http://blog.foghound.com/271/ News and views about marketing and communications Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:04:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://blog.foghound.com/271/#comment-8200 How businesses are using Facebook « Wheel on the Web Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:52:26 +0000 http://blog.foghound.com/271/#comment-8200 [...] to Lois Kelly at Bloghound for giving the heads-up on this Webinar. I’ve read her blog since meeting her at an IABC [...] [...] to Lois Kelly at Bloghound for giving the heads-up on this Webinar. I’ve read her blog since meeting her at an IABC [...]

]]> http://blog.foghound.com/271/#comment-7603 everythingsteve.com Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:55:44 +0000 http://blog.foghound.com/271/#comment-7603 The question ultimately begets the response, "It depends." What type of business? What type of employee base? What type of culture? What types of interactions across the organization, with partners, with influencers, etc.? I used to think it was a toy, but as the lines between business and "leisure" time...and contacts...blur increasingly, I see it can be pretty powerful. And as a software company employee, I admire the speed with which they've built a bona fide software application platform of sorts. That said, I think the bigger question that will come up is, "Do I really want to be in the walled garden of Facebook," or a more "open" garden? The question ultimately begets the response, “It depends.” What type of business? What type of employee base? What type of culture? What types of interactions across the organization, with partners, with influencers, etc.? I used to think it was a toy, but as the lines between business and “leisure” time…and contacts…blur increasingly, I see it can be pretty powerful. And as a software company employee, I admire the speed with which they’ve built a bona fide software application platform of sorts. That said, I think the bigger question that will come up is, “Do I really want to be in the walled garden of Facebook,” or a more “open” garden?

]]>