To those who joined us in Seattle this week for SAS Global Forum or SGF Executive Conference, thank you! We had a wonderful time meeting you all during the few exciting and exhausting days we had together. And to those who missed being with us in person, we hope you
Pamela Meek, Anne Milley, Mark Chaves and Katie Paine My SAS world and my social media world collided today at SAS Global Forum in Seattle. We launched SAS Social Media Analytics, a product designed for, well, people like me who are trying to monitor and measure the value of social
I’m leaving tomorrow morning for SAS Global Forum, our annual user conference, held this year in Seattle. Last year was my first Global Forum. More than three thousand people came to learn more about SAS and to hang out with other like-minded souls. It’s quite an experience. I’ve heard it
A little less than two years ago on the sascom voices blog, I argued that even social media enthusiasts should be listening more to social media curmudgeons like Tom Davenport. Tom is best known in SAS circles for co-authoring the books Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and
Yesterday we posted 'Chris Brogan Offers Social Media Advice to Marketers', the second (of six) Chris Brogan videos taped when Chris was at our headquarters in Cary, NC. In this video, the third in this series, SAS' Deb Orton interviews Chris Brogan of New Marketing Labs. Chris discusses the big
Yesterday we posted 'Chris Brogan Provides Best Practices and Insights into Social Media', the third (of six) Chris Brogan videos taped when Chris was at our headquarters in Cary, NC. In this video, the fourth in this series, SAS' Deb Orton interviews Chris Brogan of New Marketing Labs. Chris discusses
We recently posted 'Chris Brogan Talks About His Book "Trust Agents" and Social Media', the first (of six) Chris Brogan videos taped when Chris was at our headquarters in Cary, NC. In this video, the second in this series, SAS' Deb Orton interviews Chris Brogan of New Marketing Labs. Chris
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend. If there’s truth in that quote, Aristotle would have to agree we’re lucky here at SAS, in that we have many friends, including outstanding customers and industry thought leaders, that we regularly interact with. I’d like to share one of these interactions
Facebook has just announced a major change, which should come as no surprise to anyone, since they seem to enjoy messing around with things. This time they're changing the process for becoming a fan of a business or person (or concept, or beverage or highway exit - there are lots
I started the social media manager job at SAS in January of 2009, and spent the first half of the year creating and communicating our social media policies (which we call our Guidelines and Recommendations, since they’re much more than just the dos and don’ts.) In the half year or
