This document provides an overview of multi-channel customer engagement and trends in social media. It discusses how consumers are increasingly engaging with brands across multiple channels like mobile, social media, web and email. It also outlines key trends in the social media space like its growing global user base, how engagement occurs across various platforms, and the importance of listening to consumers. The document advocates that brands look at consumer behavior and engagement from the perspective of creating business value both in social media and with social media through objectives like improving the customer experience, generating insights, measuring performance and innovating with customers.