We all want higher productivity for our businesses and the only way in which this can be achieved is with happiness at work. Check out this infographic showing what employees look for in a job. 

According to research by the Guardian in 2011: "92% of the top 50 charities in the UK have some form of a social media presence with three quarters having a blog."

This is a powerful statistic and for those of you who want to effectively promote yourselves on a local or global basis without creating more of a strain on your team and resources, get in touch with the Webjam team to discuss a solution for your organisation's needs. 

Research shows that engaged members are happier members, surveys report increases in retention, satisfaction and brand advocacy.  Web jam will help you build brand advocates, especially valuable to your organisation.  According to Forrester Research, 94% of members trust "word-of-mouth" recommendations, with only 14% trusting advertising.  With brand advocates' recommendations reaching an average of 150 people, their value in member activation is clear.   

Webjam will significantly increase your membership engagement by giving you the ability to engage simultaneously across multiple channels.  Not only will you get better feedback and ideas from your members, you'll be able to respond to them when they arise.  Members that are better engaged with your organisation are also more engaged with each other, building your social community will boost site traffic significantly and bring new members.

With Webjam's powerful technology, getting your teams set up and fully functional is quick and easy, whatever their level of social media expertise may be.  By partnering with Webjam, you're also bringing on board our team of research and development experts, delivering you ongoing competitive advantages in productivity, social media and innovation effortlessly.  

Webjam—bringing you closer to your members—to easily connect and share as well as listen and respond—when your members need and expect it. For more information, please contact us at: Webjam Solutions

Thank you David for an informative infographic!

• "Strategic business goals like innovation, collaboration, and workforce productivity are behind a new breed of technology investment: enterprise social platforms. 
• A whopping 64% of senior business leaders say that growing overall company revenue is their top priority in 2011 and one in three look to improve overall customer relationships. 
• Hundreds of Forrester inquiries in the past year suggest that these lofty business goals often trickle down to IT initiatives that use enterprise social technologies." 

For more information on this infographic, visit here.

To read more on this infographic, you can find it on here. 

• How to contextualise, and therefore personalise
• The benefits of providing a timeline of promo content
• Why aggregating and promoting the small contributors in your community is just as important as the big
• Why you need to listen to your community and react quickly to leverage every opportunity
• Social media is a resource, be there to answer

You can find our presentation here.

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To get more information on this infographic, drop by Brian Solis' blog to read the full article. 

Enterprise Social Networking Is More Than Facebook Behind a Firewall

We take an in-depth look at the four ways ESNs drive Business Value:

• Encourage sharing
• Capture knowledge
• Enable action
• Empower people

We also review the Top 3 Implementation Pitfalls — and how to avoid them.   

If you’re considering how social business  can drive your business’ value, contact Webjam today (insert hyperlink) to discuss your needs and get an action plan and clear objectives in place to deliver the fullest benefits. 

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You can view our presentation slides here.

This presentation is based on the research done by the Altimeter Group.  In the words of Altimeter Principal, Brian Solis, 

“We see everyday what’s possible with social networks for improving customer engagement and experiences? Can the same be done with internal social networks for improving employee engagement and experiences?

In the many years of helping businesses align business objectives with social and new media strategies, there is one thing that always introduces difficulty into the equation, employee engagement. At some point in the development of any strategy, employee and stakeholder input is critical to ensure relevance and ultimately success.  While social media may more often than not live in the marketing department, it affects the entire organization and as such, requires a centralized approach to leadership and management combined with a distributed platform for communication and learning.” 

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Billionaire entrepreneur and best-selling author Richard Branson has become an icon in the eyes of many aspiring business owners. His inspirational advice has helped steer many startups, simply by learning from his vast experience building the Virgin empire of businesses.  

Branson's best strategies for success — from branding and customer service to leadership and learning to let go are as unconventional as the man himself.  To have a look at Sir Richard’s most helpful advice, you might want to visit our blog for access to his slide presentation.  

