paul Gillin

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Corporations used to have training and development programs and sadly, those disappeared. We’re actually manufacturing more than you can believe, but we’re so good at it that there aren’t as many jobs anymore. Where we dropped the ball was not reinvesting in their human beings. Training not disappear in the U.S.

Enterprise Management 50

Enterprise Management Work Management Forecasting Burn Rate 50

Paul Gillin

OCTOBER 10, 2012

In a world in which people have developed ways to block nearly all messages, it’s the only way to get their attention. Do you see any new trends developing around online videos and B2B marketing? . It’s become very difficult to interrupt people and deliver a message, particularly online. Keep it brief.

Video Marketing 50

Video Marketing B2B Storytelling Youtube 50

Paul Gillin

JUNE 9, 2010

They are flexible gathering halls that can fill a wide variety of purposes ranging from product development to lead generation. Valued members of the community are invited to participate in conference calls with Spiceworks developers. Communities are the convention centers of social media.

Social Networks 50

Social Networks Work Management B2B Marketing Management 50

Paul Gillin

APRIL 10, 2013

He describes how Lotus has increasingly moved toward open product development as a way to integrate user feedback into the process and even shares a story about how his group handled an unforeseen customer backlash to some changes that everyone expected to be a hit.

Blogger 50

Blogger Opt-in Guidelines Social Media 50

Paul Gillin

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

In 20 years as an editor I had developed an attitude that’s common for people who produce products: I believed that most salespeople were overpaid, under-worked and basically lazy. I spent 15 months as a sales manager, which was just long enough to learn how little aptitude I had for the job.

Cost per Lead 50

Cost per Lead Sales Qualified Leads PointClear CPL 50

Paul Gillin

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In their book, How Companies Win: Profiting from Demand-Driven Business Models , Rick Kash and David Calhoun argue that developed economies are in the process of transitioning from supply-constrained to demand-driven. It’s the very center of where business is going. Demand-Driven Economics.

Lead Ranking 50

Lead Ranking BtoB Business Enterprise Management 50

Paul Gillin

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Topaz Partners has developed the "Circle of Influence" to depict the different factors that go into decision-making (Click to enlarge). Coming from a 50-year-old, it’s an insult. Most experts I’ve spoken to on this topic say that sentiment analysis tools are at best 70% accurate. TopazPartners.com.

Analysis 50

Analysis PR Correlation Advertising Agencies 50

Paul Gillin

MARCH 24, 2011

Last October, the company announced a major overhaul of its product line and its approach to software development. Alan Belniak is director of social media marketing at PTC, a very large software company.

BtoB 50

BtoB B2B B2B Thought Leadership Multi-Channel 50

Paul Gillin

APRIL 13, 2011

This enables registrants to follow you to learn about developments in the program and it also creates a channel for post-event follow-up.are. If you can’t record the sessions, set up brief interviews with selected speakers and post them as podcasts. Large events. Set up a branded Twitter account specifically for the event.

Social Media 50

Social Media Promotion Media Landing Pages 50

Paul Gillin

JANUARY 16, 2012

It was developed to be indpendent of end-user devices and to use open standards to reduce complexity. .” This has yielded a reduction of operational expenses and operational efficiencies, since offices can be set up with much less overhead. The initiative also includes Bank21, a browser-based solution in a private banking cloud.

Enterprise Management 50

Enterprise Management Work Management Social Networks Ideal Customer Profiles 50

Paul Gillin

JANUARY 20, 2011

Users of call routing or process management systems, for example, may spend days or weeks in continuing education classes or at conferences to keep up with new developments. The business buyer’s appetite for information also doesn’t end with the sale (see item 4). There is virtually no parallel for this in consumer markets.

Work Management 50

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing B2B 50

Paul Gillin

AUGUST 9, 2012

People with large Twitter followings can quickly magnify a complaint with a single retweet, and the media has learned to use Twitter both as an amplifier and a leading indicator of developing news. While Twitter has occasionally been used to originate major attacks, its 140-character message limit doesn’t permit much poetic license.

Twitter 50

Twitter Work Management Paid Search Agency Tagging 50