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  Why does everything suck?: Disqus And Profy — First Step To Totally Portable Blogging

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  Great post on how to make Blogging portable… WhyDoesEverythingSuck - good job Hank Williams

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  free SWOT analysis template and method, free swot analysis

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  Great sample SWOT template with simple questions to help frame the more important issues. SWOT\’s are actually good tools to look at your business relative to the market - been a while since I used one…

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  (tags: analysis business howto learning management presentation research strategy tips tools tutorial)

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  Second Life Research

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  A few interesting notes on this blog, not updated frequently.

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  Cases 2.0 / Cases 2.0

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  Interesting set of case studies on Enterprise 2.0

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  (tags: 2.0 bestpractices enterprise2.0 management resources social web2.0 wiki)

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  The CEO Refresher

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  Great source of insights on management and leadership for executives. Never heard of it before today…

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  (tags: innovation leadership learning management marketing models strategy)

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  IBM Resource Center

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  Really great social media campaign from IBM in partnership with Digg. This is really good social media marketing.

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  (tags: digg socialmedia smp smplaybook socialmediaplaybook socialmediamarketing marketing)

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  How Second Life Affects Real Life - TIME

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  Really interesting piece on how our online interactions influences our real world behaviour. Some great research going on at Stanford…

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  (tags: culture identity research secondlife technology virtualworlds socialmedia stanford)

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• cgm: Ad-Tech Diarist: Ten Questions on the \”Art of Conversation\”
  Great post for everyone to read when thinking about what it means to engage in conversations as a marketer.

  (tags: blog conversation marketing social socialmedia womma conversationalmarketing adtech)

• Web 2.0 Expo Preview: Web 2.0 Isn\’t Just About The Apps — web 2.0 — InformationWeek

  Good piece from Information Week on the bigger picture behind Web 2.0 and its impact on the enterprise.

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• Web 2.0 Expo Preview: Torture by Information Overload | Epicenter from Wired.com

  Interesting take that doesnt go far enough in examining the biggest problem of Web 2.0, information overload - if you are trying to figure out what to solve next, please work on this huge problem.

  (tags: information media productivity socialmedia web2.0 web20 overload)

• MediaShift Idea Lab . Web 2.0: Blogtropulus vs. the Legacy Press Room | PBS

  Great post from JD Lasica on the blogger lounge we hosted at Web 2.0 Expo

  (tags: blogrtopolus bloggers web2.0 media journalism)

• The Riff: Geek: The Blog Room at Web 2.0 Expo

  Wow, Blogtropolus even made it into Mother Jones - The Conversation Group is getting noticed

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• Fake Steve Jobs lights up Web 2.0 Expo | Geek Gestalt - A blog by Daniel Terdiman - CNET News.com

  Well, I took a bit of ribbing from Fake Steve Jobs at his Web 2.0 Expo keynote - I spoke to him later that day and he wanted to know if I had a sense of humor Dan spoke at SMC Boston in the fall of 2007

  (tags: Web2.0 fakestevejobs socialmedia conference2.0 conference socialmediaclub)

• How this blog saved my life and saved me $100,000 | Rational rants | ZDNet.com
  Really very happy to hear that our friend Mitch Ratcliffe is no longer suffering through severe back pain and that he found a medical trial by publishing his needs to the market. This is a must read story… Congratulations Mitch!
  (tags: web socialmedia powerofsocialmedia friends medicaltrials)

• Is this really called Social Media? Yes! | Social Media Club
  Starting to put together a set of links around the discussion of what is social media that kicked off in early 2007. Much of it is not resolved still, but the phrase has obvious staying power…
  (tags: branding marketing media socialmedia smp whatissocialmedia)
• Do you Hate the term “Social Media?” (I don’t) then help come up with a better term
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• Social Media Goes Mainstream [Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog]
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• The Definition of Social Media | WebProNews
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• What is social media? « Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger
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• /Message: Scoble Asks What Is Social Media?
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• What is Social Media? No, really, WTF? | Social Media Club
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• What is Social Media?
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• socialmedia » What is
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• The Doc Searls Weblog : Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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• 15 Free Social Media White Papers and Ebooks
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• Micro Persuasion: Now Can We Please Kill the Phrase “Social Media”?
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• Maybe Advertising In Social Media Should Be An Oxymoron
  Interesting take on this important issue with some great comments. Personally I think there is room for advertising in all media - the questions really is how effective will it be at accomplishing your goals. Awareness and branding is good, direct respon
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• Putting Links Into Press Releases… Still A Controversial Issue(!)
  Tom Foremski, as always, has a great take on the latest round of discussion on the social media release.
  (tags: socialmedia pr socialmediarelease pressrelease smpr)
• Social Media Release - Needs To Be Social « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog
  Another good take on this subject from John Furrier
  (tags: smpr socialmedia socialmediarelease pr2.0)
• 4 Principles Of Persuasive Social Media Marketing | Insight Buzz
  Interesting take on the principles and key strategies that management may be considering when looking at social media marketing.
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• Torch Relay San Francisco-Marina - iReport.com
  I love how the Chinese media claim there were no protests or disruptions - a few minutes in to this video we see a group of protesters lie down in the street in front of the torch relay, but they were easily carried away by SFPD to the side of the street.
  (tags: olympics sanfrancisco torchrelay protest freetibet china)
• 40 Inventive (Business) Principles With Examples
  This 1999 article I came across while doing research on my book is fantastic. if you are in a big company and need some help with innovation, read this and use it often!
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• The New Advertising Outlet: Your Life - New York Times
  Great article on how big brands can serve the information and social needs of its customers to build a direct relationship. This piece on Nike+ gets at the heart of what I call The Communications Strategy
  (tags: advertising branding community experience marketing media newmedia socialmedia socialnetworking strategy)
• NBC to Revive a Mainstay of Early TV - New York Times
  NBC and Liberty Mutual are returning to the heyday of early TV where sponsored content, co-produced by the brand is at center stage. Another great development I think, as advertising continues to decline in effectiveness.
  (tags: advertising hollywood soapopera marketing media)