Questions. Reg. The Top Social Media Tool for 2011 is… If you heard about a marketing strategy that could substantially lower your marketing expenses and return 600% or more of your investment, would you be interested in learning more about it? When Social Media Examiner surveyed 1,900 marketers in 2010, half said they wanted to learn more about this strategy. Of those just starting out in social media marketing, 65% wanted to learn more about it. And 81% of all the marketers surveyed said they would definitely increase their use of this strategy. No, it’s not Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or YouTube. Sure, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn were among the top four social media tools among this group of marketers. But what was first? Blogging! Did you know that Technorati ranked Social Media Examiner the #1 small business blog in the world just five months after it was launched?
Blogging Isn’t Just for Moms Anymore If you work for a large corporation, you’re probably not blogging yet, are you? But I’m talking about a corporate blog. Beth Kanter's Blog. My New Year’s Resolution: Balancing Solitude and Connectedness. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to reduce distractions. It’s about curating your network but allowing time for strategic serendipity. I’ll be writing about that topic in the weeks and months to come. I’ve discovered some wonderful discussion threads about one of my favorite topics: Information Overload and Strategies for Coping. As George Siemens points out the issue of information overload is not new. His definition of the problem is that it gets in the way of sustained mindfulness in order to get something meaningful done.
What is the solution? Technology Approaches RSS readers worked for us in the early phases of social media, but as more people are connected through social networks and sharing and publishing information, there is more and more information out there. Robert Scoble outlines different categories of filtering tools that can help you swim through the ocean of noise to find the good stuff.
Curation: These are curated sources by communities and networks of people. El caparazon, social media, tendencias web, redes sociales, comunidades, open social learning, ICT4D, innovaci?n.