If you’re considering how social business can drive your business’ value, contact Webjam today to discuss your needs and get an action plan and clear objectives in place to deliver the fullest benefits. 

For more information, please visit www.webjam.com, or drop us an email on bizdev@webjam.com. For specific sales enquiries, please get in touch with one of our Sales Managers on +44(0) 208 390 8899.

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With the phenomenal growth of Social Media and it’s far reaching impact in all aspects of our lives—offering both business potential and pitfalls—it essential that we understand and deliver to best practice of Social Media marketing to meet and whenever possible, exceed expectations of our members.

The divide between the perceived importance of a Social Media marketing strategy and actually having one in place was revealed in our first question, “How important do you think Social Media will be in the future for the NFP sector?”

Although over half of the respondents ranked this as ‘important,’ only 16% already have a Social Media marketing strategy in place.  An equal 20% weighed in at “Are working on one” and 20% “Are thinking of one.”

Improving internal communications ranked as top priority for where Social Media can best be of service, closely followed by improving opportunities to listen to members / supporters as well as improving openness and accessibility through collaboration. 

Respondents gave equal ranking to improving communications with members/supporters, expanding the reach of member recruitment and providing a stronger brand presence, continuing the theme of needing both internal and external communication capabilities as vitally important in doing business. 

When asked in which ways Social Media could be detrimental, worries about staff resistance was by far the highest concern.  Inability to integrate with existing websites also raised another red flag in this area, which may illustrate an underlying lack of technical abilities within an already streched NFP workforce. 

 Our next query essentially removed technical barriers in asking “You can now integrate common social media platforms within your own Branded Social Media website, how important would that be to your organisation?”  An overwhelming majority of 78% responded with ‘very important.’

When asked how having a branded Social Media website would deliver most benefits, monitoring of external communications rated as the top advantage, closely followed by enabling communications between members/supporters. 

Building interactive special interest communities and providing opportunities for collaboration also weighed in as significant attributes.

Going forward, what is clear is that organisations need to develop the skills to address the expectations of members and supporters real time experience delivered by Social Media.  Businesses will need to embrace these elements into a new coherent organisation that is both inward and outward facing. 

To discover how Webjam can bring your teams and your members together—when your members need and expect it—please get in touch via bizdev@webjam.com or call us on 0208 390 8899.  

To subscribe for 14 days of free Webjam, please click here.

 If you want to have a read of our ‘Social Media Effect’ presentation, you will be able to find it on our blog.

Webjam works on both sides of the equation: as the essential collaboration platform for all your business needs we’ll bring you closer to your customers— as well as bringing your teams together. To discover how Webjam can bring your teams and your members together—when your members need and expect it—please come visit us at stand D56 at Business 2012 on 18th, 19th and 20th March. 

You might ask: why come to Business 2012? With this show being interactive and fully integrated with your outlook diary you don’t need to waste time out of the office. We’ve seen Wall Street and we know Time is Money – but equally “Life all comes down to a few moments. Business 2012 is one of them”. If you are starting a business or have recently started your business then there are dedicated workshops that can help you in all aspects of your new venture. 

World-renowned leaders such as Sir Richard Branson, Lord Sugar, Cherie Blair and several more will deliver keynote speeches. For more information on the ‘several more’, please click here.

With the phenomenal growth of Social Media and it’s far reaching impact in all aspects of our lives—offering both business potential and pitfalls—it’s becoming increasingly clear, that the time has passed for “Business As Usual.”  To discuss this with a little perspective, we will be holding three seminars over the three days of the exhibition on the following topics:

1.     Organisations Don’t Tweet, People Do 

• Speaker: Euan Semple
• Seminar Room: S11
• Date/Time: Sunday 18^th March @ 4.30pm 

2.     Ignore the Hype, Listen to Real Social Media Guidance

• Speaker: Lexie Mendelson
• Seminar Room: S11
• Date/Time: Monday 19^th March @ 5.15pm

3.     Forget Technology: The Real Business Value of Enterprise Social Networks

• Speaker: Lexie Mendelson
• Seminar Room: S11
• Date/Time: Tuesday 20^th March @ 1.30pm  

For more information, please visit www.webjam.com, or drop us an email on bizdev@webjam.com. For specific sales enquiries, please get in touch with one of our Sales Managers on +44(0) 208 390 8899.

