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Weekly Link Round Up – 04-29-11

Friday, April 29th, 2011

The Royal Wedding – A Digital Marriage for our Convenience? (SocialMediaToday.com)

Aside from all the global media coverage the Royal Wedding has, watchers of this momentous event can also get connected through social media. What makes this significant is that it makes this particular wedding the first of its kind to be fully digital and interactive.

Your Social Media Guide to the Royal Wedding (A2SM.com)

Want to follow the wedding through social media? This brief guide gives the low-down on the various media channels to follow the event: from the official YouTube channel of the British Monarchy to even iPhone and Android apps designed for it.

10 Brilliant Videos To Celebrate The Royal Wedding (SocialTimes.com)

Aside from checking out the British Monarchy’s YouTube channel, here are other videos that have launched the wedding to practically viral proportions. T-Mobile’s Royal Wedding dance entrance leads the pack as the most popular video on YouTube to celebrate the event.

What Role Will Develop in Social Media to Replace Traditional Editors? (Soshable.com)

On the topic of covering events, social media has played a large role in the proliferation of news topics as of late. As compared to traditional journalism, participants within the social media sphere aren’t held to the same standards of fact-checking and vetting. Thus, it has its pros and cons.

The PR Guide To Email Pitching (SocialMediaExplorer.com)

While PR staff can try to get to blogs to voice out their pitches, there is more to it than simply blasting them at blog writers. After all, some types of “pitches” can actually be considered spam and will hurt your company’s chance of exposure through social media. Listed are tips on how to best approach bloggers for PR purposes.

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Tags: Blogging, News, Social Media, youtube
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Weekly Link Round Up – 03-04-11

Friday, March 4th, 2011

If You Love a Good Conversation, Set It Free (SocialMediaToday.com)

TED Conversations takes on the mission of broadening TED to a wider audience looking for great thinking at any time. With its Quora-like platform, this twist on the Q&A platform has caught the interest of large brands such as GE, getting them to sponsor the conversation and gain from it as well.

Ditto: Jaiku Founder Leaves Google, Aims to Beat it With Structured Recommendations (ReadWriteWeb.com)

According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, people want Google to tell them what they should be doing next. Ditto, developed by Jaiku founder Jyri Engeström, addresses this with social suggestions and sourcing data from existing Twitter and Facebook social graphs to recommend places and activities.

SocialEyes: The intersection of video and the social graph (Building43.com)

Although video conferencing through the web has been around for more than a decade, the concept hasn’t really integrated well enough with the latest developments in social connectivity. SocialEyes changes this with a tool that introduces video into the Facebook experience.

How to Turn Your Email Into a Social Media Hub With Posterous (SocialMediaExaminer.com)

Feeling overwhelmed by too many social networks to manage? Check out how Posterous simplifies things by letting you post to 20 or so social media platforms through your email. Paired with a smartphone’s capabilities, Posterous can be a powerful partner for anyone who enjoys keeping in touch.

Bing, NYT And Everybody Else Wants A Piece Of Groupon’s Success (TechCrunch.com)

Thanks to Groupon’s success, other companies such as Bing and even the New York Times have been picking up on the trend of offering deals. As the concept is now one of the hottest revenue-making trends on the net, more players have come on to the field, bring in more deals and even offering services to aggregate all daily deals in an area.

Tags: applications, Blogging, community, networking, News, recommendation, Social Media, social networks
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Weekly Link Round Up – 02-18-11

Friday, February 18th, 2011

Is your brand coming on too strong in social media? (BazaarVoice.com)

New research from ExactTarget and CoTweet examines an important event in online brand-consumer relationships: “The Social Break-Up.” As social networks are a different ballgame from traditional marketing, brands need a way to keep the flame alive with their audience.

The secret to following lots of people on Twitter (TomRaftery.com)

In keeping social media relationships afloat, there’s always the need to pay attention to the other side of the conversation. While following a large number can get you a lot of great information, it is also important to know how to manage your Twitter so you enjoy the feed you get.

Do Purchased Twitter Followers Provide Real Value? (SocialMediaToday.com)

Sadly, money can’t buy true love. Nor can it purchase real followers that add to the conversation. Elliot Volkman shares more about how numbers don’t really matter when it comes to social media.

