This morning I had one of those wonderful social networking moments.  I received a note that I had been accepted into the smchat ning group - a group that meets once a month for chats.  I joined last week’s chat and thus signed up to the ning group.  When I visited this morning, I saw that they also had a LinkedIn group, so I joined that as well.  This is a great way to get a better handle on who was in the group.  The second person who’s profile I looked at was Deirdre Reid.  She had a posted listed in her profile Be a Renegade – Bringing Social Media to Your Association.  MORE >>

A recent post - Could Tradeshows Be ‘Googley’? looks at various aspects of what trade shows need to do to be successful in the future.  Given that I’ve worked for several large tradeshows in the past, definitely it’s tough times.  One suggestion stuck out at me: 5.) Get In the Information Business. For decades, tradeshows provided the space, exhibitors brought the products, and journalists covered the show. If tradeshows are in the information business, they need to team with journalists and companies to communicate with attendees. Information is no longer a one way street. MORE >>

A big value proposition that comes with Browse My Stuff is that it provides a great opportunity to build a relationship with bloggers in a particular field. In Learning, Extended Brain and Topic Hubs , I discussed my experience in launching Speaking Pro Central.  I realized that I should know a lot more about professional speaking and thought that it would make sense to create a Topic Hub that around professional speaking to help my own speaking services.  It also helped me meet many of the top players in that space. Blogger Relations: Two Approaches For PR. Enough With Blogger Strategies! MORE >>

I was recently asked what the difference was between Alltop and Browse My Stuff when it comes to a particular topic - in this case the topic was Professional Speaking. So let’s compare: Speaking.Alltop.com and. Speaking Pro Central. Similarities. Both sites highlight top blogs on a similar topic.  I’m not 100% sure what their focus is, but the list of sources seems similar enough. Both sites try to help users who do not classically use an RSS reader to get information.  People who use an RSS reader and are subscribed would simply do it that way. Differences. MORE >>

Browse My Stuff allows the creation of topic hubs around virtually any topic.  It is flexible in its use, but it is generally designed to allow the creation of either: Public Topic Hubs. White Label Topic Hubs. Topic Hubs are sites that aggregates content from a variety of sources, organizes that content around keywords in the topic domain, and supports both manual and social curation of that content. There is also an interesting aspect of network building and community creation through working with bloggers.  This can be an interesting part of social media marketing. Value of a Topic Hub. MORE >>