Submitted by Robdiana
from Google Reader:
It’s a scary world out there for any traditional advertising creatives who are still waiting for this whole “internet” craze to just go away. If you have been waiting for this whole “web 2.0/social media bubble” you keep hearing about to pop, and the world to return to the days when people left content creation and design (Read More)
: There are several books that will also help confused creatives. There are no excuses left for not being up to speed on where marketing is, and where it's heading.
* Groundswell, by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff * Naked Conversations, by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel * Radically Transparent, by Andy Beal and Dr. Judy Strauss
Mashable!
It is safe to say that anyone reading this probably has one or several accounts on any of the major social networking sites. The same can be said about our family and friends. All of these sites pretty much serve the same function. They allow us to post and share our innermost thoughts, share pictures, music, goofy applica (Read More)
: "I think it’s only fitting for us to live on in cyberspace when we perish from this earth. I certainly would not have an issue with my family members honoring me in such a way. I also realize that not every family is comfortable with such an open and public grieving process."
: I'd like to live forever in cyberspace, but to be realistic I don't suppose it will happen. It would be nice to come back in 500 years to see if I was still here, but seriously, if you look at the technological differences between now and 1500, the internet as we know it won't exist, but will be some archaic primitive system that is thought as being innovative for its day, but now hopelessly outdated.
Submitted by Robdiana
from Google Reader:
We are constantly selling.Whether a sole proprietor or a multi-employee company, small business owners are constantly selling themselves and their service/product. Most of the time the two go hand in hand.From traditional marketing to email marketing, there are a multitude of ways to go about marketing your products and ser (Read More)
Submitted by Imjustcreative:
Over here in Australia we’re not quite as progressive or savvy as many of our US and European counterparts. We’re not pitchfork wielding hicks (despite what the British say), yet we tend to lag a few years behind global best practice. Subsequently, when it comes to social media, many businesses are just beginning to wake up (Read More)
: Thanks for the feedback guys. It's interesting to hear your thoughts regarding the gap between Australia, the US & Europe. I haven't worked overseas, so can't comment from personal experience. But I do work for one of Australia's largest digital marketing agency's, so get constant exposure to the practices of some of the country's largest brands. The word underwhelmed comes to mind :)
: This is a great article. It gives a visual that makes it simple to understand the importance of social networking. I wish that this article was available, when I first started my business. Thanks Alice. Remember, we are thinking of you at www.thinkingofyouinc.com.
Submitted by Michaelfidler:
For those nuts out there like us that use just about every social website there is, the upcoming version 2 of Alert Thingy’s AIR desktop application may be just what you need. The current version of the service supports Twitter, Flickr and Friendfeed. But version 2, which will be released this month, adds support for Digg, (Read More)
Submitted by Robdiana
from Google Reader:
Lorraine Ball has an excellent post today talking about consistency in advertising, blogging, and social media. She talks about the similarities between social media and blogging compared to corporate advertising. She cites Mitch Joel when talking about the best practices in social media.1. “Repetition, repetition, repetit (Read More)
Submitted by Robdiana
from blog:
Image via CrunchBaseAs usual, Chris Brogan has a very good post regarding people in the real world and social media. The basic idea is that “normal” people live in a different world than the social media crowd:Sometimes, it’s worth flashing a bit of a public reminder that even though it seems like lots of us [.. (Read More)
: As many of us are trying every new social media toy, the security of FB is getting the mainstream involved in social networking. Thanks for a great post, Rob. I have been trying to put your concept into words for months.
: @joespake Thanks for the kind words. We are really just starting to see more application integration, so it will be interesting to see what people do.
MEDIAdeluge
With the increased popularity of sites like FriendFeed that aggregate content from across the web and then facilitate discussion around that content, there is growing concern voiced by bloggers that conversations initiated on blogs are being fragmented as they get distributed and republished.IntenseDebate may have a solutio (Read More)
: Comments from FF now re- posting to my Tumblr blog via IntenseDebate as i say in the post above. if you want to test, go to the post on FriendFeed (http://tinyurl.com/4sag2g), add a comment and then go to MEDIAdeluge.com and check it out there too. Latency seems to vary and it seems to be slowing load times a bit. still testing. Also, with this version of the IntenseDebate, i am not getting the SEO value of the comments, which is one more thing to consider.
Submitted by Johanbryggare:
Seven good reasons why banks should engage in social media
29/04/2008 11:31:25
More than 300 consumers who are active Internet users participated in a survey conducted by the Society for New Communciations Research, focusing on how customer care influences brand reputation given the widespread adoption of social media. (Read More)