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conversations about social media - thursday, may 29, 2008
2008-05-29 16:26:00
here’s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room. which social media site are you most active on and why? flock - the mozilla-powered social browser twitter will die, here’s why friendfeed rooms are like forums 2.0 how to run a blog from within a friendfeed room friendfeed and xml 4 tools for improving comments on your blog how many rss feeds do you subscribe to? some great discussions going on in the room this very moment. join and be heard! Technorati Tags: social media, flock, mozilla, browser, twitter, friendfeed, forums, blog, xml, comments, rss
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conversations about social media - wednesday, may 28, 2008
2008-05-29 00:46:00
here?s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room. facebook to open source platform friend connect and the end of the fragmentation era microsoft jumping into social bookmarking old media needs to get over its control issues if you like what you?re seeing, drop by the room and join a conversation. if you don?t like what ...
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conversations about social media - tuesday, may 27, 2008
2008-05-27 15:30:00
here?s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room. economics of new media: pay to play or free? the best way to get noticed on the social web how to manage your time across social sites how fast is social video growing? the shareaholic firefox add-on in twitter’s scoble problem, a business model semantic tagging with faviki is being ...
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conversations about social media - monday, may 26, 2008
2008-05-26 21:23:00
here?s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room. what social media podcasts should you be listening to? why is friendfeed more popular than jaiku? friendfeed comments wordpress plugin twitter’s business model newspapers missing the benefit of social media social networks’ sway may be underestimated if you like what you?re seeing, drop by the room and join ...
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conversations about social media - sunday, may 25, 2008
2008-05-26 01:20:00
here?s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room. twittermania: 140+ more twitter tools! digsby = im + email + social networks twitter blaming issues on 3rd party api based tools? zemanta: blog me up! how to find friendfeed rooms with google web 2.0 and the hype factor if you like what you’re seeing, drop by the ...
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conversations about social media - saturday, may 24, 2008
2008-05-24 23:37:00
here’s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room. keep your eyes on friendfeed: it may be the google of social networks twitter at the crossroads the dream of one online identity what will become of delicious? the impact of rooms on friendfeed engagement understandably much of the initial conversation is focusing on friendfeed and the launch ...
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do you want to talk about social media?
2008-05-23 02:13:00
rss definitely its place on my computer and in my workflow, but have you ever wanted an incredibly easy way to share your musings and get feedback on them? how about easily receive other people’s thoughts and discuss them live? and finally, the ability to aggregate all your activity across the social web in one ...
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guest post at read/writeweb - knewsroom: a look at the latest social news s
2008-05-17 00:29:00
i?ve written a guest post at read/writeweb on what could’ve been the future of the social news space. the way we create, interact with, and share information on the web is continuously changing, and at a very rapid pace. the end goal, most would argue, is the create a medium that completely democratizes the entire process. ...
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marketinghackz interview - interview with muhammad saleem - social media ma
2008-05-09 03:46:00
on a daily basis there is a new social media site created. there is basically a site for every person from every background. we spoke with muhammad saleem, social media maven, about his opinion about a variety of sites, social media marketing and the most important elements to keep in mind when engaging in the ...
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guest post at search engine land: the elevator pitch is dead. introducing t
2008-05-07 00:23:00
i?ve written a post on search engine land on the future of your company’s pitch. the landscape of corporate public relations is changing fast. first the press release died and we told you how to write a press release for the social media audience. now the elevator pitch is dead and here’s how to adapt. visit ...
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the decline and fall of quality on digg
2008-05-02 19:17:00
i?ve written a guest post at read/writeweb on how the content promotion algorithm is making the quality on the front page of digg suffer. note: this isn’t meant as an attack on any user and his or her submissions. all the users mentioned and displayed on the graphs are my friends and i respect their submissions. ...
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twitt(url)y - real-time link tracking for twitter
2008-04-28 22:54:00
twitt(url)y is a new service that uses a link tracking mechanism over a 24-hour periods to determine what people are talking about on twitter at a given moment. the service displays the 100 most popular urls with threads of tweets discussing the links. competing services include twitlinks, tweetmeme, and quotably. Technorati Tags: microblogging, twitter, ...
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social media optimization and marketing 101
2008-04-28 21:08:00
thanks for the overwhelming response to my presentation at the web 2.0 expo san francisco 2008 on social media optimization and marketing. here are the original slides along with all the references i used within the presentation. i have disabled downloading for now but you can embed the presentation on your site using the code. | ...
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twitpitch - the future of your pitch
2008-04-28 02:33:00
stowe boyd has completely shift to twitpitch as his sole medium for companies to make pitches to him. sarah perez has previous coverage of twitpitch. Technorati Tags: twitter, twitpitch, stowe boyd, sarah perez, readwriteweb, rww
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what cpm is your facebook app making?
