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The popularity of web applications with a social context has exploded in the last year. This session will look at how social interaction can be applied to a brands online presence to generate a deeper connection with the customer.

I thought is was time to take stock, not least to ensure sufficient tea and coffee for the social media surgery which us Birmingham bloggy folk are organising (with BVSC) to support voluntary and community groups in the city on Blog Action Day.

I think this deserves to be pondered. BBC News is moving away from merely hosting comments to inciting discussion in a variety of formats and locations. From Reportr.net: For the US presidential debates, it [the BBC] has opened channels on video services Qik, 12Seconds and Phreadz.

I read a lot for this blog and I try to pass along the books that I especially recommend. Some are simply must-reads if you’re on the cutting edge of marketing and social media. But it’s rare that I quote a book more than a handful of times.

Tomorrow is the big day - and boy am I excited. Yep, tomorrow is BarcampAfrica hosted by the venerable Google at their Mountain View headquarters and in part sponsored by the ever wonderful Abraham & Harrison.

You may have heard of social media. There’s been a bit of news about it recently. However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. 1. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost.

Potpiegirl-One Week Marketing Do you need a step by step action plan strategy for making money online? Would you like something that is great value for money, overdelivers and is easy to read and understand? Would it help you even more if it was written by someone who really wanted to teach you to become successful?

Have you been trying to make money online but having not a lot of luck? if you are one of those who has tried a few things, say clickbank products and some squidoo and it is not making you any money yet then this is value for money for you and just what you need. I [...]

Later this month at Berkeley, a great group of people will gather to discuss the future of cinema, games, and online video. They call it “The Conversation,” and it will feature workshops and talks with speakers from Netflix, DreamWorks, Lucasfilm, JibJab, and many many filmmakers.

Because of its simplicity and immediacy, Twitter enables brands to win the 1:1 battle with customers and potential customers in ways that even other social media constructs cannot. The density of Eureka! moments on Twitter is quite high, and if brands use it right, it’s the ultimate weapon for turning lemons into lemonade.