Paul Gillin

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IBMer: ‘Social Selling’ Is a Sales Process in Itself

Paul Gillin

It’s no secret that the factors that motivate salespeople to change the way they work have to be pretty simple: Help them spend more time selling and less time scrounging for information and telling managers what they’re doing. The tools made it easy to find information and expertise by consulting friends.

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Oracle’s Updated Social Media Policy

Paul Gillin

Your personal blogs that contain postings about Oracle’s business, products, employees, customers, partners, or competitors. Social media activities must not interfere with your workor productivity at Oracle, and your personal activities should take place outside of work. Protect Confidential Information. com , wiki.

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Oracle’s Social Media Policy

Paul Gillin

Your personal blogs that contain postings about Oracle’s business, products, employees, customers, partners, or competitors. Social media activities must not interfere with your work or productivity at Oracle, and your personal activities should take place outside of work. Protect Confidential Information. Follow the Code.

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Why Facebook Isn’t Worried About Ello

Paul Gillin

.” Some people are rooting for Ello to unseat Facebook by tapping into user rage over the giant social network’s controversial approach to using member information to sell advertising. My opinion is rooted in more than 30 years of watching battles play out over new platforms. They will be disappointed.

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Live Blog: 3M Unites Global Workforce With Technology

Paul Gillin

At Lotusphere today, two representatives to 3M outlined some ways the company is using collaboration platforms to improve access to expertise and information across the far-flung company, which has people in more than 60 countries. A sampling: “I need information on 3M Japan products (name withheld) and what are the Eurpean substitutes?”.

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Attack of the Customers: The Pampers Dry Max Crisis

Paul Gillin

Jodi Allen, P&G’s vice president of North America baby care, was taking a personal role in countering critics, posting comments on the Pampers website, recording web videos and participating in discussion groups. P&G knows better than any company that people treat their personal care products like an old friend.

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The Wisdom of ‘We’

Paul Gillin

personally contacts every single customer who posts a complaint about his hotel on an online review site. At Glassdoor.com , employees rate the companies they work for, review executive performances and swap salary information. Customers will share their opinions whether you want them to or not. Winnetu’s No.