Twitter! Focusing solely on social media might be nice, but your marketing reach should be a little more extensive than focusing on Twitter and Facebook. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! It might even be a dead buzzword. That’s why you need to paint a picture that’s more meaningful and encompasses what “social media&# as a label really is. Others have been there for over a decade. Always be Listening. Blogging. Customer Service. MORE >>

For me, it’s just asking, via email, Twitter, or Facebook. That means making comments on my blog posts, interacting with me on FriendFeed or Google Buzz, and sending me notices on Twitter. They can use any channel they would like – email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Another is Google, which is putting out gems on their Twitter feed – like this [link] Kurt Kohlstedt Kurt Kohlstedt is the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Webist Publishing & Misnamed Media , which includes the famous WebUrbanist blog. PR people shouldn’t try to get my attention. MORE >>

Facebook Pages do not allow background images like Twitter, Myspace, and other services. Jesse Stay is a consultant who specializes in the integration of social APIs such as Twitter and Facebook. Quick question: Is it possible to get your Twitter feed to automatically port over into your status update on the wall of your Fan page the way you can on the wall of a regular personal profile page? He’s volunteered to give away a copy of his recent book, FBML Essentials , to two readers. Scroll down to the end of the post for details on how to win. Marketers love Facebook. MORE >>

You can follow Tim on Twitter or on Facebook. This is a guest post by Tim Ware, owner of HyperArts. With Facebook’s recent changes to the layout of fan pages (aka business pages, aka brand pages), has come the opportunity for those with creativity to design a much more compelling and fully branded page. Much More Screen Real Estate! In the old Page layout there was really only the Profile Picture and custom tabs where design could be applied. The Page areas are: Profile Picture; Left-column Navigation; About Box; Likes — Page Favorites; Photostrip; Wall (Custom Tabs). MORE >>

Twitter Following a user and then unfollowing them before they have a chance to follow back. Consistently using your Twitter stream for nothing but self-promotion and ego. This is much more bothersome when the request comes via IM or email and not on Twitter itself. Twitter is also about real relationships. To take it a step further, make it easy for people to contact you outside Twitter if necessary. This is especially important if someone on Twitter needs to reach you but can’t direct message you since you’re not following them!? Usually.) MORE >>