In an era of Digital Darwinism, no business is too big to fail or too small to succeed…this is your time. Many follow, but very few lead. Many compete to survive, but few compete for relevance. Do we listen to our customers? Do we truly understand them? Do we create experiences or do we simply react? The future of business comes down to one word…change. This is a new era that redefines everything. An era of empowered consumers and employees….
Survival of the Fitting: 10 important trends to survive Digital Darwinism
Digital Darwinism is a phenomenon when technology and society evolve faster than the ability to adapt. And, it threatens rigid and traditional practices everywhere. It’s no longer just survival of the fittest, but also survival of the fitting. Businesses must earn relevance and to do so requires much more than adoption of the latest technologies or launching endeavors in the latest social or app flavor of the month. Indeed, this post requires not only your pinterest, but your dedication and…
The Pillars of Influence and How to Activate Cause and Effect
Digital Influence is one of the hottest trends in social media and it is also one of the least understood. Klout, PeerIndex, Kred among many others are investing millions of dollars to understand how our social media activity translates into influence. The market for influence is only heating up with more entrants expected to debut and acquisitions or mergers likely on the horizon. Within the last 90 days alone, Klout took in a Series C of $30 million from Kleiner…
Report: The Rise of Digital Influence and How to Measure It
About three weeks ago, I celebrated my first anniversary as Principal Analyst of Altimeter Group. And, it is with great pride that I mark the occasion with the release of my first official Altimeter report, “The Rise of Digital Influence.” Not a traditional market report, it was written as both a primer and a how-to guide for businesses to spark desirable effects and outcomes through social media influence. We live in a time when social networks such as Facebook, Twitter,…
New study from Brian Solis and the Altimeter Group challenges preconceptions about social influence
A new report by Altimeter Group Principal Analyst Brian Solis challenges what we think about digital influence, how it’s created, and how it spreads. The study, The Rise of Digital Influence, is a ‘how-to’ guide for businesses to spark desirable effects and outcomes through social media influence. According to Solis, “Many companies are looking at influence backwards, unknowingly or lazily relying on scores rather than understanding how influence is actually created and used.” The “Rise of Digital Influence” explores the…
A Critical Path for Customer Relevance, Part 2
With all of the momentum social media has earned over the years, the reality is that still today, it is very much siloed in marketing. The aspiration of using social technology to build a social business is not yet within grasp. In many ways, social media is much more about media than it is about opening two-way channels for interaction where information, empathy, and resolution travel inward and outward with all parties walking away with a sense of value and…
The Future of Learning is Anchored by History: Why education is less about technology and more about behavior
Here’s a story I haven’t shared much, but I’m doing so now because of an opportunity I recently had to present at the Learning Technology conference in London. Over the last two years, I’ve personally studied learning technology and also learning behaviors to relearn how to engage Generation C through analog and digital media. While writing WTF, I studied the learning patterns and preferences among Generation C and how they differed from less connected students. What I learned reshaped how…
Social media is about social science not technology
In 2007, I wrote an article entitled, “Social Media is About Sociology Not Technology.” It’s a statement that after five years (and counting), I thankfully continue to see shared every day on Twitter. As time passed and experience matured, I amended that statement to now read, “Social media is about social science not technology.” Why did I change such a powerful statement? I believe that it is not only stronger now, it is also truer. See, sociology is just one…
Solis’ one-on-one interview with Billy Corgan reverberates across music industry
Brian Solis’ one-on-one conversation with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins lived up to expectations, as the Smashing Pumpkins frontman railed against posers in the music industry and released some highly quotable sayings. The discussion took place on March 12 at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas and was quickly covered by Rolling Stone, Billboard, and other media outlets. Examiner.com included the interview in its “Top 10 thrills at SXSW” round-up. Additional coverage of the discussion can be found at:…
Billy Corgan and Brian Solis Rock SXSW
Source: Billboard Smashing Pumpkins co-founder and lead guitarist Billy Corgan joined Brian Solis to keynote SXSW Interactive 2012. Corgan and Solis turned things up to 11 as they riffed on the state of the music industry, the relationship between artists and fans and also the role of technology in the future of artistry and musical experiences. The hour-long conversation made headlines… Read more at: Billboard Rolling Stone Spin New Music Express Guitars provided by Taylor.
