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 readingFebruary 4th toFebruary 6th:

• True Internet Marketing Icons / How Online Marketing Works : SEO Book.com - Fantastic piece about how the “new” web works
• Facebook starting to look at understanding sentiment - So, according to Robert, Facebook is now looking at understanding sentiment. Yay! To quote Robert: **Facebook is, he told me, studying â��sentimentâ��
• Ten Ways to Use Google Latitude - PC World - Ten Ways to Use Google Latitude
• Sony joins with Awareness for new social network effort - DMNews - Like the idea of what Sony are doing, not sure i like the idea of creating standard community templates.
• memelabs » Start a Online Video Contest with Memelabs Video Contest Application. Contest Ideas for your Online Marketing Campaigns. - An out of the box site to help you create competitions between friends…
• 140 Characters » How Twitter Was Born - How Twitter Was Born
• Exchanging Info Via High Tech, High-Fiving Toys | PSFK -

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 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.

Cool stuff I was readingApril 13th toMay 10th:

• Facebook to open the gates with ‘Facebook Connect’ | The Social - CNET News.com - The first steps to setting your Facebook data free!
• 18 Niche Affiliate Programs Perfect for Mom and Dad Bloggers -
• UTalkMarketing - Buzz marketing illegal from May, warns IPA - Friggin rule makers spoiling the fun again!
• Twitter Testing Advertising In Twitter Streams - Is Twiter turning to advertising already?
• Era of bloggerâ��s control is over « Scobleizer â�� Tech geek blogger - Blogging heading the way of TV. Defragmentation of comments.

These are my links for February 28th through March 13th:

• FT.com / Companies / Media -
• Presidential Hopefuls Spending Little On Web Ads. Why? Social Networking. -
• Facebook 101: Ten Things You Need to Know About Facebook - a facebook fact frenzy
• Tick » Paul Fabretti » Paul Fabretti -
• What Google Health Looks Like (Screenshots) - My god - is there NOTHING they will not track?

These are my links for January 12th through January 21st:

• What’s Next on the Web: a RWW Toolkit for 2008 - ReadWriteWeb -
• EA pushes ad-backed video games - Wow - a first. Free games supported (financially) by in-game ads and purchases
• How Lurpak’s post-Xmas campaign was left with the scraps - Sound advice from Wordtracker on how to ensure campaigns are optimised BEFORE launch.
• test post - test post for lwsdgblog
• Gravitational Media: We Get Brands Engaged In Social Networks - A dedicated social marketing agency. looks interesting-ish.
• VentureBeat » Facebook buying Plaxo? - As Facebook scrambles for more personal data could the purchase of Plaxo offer the “credible professional” vertical market it needs?
• BBC - CBeebies - Home - cbebies for Luca!