Business 2012 is being held at the London O2 Arena. The closest underground station is North Greenwich on the Jubilee Line.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

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Kind regards,
Sarfraz Ahmad.
Managing Director of Webjam Mark 2 Ltd.

We’ve recently been highlighting how businesses need — now more than ever — to meet the expectations of their customers’ real time experience delivered by Social Media.  21st century businesses need to embrace these elements into a new coherent organisation thatis both inward and outward facing.

The Webjam Team is thrilled to be hosting Euan Semple, who will presenting  “Organisations Don’t Tweet, People Do” at next week’s Business 2012 Conference. Euan Semple is one of the few people in the world who can turn the complex world of social networking into something we can all understand — and, at the same time, learn how to get the most from it. 

There has been a fundamental shift in the way we do business. Driven by online social networking tools such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, how we communicate with stakeholders and how we organise ourselves to produce those messages has changed forever. 

Euan Semple, author of Organizations Don’t Tweet People Do, will examine what these changes mean for people in business, how they represent a new wave of exciting opportunities for 21st century organisations and what lies in store for managers and the role they will play in the future of work.

Practical advice for managers on how the Web and social media can help them to do their jobs better.

Today′s managers are faced with an increasing use of the Web and social platforms by their staff, their customers, and their competitors, but most arent sure quite what to do about it or how it all relates to them.

“Organizations Don′t Tweet, People Do” provides managers in all sorts of organizations, from governments to multinationals, with practical advice, insight and inspiration on how the Web and social tools can help them to do their jobs better. 

From strategy to corporate communication, team building to customer relations, this uniquely people–centric guide to social media in the workplace offers managers, at all levels, valuable insights into the networked world as it applies to their challenges as managers, and it outlines practical things they can do to make social media integral to the tone and tenor of their departments or organizational cultures.

• A long–overdue guide to social media that talks directly to people in the real world in which they work
• Grounded in the author′s unparalleled experience consulting on social media, it features eye–opening accounts from some of the world′s most successful and powerful organizations
• Gives managers at all levels and in every type of organization the context and the confidence to make better decisions about the social web and its impact on them

Ten years ago, while working in a senior position at the BBC, Euan was one of the first to introduce what have since become known as social media tools into a large, successful organisation. He has subsequently had five years of unparalleled experience working with organisations such as Nokia, The World Bank and NATO.

He is a one-man digital upgrade option for us all to download. This world is changing fast, but he makes sense of it because he understands that the core basics remain the same: community, learning, interaction. He is a master story-teller who offers a host of practical tales about how this new world can work for real people in the real world. 

To find out more about Webjam’s Business 2012 Conference Seminars and to read more about Euan, you can drop by his website or start following him on Twitter. Euan is also selling a book on ‘Organisation’s Don’t Tweet, People Do: A Manager’s Guide to the Social Web’ which you can purchase on Amazon for only £10.61! 

If you’re considering attending BUSINESS 2012, you can register here, the Webjam Team would love to see you there. Find us at stand D56 Business 2012 on 18th, 19th and 20th March. 

As many businesses are now taking a more entrepreneurial approach, it is essential that we understand and deliver to best practice of Enterprise Social Networks to meet and whenever possible, exceed expectations of not only our customers—but our teams that are on the front lines with our customers. 

If you’re considering how social business can drive your business’ value, contact Webjam today at bizdev@webjam.com to discuss your needs and get an action plan and clear objectives in place to deliver the fullest benefits. 

