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Citizen Journalism: Who is a Journalist Today?

Proactive Report

People today are always on the look out for new and faster ways to get their news. According the 2011 State of the Media report, not only do they want to be able to find it and get it fast, they also want to contribute to, and participate in, reporting the news. Opportunities to act as a citizen journalist abound.

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Perhaps this is a “take heed&# call to community participants who engage on the social web, but while ExpertCruiser warns its readers that this is a scummy practice, in reality, scouring social sites for mentions of your product, service, and even your competitors is nothing new. Free did not make me give a great report.

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With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I’ve traveled more than ever before. As a PI, I researched trademarks and products that may have had conflicting names with existing trademarks and I reported on the findings. The idea of this meme is somewhat like previous memes , but it’s four times full of fun. Brian and I celebrated our honeymoon in London.

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Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

The FutureOfMedia Discussion site The New Fourth Estate is Social Media The Function of News in Community Commercialization of Human Stories De-Commercialization of Human Stories Problem Journalism vs Solution Journalism Product vs Process Journalism What is a Newspaper’s Product Anyway? Commercialization of Human Stories.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. Many social media software packages (great ebook analysis of them here) can provide highly detailed reports on the impact of social media programs.

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Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Kluster Launches at TED: A New Product in 72 Hours. Commuter Feed Uses Twitter for Localized Traffic Reports. We tried to figure out how to use some of these applications to generate unique content when building a travel portal and failed miserably. social networking. social media. social news.

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How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Simply stated, you can upload a profile picture (200 by 600 pixels maximum, though there are some reports that 180 by 540 pixels might work instead) and start filling out the relevant details about your business. i.e. I am offering exciting student travel destinations so reaching out to a Study Abroad groups o FB would be of interest.

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