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Media140 Sydney: Social Media Twitter & Journalism

Laurel Papworth

I spoke at Media140 Sydney – I want to highlight some of the “arguments&# used against social media by the panels, also focus on Everybody co-creating The Human Narrative and the diminishing role of journalists who take news from one part of the community and deliver it to another part: It’s not YOUR content.

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Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls

Laurel Papworth

No wonder newspapers hate us (by us I mean “readers&# , otherwise known as wikipedians, bloggers, social media creators/distributors). Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy. White Paper: Social Networking Primed To Go Mobile (0). Related posts.

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New creatives at Mindjumpers

Mindjumpers

The issue in finding the right creatives is actually finding out what skills you need to strengthen the team with – and it’s a creative team with sole focus on social media – so there is not a lot of knowledge “we did that – and that really worked well” around. Technorati Tags: Mindjumpers , people.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us He used Twitter to raise money for charity if people tweeted and blamed his cancer.

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Social Media Revenue: Huffington Post TechCrunch Valuations

Laurel Papworth

Yes, Virginia, social media and blogs CAN make money. Will 2010 see the further rise of social media proprietors? It’s usually said in a tone that implies that social media is so gosh- darn “social&# and “friendly&# that everyone gives everything away for free. Related posts.

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Study: Facebook Fan Pages are Great Marketing Tool for Businesses

Bill Hartzer

According to Dholakia, the results of the study indicate that Facebook fan pages provide an effective and low-cost way of social media marketing. He has published in a number of marketing and management journals, and consults with firms in financial services, energy, health-care and other industries. Share this on Technorati.

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Why Klout Should Not Be A Synonym For Influence

Waxing UnLyrical

If you use HootSuite to manage your social platforms, every time you click on someone’s profile, you’re hit in the face with their Klout score. And now mainstream media’s getting into the act: I give you last week’s Wall Street Journal article on how certain wannabe cool kids are trying to game the system.

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