2008-04-28 02:28:00
inside facebook has an interesting look at the cpm different developers are getting on their facebook applications. Technorati Tags: inside facebook, facebook, cpm, developers, facebook applications
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coming soon: web 2.0 expo san francisco 2008 presentation - online
2008-04-24 07:37:00
i will post my complete presentation with notes and external links to tools and additional information soon. unfortunately, due to time constraints, the presentation had to be somewhat abridged and i want the information posted online to be as comprehensive as possible. while you wait for the complete presentation, check out this very comprehensive write-up from ...
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?social media and simplicity? - part 10 of 10
2008-04-23 19:13:00
part 10 in my 10-part series on ?social media and simplicity? is up. so many new services are launched everyday that you can hardly keep up with all of them without completely losing sight of your actual goals. at the same time, it is hard to ignore these services and not feel as if you?re out ...
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?social media and simplicity? - part 9 of 10
2008-04-21 05:36:00
part 9 in my 10-part series on ?social media and simplicity? is up. your mistakes and your failures are what force you to strive to better yourself everyday, and nothing is more valuable than that. head on over to freelance switch to simplify your social media workflow today. Technorati Tags: blogging, ...
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speaking at web 2.0 expo san francisco 2008
2008-04-20 07:02:00
i will be speaking at the web 2.0 expo in san farancisco on tuesday april 22, 2008 along with stephan spencer, founder & president of netconcepts. here’s the session information: free traffic: seo/smo 101 (search engine & social media optimization) 04/22/2008  9:00am - 12:00pm pdt room: 2009 if you are going to be at the conference or even just ...
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?social media and simplicity? - part 8 of 10
2008-04-19 05:32:00
part 8 in my 10-part series on ?social media and simplicity? is up. trust is one of the most important elements of any relationship. whether it be the relationship between a writer and her audience, a consultant and his client, or an individual and his fellow community members, without trust, the system screeches to a halt. head ...
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all the socialthing invites you could want
2008-04-17 01:13:00
there has been plenty of debate about the merits of the two most popular lifestreaming services, and i have gone on the record saying that i prefer socialthing over friendfeed. but you don’t have to take my word for it, why not try socialthing and make the decision for yourself? please leave a comment if ...

is the ?vote button? robust enough?
2008-04-16 22:16:00
before we discuss the button, here are the positive and negative voting options on the 4 main social news sites: digg allows people to either ?digg? the story or bury it as duplicate story, spam, wrong topic, inaccurate and ok, this is lame, propeller allows users to either vote on a story or ?sink? it ...
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overheard on twitter: layers of access
2008-04-15 22:35:00
blogs are the big show, im/social-hubs are backstage pass, twitter/micro-blogging is afterparty. it’s about layers of access. follow jonathan fields on twitter or visit his blog. Technorati Tags: twitter, jonathan fields, blogs, social media, twitter, micro-blogging, access
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?social media and simplicity? - part 7 of 10
2008-04-14 00:18:00
part 7 in my 10-part series on ?social media and simplicity? is up. not everyone has to like what you have to say. not even most people have to like what you say. if you can get enough people to love you and hate you enough to be interested in what you have to say and ...
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guest post at problogger: why do you write?
2008-04-12 00:20:00
i?ve written a post on problogger on discussing my reasons for starting and continuing to write. ultimately, whether it be out of a passion or to make some cash on the side as a freelancer, we all have a unique voice and a unique reason for why we should be heard. the single reason why I ...
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how to make twitter ?people search? actually useful
2008-04-09 12:06:00
note: follow me on twitter. twitter launched an updated version of their people search earlier today, but unfortunately it’s not very useful in the absence of the following features: 1 - more sorting options - by default, it seems that the results are largely randomly ordered. right now i’m seeing people who have been inactive for over ...
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guest post at search engine land: why mixx hasn?t gotten the following it d
2008-04-09 03:18:00
i?ve written a post on search engine land on the past, present, and future of mixx. mixx, a social media submission site, is a newcomer on the scene, so it understandably will take a while for it to catch up with older sites like digg, propeller, reddit, and stumbleupon. that said, this article looks at the ...
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?social media and simplicity? - part 6 of 10
2008-04-09 03:13:00
part 6 in my 10-part series on ?social media and simplicity? is up. based on the previously discussed rules, you should by now have a fairly good idea of what tools you should be using. while each of these tools (social bookmarking, networking, etc) ultimately help you accomplish your goals of increasing brand awareness, increasing engagement, ...
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?social media and simplicity? - part 5 of 10
2008-04-06 03:36:00
part 5 in my 10-part series on ?social media and simplicity? is up. while it is perfectly fine to write for the social media audience, it?s absolutely wrong to pander specifically to that audience at the cost of your loyal readers. know the difference between the content that is generally useful and relates to your regular ...
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?social media and simplicity? - part 4 of 10
2008-04-04 00:05:00
part 4 in my 10-part series on ?social media and simplicity? is up. it seems paradoxical that achieving simplicity would be such a laborious and complex process, but it?s true. simplicity rarely comes naturally and we have to learn how to achieve simplicity in our daily routines and how to live by its principles. head on over ...
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