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As 2011 winds down, it’s time for me to reflect on the state of my social media world in 2011. Things that I thought I knew about social media in 2011: 1) That I knew what I was talking about. 5) Corporations were ready to be transparent in 2011. 8) That FB would get to 1billion users in 2011. 10) That 2011 would be the year that corporations would be ready to adopt social media both internally and externally. MORE
Tweet Closing in on the end of 2011, I have listed the three big “events” that in my opinion have lead to important development within the field of social media. 2011 was the year when Page took over as CEO at Google. MORE
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unassociated 2011 is open for registration! Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days. MORE
A new report from Focus, 2011 Trends Report: Social Media Marketing presents observations and predictions from eight leading social media experts (and me) about social media trends and developments to watch for in the coming year. Social Media Marketing b2b social media Focus Frank Days Jay Baer Lee Traupel Maggie Fox Mark Schaefer Michael Brenner Paul Dunay social media marketing trends social media predictions for 2011 social media report Stephanie Marx Twitter MORE
Social Media 2011 Bees Awards Corona Light Ikea International Social Media Award Show nominees San Francisco ToyotaTweet Yet again, it’s time for the Bees Awards – The International Social Media Award Show – to start. And yesterday, the nominees were announced. MORE
From the offensive tweets of a spokesperson impersonating a duck, to the ‘Qwik’ fail of a new name and site for a DVD rental service, 2011 definitely saw its fair share of social media blunders. Oh, what the click of one button can do. MORE
Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the second quarter of 2011. Our second quarter of 2011 in a nutshell. It’s time for our quarterly recap of what we’ve been working on. Progress! MORE
Eleven Digital Trends to Watch in 2011. Location, Location, Facebook – If 2010 belonged to solely Foursquare, it’s likely that Facebook will rain on their parade in 2011. We’ll all need to figure out better ways to deal with this problem in 2011. MORE
Today, Tom Pick ( @TomPick ), Online Marketing Executive at KC Associates , who blogs at his award winning B2B Webbiquity , and I ( @ckburgess – Blue Focus Marketing @BlueFocus360 ) present 50 remarkable men on our 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men list. MORE
3 Ways A Blog Helps You SEO-Wise » How To Promote Your Business In 2011 When it comes to promoting a small business, you have to prepare for changes. Here are some of the most effective strategies for promoting a business in 2011. About Us What’s a Maverick? MORE
Veteran Internet marketer Debra Mastaler has an interesting post on how to obtain new links, a process she calls “link marketing&# instead of link building, for your website today. If you look at the list, it’s really nothing new. In fact, she tells you as much before she dives in. But there was one thing that caught my eye about her list. MORE
Juniper Research has released its top ten wireless predictions for 2011, let’s step through and take a look at where they think mobile is going in the coming year. Juniper believes 2011 will see the first cloud-based mobile operating systems launched. MORE
10 Event Trends for 2011. Short and sweet and perfect. Thanks to Julius Solaris for the great slide deck! View more presentations from Julius Solaris. Oooh and this just in: Samuel J Smith and Ruud Jaansen’s deck featuring Untech10 was featured on the SlideShare homepage. Congrats, gang! MORE
Over the past week I have been working on my goals for 2011. to pay off a debt during 2011, I must make a specific payment each month) and then what the next action is to achieve that goal (e.g. Here are my 3 words for 2011: Consistency, Growth, and Create. Growth – Growing will be a major part of 2011. Those are my 3 words for 2011. What are your 3 words for 2011? MORE
Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project—and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. Watch next month (close to Father’s Day) for the Nifty 50 Men of Twitter for 2011. MORE
SlideShare Zeitgeist 2011. Loving this quick slide deck showing some stats of the most popular presentations on Slideshare this year. Looks like slides are definitely moving away from Powerpoint Hell… yay! View more presentations from Rashmi Sinha. Presentations Social Learning MORE
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
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I just arrived home from South by Southwest Interactive after six days down in Austin, Texas. MORE
You can get the whole story in B2B Blogging Trends in 2011 , a free (and no registration required) white paper from Aggregage (the software that powers the BMZ site). Among the findings: • If you don’t have a blog yet, 2011 is the year to start one. MORE
Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the first quarter of 2011. 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference –We volunteered at 11NTC to help run their on-site media lounge. Our first quarter of 2011 in a nutshell. MORE
