My top 10 reads for the week. This is a SMALL sampling of what I come across in my weekly media consumption addiction. If you’d like to be on my email list, please email me and I will add you.
Facebook Readying Its Mobile-Social Move - Adotas
Heavy Twitter Users Bring Social Activity to New Heights - eMarketer
How Starbucks Plans to Capitalize on Free Wi-Fi - Mashable
The Science of Sharing: Platforms inject data into the art of going viral - AdWeek
How Nike’s CEO Shook Up the Shoe Industry (off topic, but GREAT read) - FastCompany
Is Facebook Foursquare’s Enemy? It’s Complicated - Mashable
Facebook’s Foursquare competitor is imminent - CNET
Social Media Strategy Lessons From Pepsi - Business Insider
D.I.Y. Tool for Apps Needs Work - NYTimes
The Best and Worst Campaign Deals on Foursquare’s Turf - ClickZ
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My top 10 reads for the week. This is a SMALL sampling of what I come across in my weekly media consumption addiction. If you’d like to be on my email list, please email me and I will add you.
Say goodbye to the era of new stand-alone social networks – Guardian UK
Why Facebook Questions Could Be Zuckerberg’s Dream Come True – ReadWriteWeb
Google, undisputed heavyweight champion of mobile search – Pingdom
More Than 60% of Phones Web Capable by 2015 – ReadWriteWeb
Vice, a Media Company, Shows Big Brands How to Reach the Hip Crowd – NYTimes
Digital Media Director 2.0: Jack-of-all-Trades, Master of Many – FastCompany
A Look Back at the Last 5 Years in Blogging – Mashable
Check-In On Foursquare Without Taking Your Phone Out Of Your Pocket – TechCrunch
BlackBerry’s New Torch Makes a Leap From Drab – WSJ
Apple and the war for the mobile market – arstechnica
How Starbucks Reached 10M Fans: 6 Tips From A Social Media Superstar – Critical Mass
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My top 10 reads for the week. This is a SMALL sampling of what I come across in my weekly media consumption addiction. If you’d like to be on my email list, please email me and I will add you.
Forrester: Why Most Marketers Should Forgo Foursquare – AdAge
And the rebuttal…
Four Reasons Brands Must Check in to Foursquare. Now. – AdAge
Twitter Disconnect Between Marketers And Consumers – MediaPost
Are Location-Based Services All Hype? – NYTimes
Majority of Consumers Use Social Networks to Inform Buying Decisions – ReadWriteWeb
There will be blood: why Apple and Intel are destined to clash – ars technica
Once More, with Feeling: Making Sense of Social Media – Brian Solis
The Race to Organise Television – The Economist
Google Develops a Facebook Rival – WSJ
Why the Facebook-Amazon.com integration is bigger than you think – VentureBeat
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If you are a person who needs a job, is a strong user of Twitter, and has solid experience incorporating the service into your marketing activities, the odds are on your side. In a report released this week by Simply Hired, the instances of Twitter related jobs has exploded since 2008 – increasing by 2843%. Amazing.

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My top 10 reads for the week. This is a SMALL sampling of what I come across in my weekly media consumption addiction. If you’d like to be on my email list, please email me and I will add you.
Android Versus Android: Which Phones Are Winning on the Web? – Mashable
Content Farms 101: Why Suite101 Publishes 500 Articles a Day – NYTimes
Beyond Foursquare: What Search Engines Could Do With Location Data – ReadWriteWeb
How to Measure Brand Value: Likes, Followers, Influencers, Views? No, Social Currency – FastCompany
A Look Back at the Last 5 Years in Social Media – Mashable
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Talks to Diane Sawyer – ABC News
Amazon Mobile Sales Topped $1 Billion In Past 12 Months – paidContent
Facebook Connects 500 Million People: Defines a New Era of Digital Society – Brian Solis
11 Mind-Blowing Mobile Marketing Infographics – HubSpot
Facebook Could Transform Mobile Phones – BusinessWeek
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This graphic pretty much captures the essence… it’s not just one component – it’s all components dancing in unison. (courtesy: FastCompany).

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My top 10 reads for the week. This is a SMALL sampling of what I come across in my weekly media consumption addiction. If you’d like to be on my email list, please email me and I will add you.
How Old Spice won the Internet – FastCompany
The Future of Mobile is Now – Canadian Marketing Association
Corporate Social Media Policies: The Good, the Mediocre, and the Ugly – FastCompany
Inventor of cell phone: We knew someday everybody would have one – CNNTech
TV on a PC or Phone Has Some Drawbacks – NYTimes
How “Real” Media Misses The Point Of Social Media – Business Insider
Skype and Fring Go to War Over VOiP Video Calls – Mashable article
Can WinTel gain a foothold in tablets? – MarketWatch
The Trouble at Twitter Inc. – Valleywag
Social Media is F**king Addicitve – Slideshare
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Normally, I shy away from profanity in my blog posts. Today I came across a great presentation on Social Media through, well, my Twitter feed via David Armano. Passing along for your benefit. Some compelling data, visuals, and theories to be mindful of.
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My top 10 reads for the week. This is a SMALL sampling of what I come across in my weekly media consumption addiction. If you’d like to be on my email list, please email me and I will add you.
Foursquare Launches Location Layers – ReadWriteWeb article
How Social Media Has Radically Altered Advertising – Mashable article
For Those Facebook Left Behind – David Pogue in NYTimes
In Social Networks, One-Third of Consumers Talk Brands Every Week – BrianSolis.com article
Do you know who the mayor of your business is? – The Brand Builder article
Clay Shirky on the death of newspapers, why paywall will fail & how the internet brings out creativity – UK Guardian article
Reading in a Whole New Way – Smithsonian article
Facebook Makes Headway Around the World – NYTimes article
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs - Business Week article
Foursquare Is Five Times Larger Than Gowalla And Growing 75 Percent Faster Every Day – TechCrunch article
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