Andrea Nagel
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Viadeo launches SmartNews
Viadeo’s innovative news aggregation product, SmartNews, has just launched to all members on the site. It aims to bring really interesting information directly to the users’ dashboard with minimal effort. It also brings an intelligent and innovative new way to expand your network on Viadeo by finding other professionals who are interested in the same topics as yourself. French blogger Jean-Pierre Govekar interviewed Antoine Pic, senior product manager at Viadeo and the lead on SmartNews, to ask him some questions about […]
Where do I post photos and videos on Viadeo? In the forums!
You might have noticed that the Viadeo forums have been changing a lot lately. We’ve had a complete design overhaul (end 2010), small features added (like the new ‘interesting’ buttons for forum posts) and now we’re enormously excited to announce that we’ve launched rich media in forums. What is it? Now all members can post rich content in any Viadeo forum. For images and photos, you can upload up to 30 images in .png, .jpeg and .gif format in a […]
Introducing Social Ads
With around 58% of Viadeo members working in a small business, we know how important it is for our members on smaller budgets to be able to promote themselves and their businesses online at an affordable price. Equally, we know how hard it is to communicate with and engage hard to reach groups with an original and personalized approach. In Social Ads we believe we have the perfect product for small, dynamic companies on the lookout for innovative new ways […]
Vote for Dan Serfaty’s “Keys to Engagement” at Enterprise 2.0 in Boston
One of the largest and most highly regarded events of its kind, Enterprise 2.0 has opened the doors to it’s attendees to shape its agenda for this year’s conference. Viadeo’s entry to the Enterprise 2.0 Conference this year shows Viadeo CEO Dan Serfaty joining forces with SurveyMonkey’s Brent Chudoba to explore how corporations can fully realize the potential of social networks in the enterprise sphere. Today is the last day of public voting for the proposals that will successfully go […]
Robert Scoble’s top 4 predictions for 2011
Robert Scoble is the man who has more than 150,000 followers on Twitter; needless to say, being followed by @scobleizer is a boon to any tweeter. In the bloggers universe, he’s a well established and recognized expert in social media. Following the hectic networking sessions at LeWeb 2010, Viadeo’s Séverine Saint Hubert took a few minutes to ask him what his predictions are for 2011 and what advice he can offer from the books he’s recently prefaced and written, not […]
Viadeo interview with Foursquare founder, Dennis Crowley
Viadeo’s Richard Francis and Severine Saint Hubert caught up with the Foursquare founder, Dennis Crowley at LeWeb 2010. For answers to questions like “what are the stats like in France”, “are there any big partnerships coming up”, “are there any plans for Foursquare being used in the Enterprise space”, and “what’s the weirdest use of Foursquare you’ve seen?” just click play below.
The Pitch 2010 – takeaways from “Marketing, Advertising and PR on a shoestring”
The Pitch 2010 event on Tuesday was defined by the wealth of practical advice from professionals in industries relevant to the entrepreneurs in attendance. The discussion about publicity on a shoestring was certainly well received. Here are some takeaways from the session given by Paula Gardner, the founder of Do your own PR and Sokratis Papafloratos, one of the founders of TrustedPlaces and the current Head of the Social Products team at Yell. TALKING TO JOURNALISTS… The key is research and developing real […]
Viadeo now on Windows Phone 7
Launched today, the Windows Phone 7 joins iPhone, Android and Samsung Bada in having its very own Viadeo app. For Viadeo, this takes us one step closer to our objective of offering Viadeo members the opportunity to access their Viadeo network quickly and easily, whichever mobile platform they choose to use. The Viadeo WP7 interface offers intuitive navigation and a display specifically modelled on the windows operating system, enabling a better overall user experience. Antoine Pic, Product Manager at Viadeo, […]
The new Viadeo unveiled this week
After a hectic few weeks we’re delighted to present the new Viadeo user interface. With feedback from our members, we realised that one of the key issues facing the website was the complexity of navigation. Usability and ergonomics are at the core of the user experience, and the satisfaction of our members is at the core of our business, so solving this issue became a priority for us. And what does the new navigation bring? Read on… More for your […]
Is your company ready? (Social Media Influence 2010)
One of the main themes that emerged from last weeks Social Media Influence 2010 was the fundamental need for change in systems processes and culture to ready companies for new competition from younger organisations that are already adept at new and more agile ways of working. Both Dachis group’s Jeff Dachis and Headshift’s Lee Bryant stressed that companies that don’t adapt will be at a severe competitive disadvantage. Reading through the Dachis group website gives you a brief introduction to the new network structures and […]
