Group lists top five social media risks for businesses As businesses increasingly try to figure out how to use social networking tools in the enterprise, an IT governance group has released a ranking of the top five risks social media poses to companies.

For the past 12+ years we have worked with Digital Waterworx for our audio and Message On-Hold needs….Dave and his team are simply the best!   It doesn’t matter if we need a script created, a jingle, audio for the web or a video…Digital Waterworx delivers!! This week I came across a great, inexpensive, resource for voice over talent – VoiceJockeys.com ….as you may know we are working on the launch of the official Michael Jackson bobblehead and creating a TV spot with Creative Taco….Digital Waterworx is doing some work and we also tested out VoiceJockeys.com, their pricing is extremely reasonable check them out….we were very happy with the :15 second voice over we paid $45 for! @AndrewHazen This entry was posted on Thursday, May 27th, 2010 at 9:24 pm and is filed under Internet Marketing , Social Media . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site

Web Hosting – Austin, TX – PubCon South at Dallas, the premier search and social media conference and expo, has finalized its program of sessions for April 14 – 15, 2010, with a separate full day of training on tap the day before, April 13th, at the Richardson Conference and Civic Center, Dallas, Texas.

Social Networks Pervasive in Regulated Industries The spread of social networks in the enterprise is happening at a far greater rate than is generally believed, according to a report just released by network security firm Palo Alto Networks. The company warns that the broader use of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, which have had their share of security issues, is far outpacing the ability of IT to control them

E-mail |   Print |   |  |  By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek March 24, 2010 10:48 AM The federal government’s cloud computing Website, Apps.gov, hasn’t met all the General Services Administration’s initial expectations, a GSA official said Tuesday at FOSE, the annual government IT trade show and conference

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c61090/saascloud_computi) has announced the addition of the “SaaS/Cloud Computing: Media Monitor” newsfeed to their offering. When SaaS/Cloud Computing news breaks, we get it fast – so you can deliver fresh business intelligence.

FaceTime and Blue Coat Systems have teamed up to ensure that social media and Web 2.0 traffic, like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, follows the same compliance and security policies as other messaging traffic. And the companies are not only enforcing Web 2.0 security policy in appliance form, but also in the cloud via Blue Coat’s WebPulse SaaS offering. Essentially, the channel will be able to offer enterprises the ability to set flexible policies around Web applications either on premise or in the cloud

As many social media experts, gurus, and ninjas try to “monetize” social media for their clients, others are focusing simply on the connection and interaction with clients.  Dare I say “engaging”?  Engagement used to be for when 2 people decided to get married, but today it has quickly become the reason you use Twitter, Facebook, and other social media outlets.  In fact, it might be the most overused word of 2009.  We all agree social media and engagement are here to stay though, at least for now. I want to take this article in a slightly different direction.  That direction is using Facebook, Linkedin, and maybe even Twitter to boost your lead conversions today.   At my brokerage, Investor Nation Realty, lead generation is the lifeblood of our company.  We distribute leads to our Realtors who then call and follow up using a CRM tool to nurture the leads.  As a company we have your standard Facebook Fan Page and I have all my Realtors on Linkedin.  Getting them to use Twitter has been a struggle or even actively use Linkedin and Facebook.   As with any group of people, some of them get it, some of them don’t. The problem with lead generation is you seem to get leads in various forms; some with phone numbers, some without

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Use Linkedin and Facebook to Increase Conversions

I wanted to congratulate fellow Geek Estate contributor Steve Jagger (and his friend Shane Gibson) for releasing a new book in the Amazon store for $25 — Sociable – “How Social Media is Turning Sales and Marketing Upside-down” I haven’t read the book, but Steve does know a thing or two about social media, so I feel comfortable recommending trying the book. If you’re feeling nice and want to help Steve promote his new book, here are some resources to help you write a blog post .

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Congrats to Steve Jagger for Releasing “Sociable”

There is a question in Zillow Advice from Kathy Toth that I want to throw out to the tech savvy audience here on Geek Estate: What closings did you have in 2009 from social media; what sources and how many units.

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What Was Your ROI from Social Media in 2009?