December 2009
Julien Smith – Social Capital and the New Tribe →
Episode: VMC #208 – Julien Smith – Social Capital and the New Tribe [right click to download ‘Save the link as…’, video-player available below]
“We will never need more advertising….
What is social media? →
Pict via Neville Hobson.
Steve Rubel – Darkness iPhone App →
Episode: VMC #207 – Steve Rubel – Darkness iPhone App [right click to download ‘Save the link as…’, video-player available below]
Few months ago Steve Rubel showed me Darkness an…
Social Media Guide for Small Businesses →
Tips, tricks, and wisdom youâll need to take your brand to the next level.
The Journalist's Guide to Maximizing Personal... →
Thereâs a lot of hype behind measuring social media ROI. But what about the payoff on an individual basis?
Social Media Behind the Book – J.C. Hutchins, 7th... →
Episode: VMC #206 – Social Media Behind the Book – J.C. Hutchins, 7th Son [right click to download ‘Save the link as…’, video-player available below]
I love to read. 80% of the books I…
10 Web trends to watch in 2010 →
While Web innovation is unpredictable, some clear trends are becoming apparent.
Chris Brogan – They Shall Know Us By Our Dialtone →
Episode: VMC #205 – Chris Brogan – They Shall Know Us By Our Dialtone [right click to download ‘Save the link as…’, video-player available below]
Presence and the social web are the…
[Report] for December 3rd 2009 –... →
What are your sales mistakes costing you? – When you lose a client or are pitching business that you don’t win… do you know why you weren’t chosen?
Measure the Impact, Not the…
10 Steps to Personas →
Dr. Lene Nielsen outlines her approach to developing personas.
Public engagement in the conversation age - via... →
Fifteen essays on the new era of public engagement from Edelmanâs UK team.
The Value of Reputation - via @conversationage →
Valeria Maltoni explains how recommendation and reputation work.
Is Your Site Slow? Google Launches Tool to Help... →
Google Site Performance, now available as part of Webmaster Tools Labs, analyzes your website and provides data on the average load time, graphs out how your site has improved or slowed down over…
What are your sales mistakes costing you? - via... →
When you lose a client or are pitching business that you don’t win… do you know why you weren’t chosen?
Measure the Impact, Not the Influence →
Reaching a person interested in what you have to offer is more important than reaching many who are disinterested.
4 Cool Ways To Make Use Of Twitter Lists →
These are useful tips.
A quick start guide to Twitter [click to download... →
The guide takes absolute beginners to Twitter right from the start â explaining what Twitter is, and how to sign up â right through to replying, retweeting, hashtagging and using tools to measure…
GeoMeme →
Measure and share real-time local twitter trends.
What To Watch In 2010: Social TV via @steverubel →
Social networking and TV will work together, allowing consumers to connect through their big screens.
Google Maps tips for life →
Learn tips and tricks to save time, look smart, and manage your travels efficiently. Thanks Google!
Topify | Power Twitter Email Notifications →
It gives you interesting stats on new followers. Handy.
Social Media and Online PR Report →
Econsultancy’s Social Media and Online PR Report, produced in association with bigmouthmedia, is the most comprehensive study of its kind around how companies are using online PR tactics and social…
101 Tools For The Ultimate Twitter Expert →
Think you know Twitter? Then check out these 101 tools for the ultimate Twitter expert to gain even more insight. They can help with research, organization, managing, and even in making a few extra…
November 2009
R.I.P. Lino →
Today my Grandfather passed away. His name was Lino and he meant a lot to me. He was an Italian-Canadian so it’s thanks to him that I grew up speaking English. I am what I am…
Tweet Cloud →
Tweet Cloud is a service that lets you generate a cool looking cloud of the words your tweets mostly contain.
TweetLevel →
A unique tool created by Edelman - measures an individual’s importance on Twitter.
Thanks Thanks Thanks! →
I know that some of you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving but for the ones that are based in the US and Canada…well I hope you had a great day!
Yesterday I did my best trying…
Highlights from the Global Intranet Trends for... →
The Global Intranet Trends for 2010 report is subtitled âTowards the workplace webâ. This phrase reflects what is happening today in intranets around the world as organizations are positioning…
Where to Start? 20 Questions for Corporate Social... →
Our social media engagements typically start with some kind of assessment, with varying degrees of formality and scope. We have an internal list of questions we use to plan these assessments, some of…
The Four Spheres Of Social Media Strategy →
4 areas of expertise a person needs to have in order to develop a successful social media strategy.
September 2009
The Conversation Prism: The Landscape for... →
One thing that we cannot overlook is that the true language of engagement is indeed international. Communities around the world have rallied to adapt the Conversation Prism to the reflect the social…
20% of the tweets contain requests for product... →
“People are using tweets to express their reaction, both positive and negative, as they engage with these products and services”… Are you keeping stats like this in mind when crafting your…
Microsoft LookingGlass Helps Businesses Catch the... →
The first step in making social media data useable is listening to the conversation. LookingGlass, which is built on a number of Microsoft technologies, lets users track customer sentiment across an…
Brands In Public - Monitoring →
Each dashboard organizes a hot list of what’s being said about the brand around the web, via Twitter and blogs and YouTube and Google Trends and more.
Concise Guide to Understanding Replies, Mentions... →
A subtly confusing aspect of Twitter, even for people who have been using the service for a while, is understanding the differences between replies, mentions and direct messages. The goal of this…
my(PR)palette: The new PR?* via @martinwaxman →
Here’s a quick list of what Martin Waxman thinks new PR should be.
Share Lists of Twitter Users | TweepML →
TweepML is a simple format to make it easy for people to share a list of Twitter users (“Tweeps”).
100 PRs to follow on Twitter with one click —... →
+ good TweepML tips from Neville.
Key Stats About Wikipedia via @steverubel →
Via Resource Shelf + some key stats about Wikipedia.
[Report] for September 28th 2009 –... →
Key Stats About Wikipedia – Via Resource Shelf + some key stats about Wikipedia.
100 PRs to follow on Twitter with one click — NevilleHobson.com + good TweepML tips from Neville.
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