Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Timely Free White Paper comparing mobile subscribers and social networking users from Nick Holland of API Research http://ping.fm/QUwfZ

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

White Paper "Appographics (TM): A New Way To Segment & Target Social Media Audiences" from Social Media Networks http://ping.fm/PFhu3

Saturday, July 26, 2008

An overview of @dannysullivan's initial findings on using the Google Knol to gain page rank in organic searches http://ping.fm/daoKm

Friday, July 25, 2008

I need your opinion on this royalty free music collection that Ginny Culp has assembled for me. http://ping.fm/nDSIh
Busy sending out items from my 61st Birthday Bonanza. Fantastic Feedback from recipients http://ping.fm/v180D

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Reading newest 20 Open Source programs uncovered by @LisaPreston on @tonyblakelive Forum mining for some nuggets: http://ping.fm/SQsSr
Twitter's recent "twiticide" prompted sharing this video http://ping.fm/B51YZ I remain a strong advocate of social marketing done right

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Wondering... are you neglecting 30% of your potential market that uses search engines? Don't forget the META Tags http://tinyurl.com/6oaak4

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

How many of these 100 web celebrities do you know? How many are your "friends"? http://ping.fm/IXo3j

PalTalk to Merge Radio and Video

PalTalk (http://www.paltalk.com/) has announced a plan to merge radio and video web 2.0 style online. Read the details from Red Herring here

The Darkhorse Candidate for the U.S. Presidency 2008

The following news story just broke on Channel 3 News!

Monday, July 21, 2008

10 Social Media Strategies from Jon Burg

10 tactics and tips to keep in mind when approaching a social media marketing strategy from Jon Burg. Read details of each of the 10 points here now.

Video Showing Social Marketing Gone Wild

This is a fun video that will get your week off to a smile as you identify with the ways social marketing can go wrong! Click here to view video.

Critical to Stake Your Brand on Social Platforms

Info-Tech Research Group is reportin that it is extremely important that you claim your brand across a wide variety of social media platforms. Read excerpts here

Secret Advance Registration for School of Social Marketing

Secret advance notification list for School of Social Marketing now available in the upper right colum of this blog. Discover why all of the buzz!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

So...You Want to Become A Billionaire Online

Let's put things into perspective. Becoming a billionaire may not be all it's cracked up to be!

You need to put things into a proper perspective to determine for yourself the true value of the end results.



Keep the same thing in mind when someone if trumpeting the revenue generated with a product launch...ask them to share the net earned and not the gross!

The way things are depends upon where you are on this planet. Reality Check Here

2,400 eLearning Tools and Resources

2400+ eLearning tools to use with social media and other web activities. lists, lists, lists...here

Traditional Media Turns to Social Media

An example of how traditional media is using Twitter and social media to connect with their marketplace.

This is a case study demonstrating the way that a traditional media (a newspaper) is truning to Twitter and other social media to connect with their marketplace.

Read Here

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Harvard Business Video Interview with Gerald Zaltman

Interesting video interview of Gerald Zaltman from Harvard Business on the Harvard Busines Review Video Channel. If you combine Robert Cialdini's "Influence" with Zaltman's "Social Metaphoria" you can find a powerful synergy that will allow you to better understand your potential clients. View the video here

5 Branding Tactics for Twitter and Social Maketing

Great post from @andybeal listing 5 branding tactics for Twitter and social media platforms. These ARE essential! Read about Andy's 5 branding tactics here

100 Social Media Sites Passing Through Page Rank

Browsing through and older list of 100 Social Media sites passing through page rank. I encourage you to maximize your use of these 100+ Social Media sites that can boost your organic search results. Access the List by clicking here

Friday, July 18, 2008

Optimize Your Use of Social Media Through an Economy of Action

Insights by @chisgarrett about the demands & ROI of social media use if you don't practice an "economy of action." Discover ways to take control of your social media marketing efforts and maximize the return. Start by reading this warning here

Jakob Nielsen's Human-Computer Interface Musings

Reading material from the master of human-computer interaction, Jakob Nielsen's Website at useit.com great source for interviews, repots and his insights on web design, interfaces, portals and general HI.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Scuttle Plus and Boomarking Demon

This post links to a review by another in response to those who ask me about automated bookmarking tools and Scuttle scripts to build profitable Web 2.0 sites.
You can learn more about Bookmarking Demon here and read the rest of this "black hatter" review here.

Web 2.0 and PR 2.0 White Paper

Web 2.0 and PR 2.0 Definitive Guide & White Paper for Law Firms and legal marketers from Jaffe Associates. Your copy of the White Paper can be accessed here to download Web 2.0 and PR 2.0 Definitive Guide & White Paper
A MUST read from @problogger on overcoming your fears to help yourself and others. I have my own examples. http://ping.fm/1Zjgu
Cintech's resource for posting quality looking videos to YouTube. Discloses settings to use.

http://ping.fm/er6dI

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Just read an interesting article sharing the Asian perspective on role of Web 2.0 in Social Marketing & Business. http://ping.fm/aITyZ
Just read that submissions are now open for the Web 2.0 Launchpad conference slated for San Francisco in November http://ping.fm/nGLIH
Just reading a UMASS-Dartmouth pdf shared by @leeodden showing increased social media importance to Fortune 500 http://ping.fm/BitW2
Just read Mark Solomon's article in DC Velocity discussing the career and professional uses of social networking http://ping.fm/1ilFh

