SAS Knowledge & Insight

"According to a recent study called State of Social Technology and Talent Management, commissioned by SilkRoad, 75 percent of leaders in human resources and talent management believe their companies are behind the curve regarding both internal and external social networking technology."

Social Bakers are now ranking Facebook brands and media by the number of their local fans. They are still accompanied by the number of their total fan base but now you can also see the volume of local fans Liking the Page in the selected country.

A rather different take on what you can do with corporate websites - a lot more coversational/magazine style, with social media a lot more central to the core of the site...

Interesting that they're currently encouraging people to vote on and discuss the effectiveness of their new anti-obesity ad campaign. They've also chosen to include two blog posts on job searching using social media on the main page - suggests they believe this kind of content is among the most popular with users.

"Journalist's Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don't have to. Here are 10 of the studies about social and digital media they found most interesting in 2012."

David Jones from Havas Group says we're in the 'age of damage' where people can find out about any aspect of a business and have the potential to question, challenge or even harm its reputation

Infographic from McKinsey showing: The Customer decision journey Big data Multichannel Organising for the future

Interesting info-graphic displaying how people working in the marketing industry use social media vs normal users.

Interesting info-graphic displaying how people working in the marketing industry use social media vs. normal users.

"Exhibit 2: In China, demand for high-skill labor will probably grow faster than supply over the next decade. Exhibit 3: India may soon have too few workers with a secondary education and too few jobs for low-skill workers."

Neat little tweet projection some friends of mine set up this year. Could be interesting as an campus display for some of our clients. 

Even bloggers need to think about traffic

"Managers should realize that satisfied,  motivated, and committed front-line  employees constitute a powerful  engine for the delivery of service  quality and customer satisfaction."