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  1. The Startup Conundrum: Scalable vs Services

    http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/12/02/startups-scalable-vs-services/

    VCs Seek Scalable Technologies Lately, I’ve been spending time trading information with one of the most powerful groups in our industries: VCs. They spur innovation by injecting funding into startups, help fuel those that need an accelerated path, and work many deals in the background to connect their investments with the right folks. …

    10 hours ago
  2. How Municipalities Should Integrate Social Media Into Disaster Planning

    http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/12/01/how-municipalities-should-integrate-social-media-into-disaster-planning/

    This last Thanksgiving was marred by the horrible deaths of over 170 victims at Mumbai’s terrorist attack. If you weren’t watching, social media played a part in helping –and hurting– the event. First hand accounts were published on twitter, including pictures of terrorists in action, in fact Forbes called this Mumbai: Twitter’s Moment. …

    23 hours ago
  3. Silicon Valley Tweetup: Dec 11th

    http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/12/01/silicon-valley-tweetup-dec-11th/

    This has been one busy year for me, I’ve traveled the country and world to meet and talk about social media. Just about every city I visit, I try to attend a social media meetup or host my own, to date, I’ve participated in tweetups in Alexandria, Barcelona, Tampa, Oahu, Tokyo, New York, Dallas, Chicago, Dallas, and Boston (twice). …

    1 day ago
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    Pownce dies. Jaiku sputters. Can there be only one?

    http://www.thesocialpath.com/2008/12/pownce-dies-jaiku-sputt...

    Kevin Rose and Leah Culver. While Twitter had chronic outages and minimal customer service, Pownce was focused on keeping its community happy. Through Waldman, it even helped trailblaze the role of an online community manager, a job title that’s now one of the fastest-growing on the Web. But here’s the moment of truth. I never signed up for Pownce. Why not? I’m one of those nerds who tries everything, right? The hard truth is that once you’ve committed to a

    6 hours ago in The Social Path · Authority: 68
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    Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008

    http://www.dallasseoblog.com/2008/12/social-networks-site-us...

    and I’ve received considerable traffic on my very old post (way back in Jan) of MySpace and Facebook stats, even months later. Decision makers, press, media, and users are hungry for numbers, so I’ll start to aggregate them as I see them" Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008

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    Fresh Ideas from BurrellesLuce

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    Micro Persuasion Murphy’s Law O’Dwyer’s PR Blog Paid Content.org - The Economics of Content PR Disasters PR Squared Romenesko SEO ShootOut Seth Godin’s Blog Spinfluencer The Flack The PR News Blog Web Strategy by Jeremiah

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    The social media revolution (in 15 minutes)

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    Executive Video Interview: Why Dell Continues To Use Social Media I have long cited Dell as the best big company 'doing' social media. Here are some more insights from them. The simple fact that they have a VP for Communities and Conversation tells you these guys are well ahead of the pack. It also shows that their focus for next year i

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    Play it Forward - Blog

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    combined energy? November 4th, Barack Obama proved in an unprecedented way, that YES, WE CAN. Jos van der Lem Marketing Manager Please share your ideas with me! See also: How Barack did it: Facts and figures on Obama’s social media campaign: Web-Strategist.com - Jeremiah Owyang Barack Obama Makes Internet History: FastCompany.com - Kevin Ohannessian How the Net Generation Rocked the Vote: Wikinomics.com - Brendan Peat More info on crowdsourcing

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    Twingly Blog

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    retweets something, not only his Twitter-followers but also his Friendfeed-followers and his Facebook-friends get notified. This way, the message gets further spreading, which makes the phenomenon even stronger. And like Jeremiah Owyang wrote in a comment on his great blog post on the same topic, retweets could be a better way to monitoring influence in the microblogosphere than links (which it is in blogs, generally).

    15 hours ago in Twingly Blog · Authority: 96
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    Top 42 “Content Marketing Blogs”

    http://tipsinternetbisnes.com/tips/?p=561

    17 Chaos Scenario 18 No man is an iland 19 What’s Next 20 Buzz News 21 Be the Voice 22 Really Practical Marketing 23 Bringing Brands to Life! 24 ContentMarketingToday 25 Hard Knox Life 26 Web Strategy by Jeremiah 27 Drew’s Marketing Minute 28 JournaMarketing 29 Writing White Papers 30 Seth’s Blog 31 Greg Verdino’s Marketing Blog 32 News from the Herd 33 EyeCube 34 Find and Convert 35 Techno//Marketer

    21 hours ago in Tips Internet Bisnes · Authority: 77
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    Top 42 “Content Marketing Blogs”

    http://tipsinternetbisnes.com/tips/?p=561

    17 Chaos Scenario 18 No man is an iland 19 What’s Next 20 Buzz News 21 Be the Voice 22 Really Practical Marketing 23 Bringing Brands to Life! 24 ContentMarketingToday 25 Hard Knox Life 26 Web Strategy by Jeremiah 27 Drew’s Marketing Minute 28 JournaMarketing 29 Writing White Papers 30 Seth’s Blog 31 Greg Verdino’s Marketing Blog 32 News from the Herd 33 EyeCube 34 Find and Convert 35 Techno//Marketer

    21 hours ago in Tips Internet Bisnes · Authority: 42
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    TweetsGiving: a Twitter flash-cause

    http://workingwikily.net/?p=455

    other factors, I think the key to successful twitter strategy for good causes on Twitter is how you leverage the power of rapid word of mouth and spreading of information - that is the power of the retweet as Jeremiah Owyang suggests in this post.  He points out that “Retweet” (sharing a link or tweet from one of your followers with your followers) is a social gesture indicating endorsement of an idea. I’ll be following this. My bet is that they

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    The Cult of Social Media Personality: Whatever Happened to Communication?

    http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/2008/12/cult-of-social-medi...

    ARE powerful and empowering. With them people feel as if they have a say in the outcomes of situations that were previously completely out of their reach. But realize that the power comes through the PEOPLE and not the tools themselves. There are plenty of examples of how quickly a motivated crowd of people empowered by social media tools can change the course set by a company and force it to react. Even if the complaint is a hoax.

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