Man I don’t think I have wanted for a week to be over this bad in a long time. While nothing horrible happened, I am more looking forward to the weekend. For starters some of my best friends from Jersey are coming up to meet Baby Espo and I have a nice Father’s Day event to attend on Saturday at the NE Aquarium with the good folks at Pampers. As I am writing this I am also recovering from a food coma and wondering if that full rack of ribs yesterday was a good idea – for the record I say yes, but the meat sweats a sleep later may be telling me otherwise. How the heck was your week? Have any good weekend plans? Hopefully you have a good one and I’ll catch you next week. Enjoy this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

10 Tips for New Community Managers – There is no question that community management is one of the hot job titles right now. The big question on many people’s minds though is what the heck does it mean and what does this person do? In this post from my favorite community manager out there, Janet Aronica, you can get a sense and an education on the topic from her top 10 tips.

Does Google Use Facebook Shares to Influence Search Rankings? – For a while now folks have been debating the value of a like on Facebook. This has ranged from the value of an individual fan to what it is worth in search engines. In this post from SEOMoz, it appears that likes may actually impact the value that Google and Bing put on your sight. While this is interesting it may also have been a test from Google as they rolled out their +1 button.

ROA = Return on Attention – I like this post a lot. It is not because it just introduces a new measurement that also brings the tried and true long-tail theory back into the picture as applied to social media.

Twitter Users Want Businesses to Answer Them – Would you believe that eight out of 10 Twitter users want brands to answer their questions that they place on the 140-character microblogging service? Well in this latest research from InboxQ it shows that and some other cool stats worth peeping out.

Where Does Social Belong? – I loved this post from my pal Gini Dietrich on where social media belongs within an organization. On top of giving her take, there was a rather intelligent and spirited conversation in the comments that touches all areas of this issue and I suggest anyone in the social space check it out.

Bonus video – Can we Be Friends (click here if you can’t view)

Man I don’t think I have wanted for a week to be over this bad in a long time. While nothing horrible happened, I am more looking forward to the weekend. For starters some of my best friends from Jersey are coming up to meet Baby Espo and I have a nice Father’s Day event to attend on Saturday at the NE Aquarium with the good folks at Pampers. As I am writing this I am also recovering from a food coma and wondering if that full rack of ribs yesterday was a good idea – for the record I say yes, but the meat sweats a sleep later may be telling me otherwise. How the heck was your week? Have any good weekend plans? Hopefully you have a good one and I’ll catch you next week. Enjoy this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

10 Tips for New Community Managers – There is no question that community management is one of the hot job titles right now. The big question on many people’s minds though is what the heck does it mean and what does this person do? In this post from my favorite community manager out there, Janet Aronica, you can get a sense and an education on the topic from her top 10 tips.

Does Google Use Facebook Shares to Influence Search Rankings? – For a while now folks have been debating the value of a like on Facebook. This has ranged from the value of an individual fan to what it is worth in search engines. In this post from SEOMoz, it appears that likes may actually impact the value that Google and Bing put on your sight. While this is interesting it may also have been a test from Google as they rolled out their +1 button.

ROA = Return on Attention – I like this post a lot. It is not because it just introduces a new measurement that also brings the tried and true long-tail theory back into the picture as applied to social media.

Twitter Users Want Businesses to Answer Them – Would you believe that eight out of 10 Twitter users want brands to answer their questions that they place on the 140-character microblogging service? Well in this latest research from InboxQ it shows that and some other cool stats worth peeping out.

Where Does Social Belong? – I loved this post from my pal Gini Dietrich on where social media belongs within an organization. On top of giving her take, there was a rather intelligent and spirited conversation in the comments that touches all areas of this issue and I suggest anyone in the social space check it out.

Bonus video – Can we Be Friends (click here if you can’t view)

Man I don’t think I have wanted for a week to be over this bad in a long time. While nothing horrible happened, I am more looking forward to the weekend. For starters some of my best friends from Jersey are coming up to meet Baby Espo and I have a nice Father’s Day event to attend on Saturday at the NE Aquarium with the good folks at Pampers. As I am writing this I am also recovering from a food coma and wondering if that full rack of ribs yesterday was a good idea – for the record I say yes, but the meat sweats a sleep later may be telling me otherwise. How the heck was your week? Have any good weekend plans? Hopefully you have a good one and I’ll catch you next week. Enjoy this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

10 Tips for New Community Managers – There is no question that community management is one of the hot job titles right now. The big question on many people’s minds though is what the heck does it mean and what does this person do? In this post from my favorite community manager out there, Janet Aronica, you can get a sense and an education on the topic from her top 10 tips.

Does Google Use Facebook Shares to Influence Search Rankings? – For a while now folks have been debating the value of a like on Facebook. This has ranged from the value of an individual fan to what it is worth in search engines. In this post from SEOMoz, it appears that likes may actually impact the value that Google and Bing put on your sight. While this is interesting it may also have been a test from Google as they rolled out their +1 button.

ROA = Return on Attention – I like this post a lot. It is not because it just introduces a new measurement that also brings the tried and true long-tail theory back into the picture as applied to social media.

Twitter Users Want Businesses to Answer Them – Would you believe that eight out of 10 Twitter users want brands to answer their questions that they place on the 140-character microblogging service? Well in this latest research from InboxQ it shows that and some other cool stats worth peeping out.

Where Does Social Belong? – I loved this post from my pal Gini Dietrich on where social media belongs within an organization. On top of giving her take, there was a rather intelligent and spirited conversation in the comments that touches all areas of this issue and I suggest anyone in the social space check it out.

Bonus video – Can we Be Friends (click here if you can’t view)

Man I don’t think I have wanted for a week to be over this bad in a long time. While nothing horrible happened, I am more looking forward to the weekend. For starters some of my best friends from Jersey are coming up to meet Baby Espo and I have a nice Father’s Day event to attend on Saturday at the NE Aquarium with the good folks at Pampers. As I am writing this I am also recovering from a food coma and wondering if that full rack of ribs yesterday was a good idea – for the record I say yes, but the meat sweats a sleep later may be telling me otherwise. How the heck was your week? Have any good weekend plans? Hopefully you have a good one and I’ll catch you next week. Enjoy this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

10 Tips for New Community Managers – There is no question that community management is one of the hot job titles right now. The big question on many people’s minds though is what the heck does it mean and what does this person do? In this post from my favorite community manager out there, Janet Aronica, you can get a sense and an education on the topic from her top 10 tips.

Does Google Use Facebook Shares to Influence Search Rankings? – For a while now folks have been debating the value of a like on Facebook. This has ranged from the value of an individual fan to what it is worth in search engines. In this post from SEOMoz, it appears that likes may actually impact the value that Google and Bing put on your sight. While this is interesting it may also have been a test from Google as they rolled out their +1 button.

ROA = Return on Attention – I like this post a lot. It is not because it just introduces a new measurement that also brings the tried and true long-tail theory back into the picture as applied to social media.

Twitter Users Want Businesses to Answer Them – Would you believe that eight out of 10 Twitter users want brands to answer their questions that they place on the 140-character microblogging service? Well in this latest research from InboxQ it shows that and some other cool stats worth peeping out.

Where Does Social Belong? – I loved this post from my pal Gini Dietrich on where social media belongs within an organization. On top of giving her take, there was a rather intelligent and spirited conversation in the comments that touches all areas of this issue and I suggest anyone in the social space check it out.

Bonus video – Can we Be Friends (click here if you can’t view)