Mixed Messages in The Blogging Landscape

                   
originalsignal.com     Jul 27, 2008            

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the changing face of the blogging landscape. On one hand many bloggers have turned to the likes of FriendFeed and Twitter to express themselves, instead of their blogs. On the other hand we have a group of professional blogs that are becoming more and more like 'old media'. But interestingly, in both cases, there are complaints about how 'social media' is failing them.Media in general has been undergoing a seachange ever since the Internet arrived on the scene in the 90's. But this year, 2008, that change has intensified. Everyone is racing to adopt and adapt to social media - the read/write web as some of us call it. But social media is not a panacea; in fact it produces just as many problems as solutions.2008: Jostling, ElbowingFor a few years now 'big media' companies have... [read full story]                    

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Blogging and Social Media Reshaped My Job Duties

culturefeast.com     Jul 24, 2008          

If you were to have told me, about a year ago, that I would be using social media on a regular basis, I would have thought you were insane. To me, social media was nothing more than Facebook and MySpace, nothing more, nothing...                    

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8 Features That Are Important in Social Media Sites

sphinn.com     Jul 24, 2008          

Active participants in social media have different reasons for interaction. Some enjoy the friendly banter exchanged with fellow users, while others are attempting to increase the traffic on their own sites. A perfect site is a...                    

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Blogging and Social Media Reshaped My Work

culturefeast.com     Jul 24, 2008          

If you were to have told me, about a year ago, that I would be using social media on a regular basis, I would have thought you were insane. To me, social media was nothing more than Facebook and MySpace, nothing more, nothing...                    

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A completely unscientific study of social computing, social media tools, Part 1

socialmediatoday.com     Jul 25, 2008          

How do you use, interact with, and communicate with social computing/social media tools? Lately, I have spent some time thinking about the way I use specific social computing tools and why others bore me, or why I simply have...                    

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Why "do you use social media?" is the wrong question for marketers to ask

webinknow.com     Jul 26, 2008          

Have you noticed there are a bunch of polls and research reports that ask people questions such as "Do you read blogs?" or "Do you use social media?" or "Do you go to video sharing sites?" Often the resulting data show rather...                    

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Day 20: Using Social Media For Your Business

pcmech.com     Jul 27, 2008          

Talking about using social media for business purposes practically walks on the third rail of the Internet. A lot of people who are using social media sites like Twitter or Facebook are particularly sensitive when it appears...                    

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