274 In June 2011, they will be holding The Corporate Social Media Summit in both New York and San Francisco. The State of Corporate Social Media 2011. The Corporate Social Media Summit 2011. MORE
Tweet Having reviewed what has happened across the different social media platforms in 2010, the next thought is what is going to happen in 2011? Take a look at it, and let us know what you think 2011 is going to offer us. 17 Social Media Marketing Trends for 2011. MORE
Tweet 20 Social Media Business Trends in 2011. View more presentations from Dave Fleet. One of the great things about working in the digital space right now is observing the many changes constantly occurring. MORE
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Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the third quarter of 2011. Our third quarter of 2011 in a nutshell. It’s time for our quarterly recap of what we’ve been working on. This year’s flying by. MORE
The study is the Global Social Media Check Up 2011, which is an annual study investigating big companies’ presence on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blogs etc. MORE
Here are the top 11 social media marketing posts on the Firebelly blog in 2011 based on number of views. Facebook For Business Tip #1: Pages not Profiles. Social Search: Tempur-Pedic “Ask Me” Commercial. Facebook For Business Tip #8: Wildfire Contests. Gettin’ Unique With QR Codes. MORE
Why do you think YouTube is the #2 search engine in thw world? Did you know that it was? Some of you might not know but are you surprised by that statement? Did you know that as of March 2010, 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute? Here’s some perspective for you. MORE
294 Tweet Looking for books to populate your reading list for 2011? I was so pleased with the results that I’m doing the same in 2011. Here are a few to think about. MORE
MIT Media Lab Identity, 2011 from readyletsgo on Vimeo. Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days. MORE
2011 Related Topics Mindjumpers
APRIL 14, 2011
In June 2011, they will be holding The Corporate Social Media Summit in both New York and San Francisco. The State of Corporate Social Media 2011. The Corporate Social Media Summit 2011.
Mindjumpers
JANUARY 6, 2011
Tweet Having reviewed what has happened across the different social media platforms in 2010, the next thought is what is going to happen in 2011? Take a look at it, and let us know what you think 2011 is going to offer us. 17 Social Media Marketing Trends for 2011.
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Webbiquity SMM
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
You can get the whole story in B2B Blogging Trends in 2011 , a free (and no registration required) white paper from Aggregage (the software that powers the BMZ site). Among the findings: • If you don’t have a blog yet, 2011 is the year to start one.
Mindjumpers
DECEMBER 29, 2011
Tweet Closing in on the end of 2011, I have listed the three big “events” that in my opinion have lead to important development within the field of social media. 2011 was the year when Page took over as CEO at Google.
Mindjumpers
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
The study is the Global Social Media Check Up 2011, which is an annual study investigating big companies’ presence on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blogs etc.
Webbiquity SMM
JANUARY 7, 2011
A new report from Focus, 2011 Trends Report: Social Media Marketing presents observations and predictions from eight leading social media experts (and me) about social media trends and developments to watch for in the coming year. Social Media Marketing b2b social media Focus Frank Days Jay Baer Lee Traupel Maggie Fox Mark Schaefer Michael Brenner Paul Dunay social media marketing trends social media predictions for 2011 social media report Stephanie Marx Twitter
Mindjumpers
APRIL 28, 2011
Social Media 2011 Bees Awards Corona Light Ikea International Social Media Award Show nominees San Francisco ToyotaTweet Yet again, it’s time for the Bees Awards – The International Social Media Award Show – to start. And yesterday, the nominees were announced.
Webbiquity SMM
JUNE 6, 2011
Today, Tom Pick ( @TomPick ), Online Marketing Executive at KC Associates , who blogs at his award winning B2B Webbiquity , and I ( @ckburgess – Blue Focus Marketing @BlueFocus360 ) present 50 remarkable men on our 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men list.
Dave Fleet
JANUARY 27, 2011
Tweet 20 Social Media Business Trends in 2011. View more presentations from Dave Fleet. One of the great things about working in the digital space right now is observing the many changes constantly occurring.
Webbiquity SMM
MAY 3, 2011
Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project—and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. Watch next month (close to Father’s Day) for the Nifty 50 Men of Twitter for 2011.
The Social Media Incubator
DECEMBER 14, 2011
From the offensive tweets of a spokesperson impersonating a duck, to the ‘Qwik’ fail of a new name and site for a DVD rental service, 2011 definitely saw its fair share of social media blunders. Oh, what the click of one button can do.
