Making businesses stronger through
B2B online communities and professional networks

Leader Networks is a strategic research and consulting firm that specializes in helping clients harness the power of new digital rules and tools to drive measurable business benefits from social media and social leadership. We work with companies to create the strategy for online communities and professional networks, create rewarding business models, and shape the operational best practice and user engagement to help companies launch and grow a business focused online community or professional network.

With Leader Networks, clients get:

• Focus on professionals: We work with companies who need a professional community or Web 2.0 features incorporated into a business-to-business site. We help our clients reach professionals, executives, business buyers, and decision makers in their industries.
• Proven expertise: We've been around the block. And we combine a keen understanding of what makes executives and leaders tick with expertise in the newest digital tools. Vanessa DiMauro, CEO of Leader Networks, is a pioneer in community building and an expert on executive decision-making in online environments.
• Business-driven results: Where do you want to end up? That's where we start. Every engagement begins with a hard look at our clients' business objectives. We follow a process and methodology for building online communities and professional networks that support clients' business goals and generate measurable business value. Our deep experience with business strategy underpins everything we do.

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Just in ....

The New Symbiosis of Professional Networks Report > Vanessa DiMauro and Don Bulmer, SAP have published an extensive report on decision-makers use of social media at work.  Results from a survey and interviews with leading executives are included in the report.

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Legal Marketing in a Web 2.0 World >

Vanessa DiMauro and co-author Steven Seekler offer 21 tips for lawyers who want to use social media for generating business and supporting their thought leadership roles.

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Networking Your Way To The Boardroom>

Vanessa DiMauro is quoted in The Glass Hammer on how executive women can use professional networking to advance their position.

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Leader Networks Essential Reading
Patricia Seybold Group White Paper: What are the best practices for building professional peer communities? This in-depth white paper, based on an interview with Leader Networks' President Vanessa DiMauro, provides valuable insight, real-world examples, and expert advice.
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