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Bloggers: Would You Rather Be First Or Right?

SocMed Sean

If I just spout out statements like “Facebook announces that it’s going to buy Twitter” or “Apple is discontinuing the iPad 1 due to iOS 5 crashes”, I might generate a bunch of SEO traffic and boost my readership, but what value did I actually provide to my readers by publishing unsupported facts?

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Permanently Set Your Facebook Feed To Show Most Recent Instead Of Top Stories

SocMed Sean

Sometimes the big social networks roll out features (or forget to roll them out) that work for the majority of the users, but just don’t make sense to some of us. If you another way or a better way to make this change permanent, definitely share them in the comments. –Sean.

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Why You Need to Care About Tomorrow

Ari Herzog

Social Implications. Social networking allows us to stay as up-to-date as allowing us to “check in” at our current locations. When it comes to sharing your life via social networking, how much is too much? We met the iPhone in 2007; three years later came the iPad. Where’s the security?

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Protecting Children from Social Media

Direct Marketing Observations

“I’m on top of it, I know what this social networking thing is all about&# , “My child doesn’t really use it&# , “Does it really matter? Create hundreds of profiles on hundreds on networks. They can use a laptop, ipad or itouch. It goes viral in a social network and people get hurt.

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Smart Move from Condé Nast: GQ and DETAILS Should Have Their Own.

Adam Sherk

Tuesday’s announcement that GQ and DETAILS will get their own sites in October is definitely encouraging, and is a big improvement over hosting both on men.style.com. Props to Silicon Alley Insider for including a photo of the consultants from Office Space in their write-up. I did it above but I didn’t really want to.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup and Blog Post Ideas

Kikolani

25 awesome holiday gifts for bloggers – I want the iPad and the Kodak 1080p over the Flip. This video by Srinivas Rao shows you how to come up with 100 post ideas in 30 minutes – if you’re stuck on ideas, then you should definitely watch this! Blogging / Writing. 100 Post Ideas in 30 Minutes. Related Posts.

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Pinterest State of Maryland Pitch Contest: Interview With Zoe Pagonis

Diva Marketing Blog

Who would have thought that one of the most creative Pinterest contests would be developed by an institution not necessarily thought of as taking a lead in social media. and definitely not on Pinterest. First place winners received MacBook Air and runner ups received an iPad courtesy of Baltimore Angels. Government.