Curated Stories Mar. 23,2010

On the campus of Penn State University, a rivalry between a rogue campus blog and the official newspaper has become a fascinating mirror of the strife between old and new media. In only a matter of months, th…

While some wonder whether social media will mean the end of email, the research suggests otherwise. According to MarketingSherpa’s 2010 Email …

I was chatting with a software entrepreneur today who confided, “Honestly, I hate running the business. It is such a hassle!”
I’ve had days like that. I despise the feeling of re-inventing the wheel….

This would not make my teeth feel clean.

[via @nickbilton]

Which folklore and fictional characters we as parents must wholeheartedly continue to let our kids know exist?

The next market Apple should set its sights on is the $31 billion television set market, writes Gene Munster and his team at Piper Jaffray in a note for clients today.
As televisions become fully connected devi…

‘Companies have no choice but to pay attention,’ says Brian Solis
Brian Solis’s new book, Engage: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success i…

Not too long ago, spam on Twitter was quickly becoming a serious issue that made searching for any popular topic on the service’s own search engine almost pointless. Spammers would regularly hijack popular term…

In Science Blogs today, report of a study by human behavior researchers Chen-Bo Zhong and Sanford DeVoe which suggests that exposure to fast food logos and environments alters our behavior in ways not directly…

In light of the fact several U.S. (and other) federal agencies are using Facebook/ social media sites to lure and track suspects or known criminals, we wanted to give a sampling of some of the ways that, in the…

This series is supported by Wix.com, an online design tool that enables you to create your own Flash websites, social network layouts, and more, for free. Learn more about Wix here.Good design is a critical pa…

The 1% Rule and How to Make It Work for You
Advertising Age, March 23, 2010 — These days everyone seems to have advice about how to run your social media marketing program. There are so many tips floating…

Social media monitoring is the practice of monitoring social media for topics and mentions that are of interest to your company or brand. Social media monitoring is generally discussed with in the context of on…

by Josh Bernoff

Our new book (at publisher now, due in September) will be called:

Empowered: Unleash your employees, energize your customers, and transform your business

The reason we changed the title is to…

Forget AdWords. You may get the most bang for your advertising buck on Facebook, not Google, according to a recent study.
Earlier this month the social networking site topped Google to win the title of most vis…

“Which social network is best for business?” When I was asked this question last week, I was stumped. Not because a plethora of possibilities rushed to mind, but because this is the wrong question for a bus…

It’s not a hidden secret that link building is an essential part of SEO, but how you go about building links can make a huge difference in your organic visibility. Having your company buy into the fact that…

One of the newest features inside the SEJ tools is its backlink explorer.
Backlink Explorer allows you to enter any domain or URL to get an advanced look at its backlinks.
The tool is built in collaboration…

I just finished William Poundstone’s Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It), a popular book on the history and present state of the art in analyzing how people arrive at prices (P…

When you were in school, did you ever struggle to grasp a concept, idea, or even a math problem until the right person or teacher put it just the right way?
I was always good at math until I hi…

Natasha Murashev is the author of Psychblog.com, a digital magazine focused on applied psychology.
Twenty-five year old UK citizen Camille Mathurasingh never suspected that joining Facebook would be her fatal m…

Note: An earlier version of this post was originally published on OPEN Forum.
Read the rest of this story »See Also:Tiger, Take Note: 10 Celebrities Who Came Back From Total PR Ruin To Kick Ass AgainTake Char…

As I’m sure you recall we’ve been conducting a survey called: “Leading in an age of unbounded data.” Last week we shared some of the initial results with nGenera Insight members. We’ve already seen so…

Imagine an America in which everyone has an internet connection, a device to use it, and a printer.
Ruth Goldway, the chairman of the U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission, imagined such a world when the head of t…

Twitter is a great tool for people and business but many still use it wrong or just have no clue what’s going on. Some of these people are mis-informed and some know their bad practices but just don’t care….

As part of our ongoing series in conjunction with Tableau Software and TweetStats, we’ve been looking at some of Twitter’s most influential users. What it means to be a “top” user on Twitter has changed a lot s…

If you’ve read the Federal Trade Commission’s new 81-page Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, you might think the FTC is a really nice bunch of guys trying to do the…

At Facebook’s developer conference (f8) next month, the company is expected to announce a number of services that continue the opening of the platform as well as expanding access to disconnected user data. S…

Like this post outlining the down-side to #SEO – http://bit.ly/bFDKNM (via @boagworld)

One of the smartest ways agencies can make money – value-based compensation – http://bit.ly/aJdR66 (via @adage @gteehan)

In an effort to please his dad, a teenaged boy pulled a prank that created a literary furor.

