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http://www.examiner.com/article/new-linkedin-feature-allows-users-to-follow-major-thought-leaders Richard Branson, Tony Robbins, Craig Newmark, Arianna Huffington, Deepak Chopra, and President Barack Obama. These are the names of some of the 150 influencers you can now follow on LinkedIn .

New LinkedIn feature allows users to follow major thought leaders - Canada Canada Social Media

Are you a Facebook Fan Page owner or administrator? If so, you may have noticed a decrease in the number of followers who read and interact with your posts for the last few days. http://www.examiner.com/article/has-facebook-tweaked-edgerank

Has Facebook tweaked EdgeRank? - Canada Canada Social Media

5 Business Social Networks You May Not Have Heard Of

Everyone knows about Twitter and Facebook , but what if you want a more professional place to network with businesses and those looking for employment? Believe it or not, there are many more social networks out there than just the two top dogs. http://www.shaanhaider.com/2012/09/Best-Professional-Business-Social-Networks.html
http://www.examiner.com/article/klout-and-microsoft-sign-multi-year-agreement

Klout and Microsoft sign multi-year agreement - Canada Canada Social Media

Klout and Microsoft announced on Thursday a partnership that could provide a better insight into social influence through search. This new agreement allows Microsoft to include more social data (Klout scores and influential topics) in the ‘People You Know’ sidebar of Bing , its search engine:
by StevePlunkett on Sep 25, 2012 SEO is dead. Social Media has replaced SEO. http://socialfresh.com/10-seo-myths/

10 SEO Myths Debunked

New LinkedIn feature adds another layer of professional validation - Canada Canada Social Media

LinkedIn continues cementing its status as the top social media platform for business professionals. http://www.examiner.com/article/new-linkedin-feature-adds-another-layer-of-professional-validation

The online influence trap...

http://www.creativeramblings.com/online-influence/ influence (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee) “Hearing a message from a top-scoring ‘influencer’ might make me read, or retweet a message – but seeing it repeated by five people I actually know, like and/or trust makes it law , regardless of the measured “influence” of those people.” – Tom Webster

Google welcomes Authorship Program participants with email - Canada Canada Social Media

Webmasters and bloggers may remember the Authorship Program that Google introduced in June 2011. This new feature had been created to allow authors to link their published articles to their Google+ profile – and gain more followers in the process. On Monday, participants in the programme received the following email in their Inbox: http://www.examiner.com/article/google-welcomes-authorship-program-participants-with-email
Here is a quick roundup of some of the latest happenings in the social media world. http://www.examiner.com/article/social-media-news-facebook-google-linkedin-twitter-and-wikipedia

Social media news: Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Wikipedia - Canada Canada Social Media

Social media news: Facebook, Google, Scoop.it and YouTube - Canada Canada Culture & Events

Here is a quick roundup of some of the latest happenings in the social media world. http://www.examiner.com/article/social-media-news-facebook-google-scoop-it-and-youtube

Social media news: Facebook, Hootsuite, LinkedIn, Twitter, and WordPress - Canada Canada Social Media

Here is a quick roundup of some of the latest happenings in the social media world. Facebook Facebook closed its purchase of Instagram and officially welcomed the photo-sharing app to the “family” on Thursday:

The golden rules of a successful social media strategy

I have had this idea at the back of my mind for several months already.
Content Curation, the act of discovering and presenting digital content, is becoming increasingly popular among publishers and marketers. Instead of focusing on generating new content, content curation focuses on amassing content from a variety of sources, and delivering it to readers in a visually appealing and organised manner. There are several content curation services that allow you to create online magazines with content mash-up from websites, blogs, RSS feeds, social media, and other online sources.

Top 10 Content Curation Sites For Creating Online Magazines