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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Want to share a concise video tips sheet from Gary Anderson. http://ping.fm/ok8Zt Pay attention to the comment about the power of video
Looking at "Inbound Marketing Summit" Agenda Cambridge, MA. @SethGodin & David Meerman Scott Keynotes http://ping.fm/xqID0
Looking over agenda for "Inbound Marketing Summit" in Cambridge, MA 9/8/08. @SethGodin and David Meerman Scott Keynotes. http://ping.fm/xqID0
Thanks to @problogger & Mary Jaksch for posting a paint-by-numbers guide to publishing your own ebook http://ping.fm/OJtkJ

Monday, July 14, 2008

Previewing an excellent series of articles and videos from David Skul on Social Media and its applications http://ping.fm/X0JCu

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Poking around 5 online libraries that you should be aware of for online research tasks. http://ping.fm/EOxxW

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Thanks to @RobinGood for point out this convenient social platform to alert us to social and web startups. http://ping.fm/DJcZU

Friday, July 11, 2008

Just finished reading a thought provoking article by NYU, PhD Candidate, Alice Marwick Social Media must read http://ping.fm/3vTue
The Financial Times shares potential benefits of social media in the business and corporate workplace environment. http://ping.fm/Fv0Cw

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Great article from Paul Gillin (@pgillin) discussing the ways that businesses are internally using social media http://ping.fm/LzGSu
Great retrospective on the way that the future of media was projected in 2006 http://ping.fm/QIZSY and 2007 http://ping.fm/Imlis
Web 2.0 Framework is represented in this pdf from the Future Exploration Network http://ping.fm/l5xpb
Reading the just released Future of Media 2008 Report that you can download in advance of the Conference. PDF http://ping.fm/RhvF8
Looking over an interesting list of Australia's top 100 Web 2.0 and Social Media sites compiled by Ross Dawson http://ping.fm/EZXfT
I wish Fred Cavazza would post more in the English language. See why here if you are interested in Social Media http://ping.fm/yNZDt

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Taking a look at a free video sharing script that shows promise. Click Bucket Demo available here: http://ping.fm/AEp85
Currently reading items on Government Technology and the Media Communities. Worth a look periodically! http://ping.fm/QdhIr
Robert Coen's new presentation on global advertising expenditures as another Magna Insider's Report. pdf format. http://ping.fm/848cZ
New emerging media forecast from Brian Wiesner of Magna Insights. 46 page pdf presentaton just released. Access: http://ping.fm/jcWqv
Insightful article exploring structure of portable social networks and the common building blocks for interaction http://ping.fm/nx2Rm

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

12 tips for creating content on social media sites and defense of registering on all social media platforms. http://ping.fm/68tkt

Monday, July 7, 2008

Peter Francese, founder of American Demographics magazine, identifies the nature of the changing American consumer http://ping.fm/IaqeD

Sunday, July 6, 2008

2008 SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards 41 Categories with 174 Web 2.0 sites mentioned. 2006 & 2007 winners also available http://ping.fm/0jKHA
Visualizing Social Networks discusses the history and implications of be able to visualize social networks.

http://ping.fm/ZCrko
The Art and Science of Dynamic Network Visualization article from the Journal of Social Structure. http://ping.fm/AbL2F
SoNIA is a Social Network Image Animator for visualizing dynamic or longitudinal "network" data.

http://ping.fm/LignR
100 Web Tools that are designed for those with different learning styles. Another one from College at Home. http://ping.fm/3UhfW
50 things that you can do with Google Charts API http://ping.fm/qIkLc
50 things that you can do with Google Chart's API
College at Home list of 100 Web 2.0 Resources for Libraries to discover webinars and online tutorials. http://ping.fm/qyG3I
College at Home's Ultimate Guide to the use of Twitter for Librarians and Libraries. http://ping.fm/nWT0v
3rd in College at Home's lists with 100 online sources for tutorials and webinars. http://ping.fm/CKop5
College at Home's list of 57 Google tools and 3rd party Google tools you may or may not know. http://ping.fm/SVjTL
College at Home provides a list of 100 niche search engines that you may find of use. http://ping.fm/5LVex
Tool allows you to listen to favorite blogs or let others listen to your blog posts on their ipods and iphones. http://ping.fm/eqK9r
Media Wombat provides a powerful flash and multimedia content search engine to find the content Google can't index. http://mediawombat.com/
Custom Guide: Learn on Demand has Free Quick Reference Charts for popular software. Single Sheet Guides. http://ping.fm/ekvH9
Harvard Sociologist N.A. Christakis studies the "social contagion" created by social network participants. http://ping.fm/jUufQ

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Government CIOs are discovering the power of Web 2.0 platforms to establish and demonstrate leadership

http://ping.fm/KDhCH

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Yahoo Design Tool Slashes Development Time

A great web design resource shared with me by MitchD and DathGuru Shred web development design time! Discover the power of this neglected Yahoo Resource by clicking here now to explore it more fully!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Include Multiple URLs in a Single Small URL

Tool to use with micro-blogs, mobile texting & general web use to convey a list of URLs in a single link. Example of LinkBun in action at this link: Click Here Now!