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Welcome to The Altimeter Wiki!

This site supports the efforts of people in social and emerging technologies by collecting information, resources, case studies, and best practices on issues companies and people face with emerging technologies. It's published by Charlene Li, an independent thought leader on social and emerging technologies. Read and learn more at altimetergroup.com.

Social Media Resources - The Altimeter WikiList of Corporate Social Media Policies

This is a list of social media policies from companies. Use it as guidance as you develop your own social media policies.

Social Media Resources - The Altimeter WikiThe Social Media Agencies and Consultants Lists

These lists lay out some of the top social media agencies and consultants focused on helping companies create and implement a social strategy. Please note that inclusion in the lists should not be seen as a form of endorsement.

Social Media Agencies & Consultants - Charlene's ListsIndependent Consultants and Experts
These are independent experts, practitioners, and bloggers who offer consulting services to companies. The list includes independents from all geographic regions.

Social Media Agencies & Consultants - Charlene's ListsSocial Media Boutiques - US
The space is growing so quickly that there are now many social media-focused agencies. Many come from PR roots, but several are also focused on a holistic approach to social technologies. These companies were included here because it appears that their main focus is social media.

Social Media Agencies & Consultants - Charlene's ListsSocial Media Boutiques - Non-US
Similar to the list above, but segmented by geography.

Social Media Agencies & Consultants - Charlene's ListsPR Agencies
Public relations firms have been at the forefront of helping companies "talk" rather than shout to their customers.

Social Media Agencies & Consultants - Charlene's ListsInteractive Marketing & Search Agencies
These firms are primarily interactive marketing, search, and media agencies that have developed an expertise or practice in social media. They are established companies with long-standing relationships in the marketing space. Some of them approach social media from an interactive marketing perspective, others from a search marketing angle. Both US and non-US agencies are listed here.

Social Media Resources - The Altimeter WikiAdd Your Agency

If you would like to include yourself or your agency in these lists, please use this form to submit a listing. If you already have a listing but would like to add more detail, please send an email to list@altimetergroup.com or join the wiki and send a request to be upgraded as to become a Writer. More information on how to edit this wiki is below.

Social Media Resources - The Altimeter WikiProvide Testimonials And Feedback On The Providers

A key differentiator of this list is that it is more than just a static, one-time list. People who have had experiences with the agency or consultant -- both positive and negative -- are invited to participate in the threaded discussion below each agency/consultant listing.

And if you have suggestions on how to make this or any other list better, please send an email to list@altimetergroup.com or add it to the threaded discussion on this page.

Social Media Resources - The Altimeter WikiHow To Edit This Wiki

If you would like to contribute to this wiki, primarily to add detail to your agency/consultant page, please take the following steps:
  • Join the wiki. In the upper right hand corner, click on the "Join this site" link. Go through the registration process.
  • Request to become a Writer. Go back to the home page and you'll see a link on the upper left. Click on it and give a short explanation of why you want to edit the wiki.
  • You will be upgraded to become a Writer. Within a day or so, you'll get an email notifying that you'll be edit the wiki.
Please note that the five top-level pages have been locked, at least for now. This is partly because we're still figuring out the process, partly because the formatting is a bit tricky to edit. We didn't want the dialog on this page to dissolve into the definition of what is a social media agency -- at least, not yet. The hope is to eventually open that up for editing as well.


Social Media Agencies & Consultants - Charlene's ListsThank You's

Thanks goes to Robin Grant of We Are Social who shared his excellent list of agencies and jump started the whole process.

And a very, very special thank you to the Wetpaint team for their help in getting this site set up. Kevin Flaherty and especially Patty Lindley were instrumental. Their expertise and patience are very much appreciated!