PUBLIC MARKS from phdunay with tags "web 2.0" & blogging

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the World Innovation Forum by the HSM Group. Participants at the World Innovation Forum came away with new understanding of how businesses can pivot and become more innovative as well as plenty of insights about what the future holds. As a blogger, and member of the virtual media, I was delighted to hear that I was welcome to interview 2 of the guest (my top 2 picks) Malcolm Gladwell and Clayton Christensen.

Many marketers are contemplating adding some form of new media to their marketing toolkit this year. How will this fit into their business? How to get started? How to get past the internal legal hurdles? All excellent questions. But when marketers are asked to define ROI for their blog, it's the one question that really throws them over the edge.

Jack Welch is arguably the most talked about and widely emulated manager in business history. He's used his uncanny instincts and unique leadership strategies to run GE, the most complex organization in the world, increasing its market value by more than $400 billion over two decades.

fast-forward 7 years, and throw in Web 2.0 tools like blogging, podcasting, videocasting community sites and user-generated content. The result: a recipe that can actually help accelerate both the Tipping Point and the return on your marketing investments! Here are a few ways to think about it …