Happy Monday! Today’s Social Business Coffee Break is focused on a City that has done some amazing things!
The City of Dubuque is a social government! Take a watch and tell me what you think!
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Happy Monday! Today’s Social Business Coffee Break is focused on a City that has done some amazing things!
The City of Dubuque is a social government! Take a watch and tell me what you think!
Social media is used everywhere and is crucial to think through as a sales avenue:
Who is a Social Seller? The social seller doesn’t just use social tools — they have a different approach. They are:
I was just at the IMPACT conference, and a new term came up — A business in motion! I loved it. It is dynamic and a living organization! A business in motion is ready to meet customers on their terms, with a complete understanding of each customer, used to create deeper, more meaningful engagements.
Here’s what I learned about in terms of the imperatives for a Business in Motion!
5 key imperatives:
What do you think?
The power of social is everywhere.
But no where as relevant than in personal life.
My dad was placed in the hospital for emergency brain surgery. I got the news while in Vegas, and booked the first flight out. I had to wait for the plane for over 6 hours — hoping to get home in time.
I was going crazy in the wait — and really needed to talk to someone.
So I did something I usually don’t do — I posted something very personal on Facebook about my dad. Much to my surprise, within minutes I had response from friends all over the world. The outpouring was overwhelming — over 500 comments plus dozens of calls.
No one gave up either — days and weeks went by ….. and the love flowed in through twitter, facebook and beyond.
I talk about the power of social in business — and the power there is very strong and real. But this personal impact — priceless.
Happy Monday and welcome to our Social Business Coffee Break!
Today we feature Caterpillar Inc. a leader in building the world’s infrastructure, and in enabling progress for millions of people around the globe, .as a Best Practice Social Business!
Do you follow somebody on twitter who publishes great content but also tends to retweet anything (like anyone who thanks them), thus making it really hard for you to spot the interesting pieces in the mass of tweets? Than try this useful function: To turn off a person’s retweets, go on their profile, click on the little person icon next to the following button and select “Turn off retweets”. One exception: This only works for retweets sent by using the retweet button, not for those with RT at the beginning of the tweet.
Hot of the presses!
So how about you? Are you linking the 2 together?
Happy Social Business Coffee Break!
This is CEMEX one of the very best Social Businesses in the world!
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