Certainly, your small business is rocking it on Twitter and Facebook. With a huge following and thousands of shares and likes, one might expect company to be flourishing. What (usually) many may not know, however, is that it takes a village — or in this case, collaboration, to take a company to the next level. By leveraging not merely social media outlets, but also cloud communication, mobile and creating an echo-system which aligns its company goals, learn how small to large businesses are going from simply "like" to lead utilizing social business methodologies in below visual, which comes in courtesy of IBM and HuffingtonPost.
Some key takeaways:
Social technology reduces time employees spend researching by 35 percent and increases efficiency by 30 percent.
Companies with People-focused motto generated 26 percent more revenue per employee.
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| From liking to leading: Social business beyond social media - infographic |
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