Keeping the Community for Social Media Leaders on the Forefront of Leading Edge Design and Technology
Our team has been hard at work recently, hence the lack of regular blog posts! I am also pleased when we can share our work, and I’m proud to announce the re-launch of the SocialMedia.org member community. This was an exciting and challenging project for us; we certainly felt a great amount of responsibility to develop [...]
The Social Context Layer and why it matters in Business
Mashable, a prominent source of social media news, recently announced the launch of their new Mashable Follow social layer feature. The idea is simple; the volume of content being created and shared is overwhelming to most of their users. To target content more effectively for its readers, Mashable is taking a series of data points [...]
Posted by James Davidson on March 16th, 2011 in Cool Stuff, Open Social, Social Media, Social Relevancy, Strategy2
Key User Experience Considerations for Your Online Community
We’ve talked before about the importance of paying close attention to user experience when building an online community. In this post, I’ll be highlighting those aspects of a community, which if ignored, can have major ramifications on the overall user experience. Building your community on top of a third-party platform solves a number of user [...]
Posted by Reactions from JiveWorld 2010, Game On!
Just under a week ago the 7Summits team set out from Milwaukee and Chicago bound for JiveWorld 2010. This was my first JiveWorld and to be honest I did not know what to expect. My career in interactive has spanned 10 years in both IT and Marketing roles and in that time I’ve had the [...]
7Summits’ Jive Re-design and Business Case for Social Business Software (Phase 1)
Originally posted on Jive Talks. Replacing five business software platforms (website, intranet, extranet, team site, CRM) with one, more useful solution The Why A fast-growing, social media agency is by design a very fluid and fast paced environment. At 7Summits we thrive on being creative and collaborative to help solve our client’s problems. By design, [...]
Get Social!
It’s been over a week now since we wrapped up our time with Jive Software as part of their national “Get Social Tour.” The tour launched April 21st in Los Angeles, with scheduled stops in Houston, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston. We supported Jive’s tour as the Premier [...]
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