flickr photo by alvi2047 Super Bowl 45 is today between the Green Bay Packers vs the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL along with various brands have all gone social media crazy this year. Visa even has a social media, twitter, measuring dashboard where you can tweet from at superbowl.com. Not to be left out of the social media conversations and Super Bowl hype foursquare has partnered with the NFL.com to reward foursquare users who check into the actual Super Bowl game in Texas with a special badge. What is your favorite media/tv check-in app? MORE >>

Some would say that  Foursquare has blasted into the scene of location based social networking applications with a vengeance. This could also be applied to any social network). Foursquare gives you the opportunity to link your other social networks to your Foursquare account. Badges, becoming mayor and points allow you to see who are most active within your business. The people with the most points receive badges or become mayors of different locations.  Is your business getting reviewed on social applications? social media MORE >>

recent presentation during last year’s Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Forum in London by Joe Horwood, Communication Manager for GS1 MobileCom , an initiative of the GS1 aimed at making mobile commerce and product information services and applications interoperable, scalable and cost-effective, puts this into perspective. Where does social fit in? All have a social element. But we have found that no one is offering rewards and badges for interacting inside the app. So advertisers could brand a badge for checking in, that could be centered around Aisle 411. MORE >>

There’s no order to the posts; I’ve used my bookmarks and a variety of social sites and peer recommendations to create this list. New for 2008: If your article is highlighted in this comprehensive post, we have badges for you!  Social Media: Generic Strategy: 50 Ways to Use Social Media : Jeremiah Owyang shows how you can apply social media to some standard social computing objectives. What is the ROI for Social Media? Scared of Social Media? But “social media marketing expert?&# MORE >>

a thousand cuts :: adam cohen's blog About Blogroll Contact a thousand cuts conversations about social media and interactive marketing by adam cohen 19 JUL Social Media Chat Tuesday, July 21st Posted by: adam / Tags: Interactive Marketing , Jason Breed , Marc Meyer , Marketing and Advertising , Social Media / Comments: View Comments There are regular chats on Twitter, and then there’s hashtagsocialmedia.com.  When combining social media with other interactive marketing practices, the results can magnify both.  See you there? MORE >>