- The Future Newsroom: Lean, Open, and Social Media-Savvy
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Mashable!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…
- What social media can teach us about email marketing
Published: March 23, 2010Source: WebGuild RSS for Social MediaWhile some wonder whether social media will mean the end of email, the research suggests otherwise. According to MarketingSherpa’s 2010 Email …
- Beware of C.R.A.P.
Published: March 23, 2010Source: PR-SquaredI 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…. - Bacon-flavored toothpicks
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Boing Boing
This would not make my teeth feel clean.
[via @nickbilton]
- A Wee Bit of Fairy Tale Realism?
Published: March 23, 2010Source: All articles at BlogcriticsWhich folklore and fictional characters we as parents must wholeheartedly continue to let our kids know exist?
- Apple Should Go After The Television Market Next (AAPL)
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Silicon Alley InsiderThe 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… - 5 questions for the author of ‘Engage’
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Socialmedia.biz‘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… - 13 ways of looking at an iPad
Published: March 23, 2010
- Twitter is Winning Its Fight Against Spammers
Published: March 23, 2010Source: ReadWriteWebNot 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…
- Study suggests fast food logos make us more hasty and impatient
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Boing BoingIn 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…
- 5 Facebook-Related Crime-Fighting Wins
Published: March 23, 2010Source: All FacebookIn 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…
- 10 Essential Design Tools for Social Media Pros
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Mashable!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…
- 10 Essential Rules for Brands in Social Media
Published: March 22, 2010Source: BackPocket from ProphetThe 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… - How To Use Social Media Monitoring Tools To Build Relationships And Links
Published: March 23, 2010Source: WebGuild RSS for Social MediaSocial 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…
- How to unleash empowered workers without creating chaos: The HERO Compact
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Groundswellby 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…
- Should You Advertise on Facebook?
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Inc.comForget 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… - Businesses and the Social Media Trap
Published: March 23, 2010Source: WebWorkerDaily“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…
- 10 Ways All Employees Can Contribute to Link Building
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Search Engine JournalIt’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…
- Explore Your Backlinks with SEJ Tools
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Search Engine JournalOne 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… - Priceless: how our unknowing irrationality confounds the price of everything
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Boing BoingI 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…
- Framing Is Everything
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Altitude BrandingWhen 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… - 5 Proven Techniques To Prevent Facebook Jealousy
Published: March 23, 2010Source: All FacebookNatasha 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… - 6 Ways To Get Press For Your Business Without Hiring A PR Firm
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Silicon Alley InsiderNote: 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… - With So Much Data, Why is Work Getting Harder?
Published: March 23, 2010Source: WikinomicsAs 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…
- Post-postal
Published: March 23, 2010Source: BuzzMachineImagine 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… - How to Get Ignored on Twitter
Published: March 23, 2010Source: TwiTipTwitter 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….
- More Twitter Analysis: Influencers Don’t Retweet
Published: March 23, 2010Source: ReadWriteWebAs 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…
- Why The New FTC Guidelines May Become Your Best Friend
Published: March 23, 2010Source: CopybloggerIf 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…
- Twitter Forces Facebook To Open Up Beyond “Friends”
Published: March 22, 2010Source: All FacebookAt 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)
Published: March 22, 2010Like 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…
Published: March 22, 2010One of the smartest ways agencies can make money – value-based compensation – http://bit.ly/aJdR66 (via @adage @gteehan)
- Book Review: The Boy Who Would Be Shakespeare by Doug Stewart
Published: March 22, 2010Source: All articles at BlogcriticsIn an effort to please his dad, a teenaged boy pulled a prank that created a literary furor.
- Find Health Care Reform Bill Info Online
Published: March 22, 2010Source: Search Engine JournalThe 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…
- Five Overblown Fears About Healthcare Reform
Published: March 22, 2010Source: SeekingAlpha.com: Home PageRick 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?
Published: March 22, 2010Source: Social Media Today
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…..
- My Current iPhone Apps
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Michael Hyatt’s BlogI 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…
- Andy’s Answers: How Clorox increased community engagement with gaming strategies
Published: March 23, 2010Source: SmartBlog On Social MediaClorox 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…
- We have seen the future, but we’re not sure who will lead it
Published: March 23, 2010Source: KDPaine's PR Measurement BlogAmong 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)
Published: March 23, 201011 valuable techniques to influence user behavior – http://bit.ly/dbqXtd (via @danlockton)
- The Reinvention of Social Progress
Published: March 23, 2010Source: The Health Care BlogBy 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…
- Content Strategy for the Post Purchase Phase
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Conversation AgentAfter 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…
- 5 Ways to Make Friends with Strangers on Your Blog
Published: March 23, 2010Remember 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…
- SEO 101 – Part 13: Everything You Need to Know About Links
Published: March 23, 2010Source: (EMP) E-Marketing PerformanceThe 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-…
- Real Health Insurance Solutions for Uninsurable Freelancers
Published: March 23, 2010Source: The Wealthy FreelancerEditor’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 (…
- Seven Reasons Your Company Needs To Prepare For Crises
Published: March 23, 2010Source: davefleet.comDoes 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… - DEMO: How to aim social startups at the next big thing
Published: March 22, 2010Source: WebGuild RSS for Social MediaSixteen 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? …
- Is your company built to blog?
Published: March 22, 2010Source: {grow}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… - Social Media and the Senator: How Turning Texas Blue Isn't Just a Game
Published: March 22, 2010Source: WebGuild RSS for Social MediaIn a conference call with Texas progressive bloggers this week, Senator Kirk Watson (D-Austin) spread out the cards of his Monopoly Buster social media …
- TV Viewership At Highest Point Ever. And Growing
Published: March 22, 2010Source: The Ad Contrarian
- Web users spend 80% of time above the fold: Nielsen
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Posts from the Econsultancy blogWhile 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… - Nine ways to #fail at digital marketing
Published: March 23, 2010Source: Posts from the Econsultancy blogThere’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…
- How Can Companies Use Email Marketing to Promote Their Social Networking Sites?
Published: March 22, 2010Source: WebGuild RSS for Social MediaThe 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 …
- Beware of “Imagine if…”
Published: March 22, 2010Source: Signal vs. NoiseWe’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…
- How the Fashion Industry Uses Location-Based Marketing
Published: March 22, 2010Source: Mashable!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…
- Sometimes, Good Marketing Means Making Fun of Yourself
Published: March 22, 2010Source: Alison DriscollMistakes 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…
- Socially Responsible Companies Can Make a Difference
Published: March 22, 2010Source: ANA Marketing MaestrosBy 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…
- Nominee for 404 Page of the Year
Published: March 22, 2010Source: Daring FireballLovely animation created using CSS3 transforms and transitions. Works fine in MobileSafari, too. (Via WebKitBits.)
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- CHART OF THE DAY: Apple’s Retail Strategy Is Paying Off (AAPL)
Published: March 22, 2010Source: Silicon Alley InsiderApple’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… - Five Things a Busy Executive Should Know About Social Media
Published: March 22, 2010Source: Social Media TodayA 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…



















