STATE OF SOCIAL MARKETING FOR 2013? 78% OF MARKETERS WANT BETTER CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT.

-­‐socialmediatoday  (October  2012)  

WOMEN FIND SOCIAL MEDIA MAKES THEM MORE SOCIAL OFFLINE, TOO. -­‐Women’s  Marke;ng  Inc.  and  SheSpeaks  (July  2012)  

IF YOU DON’T PRIORITIZE YOUR LIFE, SOMEONE ELSE WILL.

-­‐Greg  McKeown  

FACT: WOMEN MAKE UP 56% OF THE U.S. SOCIAL MEDIA POPULATION, OR ROUGHLY 81 MILLION WOMEN.

-­‐Digital  Flash  NYC  (July  2012)  

95% OF ALL MEETINGS CAN AND SHOULD LAST LESS THAN 60 MINUTES. MOST CAN BE DONE IN 30.

-­‐Alex  Lawrence  

YOU’RE PROBABLY GETTING INTERRUPTED EVERY 3 MINUTES IN THE OFFICE.

-­‐Wall  Street  Journal  (December  2012)  

PEOPLE BECOME AUTHORITATIVE BY SHARING WHAT THEY’RE GETTING DONE.

-­‐Team  Tracky  

FACT: MORE THAN THREE TIMES PER WEEK 56% OF U.S. WORKERS CART WORK HOME, WHILE 16% OF REMOTE WORKERS HOLD DOWN 60-HOUR WEEKS.

-­‐Regus  PLC  (March  2012)  

ENTERPRISE SOCIAL COLLABORATION HAS BECOME A BUSINESS IMPERATIVE…

-­‐Informa;on  Management    

ICE CREAM REALLY DOES MAKE YOUR BRAIN HAPPY!

-­‐The  Guardian  

IN THE NEAR FUTURE, SOFTWARE VENDORS WON’T DIFFERENTIATE ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE SOCIAL – VIRTUALLY ALL BUSINESS SOFTWARE WILL BE INHERENTLY SOCIAL.

-­‐Elizabeth  Lupfer  /  The  Social  Workplace  (Feb.  2012)  

EASY ACCESS TO AND TRACKING OF PROJECTS HAS BECOME MORE CRITICAL AS WORKERS GO MOBILE AND TEAMS ASSEMBLE REMOTELY.

-­‐Thomas  Vander  Wal  /  GigaOm  (Feb.  2012)  

COMPANIES THAT EMBRACE SOCIAL BUSINESS WILL CONVERT ITS POTENTIAL INTO PRODUCTS, SALES AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.

-­‐Eloqua  

WORK IS BROKEN. IT’S TIME TO DISRUPT.

-­‐Jennifer  Gosse  (@jennifergosse)  

THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WORKER WASTES 100 MINUTES ON NON-PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PER WORK DAY.

-­‐  @FactHive  

SOCIAL BUSINESS BENEFITS ARE A LONG TERM INVESTMENT.

-­‐Jenny  Thomas  /  IT  Jungle    (Feb.  2013)  

YOU CAN’T BUILD A REPUTATION ON WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO DO.

-­‐  Joshua  Rivera  /  Lifehacker    (Feb.  2013)