Honestly, your comment is worthy of a great blog post in itself, so if you are not currently blogging or tweeting, would encourage you to do so since you have something great to share.

Thanks again,

Harish Kotadia, Ph.D.

Honestly, your comment is worthy of a great blog post in itself, so if you are not currently blogging or tweeting, would encourage you to do so since you have something great to share.

Thanks again,

Harish Kotadia, Ph.D.

I completely agree with you that you need to first have a solid strategy before you venture on using Social Media channels. In fact, if you see my definition of Social CRM, it states: “Social CRM is the business strategy of engaging customers through Social Media with goal of building trust and brand loyalty” (for more see this: http://hkotadia.com/archives/1648 )

Social Media provides tools to reach your goal of building trust and loyalty with your customers. And you need to have a strategy (plan) to reach your goal, else will be lost – not knowing where you are going and why.

Hope this helps, thanks again for your comment.

Harish Kotadia, Ph.D.

I completely agree with you that you need to first have a solid strategy before you venture on using Social Media channels. In fact, if you see my definition of Social CRM, it states: “Social CRM is the business strategy of engaging customers through Social Media with goal of building trust and brand loyalty” (for more see this: http://hkotadia.com/archives/1648 )

Social Media provides tools to reach your goal of building trust and loyalty with your customers. And you need to have a strategy (plan) to reach your goal, else will be lost – not knowing where you are going and why.

Hope this helps, thanks again for your comment.

Harish Kotadia, Ph.D.

The following are my version on KM definition :

1. Contextually – driven KM Definition : Knowledge Management (KM) essentially is not management technique but behaving more as an access mechanisms that can be used across any management tool type such as Total Quality Management, Learning Organization, Benchmarking, Process Classification Framework, Business Process Reengineering, Balanced Scorecard, Business Intelligence including Social Media platforms etc. wherein each with their specific functions to be orchestrated under KM’s consciousness. So, here we put KM in incredibly broad meaning as subject with higher level than any other management tool type which is treated only as object ( http://www.scribd.com/doc/28696847/How-to-re-po…… and http://mobeeknowledge.ning.com/forum/topics/why… ) From eastern concept, Knowledge with broad meaning also known as Noor or “Light”

2. Content based – driven KM Definition : KM described as “Human Enlightenment Process-based KM Definition” through the link http://mobeeknowledge.ning.com/forum/topics/hum… and http://www.knowledge-management-online.com/huma…… in which KM defined as follow :
1. KM is the staging of Human Enlightenment Process
2. The process is to managing the transformation of Information content as object into Knowledge and beyond as subject (KW concept noted as narrow meaning)
3. The goals are towards Learning, Growth and Innovation
4. The management should leveraged by KM Standards, KM Tools and KM Process Frameworks

Epistemologically, my version on KM definition above mentioned derived from our paradigm on Knowledge, which is postulated as the analogy with Human System Biology (HSB) applied to KM model called as HSB-based KM (visit our K-Base http://delicious.com/mobeeknowledge/humansystem… (24 articles) and take attention especially to http://mobeeknowledge.ning.com/forum/topics/the… ) and fundamentally rooted from our DI – KW model in which DI separated from KW, not in DIKW as a continuum considering that Knowledge is human knowing tools achieved as inborn as well as acquired (visit our Knowledge-Base on DI – KW Model http://delicious.com/mobeeknowledge/di-kwmodel – 12 articles)

So, from this standpoint, especially from the version of contextually-driven KM definition, I certainly agree that KM is critical in Social CRM assuming that Social CRM is a management tool type that very depended upon KM as the organizational consciousness entity where interaction of human social behaviors taken place

That is why social media are always an extra, never a replacement for your knowledge and information strategies !

That is why social media are always an extra, never a replacement for your knowledge and information strategies !

That is why social media are always an extra, never a replacement for your knowledge and information strategies !

That is why social media are always an extra, never a replacement for your knowledge and information strategies !

That is why social media are always an extra, never a replacement for your knowledge and information strategies !

That is why social media are always an extra, never a replacement for your knowledge and information strategies !