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i’ve written a guest post at gigaom on the future of marketing.

there was a time not too long ago when the business implications of social media were unclear; resistance to it on the part of corporations, therefore, was somewhat understandable. web 2.0 seemed like just the next internet fad in a series of many, and while it was viewed as having value for individuals and enthusiasts, it didn’t seem viable for corporate use. but corporations need to realize that social media is here to stay — and that in it lies the future of marketing.

for more on the future of marketing check out gigaom.

Technorati Tags: social media, future, internet marketing, gigaom

here’s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room.

1. what is the future of gawker’s social strategy?
2. interview with biz stone
3. im not your social media whore
4. will google swallow digg?
5. what is technorati’s future?
6. eperks and ihype
7. spokeo - the ultimate tool in cyber-stalking?

as always, everyone is welcome to join the room and start or join conversations as long as they are relevant to social media.

Technorati Tags: gawker, social strategy, twitter, biz stone, google, digg, technorati, eperks, ihype, spokeo

here’s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room.

1. social media predictions for the next 2 years
2. the 5 stages of early adopter behaviour
3. is plurk destined to fail?
4. twitter: is less better?
5. i’m done with private beta
6. social media’s delusions of grandeur

as always, everyone is welcome to join the room and start or join conversations as long as they are relevant to social media.

Technorati Tags: social media, predictions, early adopter, plurk, twitter, private beta, delusions

here’s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room.

1. tweet even when twitter is down
2. 6 best ways to rock friendfeed
3. pr 2.0: the essential guide for social media
4. twitter fails to fail, community rejoices
5. is friendfeed the next google?
6. is google making us stupider?

as always, everyone is welcome to join the room and start or join conversations as long as they are relevant to social media.

Technorati Tags: twitter, friendfeed, pr 2.0, social media, google

here’s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room.

1. how should the government participate in social media?
2. warner music ends at last.fm
3. a proposal for twitter: shut it down
4. twhirl is a memory hog
5. why online noise is good for you
6. google groups versus yahoo! groups
7. nobody’s safe in cyberspace
8. what if twitter charged $200/year for premium services?
9. keep your fingers off my content!
10. twitter is bad but pownce is even worse
11. the new pr: clean, green, and smart

as always, everyone is welcome to join the room and start or join conversations as long as they are relevant to social media.

Technorati Tags: government, social media, warner music, last.fm, twhirl, online, noise, google groups, yahoo groups, cyberspace, security, twitter, scrapers, pownce, pr, green

here’s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room.

1. help create a description for the social media room
2. ben stiller’s viral video
3. twitter is a complete waste of time
4. what newspapers still don’t understand about the web
5. interview with alexis ohenian
6. so… what do you think of plurk?
7. how accessible are you online?
8. how many fake employees do you have?
9. is the “best of” feature decreasing interaction?

as always, everyone is welcome to join the room and start or join conversations as long as they are relevant to social media.

Technorati Tags: social media, friendfeed room, ben stiller, viral video, newspapers, web, alexis ohenian, plurk, accessibility, facebook, interaction, friendfeed

here’s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room.

1. technology review: social search
2. plurk: the near-perfect lifestreaming experience has arrived
3. hello my name is e
4. what is the future of social networking?
5. techcrunch launches elevator pitches

as always, everyone is welcome to join the room and start or join conversations as long as they are relevant to social media.

Technorati Tags: technology, review, social search, plurk, lifestreaming, social networking, techcrunch, elevator pitches

i’ve written a guest post at read/writeweb on what i believe will be the next big lifestreaming service.

when I first heard about plurk I was ready to hate it. but after using the site and comprehensively going over the feature set and its implementation i am thoroughly impressed. ultimately, i think plurk is an amazing evolution over the previous generation of lifestreaming services that does almost everything you’d expect to find and does it better, while adding unique and interesting features of its own.

read on for the complete review and guide to plurk.

Technorati Tags: social media, plurk, lifestreaming, readwriteweb

here’s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room.

1. 5-step plan for building a twitter killer
2. we need tags for friendfeed, or do we?
3. how social media didn’t change business
4. 15 useful greasemonkey scripts for delicious users
5. bad intentions, meet social media
6. do we need a friendfeedfeed to aggregate friendfeed?
7. who sees parallels with the dot com bubble?

as always, everyone is welcome to join the room and start or join conversations as long as they are relevant to social media.

Technorati Tags: twitter, tags, friendfeed, social media, business, greasemonkey, scripts, delicious, bubble

here’s a recap of the most active conversations from the social media room.

1. what avatar should the social media room have?
2. developing tactical knowledge on social media sites
3. what features do friendfeeders want most?
4. the most exciting friendfeed feature
5. plurk, plurk, plurk, plurk, plurk, plurk
6. digg alerter - alerting digg addicts worldwide
7. a personal spin on news surfing
8. are blog comments conversations or just replies?

please remember that this room is for posting and discussing only those stories that are related to social media. i have heard some complaints from some users and i really don’t want to ban anyone from the room for posting irrelevant or spammy links. also, please browse the room before you post to ensure you don’t start multiple threads on the same topic (also see plurk above). that said, there are tons of conversations for you to chime in so have your say!

Technorati Tags: blog, comments, conversations, news surfing, digg alerter, digg, plurk, friendfeed, social media, avatar