As you might expect, Facebook and Twitter make up the bulk of the sharing venues. Michael Calore at Webmonkey says, “Buzz is more than a little bit like Twitter — and a whole lot like Facebook and FriendFeed. Tags: Social Media AddThis facebook overload ShareThis Twitter I recently read an article on Fortune magazine titled, Oversharing: The Business of Share Buttons. The article captured something I’d been thinking about for quite a while: with so many means to share content, is content sharing becoming diluted? 271 services? recognize maybe a dozen. doubt it. MORE >>

UBM’s 2011 Social Media and IT Marketing research shows that 69% of IT decision makers use LinkedIn and 44% use Twitter for professional use. Social media activities such as blogging and the use of Twitter require almost daily attention. Who Says Geeks Aren’t Social? Think you won’t reach IT decision makers with social media? Think again! And, 84% visit corporate blogs for professional purposes and one-third of those contacted the technology vendor for more information after visiting. Turns out IT decision makers are social too! Are you there? MORE >>

BI vendors would do well to partner with social media analysis companies and call on the likes of Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook to provide this new service as a joint partnership. Tags: BI social media Business Intelligence facebook LinkedIn social media analytics socialytics Twitter Socialytics. love this word – it perfectly captures what it is — analysis of social media. ve only heard it used a couple times but when Michael Fauscette of IDC wrote his post, Socialytics , I decided to investigate it further. wondered who plays in this space today. What are people saying? MORE >>

B2B Finally Embraces Social Media It seems like for so long, B2B companies struggled with the social media concept–how to get the attention of their customers through Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and other social avenues. But just give it time and most have found their social “voice.” ” This infographic from Insideview speaks to the great benefits B2B companies have received as they’ve embraced social media tactics. Selling Through Social Media to Close More Leads. Marketing Sales Social Media B2B MORE >>

will look for clues in your blog posts, Twitter tweets, forums, and other forms of social media. Remember watching cartoons about Aladdin and the magic lamp? always hoped I’d find a magic lamp on a beach somewhere and I’d be granted three wishes. Didn’t you wish you could have three wishes too? Well today I’m setting aside my marketing hat, my BI hat, and my corporate sustainability hat. I’m putting on my customer hat and asking for three wishes I know  your marketing team can grant me. Here are my three wishes: 1. want a real relationship with you. MORE >>