The Future of Sharing: The Full Report from Beyond

We unveiled the first edition of the Future of Sharing with you this past February during Social Media Week, including a sample of our initial findings. Now, for the first time, the complete whitepaper is available for download! This study … Continue reading


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The Value of Organic Insights

We believe that there is a large amount of value that can be unlocked from this data in terms of understanding motivations, trends, and behavior of the people that matter most to brands – their customers and prospects. Continue reading


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10 Steps To Becoming a Successful B2B Brand Publisher

It was back in 2005 when Tom Foremski first started talking about the idea of Every Company is a Media Company (EC=MC). Six years on there are some great examples of consumer brands becoming publishers, such as Nowness from Louis Vuitton, … Continue reading


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Why I Won’t Repin Your Blog Post on Pinterest

What Social Media Writers Can Learn from Craft Bloggers   A funny thing happens as you begin to get attached to a new social platform– you become mighty persnickety about how other people are using it. Lovers of crafts, recipes, … Continue reading


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Helping Tell Facebook’s Sustainability Story

Today we are proud to unveil a new website for Facebook that brings to life their deep commitment to sustainability: http://newsroom.fb.com/sustainability.aspx#. Beyond worked with Facebook to develop this visual story by addressing this project from a few different angles. First, … Continue reading


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Share Google Apps

We launched a new project for Google last month, Share Google Apps. The microsite was designed and developed as a vehicle to enable current Google Apps for Business customers to encourage other businesses to make the switch. Continue reading


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Pharma and Social Media: Challenges and Rewards

Amid a quickly-changing social media landscape and a lack of guidance from the FDA, it can be tricky for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies to develop a social media marketing and engagement strategy that is both engaging and in line with marketing regulations. However, although pharmaceutical brands need to invest additional time and effort into building an effective and compliant social media program, the rewards to be gained from social media engagement far outweigh the costs. Continue reading


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Beyond Reveals the “Future of Sharing” at Social Media Week San Francisco, London and New York

In November of 2011, we conducted a research study to better understand the modern social consumer, which we called the “Science of Sharing.” In essence, we wanted to use data to reveal exactly how social channels influence the way consumers … Continue reading


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Experience Mapping at Beyond: Users’ Perceptions of Current and Future Sharing

In addition to collecting survey data on consumers’ behaviors on social media sites, Beyond also conducted an experience mapping project. We invited local Bay Area participants to our offices in early February 2012 to tell us how they use social … Continue reading


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Industry Thought Leaders Weigh in on the “Future of Sharing” as Social Media Week Kicks Into High Gear

At Social Media Week around the globe, Beyond is releasing the findings of a new study called the “Future of Sharing.” We surveyed 2059 consumers about their attitudes towards some of the emerging sharing trends to better understand what the … Continue reading


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