This is a guest blog post from Dominique Lahaix, CEO of eCairn. eCairn Inc. (@eCairn) is a privately held software technology company, founded in October 2006 that specializes in community and influencers marketing. Headquartered in Los Gatos, California, Dominique (@Dominiq) and other company founders have a cumulative experience of 50+ years in e-marketing, knowledge engineering, collaborative filtering, [...]

Social Media Marketing 2010 San Francisco will bring together leading brands and marketing experts to explore the viral power of social networks. The event takes place Thursday, July 8th at the Hotel Nikko (222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94102) from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM. The official event hashtag is #SMMSF. During this one-day event, a team of renowned [...]

Scott Beale had an amazing idea while working for the US State Department in New Dehli, India, and he decided to act on it… And four years later, we spent time discussing the success and promise of Atlas Corps, the nonprofit he founded to bring nonprofit leaders from the developing world to leading nonprofits in [...]

I have yet to talk to someone who has an answer as to how to separate our personal, professional and even ‘secret’ lives… until now. Enter Sam Lawrence, CEO of Blackbox Republic, a social networking site that allows you to decide what gets published to ‘public’ social networks that anyone can search, such as Facebook and Twitter, [...]

The A-List is back and better than ever! After a rather long winter’s nap – following our coverage of LeWeb conference – we return with Dave Morgan, CEO of Simulmedia (dontcha just love the name?). The company, which launched in March last year, aimed to improve the impact of TV program promotions by lifting the [...]

This is a guest blog post from Amber Naslund, a social media and marketing professional, and the Director of Community for Radian6, where she’s responsible for client engagement, community building, and helping companies tap the potential of online reputation management and social media monitoring. She’s spent the last decade or so raising funds, building brands for [...]

Who are your key influencers? It’s a question everyone from marketers to the mainstream media have been wrestling with for years – perhaps decades – and now new technology is here to help put some science to the search. If you haven’t heard of eCairn before now, this program is a must-listen. If you know of [...]

I’ve said this before and I’m sure it won’t be the last time… life has a funny way of coming full-circle. I had the pleasure of meeting Morley Winograd while walking in political circles as an undergrad. Fast forward more than 10 years and Morley caught my attention again by co-authoring Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, [...]