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We hope you had a great experience at Chase 2012 last week and got a chance to hear our Strategic Development Director, Lexie Mendelson's presentation, The Social Media Effect. If you didn't get the chance to see it or would like to have an in-depth look, you can find the link below. 

Please click here to view our presentation slides.

Lexie discussed how you can use social media to contribute to your organisation's efforts to turnaround the fund-raising decline of an economic downturn: 

"73% of Charities in the NE are experiencing a decrease in funding with an estimate of 23% potentially closing in the next 12 months... 

...statistics from August show direct debit cancellations are at their highest since records began?"* 

According to Forrester Research, 94% of customers trust "word-of-mouth" recommendations, with only 14% trusting advertising. Brand advocates also spend more, their recommendations reaching an average of 150 people, their value in customer activation is clear. 

Webjam will significantly increase your membership engagement by giving you the ability to engage simultaneously across multiple channels. Not only will you get better feedback and ideas from your members, you'll be able to respond to them when they arise. Members that are better engaged with your company are also more engaged with each other, building your social community will boost site traffic significantly and bring new members. 

Webjam brings your teams and your members together - to easily connect and share information - when your members need and expect it. 

To better understand how Webjam can help your organisation, when would be a good time to discuss your social business objectives in a little more detail? I look forward to your reply. 

When you've got a moment, please take a look at Webjam's Solutions for Non Profits, making it easy to extend your reach and allowing you to bring collaboration and advocacy in best practice. 

Kind Regards, 

Sarfraz Ahmad 
Webjam Mark 2 Director 

Webjam brings your teams and your customers together - to easily connect and share information - when your customers need and expect it. 

*Visceral Business Presentation The Charity Social 100 Index - Jan 4 2012

“It’s about relationships, not technology. The problem: Most companies approach enterprise social networks as a technology deployment and fail to understand that the new relationships created by enterprise social networks are the source for value creation. Yesteryear, internal technology departments could force software on business units, but in today’s consumerized world, business units can adopt enterprise software, often without IT ever knowing. As a result, a new approach is required that focuses on four key ways that relationships create value through enterprise social networks:

“Mind the Gap: Four Ways ESNs Drive Business Value”

1. Encourage sharing
2. Capture knowledge
3. Enable action
4. Empower people

Anyone interested in social business should take a read as its full of great insights to help you understand the benefits of ESNs and to avoid the common pitfalls that frequently undo costly implementations.

If you’re considering how social business  can drive your business’ value, contact Webjam today to discuss your needs and get an action plan and clear objectives in place to deliver the fullest benefits.  

“Gigaom reports that Facebook will be updating its premium ads product by requiring their premium homepage ads to be in page post format.  This is significant as Facebook reports that page posts outstrip other types of ads with 80% higher recall, 40% increase in engagement and an uptake of 16% in fan rate.  It’s also expected that Facebook will soon show Page performance data in real-time- giving businesses unprecedented access to data to drive higher ROI.”

Read the full article here.

 “The path to the future of fitness relies on massive data aggregation, social elements and convenience. While it’s fascinating to track your weight, your height, BMI, running patterns and your caloric intake, future intelligence will rely on much more than that. It will know the history of your injuries, your genetics, your complete biometric data and not just about your activity today but also how external conditions play their part such as your geographic location, weather patterns, your social graph and what music you’re listening to. In the future, you’ll be able to correlate across all these different categories for a truly, holistic report on your health. So let’s meet the companies taking us there.”

Read the full article here.

Facebook Rewrites the Rulebook On Mobile Commerce with an announcement at the Mobile World Congress on Monday:  consumers can now pay for things on their mobile phone directly through Facebook in just three easy steps. 

“Putting things into perspective, the new system makes it exponentially easier for buyers to make the purchases. According to Facebook, the previous system required eight steps on the part of the user, including an SMS verification, in order for a buyer to use the system. The new plan? It requires three.

