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Social Media Dashboard – Bloomberg for Social Media This morning started off thinking about Bloomberg’s wonderful but hideously expensive terminal, and how it gives you insight and also a dashboard to instantly know what’s going on in the markets.

  Social Media Dashboard - Bloomberg for Social Media by Christo

http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/09/social-media-dashboard-bloomberg-for-social-media/

Ideas for local councils to push social media to the public | Lo

Dear local gov and social media geeks As most of you might have noticed, the growth of local councils adopting the social media route is growing by the day. The momentum and awareness is growing slowly but surely. http://www.lgeoresearch.com/ideas-for-local-councils-to-push-social-media-to-public/
http://www.convertiv.com/niche-social-networking-sites/

Niche Social Networking Sites | Social Media Answers

Convertiv | Social Media Agency | It is amazing how quick niche social networks have grown.
Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 09), and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog . Looking for a job? http://mashable.com/2009/03/12/entrepreneur-networks/

Top 10 Social Networks for Entrepreneurs

Who's Who In Social Media Demographics

http://operationredstate.com/index.php?s=who%27s%20who%20in%20social%20media%20demographics Well, as you read back on May 11th we discussed the preferences of Women in blogs versus networking sites.
Way too many people can answer the first question, but not the second. And that’s the biggest weakness of company-based social media at present.

Friend or Faux - 6 Ways to Activate Customers | Social Media Mar

http://www.convinceandconvert.com/social-media-marketing/friend-or-faux/
http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/how-to-sell-social-media-to-cynics-skeptics-luddites-tips-resources-advice/ Trying to make the case to someone on the benefits of using social media?

HOW TO Sell Social Media to Cynics, Skeptics & Luddites - Ti

The Best Way To Market With Social Media? « Eben Pagan’s Blog

OK, there were SO many great ideas here… it wasn’t easy to choose. http://ebenpagan.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/best-way-to-market-with-social-media/#comment-245
It allows you to easily track and measure what people are saying about you, your company, a new product, or any topic across the web's social media landscape in real-time. Social Mention monitors 100+ social media properties directly including: Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, YouTube, Digg, Google etc. http://socialmention.com/about/

Social Mention

TinyChat.com - Create a free chatroom

http://fr.tinychat.com/ Tinychat est un service qui vous fournit des salons de discussions gratuits, incroyablement faciles à utiliser, et qui marchent parfaitement ! Passez du bon temps à parler avec vos amis, ou à vous en faire de nouveaux, en créant un salon de discussion ou en rejoignant un salon de discussion.
It's quick, easy and you'll be able to read up to 8 articles per 30 days.

UK / Business - Social networks threaten advertising growth

PR 2.0: Twitter Tools for Community and Communications Professio

Twitter is nothing short of a phenomenon. At the very least, it connects people to each other through a rich and active exchange of ideas, thoughts, observations, and vision in one, highly conducive ecosystem (known as the Twitterverse). The social fibers that weave together this unique micromedia network is strengthened by the expertise, respect, trust, admiration, and commonalities.

Why Brands Are Unsuccessful in Twitter

Rodney Rumford bluntly points out in this latest post about 33 Brands That Suck on Twitter (be sure to read the comments for more color). Most of them have been “Hijacked” (their corporate name scooped by an individual) and many remain dormant.
Business Week's cover story (spotted via Swiss Miss ) comes back to a seminal article it published way back in 2005.

News from the Herd: Why are a lot of brands still so old school?