Many loyal readers have checked in on the newsletter throughout 2011 to get both evergreen content , the content that typically embraces these monthly updates, in addition to something completely new, monthly digital trends  – the stuff you use for presentations and proposals, for arguing that social media and online marketing does have a firm place in today’s landscape. The Think instead about social media traffic, good content, a cleanly coded website, slow progressive growth, and your site’s authority. The focus is high quality content. Blogging. MORE >>

It's a way of consuming content as a continuous feed of brief bits, singles, ten-minute videos, tweets and status updates. As it becomes the primary way we interact with content, streams threaten longer formats like TV shows, articles, albums or books. Rather, we're all-day content snackers - which means we become more source agnostic too. For years I would engage long-form content like books or audio books in continuous blocks of time. carry a pocket pc/pda on me since 2001 and have been reading ebooks on it for just as long. Streams are everywhere. MORE >>

These women are executives, thought leaders, bloggers, authors and role models for younger women with an interest in technology. Next year, Cheryl and I tentatively plan to honor #Nifty50 Women and Men Writers, including bloggers, journalists, authors, and PR professionals.  self-described “social media evangelist,” Sandy’s work blogging and tweeting for IBM has led to 27 different awards, and is one of IBM’s top bloggers. EndPlay is a leading provider of SaaS content management, engagement and monetization solutions delivered in the cloud. Stacey Acevero. MORE >>

On September 11, 2001, I learned of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York by browsing an online finance bulletin board, and turned on CNBC to catch the news as it developed. Keep in mind that in the fall of 2001: Google was a private company with Eric Schmidt 6 months into his position of CEO Internet Explorer 5.5 Blogger was two years old, and 18 months from its sale to Google. spent the day hearing updates on the radio and refreshing the Internet sites that were keeping us updated under heavy load. was the dominant Web browser. LinkedIn didn't exist. MORE >>

As a new blogger in a very crowded niche, I’ve found the year tough. It’s been tough finding my voice among so many others, producing content that is rich and teaches others a thing or two, attracting traffic that sticks (subscribers)—all while trying to establish a schedule. Are you presenting your readers with boring content? And it will take you more than a few minutes to promote your content properly and on a daily basis. It’s absolutely essential that you write great, unique content and create a list of subscribers who love that content. MORE >>