Now let’s take this a bit further. Facebook has 425 million monthly users, according to stats passed on by the company. There are “more than 475 mobile operators” that are deploying and promoting Facebook’s mobile products. Each month, 60 million people are engaging with mobile apps via Facebook for a total of over 320 million interactions.”

Read the full article here.

Over at not for profitTech 2.0 there's a great tutorial for how to get your not-for-profit set up on the site as well as a bit about how Pinterest is being used by savvy nonprofits. 

Then skip over to Frogloop where Avi Kaplan gives away ideas on how best to use this new social media community. He also references Beth Kanter and Joe Waters and why they are using Pinterest.

Most Important Tips:

 • Let your supporters pin to your boards.

 • Put a Pinterest button on your website, so people can pin your images to their boards.

Written by Robyn McIntyre from Social Media Birdbrain.

Ideas spread across mass spectrum seldom relies on an individual – that is why social media strikes more success stories than traditional marketing approaches – the same shift is now growing among charities. According to Forbes Top 200 Charities surveyed, at least one form of Social Media is being used, a 3% increase over 2009 and 11% growth since 2008. Unlike product and service oriented brands, visibility and reach is not a winning formula for NFP’s, awareness and advocacy is what a charity benefits from.  This new development in social networking means that NFP's can take their marketing skills to a whole new level.

Social media is beginning to transform non-profits both in a way they work as well as their relationships with volunteers and donors. Webjam SaaS platform helps NFP organizations to increase awareness and advocate their causes.  For charities the impact is far greater when it comes to a shift from paid advertising strategies to social mobilization which helps them to have real time understanding of their causes. This is where Webjam platform helps them to use one centralized location to indulge in information sharing and at the same time enabling them to collaborate with their donors and activists on different projects.

Webjam easy creation of sites bundled with social media marketing and collaboration layers transforms non-profits both in a way they work as well as their relationships with their constituents.  According to 2011 research survey more than half (52% respondents) of nonprofits have no formal budgets for commercial social Networks. A lack of staff or budget or concerns about privacy and control are major pitfalls for non profits.  This is where Webjam solution adds the advantage of having a branded in-house social network without having any technical knowledge. All a creator need is to drag and drop readymade modules and next moment they are live.  Webjam’s flexible and easy-to-use content publishing and moderation tools ensure excellent conversations.  Creators can easily set privacy at page and module levels. Creators can also control who is allowed to edit, they can even set permissions for specific users and limit functionality to specific communities.

 How Webjam Can Help NFP’s

 Since Social Media tends to be more immediate, informal and personal forms of communication, Nonprofits organization have a strong opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations with their donors. According to a survey Sixty one percent of those aged 30-49 trust social networks and blogs to provide important information. Using Webjam platform can get fast and honest feedback.   Think of Webjam as an investment in the future to reflect the cause and reach to preferred donors.  Here is how Webjam can help charities.

Act as digital printing press:  NFP’s can spread their message with Webjam’s readymade modules for Blogs, forums, Articles, Newsletters, photos, videos.

Advocacy and Outreach: NFP organizations can create their own advocacy groups, get advocacy from all around the world and grow themselves around issues that reflects their cause.

Socialize and Collaborate:  Apart from Social Media platform Webjam provides the right Collaboration tools for activists to organize and run all strategic efforts from one centralized place.

Engagement: With Webjam NFP’s can expand their reach, engage with stakeholders, recruit volunteers and raise funds.

Crowd sourcing:  With Webjam Non Profit sector can connect with their Potential audience, and use them to research their surveys and share their stories.

Knowledge Sharing:  Knowledge sharing is a key to improving efficiency, but it’s also a challenge to put this widely-recognized theory into practice. Webjam Solution for capturing and exchanging insights from observations and experiences empower charities to interact with their audience directly across different projects and geographic locations.