blending the mix

Cool stuff I was readingJanuary 2nd:

• The IAB Social Media Handbook - Below is an introductory ebook about Social Media…what it is, how you can get started. They’ve made a fairly good stab at covering all the important areas and pointers about what to look out for. I’d love to be involved in the next version, I like to think there’s a fair bit I could add to what is already there, so Amy…do get in touch!
• Some Twitter Social Network Analysis | Mediaczar - Bit late to this one. Very interesting though, especially as we see more and more pressure mounting (rightly so) from clients looking for ROI or better justification of social media efforts!
• Wadds’ tech pr blog: UK media and PR industries yet to be convinced by Social Media News Release (SMNR) - Interesting post (and comments) from Wadds about the Social Media Press Release
• IAB UK : Internet marketing : Social Media : Case studies - Social media case studies for ya!
• How to choose a social media agency / we are social - How to choose a social media agency -
• So, you’re a social media agency… - iCrossing -

Cool stuff I was readingDecember 16th toDecember 24th:

• Top 25 Ways to Tell if Your Social Media Expert Is a Carpetbagger » The Buzz Bin - Tell if Your Social Media Expert Is a Carpetbagger
• Ripple6 > the ripple platform - Another platform to have a look at.
• Twittering Toaster Offers Some Tasty Bites | Gadget Lab from Wired.com -
• Finextra: Barclays pilots Microsoft Surface in new flagship concept branch -
• Twitter has made Dell $1 million in revenue | The Industry Standard - $1m dollars in a year and a half - what could YOUR business do?

Cool stuff I was readingDecember 8th toDecember 13th:

• Ackura PressRoom - Ackura PressRoom - the most innovative social media press release on the web
• Social Media Release - Social Media Release
• Social Media Releases from IABC » Blog Archive » IABC assumes Social Media Release leadership role - Social Media Releases from IABC
• PR 2.0: The Definitive Guide to Social Media Releases - PR 2.0: The Definitive Guide to Social Media Releases
• CrapHammer: Wayne knows what many Word of Mouth experts don’t - Word of Mouth isn’t about clever technology, it’s about using your brain, not tools to talk to people
• Why Twitter Turned Down Facebook - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - Why Twitter Turned Down Facebook

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 readingOctober 15th toOctober 28th:

• Social Media Analytics | Andiamo Systems -
• delicious/help/tools - the often forgotten tools page of delicous!
• FORD MUSTANG - Ford Motor Company - digital snippets - Social Media news room from Ford
• The True Value of Social Media Consultants | ::HorsePigCow:: marketing uncommon - What does being a Social Media entail and how should you measure a SMC’s effectiveness?
• Reuters Editors » Blog Archive » Throwing a pebble and watching the ripples | Blogs | Reuters.com - Reuters supporting new broadcast means!

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 readingAugust 31st toSeptember 14th:

• Next generation social marketing (Podcast) -
• Put Thunderbird to work | Software news, tips and opinions from Download.com editors - Download.com - Using thunderbird as your default mail and calendar application
• YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. - A You Tube Channel dedicated to Wine
• The Tshirt and Tee Search Engine - PleaseDressMe -
• Agencies donâ��t get social media - The title says it all!

Cool stuff I was readingAugust 26th toAugust 28th:

• Pikchur / share pictures with your friends on Pownce,Twitter,Facebook, Jaiku, and more! - A way to easily share pictures to multiple social networks in one go.
• Buy it later - Cool notification tool for twitter users which notifies you of back-in-stock items.
• RealFreshTV | bTWEEN -
• The PRWeek Blog Competition. Just brilliant. -
• Blog Competition - PRWeek US -
• TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Collaboration web apps to beat the Credit Crunch - Jake Stride’s guest post on Techcrunch UK
• Marketing Moves to the Blogosphere - washingtonpost.com - Interesting links to corporate blogs

Cool stuff I was readingAugust 4th toAugust 7th:

• the twitties :: awards for all things twitter -
• The Cluetrain Manifesto â�� a refresher for late adopters. 1 of 10. | blending the mix - Helping non-adopters to undeerstand the what are why of Social Media!
• About BlogStorm & Patrick Altoft - A lad from Leeds who knows his stuff when it comes to SEO!
• A survey worth bookmarking - A survey about why business (in the UK mainly) don’t whole-heartedly adopt social media, combined with a trial of buzzbin!
• FilterForGood: Home - Brita’s great take on using the social tools and community to promote the use of brita filtered tapwater instead of bottled water.

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