Links for December 5 2010

• Freetards: The Webmaster’s Guide to Freetard Culture by Aaron Wall SEO Book.com

  Quote: With the rise of social media there is a rise of consumers feeling empowered to threaten, extort, and slander businesses. The media goes so far as training consumers to do so! {Editors Note: WONDERFUL piece}

• Get Business Intelligence Ready for the Real-Time Web by Freddy Mini on GigaOm Tech News

  Quote: If you’ve been wondering why Enterprise 2.0 still hasn’t taken off like it should, maybe it’s because we’ve forgotten about business intelligence, which essentially hasn’t changed much since the ’90s. While the rest of the world has moved on, BI is still stuck in 1.0. The latest research shows that ‘mo apps, ‘mo problems for enterprises, unless they can fix their underlying business intelligence processes first (which also explains why BI adoption rates may actually be declining since last year).

• Raising the Bar by Michael Fauscette on Enterprise Irregulars

  Quote: The dynamics of community are changing expectations. Exposure to higher community standards has always tended to raise individual standards, offline or on. Today though, with the widespread use of social networks and proliferation of social media outlets the collective voice is loud and has a very long reach. The more empowered I become, the more empowered I become, it’s a cycle that has an upward slope over time

• Talk Isn’t Cheap by David Armano on Logic+Emotion

  Quote: Social media’s core innovation is directly related to unleashing and distribution of the opinions, thoughts, words, videos, recommendations etc. of both individuals and organizations alike.

• Commit To Your Core: 9 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Should Outsource by Scott Dinsmore on OnStartups

  Quote: The day of the founder doing everything is dead. No one is really a salesperson, marketer, graphic designer, developer and customer service rep. As an entrepreneur you may do all these things, but that doesn’t mean that’s the smartest way to run your business.

• Don’t Let the Package Distract You from the Message – Peter Bregman – Harvard Business Review

  Quote: We confuse the package with the message. We get so distracted by the awkward, sometimes inappropriate way in which someone is communicating that we miss what the person is communicating.

• People managers may be the biggest impediment for increased performance by Martin Proulx on Analytical-Mind

  Quote: Very few people would debate that it takes time to develop highly performing teams and once you have the team on the road to success, you wish to retain your employees. It is these high performing teams that are often the source of innovation within an organization. As long as the organization creates the right environment for people to generate new ideas.