[Thrilled to have this guest post from Laura Click. Enjoy!]. Three years ago, I would have never dreamed I would run a half marathon. In fact, prior to January 2010, the longest I had ever run in my life was two miles – and that was in high school. Now, I have three half marathons under my belt and I’m training for my fourth race next month. Yes, it’s hard. But, it’s incredibly rewarding. Much like blogging. In fact, long-distance running and blogging have quite a bit in common. Don’t believe me? Get a training plan. Runners need a training plan to prepare for a long race. Blog Strategy MORE >>

Lots of attention has been put on the new Facebook Pages layout since fMC, with people displaying differing perspectives. The  usual suspects  have already released their pieces on how to prepare for Facebook Timelines. My My friend  Jay Baer says it betrays small businesses. We, meanwhile, see it as giving brands a new way to tell their story as communications becomes more and more focused on exactly that. We started preparing for the inevitable rollout of Timelines months ago when it was launched for developers’ personal pages back in October. Identify approach to contentious issues. MORE >>

Top Stories Photo & Video Galleries Top Lists Trending Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video More Topics. People Recommended Mashable Staff More people. Jobs Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: iPad YouTube Facebook. Trending Stories. Apple’s New iPad: 9 Features That Matter. How to Allow Subscribers on Facebook. Highlight App Takes Automatic Location-Based Sharing to the Next Level. Why Curation Is Just as Important as Creation [OPINION]. March 17, 2011 by Steve Rosenbaum. Who Gets Heard? Because that’s hard. Reply. MORE >>

If you have not seen the Kony 2012 video, you may be living under a rock. It is, without question, the hottest viral video sensation the Internet has seen in a long time. Looking beyond the forty million-plus views that this thirty-minute documentary/movement has achieved in a couple of days (if you haven't watched it, you owe it to yourself to do so below), this admirable non-profit movement is giving a free master class in Social Media marketing to both non-profit and for-profit organizations. In this case, notoriety translates to public support. It doesn't have to cost a fortune. Honest. MORE >>

In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell. Jack Welch . As BBF B.L. Ochman recently reminded me, social media has been around, and included in varying degrees (!), as a business initiative for the past ten years. Although most marketers agree social media is not a fad there is still a debate on what is social media. Is social media a strategy or is social media a tactic? Just One Crowd Sourced Question. reached out to people within social networks and invited them to reach out to their networks and answer. just one question. MORE >>