blending the mix

Cool stuff I was readingFebruary 8th toApril 7th:

• Friendfeed just boxed itself into a corner - Yesterday, Friendfeed went from THIS: To this:     and in doing so, made a huge impact on its future, nay survival, if you follow
• HobbyThingâ��s Genius Use of Tagging -
• LGâ��s latest handset | The Official Blog of LG - Hmm. The latest new LG handset is in reach. If it’s anything like the Viewty, this could be a really good phone indeed!
• How to Create a Social Media Monitoring Strategy | media guerrilla -
• HOW TO Sell Social Media to Cynics, Skeptics & Luddites - Tips, Resources & Advice - The top guys talk about how to sell Soc Med into your business.

Cool stuff I was readingNovember 6th toDecember 7th:

• How should Brand Managers approach the Social Graphs of Facebook Connect and OpenID? « Hard Knox Life: A Brand Manager Blog by Dave Knox -
• Play Auditorium -
• Monetizing Content with Social Media | Online Marketing Blog -
• Explode! -
• Google Analytics and Feedburner Reports plugin for WordPress : tan tan noodles - msg free since 2005 -

Cool stuff I was readingSeptember 17th toOctober 7th:

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• Gartner Says More Than 60 Percent of Fortune 1000 Companies With a Web Site Will Connect to or Host a Form of Online Community by 2010 - Percent of Fortune 1000 Companies With a Web Site Will Connect to or Host a Form of Online Community by 2010
• BarCamp wiki / SocialMediaCampLondon -
• How To Build Traffic To Your Blog | WebProNews -
• Ten Commitments All Social Media â��Expertsâ�� Must Provide Their Clients : phil baumann /*rn*/ - 10 good rules to live your social media salesperson life by!
• You just cannot shoe-horn metrics into Social Media - Can you really quantify social media campaign effectiveness with one metric?

Cool stuff I was readingJuly 24th toAugust 3rd:

• Pottytraining for the workplace? - An interesting piece about falling standards if literacy in the PR industry.
• Lies, Damned Lies…: Online Ad Business 101, Part III - Ad Networks - Everything you need to know about Online Advertising by Ian Thomas - Part 3 (of 3)
• Lies, Damned Lies…: Online Advertising Business 101, Part II - How does adserving actually work? - Everything you need to know about Online Advertising by Ian Thomas - Part 2 (of 3)
• Lies, Damned Lies…: Online Advertising Business 101, Part I - The Online Advertising Value Chain - Everything you need to know about Online Advertising by Ian Thomas - Part 1 (of 3)
• BBC NEWS | Magazine | Why is a 99p price tag so attractive? - Interesting piece about the psychology of pricing.

Cool stuff I was readingJuly 16th toJuly 23rd:

• Engagement tracking « â��Cross The Breeze - Measuring story telling
• Gnip: We got $h*t to pop - This could make a huge difference to many, many 3rd party web apps.
• How to Develop a Social Media Plan for Your Business in 5 Steps - How to Develop a Social Media Plan for Your Business in 5 Steps
• Fuel duty increase is postponed - kdnalksdnxadklsndxlkala`
• Shop Direct sportswear sales buck market trend - sales reprts from littlewoods

Cool stuff I was readingJune 5th toJune 11th:

• Plurk: Unique or Just Another Twitter Clone? - ReadWriteWeb - Quite the most comprehensive review of Plurk (or in fact any social media tool) I have seen in a LONG time!
• Revenue Robot | Plurk Tools and Tracking - Plurk Tracking Tools
• Mento -
• Blogger Outreach is PR and Not Marketing < Chris Abraham - Blogger Outreach
• entrepreMusings - entrepreneur, business, babies, parenting - A fantastic way to respond to negative blogger comments
• Shapeways | Home -

Cool stuff I was readingMay 25th toJune 1st:

• BBC NEWS | Technology | Facebook ‘violates privacy laws’ - News that Facebook is breaking MORE laws.
• Advertisement feature | guardian.co.uk - Interesting immersive “urban” competition by Nissan
• BBC NEWS | Business | Will fake business blogs crash and burn? - Authenticity will ALWAYS win through
• PR Secrets for Startups - Great PR tips from Brian Solis
• Beyond Blogs - Are blogs the ONLY way?

Cool stuff I was readingMay 19th toMay 23rd:

• The Work of Jonathan Harris - Quite the most stunning work I have ever seen on the web.
• YouTube is the UK’s biggest social media site, says Nielsen | PDA: The Digital Content Blog | guardian.co.uk - Some very interesting stats. Facebook up, myspace down.
• Top 15 Corporate Blogs (Ranked - May 2008) « Marketing Nirvana - The Top 15 corporate blogs - on what basis? I don’t know, but a welcome list all the same.
• The French Open - Twitter Tennis conversation aggregator
• The 5 Types of Corporate Blogs (with examples) « Marketing Nirvana - Interesting from mario. always a good read and thought provoking. A subject close to my heart too.