Is Mean Blogging The Writing Style Of The Future? (Successful-Blog.com)

On the other side of fostering relationships through social media, is it a good idea to step away from “nice writing” for once? In a sea of information filled with mostly nice, helpful content, what good does a “mean” writing style do? By creating “mean” blogs in the right way, you may just attract more followers who desire something more “real”.

Think the Old Spice Guy Is So 2010? Think Again (AdAge.com)

Look at your social media, now back to the Old Spice Guy. With a new viral ad campaign over on YouTube, the Old Spice Guy hasn’t lost his charm at all. In fact, he may have gotten better, garnering more views than past videos. His popularity continues to stay strong as well, through retweets and reposts all over the social web.

Tags: community, networking, News, relationships, Social Media, social networking, Strategy, Twitter, youtube
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Weekly Link Round Up – 02-04-11

Friday, February 4th, 2011

News Corp. exec: “Now is the right time” to sell Myspace (VentureBeat.com)

“The new Myspace has been very well-received by the market…. But the plan to allow Myspace to reach its full potential may be best achieved under a new owner,” says Chase Carney of News Corp.

Meet Lady Gaga’s newest social media toy (News.CNET.com)

Lady Gaga partners up with new social media service SkyGrid Groups for its launch. With SkyGrid Groups, celebrities, organizations and brands can pull together bits of social media from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr into a separate aggregated page.

8 New LinkedIn Features Worth Exploration (SocialMediaExaminer.com)

Now that LinkedIn has allowed companies to put up their own pages, it has become easier for businesses to reach out through engagement and knowledge-sharing. Taking a look at the new features enrich the experience.

Authors Using Social Media to Generate Book Buzz (BlogWorld.com)

It isn’t only big brands that can leverage the power of Social Media. Now even authors are making good use of the medium, translating their books into brands and generating hype for them.

GetGlue Now Seeing 12 Million Checkins and Ratings Per Month (Mashable.com)

Checkin applications such as Foursquare have become a hot trend as of late, with new companies riding on the wave. GetGlue, a checkin service for entertainment, is now seeing a healthy growth with 12 million checkins and ratings per month.

Tags: applications, Blogging, Business, companies, foursquare, LinkedIn, News, Social Media, social media tools
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Weekly Link Roundup: 01-07-10

Friday, January 7th, 2011

Viral Victory: Homeless Man With The Golden Voice Gets a Dream Job (TIME)

It’s only been the first week of the first month of the New Year and a lot of things have already happened in the digital front. Let’s start this week’s link roundup on a bright and happy note. Early this week, a Columbia Dispatch videographer saw a homeless man claiming to have a “God-given gift of voice” asking for change in Ohio. He posted a video of him saying a few lines on YouTube and after more than a million hits, Ted Williams now has job offers coming from every corner. The power of the Internet never ceases to amaze us.

30 Social Media Predictions From 30 Social Media Pros (SocialMediaExaminer.com)

Thirty of the most forward-thinking social media strategists come together to present their predictions about the industry for this year. Overall, it seems everyone has high hopes for social media. Social media will become an accepted marketing approach and many will try to find more ways to raise its potential.

The Most Visited Website of 2010 (MoreVisibility.com)

No, it’s not Google. But we’re not at all surprised that Facebook took the top spot for the Most Visited Website of 2010. For companies and brands that still haven’t embraced Social Media, now is the time to open their arms wide. Strategies involving Facebook and other social media platforms can greatly leverage your business.

Is Apple about to Make a Big Announcement – #ipad2 #Verizon iPhone? (Sociable.co)

There are speculations that Apple might announce the launch of new products early this year. Many fans are saying it might be an iPad 2. What does this entail for social media and mobile networking this year? We’ll find out soon enough.

Social Production vs. Consumption (Relationship-Economy.com)

Consumers today are more intelligent and savvy than ever. Time-honed tricks won’t work as potently on them. They know what they want and have the power to find it on their own. Social media marketing integrates itself into the tools that consumers use to find what currently interests them, without being intrusive.

Tags: News, Social Media, social networks, Technology
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