Link: US Disaster Relief Officials Look to Harness Power of Social Media “U.S. officials say that they are increasingly looking at ways to harness the power of the Internet and social media to improve the government’s response to emergencies.” Experiences from recent natural and man-made disasters (e.g. earthquake in Haiti, oil spill in the Gulf, etc.)…
Link: My Best Twitter Advice Chris brings together and links to five articles he has written on the following very helpful topics: 50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business 50 Power Twitter Tips Using Twitter Search for Business Get More Twitter Followers Today (no, not the spammy way) Spread Your Wings – Get More Retweet…
Link: When Not Responding Online Is The Right Response Mitch takes us through some scenarios where some “complainers” are just trolling for a response, will never be satisfied and don’t want a resolution, but instead just want a platform or soapbox for their own personal agendas. Mitch explains how to identify such people and how to…
Link: New Tweet Button from Twitter can stop your site from loading! How to fix it. It is amazing how so many “new things” from Twitter actually cause problems and need to be backed-out immediately after they are launched. Well, the new Tweet button is another example of that. This post explains the problem and…
Link: Gap running 25% off promotion for Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare users “The Gap is running a promotion today called ‘The BlackMagic Event’ where it is offering 25% off to Facebook,Twitter and Foursquare users…” While this is an interesting tactic, also interesting is that Foursquare users are included. The details are described in this posting…
Link: It’s Not About the Mic When first approaching clients about social media, we often have the wrong focus. Chris gives us some pointers to help focus the client and ourselves in those important initial discussions. by @ChrisBrogan
Link: Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? A new research study of 1,400 U.S. consumers from ExactTarget and CoTweet called “Twitter X-Factors” shows some interesting statistics. Jay digs into the numbers and the interpretations and draws some helpful conclusions for us. Article by @JayBaer of Convince & Convert blog.
Link: How To remove yourself from other peoples Twitter Lists This posts raises an interesting scenario where you are included on someone else’s publicly viewable Twitter list, but that list is named very inappropriately (for you), you need to get off of that list, but you don’t want to contact the list owner — What do…
Link: Ambient Connectivity and the “Impending Social Crash” First, Chris Brogan wrote about what he calls an impending “social crash” — and now Mark Hopkins takes that idea and expands on it, digs deeper into the concept and makes you start to scratch your head about our ability to keep up with these social activities as…
Link: Is a Social Crash Coming? “Social networks push human interaction to the utmost limits.” Chris talks about how time and friendship are being distorted by the Internet. He elaborates on these ideas, and also talks about the math behind it. The math? See how Chris breaks it down and then speculates on a possibly…