The health care reform bill, a landmark $940 billion decision, was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night. This extends health insurance coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans, preventing co…

Rick Newman submits:In Washington, everybody knows about unintended consequences: the outcomes you fail to anticipate when you change the way something works. But there’s another phenomenon that works somewhat…

Who should “control” social media within a company is anything but cut and dry. It’s like asking, “What department delivers the greatest value.” The answer apparently depends upon whom y…..

I have had an iPhone now for a couple of years. This is one gadget I have not grown tired of. I still love it. It is really an engineering marvel.

The App Store makes the phone almost infinitely extensible. It…

Clorox needed to increase the scale and quality of their innovation resources. It had a small research and development force but needed to frequently offer new, high-performing products across…

Among the more thought provoking presentations at IPRRC 2010 was a study by Dr. Tom Watson and Dr. Chindu Sreedharan from Bournemouth University. Commissioned by the IPR, the study surveyed international sen…

11 valuable techniques to influence user behavior – http://bit.ly/dbqXtd (via @danlockton)

By MERRILL GOOZNER I watched C-Span through the entire voting process on Sunday night. Socialism? Tyranny? The Republican hyperbole was unhinged from reality. Democratic claims that the health care reform marke…

After people have bought your product or service, you’re still on the hook to provide good content. In this phase of the buyer’s decision journey, there are many more opportunities to build upon the purc…

Remember in high school, when someone would throw a party when their parents were out of town? At first, you knew everyone at the party. They were all friends of the host, nervously alternating between drinking…

The following series is pulled from a presentation I gave to a group of beauty bloggers hosted by L’Oreal in New York. Most of the presentation is geared toward how to make a blog more search engine and user-…

Editor’s Note: Today’s blog post comes from Yolander Prinzel, one of the freelancers we profiled in our new book. The recently passed healthcare legislation in the U.S. will likely change (…

Does your company have a communications plan for when it gets hit by a crisis?
Chances are, you don’t. Time and time again I’ve seen organizations plow ahead with communications programs th…

Sixteen social media startups presented at the DEMO conference in Palm Desert today. Do any of them stand a chance at becoming the next Facebook or Twitter? …

Every company is getting into blogging it seems but somany people seem to be struggling with it What would you guess the biggest problem is?
Not enough content?
Not enough budget and/or resources?
Poor w…

In a conference call with Texas progressive bloggers this week, Senator Kirk Watson (D-Austin) spread out the cards of his Monopoly Buster social media …

While web users do scroll below the fold on websites, the portion of space ‘above the fold’ still remains the most valuable, with 80% of users’ time on sites spent in this area.
This is the verdict of Jakob N…

There’s no shortage of information telling online marketers what they should be doing. After all, everyone wants to be at the top of their game and best practice stuff really helps – but I rarely ever see a…

The concept of social media is spreading like wildfire. MySpace is holding steady, Twitter is the media darling, and Facebook is well, the face of social …

We’re working on some new stuff which involves designing a screen for managing users. It’s a bit of an RD project at this point, but it’s not that far away from being real.

We designed the UI and we li…

Macala Wright Lee is the CEO of FashionablyMarketing.Me a digital marketing and merchandising firm that specializes in fashion, luxury and beauty brands in Southern California. You can follower her on Twitter…

Mistakes happen. Websites break, typos get printed and stores run out of sale items. And with more and more people using social media to talk about their experiences with brands, you better be prepared to hear…

By Susan Burke According to a March 17, 2010, New York Times article, The Body Shop, a pioneer in corporate social responsibility, has taken up a new cause—sex trafficking. Over 1.2 million children become vi…

Lovely animation created using CSS3 transforms and transitions. Works fine in MobileSafari, too. (Via WebKitBits.)

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Apple’s retail strategy is paying off for the company. As it continues to open new stores around the world, its share of the PC market grows.
In a research report on Apple’s prospects at conquerin…

A guide to survival if you are forced to participate.

We are not all born to write, so why are so many more of us born to blog? And why exactly are so many companies expecting their executiv…