'social media' tagged blog posts in Kelly Hoey's Blog

I'm having a conversation with Chris Brogan. Ok, he's talking to lots of people on Twitter and right now we're questioning Twitter streams on Linkedin.

I hate it. I really don't like Twitter streams on Linkedin.

Why?

Linkedin is about business, professional endeavors, updates and announcements.

It's where you share business news, conference updates, job promotions, career transitions and skill sets.

It's social but it's not.

It's your business card on speed. But...

I read a terrific case study this morning on socialmediaexaminer.com on how IBM uses social media. Social media is about being, well, "social"...so how does #14 on the Fortune 500 list, a 114 year old global corporation, find it's inner-socially engaging, conversing self?

By losing control.

There is no corporate Twitter Account or corporate blog. That's right, not one. With nearly 400,000 employees in 170 countries, IBM is counting...