VentureBeat:
Playhaven is making it easy for gamers to create fan communities around iPhone games. It does so by creating online forums for fans on its web site, with a new fan section for every iPhone game. Developers can then claim thos (Read More)
Mashable!:
David Spinks is a graduating senior in NY that is utilizing the power of social web communities to pursue a career in social media/marketing. He authors a blog at DavidSpinks.com.There is an almost overwhelming number of opti (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
A backlash against anonymous commenters and trolls seems to be underway. Only last month, a court case was settled where anonymous commenters ended up having to pay big fines to the women who they defiled using vulgar, deroga (Read More)
Mashable!:
It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.Is your event not on t (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Reader engagement with blogs has changed dramatically over the last three years, primarily because of the rise of online social networks, according to new numbers released by analytics firm Postrank today. Postrank publishe (Read More)
Mashable!:
Jessica Faye Carter is an award-winning author and columnist. Her company, Nette Media develops social media technologies for women and multicultural communities, and she blogs at Technicultr.The expression of community has c (Read More)
Mashable!:
Clay McDaniel is the principal and co-founder of social media marketing agency, Spring Creek Group. Find him via @springcreekgrp on Twitter.The Internet has already radically changed the way we shop. Googling for promotion co (Read More)
Mashable!:
Any news organization’s web site can get a story picked up by popular sites such as Drudge Report, Huffington Post, Digg, or even Fark, resulting in a bump in page views. But that’s a traffic anomaly. A key metric media compa (Read More)
Mashable!:
It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.Is your event not on t (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
The wildly popular nonprofit fundraising application Causes emailed users of its MySpace app on Tuesday to tell them that all Causes will be removed from MySpace on Friday morning, in three days. Causes was co-founded by Sea (Read More)
Mashable!:
This series is supported by Grasshopper, the Virtual Phone System designed for entrepreneurs. Learn more about Grasshopper at Grasshopper.com.Let’s face it: as an entrepreneur, the odds are stacked against you. Most business (Read More)
Online Community Report:
We’re proud to be sponsors of Lithium’s online conference Social CRM on November 11th. The Social CRM Virtual Summit is a five-hour online conference, which includes webcasts by industry leaders in an interactive exhibit hall (Read More)
Mashable!:
It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.Is your event not on t (Read More)
Online Community Report:
Last year, Forum One recognized that one of the key issues community and social media professionals face is that we (as an industry) are suffering from a lack of solid benchmarks, including compensation of online community an (Read More)
Scobleizer:
I’ve been doing online communities for more than 20 years, starting in 1985 when a friend had a BBS. One thing I’ve noticed over and over again is that chat rooms and forums start out fun and then devolve over time for variou (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by PartnerUp and written by Megan Dorn.In this day of increasing customer acquisition costs and depleting marketing funds, it feels more prudent than ever for businesses to find new ways (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Games, both online and on mobile devices, draw such an intense following that often there are fan communities and forums created entirely around a single game. PlayHaven is hoping to empower developers with the tools to creat (Read More)
Mashable!:
GeoCities may have been a relic from the 90s, but to many it was and still is an important online place for their user-created communities and memories.The Yahoo-owned service officially shutdown earlier this week, but one de (Read More)
VentureBeat:
(Update: This story originally and incorrectly listed EDB as the sole investor in this round.) A group of investors including EDB Investments in Singapore, Time Warner, General Catalyst Partners, and First Round Capital have (Read More)
VentureBeat:
EDB Investments in Singapore has committed $8.5 million to Boston-based ScanScout. Not everyone seems to know this: There’s a sort of Silicon Alley for online advertising based in Boston, not far from the Harvard and MIT R&D (Read More)