Social Business Is Doomed and Other ZDnet Ridiculousness

Social Business Is Doomed and Other ZDnet Ridiculousness

Where to start? I suppose let’s track back to the source, a Cowen & Co. analyst named Peter Goldmacher had this to say recently about Salesforce.com in a research note:“Despite making a big splash around Social at its user conference in October, conversations with the CRM ecosystem around weak “Social” pipeline conversion, a lack of customer traction around Social Marketing and accelerating declines in sales productivity lead us to believe that Salesforce’s latest marketing gambit isn’t paying off.”Larry Dignan, editor in chief over at ZDnet, then writes a piece entitled “Is Salesforce pivoting from its social enterprise rap?” with the tagline

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  1. Amber Naslund

    108.0 days ago

    Our CEO, @techguerilla, takes the "social business is failing" media hype to task, and deservedly so. Read on. http://t.co/vmrccLAa

  2. Susan Scrupski

    108.0 days ago

    RT @techguerilla: Bit of a rant today: Social Business Is Doomed and Other @ZDnet Ridiculousness http://t.co/YdpgUxWF #socbiz

  3. Luis Suarez

    108.0 days ago

    Throughly enjoyed the counter point from @techguerilla on Social Business Is Doomed http://t.co/pgztdldQ #socbiz #ibmconnect

  4. chieftech

    108.0 days ago

    RT @techguerilla: Bit of a rant today against @zdnet & @dahowlett: Social Business Is Doomed http://t.co/YdpgUxWF #socbiz #ibmconnect



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