February 2012 - Blog Watch

GET YOUR IDEATION AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTION TODAY Looking to accelerate your organization's ability to innovate? If so, InnovationCast is the perfect solution for you. It is the only ideation and innovation management solution built on top of an enterprise-grade platform for social collaboration. It takes innovation to the next level, not only with social media applications, but also with a full project management toolset to transform an organization's ideas into business value,...

At the CMSWire #socbizchat Tweet Jam last Wednesday, experts form different organizations logged onto Twitter and discussed the core elements, challenges and opportunities of social business. What started out as a simple chat, soon evolved into a powerful think tank full of ideas, insights and lots of takeaways for upcoming articles. So to highlight some of the great insight shared, CMSWire published a Tweet Jam recap article that spotlights some great tweets from numerous topics surrounding social...

In a recent CMSWire article published by journalist Courtney Garcia, it highlights the announcement of Telligent's newest offering - InnovationCast . So what exactly is InnovationCast? InnovationCast is an ideation and innovation management solution that addresses the entire innovation cycle. Specifically, Garcia describes InnovationCast as Telligent's "latest solution offering through its social community software," because it is specifically built on top of Telligent's enterprise...

Extends capabilities with exclusive partnership to offer InnovationCast, an end-to-end ideation and innovation management solution developed on Telligent’s enterprise social platform (DALLAS, TX) February 22, 2012 — Telligent , a leader in social community software, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive arrangement to deliver and support an ideation and innovation management solution for customers called InnovationCast™. Innovation is a growing priority for many...

Creative Pricing. Some very good things in Pricing Strategy for Creatives. "Price by the service, not the hour" was a primary theme. As a freelancer, I support both pricing models depending on the client and the project. The author gives three good reasons for going with pricing by the service over the hour, with my favorite being "Billing by the hour does not allow you any creativity in billing." Productivity Handbook. John Jantsch’s Duct Tape Marketing is one of the most useful...

Telligent Founder and CTO Rob Howard will be among leading experts that will serve on the panel for the upcoming CMSWire Tweet Jam that will take place Wednesday, February 22 at noon (CST). This month, the Tweet Jam will focus on going back to the basics in an effort to understand the element of social business and what goes into making social business strategies work at the enterprise level. During this hour long chat, panelists will tackle some of the more social elements of social business, such...

Annual User Conference Gears up to Give Dallas its Second Big Taste of Social Dallas, TX – February 13, 2012 — Telligent, the leader in social community software for the enterprise, announced today that September 17-19, 2012 will be the date for this year’s user conference, The Big Social. The Big Social is a three-day worldwide gathering where Telligent’s customers, partners, social industry professional, friends and enthusiasts will be able to share insights, ideas and community...

Did you know that national “Make a Friend Day” is tomorrow? That’s right, every year on February 11 th we have a national day dedicated to doing something just slightly out of the ordinary to make a new friend. Friends are one step beyond acquaintances; they are individuals we trust and think well of. Friendships last a lifetime, and most are built around a certain purpose or common interest. In honor of this year’s national Make a Friend Day, I’d like to say “hello”...

What do people buy, and why do they buy it? Market researchers have explored this puzzle for decades, but Core4 Research, has found that online social communities can often provide better answers. In the recent article by The BrainYard's columnist, David Carr, he spoke with Henry Ho, Partner at CORE4 Research, to learn exactly what CORE4 Research does and how it leverages Telligent Community for conducting consumer market research. CORE4 Research needed to come up with a way to conduct high quality...

Wondering who AICPA is and what type of social network it created to drive its recruitment efforts? In a recent article by AccountingWEB, the accounting news source featured AICPA and gave details about This Way to CPA , its social online community targeting aspiring accountants. Read the entire article to learn the story behind This Way to CPA and how AICPA has successfully created a community that generates almost 23,000 visits each month. Read More...

AICPA improves membership recruitment via a unified social marketing campaign with Telligent Community and Telligent Analytics Dallas, TX – February 6, 2012 — Telligent , a leader in social community software for the enterprise, partnered with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) to create the leading social networking site for aspiring accountants , This Way to CPA , which is designed to increase awareness of and drive recruitment efforts for AICPA. “We are...

Long before there was Google+, the concept of +1 was used to address the topic of extraordinary customer service. In 1993, Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles wrote Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service . In Raving Fans , Blanchard and Bowles cover three areas: Deciding what you as a business want; Discovering what the customer wants; and delivering plus one. So what did they mean by delivering plus one. Here are some of the key points they articulate: Being consistent in your performance...