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What’s the Endgame for Social Media?

Harvard Business Review

To tap into social business’ greater value, it will take more than launching a few corporate accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter (represented by the 42% above). The first wave of social business was all about employee collaboration, giving rise to products like Yammer, Jive, and Salesforce Chatter.

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Rupert Murdoch, Customer Service Rep?

Harvard Business Review

On the surface, it's a simple customer service issue: Someone has a problem with your product. Earlier this week, besieged media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who by all accounts is actually the man behind 140 characters , responded on Twitter to a person in Kentucky who had an all-too-common newspaper complaint: @ esbarr_ Yes.

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