World Wide Web – Ian Truscott

Is the C in CXM actually Credibility?

January 19, 2012January 19, 2012Observations, The Engagement TierCEO, Credibility, Customer engagement, enterprise software;, Facebook;, Popular culture, Twitter;, World Wide Web

I don’t often talk directly about my day to day work here on this blog, but I’ve just come back from a management team meeting and as we discussed our messaging and our own customer

The cool web kids are social, is your CMS ready to hang with them?

December 5, 2011December 5, 2011Content Management, Gilbane, ObservationsBoston, broader social media, Computing, Content Management, Content Management Systems;, cool web kids, Digital media, Gilbane, Massachusetts, Scott Liewehr, Social Web, speaker, tried and tested web content strategies, United States;, Vignette Corporation, web content;, website, World Wide Web

This week I had the pleasure of returning to an old haunt as I was asked to present at Gilbane Boston. I say ‘old haunt’ as I was actually completely blindsided by the fact it

That Great Blog You Used to Write

December 3, 2011December 3, 2011Observationsanalyst, Cloud Computing Journal, Content Management, Facebook Inc, Facebook;, New York, Online social networking, Real-time web, Robert Rose, Scott Liewehr, Social Media, social media engagement, the Cloud Computing Journal, Twitter;, World Wide Web

This week I was at Gilbane Boston and as I gorged on the bountiful smorgasbord of ‘key takeaways’, inspirational quotes and great conversation at this CMS industry love-in – I was disarmed by possibly the quote

Is your Audience Through the Social Media Keyhole?

October 2, 2011October 2, 2011ObservationsAOL, community tools, Computing, Content Management, content systems, early adopters social web, Facebook;, Geoffrey Moore, Google Inc., Google;, Internet, internet adoption, internet users, online activity, Online social networking, Social information processing, Social Media, Social Web, Technology_Internet, Twitter;, Web 2.0, World Wide Web

According to the latest Social Media Report by Neilsen (respected monitoring/research company) Americans are now spending more time on Facebook than they are on any other website. American internet users spent 53.5 billion minutes on

Back to School – Inspiration from Dreamforce

September 7, 2011September 7, 2011ObservationsCocoa Cola CTO, Employee engagement, Employment, Facebook;, Microsoft;, Online social networking, Social information processing, Social Media, social networks;, Twitter;, Web 2.0, web audience, World Wide Web

I admit, I have been neglecting this blog over the summer. It’s a combination of time spent writing elsewhere, a busy work schedule and a social media writers block as I figure out what I

They don’t know your name..just your number..

April 25, 2011April 25, 2011Observations, The Engagement Tieranalyst, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Facebook;, Klout, Online social networking, Real Story Group, Real-time web, Salesforce.com, Seth Godin;, Social Media, social media monitoring, social media monitoring block, Social Web, Tony Byrne;, Tweetdeck, Twitter;, Web 2.0, World Wide Web

Over the last few weeks I’ve been thinking about the news that Klout and Radian6 are working together having seen my friend @Robert_Rose tweet about it and I seem to have an obscure English 80’s

The Answer to Every Web Content Publishing Problem Is a Bicycle?

January 12, 2011January 12, 2011Content Management, Observationsanalyst, Blog software, car analogy, Computing, Content Management Systems;, Drupal, Jon Marks;, Twitter;, Web development, web experience, web presence, WordPress, World Wide Web

A couple of things have inspired this post, firstly Quora’s insistence that the answer to every CMS question is Drupal, (actually more correctly the communities answer to every question) and a chance encounter of a fellow

Who Will Buy This Web Engagement?

December 23, 2010December 23, 2010Content Management, Gilbane, Observations, The Engagement TierBlog software, Computing, Content Management, Content Management Systems;, Digital media, Social Media, Web Content Management;, web content;, Web Engagement, web engagement management strategy, WordPress, World Wide Web

As the holidays approach, my SKY+ hard disk (PVR/Tivo thing) is brimming with movies ready for the onset of quality time with my young family. Perhaps our viewing pleasure as I recuperated from what I

On Shanty Towns, Bulldozers, Cats and Website Consolidation…

September 21, 2010September 21, 2010Content Management, GilbaneComputing, Content Management, Digital media, Google;, Scott Liewehr, United Kingdom;, United States;, web content;, Websites, World Wide Web

This blog post is inspired by an excellent conversation I had with my colleague Scott Liewehr a few days ago, about the challenges of managing multiple sites – that ended with the comment “that sounds

Onboard the Board at CMPros!

March 11, 2010March 11, 2010CMProsCMS, Community websites, Content Management, LinkedIn, Lisa Welchman, Online social networking, Scott Liewehr, Social Media, social media revolution, World Wide Web

Last week I was proud to be voted onto the board at CM Pros, to join a pretty new board under the presidency of Scott Liewehr to take this respected community of practice organisation forward.

On Strategy, Twinterviews and Haiku

February 15, 2010February 15, 2010Observations, Social MediaAlterian;, Content Management Systems;, Content Manager, Google;, Groundswell, Haiku, Here Comes Everybody, Immediacy, Irina Guseva;, James Hoskins, Jeremiah Owyang;, Jon Marks;, Philippe Parker, representative, Social Media, social media marketer, Social Web, Twitter;, Web CMS Brands, World Wide Web

I think we can safely say that the last two week have been quite lively for Alterian Content Manager, as after an incubation with partners, customers and analysts we took our product strategy and roadmap