Freight executives are increasingly making use of social networking opportunities such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to network, communicate and debate topics with other key decision-makers in the industry. As part of our continuing commitment to delivering the most relevant freight and logistics stories, IFW has harnessed the power of Facebook and launched its very [...]
by David on January 1, 2011
By Harvey Mackay “Is social media a fad or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution?” asks Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics. Consider these statistics he presents, and my analysis of them, and then decide how connected you should be. Hint: Your company website alone is no longer enough! As of 2010, Generation [...]
by David on October 6, 2010
How worthwhile is social media? Do the number of friends you have on Facebook make a difference in your personal life? How about LinkedIn for your professional life? In a world where our digital attention spans are regularly overwhelmed by information, is social media really worth it? The latest Great Debate from Switzerland’s premier business [...]
by David on September 14, 2010
To date, there has been no extensive analysis of South African Twitter usage. Fuseware has profiled millions of tweets from South Africa and tens of thousands of users to better understand the South African Tweeter. We have aggregated this information into dozens of graphs and word clouds for easy reading and dissemination. This information is [...]