Small Business Mavericks
APRIL 21, 2011
3 Ways A Blog Helps You SEO-Wise » How To Promote Your Business In 2011 When it comes to promoting a small business, you have to prepare for changes. Here are some of the most effective strategies for promoting a business in 2011. About Us What’s a Maverick?
SocialFish
JANUARY 13, 2011
Eleven Digital Trends to Watch in 2011. Location, Location, Facebook – If 2010 belonged to solely Foursquare, it’s likely that Facebook will rain on their parade in 2011. We’ll all need to figure out better ways to deal with this problem in 2011.
Direct Marketing Observations
DECEMBER 19, 2011
As 2011 winds down, it’s time for me to reflect on the state of my social media world in 2011. Things that I thought I knew about social media in 2011: 1) That I knew what I was talking about. 5) Corporations were ready to be transparent in 2011. 8) That FB would get to 1billion users in 2011. 10) That 2011 would be the year that corporations would be ready to adopt social media both internally and externally.
Sherrilynne Starkie
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
SocialFish
JULY 22, 2011
Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the second quarter of 2011. Our second quarter of 2011 in a nutshell. It’s time for our quarterly recap of what we’ve been working on. Progress!
Sherrilynne Starkie
FEBRUARY 12, 2011
SocialFish
OCTOBER 3, 2011
Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the third quarter of 2011. Our third quarter of 2011 in a nutshell. It’s time for our quarterly recap of what we’ve been working on. This year’s flying by.
Firebelly
DECEMBER 28, 2011
Here are the top 11 social media marketing posts on the Firebelly blog in 2011 based on number of views. Facebook For Business Tip #1: Pages not Profiles. Social Search: Tempur-Pedic “Ask Me” Commercial. Facebook For Business Tip #8: Wildfire Contests. Gettin’ Unique With QR Codes.
Sherrilynne Starkie
JANUARY 19, 2011
SocialFish
MARCH 1, 2011
unassociated 2011 is open for registration! Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days.
SocialFish
DECEMBER 6, 2010
10 Event Trends for 2011. Short and sweet and perfect. Thanks to Julius Solaris for the great slide deck! View more presentations from Julius Solaris. Oooh and this just in: Samuel J Smith and Ruud Jaansen’s deck featuring Untech10 was featured on the SlideShare homepage. Congrats, gang!
Dave Fleet
MARCH 17, 2011
I just arrived home from South by Southwest Interactive after six days down in Austin, Texas.
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 3, 2012
SlideShare Zeitgeist 2011. Loving this quick slide deck showing some stats of the most popular presentations on Slideshare this year. Looks like slides are definitely moving away from Powerpoint Hell… yay! View more presentations from Rashmi Sinha. Presentations Social Learning
SocialFish
APRIL 1, 2011
MIT Media Lab Identity, 2011 from readyletsgo on Vimeo. Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days.
Mindjumpers
DECEMBER 16, 2010
Juniper Research has released its top ten wireless predictions for 2011, let’s step through and take a look at where they think mobile is going in the coming year. Juniper believes 2011 will see the first cloud-based mobile operating systems launched.
Justin Levy
JANUARY 1, 2011
Over the past week I have been working on my goals for 2011. to pay off a debt during 2011, I must make a specific payment each month) and then what the next action is to achieve that goal (e.g. Here are my 3 words for 2011: Consistency, Growth, and Create. Growth – Growing will be a major part of 2011. Those are my 3 words for 2011. What are your 3 words for 2011?
SocialFish
APRIL 5, 2011
Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the first quarter of 2011. 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference –We volunteered at 11NTC to help run their on-site media lounge. Our first quarter of 2011 in a nutshell.
Direct Marketing Observations
JANUARY 3, 2011
Why do you think YouTube is the #2 search engine in thw world? Did you know that it was? Some of you might not know but are you surprised by that statement? Did you know that as of March 2010, 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute? Here’s some perspective for you.
Small Business Mavericks
JUNE 19, 2011
Veteran Internet marketer Debra Mastaler has an interesting post on how to obtain new links, a process she calls “link marketing&# instead of link building, for your website today. If you look at the list, it’s really nothing new. In fact, she tells you as much before she dives in. But there was one thing that caught my eye about her list.
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