Posts Tagged ‘social web’

How the Google / Facebook War Affects You

Do you remember life before fax machines, email and searching online? Do you remember making an appointment to see your doctor to get an opinion without being able to Google professional and everyday opinions on your computer first? It’s like a movie you watched years ago with a plot that’s vaguely familiar but has no ...Read more.

Facebook’s Open Graph Socializes the Web

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Consumerism, Social Media | Apr 22, 2010 | Tags: cnn, facebook, facebook like, like button, open graph, social web | 1 Comment

Facebook has just announced a plan to socialize the web in ways that have far reaching implications. This is a game changer for consumers and marketers. You may have noticed that Facebook Fan Pages switched over to becoming “Like” pages instead this week. That was only the beginning. With a Facebook “Like” button that every ...Read more.

What is a Trust Community and Why Should You Care?

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence | Apr 5, 2010 | Tags: facebook, google, google side wiki, niche community, online community, real-time web, Social Media, social web, tribes, trust community, twitter, webmd | No Comments

A conversation simply about Twitter and Facebook is the wrong one to have when discussing social media, even though it’s the one most people are having. Social media has revolutionized how people connect and communicate. It is now a normal, everyday activity to connect with virtual strangers in real time via the social web – ...Read more.

Why Does The Social Web Matter to You? – Part One

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence, Social Media | Oct 12, 2009 | Tags: communicaiton, email, facebook, generation y, ggole sidewiki, google wave, niche communities, personal branding, smart phone, social web, tribes, trust communities, tweetdeck, twitter, twitter search, user generated content | 7 Comments

Photo source: Bilal Al-badry’s blog The main conversations around social media are misguided by debating the usefulness of the tools based on people with limited knowledge misusing them. Like all human communication, some of what people use the tools for will be nonsense and some will be valuable. How people individually use social networking tools ...Read more.