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Blog platforms are so good and versatile that educators have all of the resources we need to run a course management website without the need for proprietary software. Blogs do just about everything a course management software system can do and more. There are also several other benefits to do something like this with a mainstream blog platform.

In the telecommunications industry, interest is growing around the concept of Customer Life Cycle Management (CLM). This concept goes beyond traditional time-views of CRM and embodies the customer history as a real-time predictor, and also aims towards the long-neglected aspect of customer retention.

If you observe your business closely, in most of the cases you find, only 20 percent of invested input is responsible for 80 percent of the results obtained.

Sergio Ferreira is an Electricity & Energy Project Manager at the European Copper Institute (ECI), a non-profit organisation involved in the support and expansion of copper and copper alloys markets in Europe. An environmental engineer, he graduated in 2004 from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has worked in a lobbying organisation and in the European Commission, Directorate-General Energy & Transport on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, and his main area is ecodesign.   • Another is Hans De Keulenaer, who works with the European Copper Institute as a Programme Manager in Electricity & Energy. He has a Master's degree in electrical engineering and an MBA from the University of Louvain in Belgium. With more than 20 years' experience in running pan-European and global marketing campaigns for companies and international organisations in the industrial sector, he is currently working on sustainable energy systems, concentrating on the quality of supply, smart and age-adaptive building installations, energy regulation, and the use of novel Web-based technologies for B2B marketing.

If you want more sales, you need to focus attention on and measure the things that result in more sales – number of calls, new contacts, meetings, presentations, trials, financial qualifications, etc. 

Many preference centers are great ideas that are poorly executed -- not because the registration page isn't functional or the users can't update their profiles, but because of  mismatched expectations.  When many marketers are still grappling with permission management practices (opt-in vs. opt-out), why add another layer of consumer management to the problem? 

While there are many ways to set-up and manage online events, here’s what’s working well for us in our webinar programme: Weekly events at a fixed time slot (identified through a user survey). Limit events to one hour (timeslot identified through user feedback). A few minutes introduction, followed by a main presentation of 30-40 minutes and 15-20 minutes of questions. Strictly time manage the event (punctual start, completion on time). Beware of time zones - we usually have participants across 10 to 15 timezones. Limit sound to host and speakers. Participants can chat only (handling 100 sound cards & microphones online does not provide a good webinar experience). A chat pod allows participants to introduce themselves at the start of the event. A second chat pod allows users to submit questions. Questions are addresses one at a time at the end of the presentation - never during the presentation. Before the event, speakers are briefed on the use of the Adobe system and a protocol for the event is agreed. After the event, we circulate slides, the link to a recording, an answer to a question not address. There are so many ways to keep users engaged, and gradually build a vertical community around the topic of the webinar.

Brightcove enables you to upload and manage your media library with professional web-based tools. Our media management tools are easy to use and integrated seamlessly with the rest of our publishing solutions.

Information workers today are drowning in content — email, newsletters, press releases, and spam — and the problem is getting worse. To deal with this tsunami, workers are turning to RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Although efficient for individual information workers, unmanaged, RSS can wreak havoc on enterprise IT. To prevent problems like bandwidth overload and security infractions, information and knowledge management professionals should implement enterprise RSS solutions. Enterprise RSS turbo-charges the benefits of unmanaged RSS adoption with internal content syndication, filtering, and collaboration. It also provides increased security and reduces IT requirements.

In the real world, managing your reputation should be paramount. Showing up on time, being helpful to colleagues, and taking the occasional shower increase the reputation points you can leverage in any number of ways, including career advancement. Many of us spend a lot of time, if not thought, on maintaining our good rep. If you have a virtual presence, chances are you have an online reputation, too. It’s probably codified in some form. On eBay, I have a 100 percent positive feedback from 46 dealmakers, and my reviews on several consumer sites are considered, in aggregate, “somewhat” useful.

that it takes courage and resolve to design and stick to a routine that suits you

Despite the modern obsession with physical presence at offices (also known as ‘presenteeism’), very few of the great worked long hours.

The days of the great contain a surprising variety of activities

The Charlie Rose show began a new series on the future of newspapers. The series focuses on how the web is and other new technologies have caused a great shift in the media landscape. Newspapers are struggling to adapt. Overall revenues have fallen three years in a row. These numbers could reach double digits this year. Many advertisers have fled print for the web. Joining him are Robert Thomson, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, Mort Zuckerman, owner and publisher of the New York Daily News and the editor in chief of U.S. News & World Report, and Walter Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute.

Perry shared many lessons learned, and chose to focus people’s attention on the pitfalls of PMs (in addition to their power). Implementation can take a long time. It’s a change management process. Asking the wrong questions can be a killer, but often the right questions emerge after trading begins. Poor incentive structures is the #1 killer, according to Perry. Don’t suppress the reputational incentives associated with PMs. Be explicit and transparent about how traders will be compensated.

Some websites are designed to be games. Most are not. But have you ever heard people, or found yourself addicted to Digg, YouTube, or Facebook? Have you ever wondered why? Well, it’s because they are games, at least partially! Officially, they are social networks, news aggregators, etc. and not designed as game sites like Second Life is. However, these sites contain all factors of a game. They are not only useful, but also entertaining. You can manage relationships with friends, gain recognition, and even set trends. This book will describe the view of websites as games in general, and then study Digg, YouTube and Facebook as specific case studies. It will show you what the goals of these websites are, how to play, and how to win. Applying the game perspective to more areas of the web, users may find other hidden games and can thus use those sites with greater efficiency. Web designers also can learn from this perspective and use the game design to achieve better results.

I manage to slowly integrated this concept of building a loyal group of subscribers on my RSS by allowing them to trust me in providing them with good quality post, some of my explosive post i written have already proven it's credibility in feeding only the best to my loyal subscribers and readers.