Next in our quest for vendor’s thoughts on Social Business is RightNow Technologies.  Want to read the previous ones? Here are Oracle, Attensity, Fuze Digital, Moxie Software, SAP, and GetSatis...

We all know about the value that you can find while performing keyword research using the Google Suggest feature for regular search as well as images, videos, and more. But let’s look beyond Google...

In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes, a barrier once believed to be physically impossible. Once the barrier was broken, however, it became the stand...

Over the weekend, someone sent me a link to a very clever EMC web tool that helps people figure out -- not only where they are in their private cloud journey -- but whats the next step? The discussion...

SaaS/cloud providers are still outperforming on-premise vendors according to Ray Wang’s quarterly assessment of business application vendors‘ performance: SaaS vendors showed ma...

Later in the week I’ll be facilitating a practice strategy day at a UK top 100 firm. The brief: help us understand the factors impacting firms in the 21st century and start shaping...

?Thomas Bittman, analyst at Gartner published an article in CIO UK Magazine covering six misconceptions about server virtualization. He states that there will be more virtual machines deployed on se...

The US federal government will soon adopt a "cloud-first" policy, meaning federal agencies will be required to used cloud services "whenever a secure, reliable, cost-effective cloud option exists." T...

I recently found myself in a heated debate on Twitter about the ROI of social media. In one corner sat those promoting ‘there is no return on social media…yet’ and in the other sat myself insist...

Verizon Communications today announced an even faster tier of fiber-to-the-home service: 150 Mbps down and 35 Mbps up. For folks like myself still stuck on first generation DOCSIS cable or plain old D...

Posted by Sam CrockerToday we're going to break down a number of different tools and resources for getting insights into competitors traffic data. We have looked at a handful of tools here and will br...

Just back from an all too brief stop at this years WOMMA Summit and I wanted to share 4 quick takeaways: 1. Big Brands are sounding serious about social media/word of mouth marketing There are some...

Meaghan Edelstein has gained national media attention through her blog, I Kicked Cancer’s Ass, which she started to document her battle with end stage cancer. She is an attorney, the founder of the...

Facebook is now letting brands claim community pages. Is that news? First, what is a community page? According to the Facebook Help Center, a community page is a page built around a specific topic, as...

According to The New York Times, Google introduced a smartphone application last year that lets users take photos of objects and get search results in return. The app called Google Goggles is now avai...

Dubbed the Rock Star of Digital Marketing, Canada’s Mitch Joel has been named one of the most influential authorities on blog marketing in the world. He is president of Twist Image, a digital mark...

As you’ve probably noticed, there have been quite a few changes here at {grow}. I hope you like the new design and features. Over the next few weeks I’ll continue to add new content and services...

Penn OlsonState of Cloud Computing [VIDEO]Penn OlsonCloud computing seems like a new concept. But it really isnt. In this video, it is shared that the idea of cloud computing first originated in the 1...

CEOs of businesses who have a small or no marketing team can still (and should) aspire to understand their customer’s level of satisfaction that his/her products and services. But you’re not qui...

Ann Handley and C.C. Chapman speak with FIR co-host Shel Holtz about their new book, Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and...