David McClellan presents an outstanding to optimizing all of the elements of your Twitter profile (name, bio, avatar, URL and feed) for search. Share it on StumbleUpon. While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business. Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. Twitter users frequently exchange information about products and services.” MORE >>

Tim Soulo has compiled a fantastic guide filled with best practices and tips for Facebook marketing success, starting with setting up the profile of your “brand ambassador&# and progressing through your creating your avatar and adding applications, and ending with using other social media services to promote your presence on Facebook. Share it on StumbleUpon. Facebook is an extraordinary phenomenon. Depending on the day, it’s either the #1 or #2 most-visited site on the web. It’s inspired a movie. It has half a billion adherents. How do you do it? Always. MORE >>

Here are some tips you can apply to your Facebook marketing strategy that will put your Facebook Page leaps and bounds ahead of the competition: Maximize Your Avatar Visibility Profile pictures on Facebook can have a maximum size of 200×600 pixels. Reply Dale-Kurt Murray December 2, 2009 at 4:05 am Check out my own Facebook Page Tab [link] Reply Henry Elliss December 2, 2009 at 9:49 am Nice post Jesse / Tamar – even just knowing the optimum size you can make your avatar is a great tip, let alone all the other great ideas. Marketers love Facebook. This is your Canvas. MORE >>

Add an avatar and a bio at the minimum. StumbleUpon Sending more than one story to your network daily. Submitting a story from another social news site to StumbleUpon for more visibility and eyeballs. This infraction goes for all social sites that accept submissions, and not just StumbleUpon.) FriendFeed, StumbleUpon e YouTube December 30, 2008 at 7:00 am Netiquette 2.0: Would you do the following within real face-to-face relationships? Jump on the friendship bandwagon without properly introducing yourself? Many call this spam. Abusing group invites. Usually.) MORE >>

And the community continues to grow as these statistics from June 2010 show: 172 million avatars created. Share it on StumbleUpon. Image by Ivan Walsh via Flickr. Habbo , the world’s largest teenage online community , has recently celebrated its tenth birthday, proving that sustainable success can be achieved with  online communities. The first version of Habbo was rolled out in August 2000, followed by an English-language beta version in January 2001. In the UK alone it reaches 15% of the total teenage audience and receives more than 1.1 million unique visitors per month. MORE >>