‘Social Networking’ posts

Facebook Commerce 1.0? JC Penney’s Usablenet App

Posted by John Eckman on 28 Dec 2010

Last week I participated in two roundtable discussions at the PluggedIn Ventures Summit on Ecommerce.(There were lots of interesting tweets during the summit – search for the #pisummit hashtag). When the issue of Facebook for commerce (or F-Commerce) came up on the Social Commerce panel, I pointed to JC Penney’s new Facebook app store as [...]

Social as a Layer: Sears’ Social Commerce Experience

Posted by John Eckman on 06 Oct 2010

Email Invite from Sears.com When I got the above email from Sears inviting me into a new social shopping experience, I hoped that they’d found a way to combine MySears and Sears.com together more contextually and pervasively, letting me move easily between the “get advice before you buy” approach of MySears.com (with its action verbs [...]

Assembled Web and Social Media

Posted by John Eckman on 26 Aug 2009

Thought I’d share a quick embedded presentation here for folks who aren’t yet following me on SlideShare. (Although after performing tag-team PowerPoint Karaoke at PodCamp Boston, perhaps I should think twice?). Assembled Web And Social Media View more presentations from John Eckman. The goal of the presentation- a sanitized (client references removed) version of one [...]

Ecommerce Blogroll: Weekly Report July 22

Posted by Noreen Vincent on 22 Jul 2009

This week’s blogroll is filled with ecommerce life experience from Borders, facts on conversion rates, and some fantastic examples of how retailers are using Facebook to connect with their fans and customers.  Take a look, and please share on Twitter @vnoreen, your thoughts on these ecommerce blog posts. Talking with…Kevin Ertell, ForeSee Results VP [Shop.Org | View post »

Ecommerce Blogroll: Weekly Report July 8

Posted by Noreen Vincent on 08 Jul 2009

Here is my 4th of July list of posts I have enjoyed reading this past week from the ecommerce blogosphere.  I particularly like the Proust-like interview with Matt Stinchcomb, vp of community at Etsy.  Here is a remarkable business that has succeeded with an online marketplace created exclusively for a community to buy and sell | View post »

Community and Content: Business Week's Business Exchange

Posted by John Eckman on 30 Jun 2009

Earlier this month, during the MediaBistro Circus, John A Byrne (@johnabyrne on twitter) spoke about how Business Week is transforming itself, engaging with users, and taking advantage of new opportunities to bring community into contact with content. One of the sites he mentioned was the Business Exchange, a new community (really a set of communities) | View post »

Ecommerce Blogroll: The Weekly Report for June 17

Posted by Noreen Vincent on 17 Jun 2009

You know how bloggers have a blogroll on one of their sidebars, giving you a little insight into what bloggers deem to have a voice of authority?  Well, I have been keeping an eye on some of the blogs that my favorite bloggers recommend, and decided to share my thoughts on the posts from these | View post »

Sociable Ads: The Future or Advertising, or Just Another Banner?

Posted by John Eckman on 14 Apr 2009

Given the number of users who deploy ad-blocking software in their browsers, and the complete blindness to banner ads exhibited by most website users who haven’t bothered to deploy ad blockers, it isn’t surprising that the industry continues to seek a replacement (or at least a supplement) for the standard banner ad. Sociable Ads, a | View post »

Leveraging APIs to Grow Your Digital Footprint

Posted by John Eckman on 13 Apr 2009

While non-profit, community-oriented public radio stations aren’t usually seen as being at the forefront of Internet technology, National Public Radio has been quietly making very impressive moves in adjusting to a new set of user expectations and technologies we’ve termed the Assembled Web. As consumers have become increasingly sophisticated in their consumption (and control) of | View post »

Evaluating Social Software? Don’t Underestimate Open Source

Posted by John Eckman on 31 Mar 2009

It’s quite difficult, as many of you probably know first hand, to keep track of all the various platforms, vendors, and open source projects in the social computing and enterprise collaboration space. Like content management systems, social software platforms seem to just keep multiplying rather than consolidating. Thankfully, the folks at CMS Watch, who’ve historically | View post »

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