Scripting News
I was doing a little work on a tool I wrote in April 2007 that pushed RSS content to Twitter, and made a simple enhancement: instead of having a Twitter account reflect the content of a single feed, I made it reflect the content of an arbitrary number of feeds. This let me do something I've been wanting to do for a while, b (Read More)
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
Please use this page to vote for your favorite design in the socialmedian iphone design contest. The only way to vote in this contest is by leaving a comment from a legit member of socialmedian on this page with your preferred choice of design 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9. (We will not count any fake signups for socialmedi (Read More)
Submitted by Gajendra:
Vizu provides customized poll widgets for Blogs and web. A publisher can set up a public question with desired no of options. The publisher can access the results from his Vizu account. These poll widgets are best useful to get public opinion either to enhance your product / service or to conduct a survey. It shows current (Read More)
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Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
Yesterday, I was chatting with a friend of mine about the PR his startup had “fallen into.” They actually created a really cool iPhone application and people noticed. He was excited about the coverage, but while his company wants to be engaged with the media and users, he and his fellow entrepreneurs often find storytelling (Read More)
: Good article Christian. My advice though to these guys would be to just keep focusing on the product though. The product will create the PR, not vice versa.
: thanks, gigglewonk. we have a tendency to focus on the newest, shiniest things, which can make social media daunting for brands to delve into -- as you say. i tried to make getting started not seem so tough. That said, is there anything mission critical that i left off?
: Jasongoldberg: I disagree. First, you have to separate media coverage from PR. The product may drive media coverage and initially that coverage might even be positive, but the product won't drive public relations.
The idea behind brands leveraging social media is not about coverage -- while it can be a nice side benefit -- the goal is engagement and new and emerging social media tools can help. Think about Twitter. Fantastic coverage, terrible PR.
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
Just one week ago we launched our "newsmakers" feature in which enables users to follow the news clippings of other users.After 1 week, here are some of the most popular Newsmakers on socialmedian (popular defined by # of people following their updates): * Martina Stewart, Associate Producer, CNN, Political Unit, Washing (Read More)
: Here are some other notable individuals who are starting to develop a following on socialmedian.
* Gordon Crovitz, former Publisher, the Wall Street Journal
* Steve Rubel, chief digital stragist, Edelman Communications
* Rob Diana, technoology blogger, regulargeek.com
* Matt Cooper, Portfolio Magazine
* Charles Balazs, the Washington Post
* Shyam Somanadh, notable India technology blogger, New Delhi, India
* IslamCrunch
* Matthew Sokoloff, Orlando Sentinal
And, here are a few interesting people who are just getting started (let's follow them!)
* Robert Scoble, scobleizer * Peter Kafka, Silicon Alley Insider * Rafat Ali, PaidContent.org * Martin Nisenholtz, The New York Times * Don Graham, The Washington Post
Mashable!
Competition is a curious thing: you rarely choose your competitors, and they slide in and out of shot as your strategic approaches converge, diverge and intertwine over the years. Who would have thought, for instance, that Technorati, long time leader in blog search, would see its market share eaten up by an open, mobile t (Read More)
Submitted by Jacomeiring:
The web’s role is becoming integral for brick-and-mortar retailers, even for in-store purchases, according to (pdf) a recent Nielsen Online survey, which found that among those who had recently made consumer electronics purchases in a store, 80% did so after first visiting the store’s website. (Read More)