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If You Want a Culture of Collaboration, You Need to Accept the LOLCats Too

Social Media Strategery

"Even with the sacred printing press, we got erotic novels 150 years before we got scientific journals." Before wikis were used by the Intelligence Community to develop reports on IEDs , people were creating user badges to show off their favorite NFL teams. " - Clay Shirky at TED Cannes in June 2010.

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Is Twitter Crossing the Line Between Useful and Creepy

Convince & Convert

Image via Wall Street Journal blog. Maybe it’s a sign of the social media times, where we know people by their avatar more so than their street address of phone number. Interestingly, this would put Twitter squarely on the turf of Foursquare, as pointed out by Brent Carnduff on Business 2 Community.

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Are You a Productive Reader? - Stepcase Lifehack

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Keep a reading journal. Thursday Bram has some tips on journaling in one of her Lifehack posts. I also really want to keep a reading journal, but I find it hard to sit down and take the time to write about it after I finished reading a book. Continue your discussions at Lifehack Community. Talk about it. Monthly Pick.

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Micro Persuasion: Three Little Tips for Capturing Info Bits Quickly

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Avatar Marketing. Citizen Journalism. Journalism. Friendfeed will Change Journalism, PR and Marketing. Across the Sound. Advergaming. Advertising. All-Blog Media Diet Experiment. Bloggerside Chats. Centers of Gravity. Citizen Marketing. Customer Evangelism. Event Coverage. Free Advice. Handy Resources. Moblogging.

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5 Bloggers Who Started a Blog in 2017 and Survived

ProBlogger

Just recently we asked the ProBlogger Community to submit their stories of starting a blog, and their tips for those considering starting a blog in 2018. Successes: While she’s enjoyed meeting the blogger community where she has received a lot of support, she realised she needed to write for her avatar, not other bloggers.

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Election 2010: GetUp Tony Abbott Mashup

Laurel Papworth

This comment was originally posted on Twitter Reply More from author wyane says: August 10, 2010 at 9:52 pm send this to your mum: RT @SilkCharm Election 2010: GetUp Tony Abbott Mashup [link] #ausvotes This comment was originally posted on Twitter Reply More from author Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Facebook talks like a pirate.

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196: Blogger Spotlight – Nikki Parkinson from Styling You, Shares How She Built a Business Around Her Blog

ProBlogger

Nikki talks about how she’s not just built a large audience – but how she’s built such an engaging community. How do you think your background in journalism helped you in your blogging? On the other side of things, what mind shifts did you have to make from journalism to become a blogger? Do you have an avatar in mind?

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