Social Media Journal

Submitted by Tom Diederich on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 1:00am

We all know what that does… makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a dull girl.

With the state of the world economy I believe it's safe to say that in 2011 we have all worked very hard. Many may have even worked harder for less money… this is not uncommon. There are seasons of balance and seasons of imbalance.

From time to time, when you can, recharge you batteries, sharpen your saw, have a little fu...

Submitted by Ari Herzog on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 10:58pm

If you are what you tweet, then here I am courtesy of Visual.ly:

I think my infographic is fairly accurate.

If you follow my tweets at @ariherzog you might agree. The neat part is you can plug in anyone’s Twitter name to see their similar generated infographic — and you can also pair two people against each other.

Give it a whirl here.

Submitted by Vickie Bates on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 10:03pm

It used to be Top 10 lists or, to aid the reader, two lists of 10, divided into fiction and nonfiction categories. This year, it’s Top 100 lists.

I read a lot of books this year, and I still couldn’t put together a Top 100 list. Not everything deserves to be “tops” and everyone has their own taste, which, I hope, will continue to translate to a long and healthy life for the publishing industry.

Submitted by Basil C. Puglisi on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 12:43pm

Internet marketing is not what it used to be, experts like Guy Kawasaki say. If you were dealing with internet marketing before Facebook, you know it was all about emails. Obtaining prospects, finding the leads and hoping for conversions. Email marketing, when done right, is personal and not stuffed with ads and commercial. It does [...]

Submitted by Peter Murner on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 9:06am

For the 2011 Holiday season, since I don’t DO New Year’s resolutions, I’ve made myself some Holiday promises…

I planed to start shopping early (this promise feels too familiar)
I planed to work out to make up for those extra cookies (again, déjà vu)
I will budget well
And most importantly, I want to make my gifting go the extra mile

If I stick to any of these holiday resolutions, it’s to have my gifts make a difference not only to the person I give a gift to, but also where I get them from.

Without further ado, I bring to you my to 10 gifts ideas that also give back!

Submitted by Kelly Hungerford on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 8:20am

The past six weeks have been the most memorable six weeks for the team here at Paper.li, and all of the credit goes to you - our community!

Submitted by Justice Mitchell on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 6:52am

I know, I know, I know – I'm making your brain hurt. But not only is there a lot of stuff coming online in 2012, I also anticipate a big push into a lot of new technologies and behaviors.

Submitted by Tara Coomans on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 6:05am

Submitted by Peter Kim on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 6:00am

It’s that time of year again. Enterprise social media has had an impressive ramp-up in 2011 as well as being well-poised for a banner year in 2012. However, along the way, social business has become a very broad topic indeed, covering a wide range of topics that ranges from social marketing and Social CRM to collaborative product development and Enterprise 2.0, with a good number of specialty niches in between them for good measure. This includes social HR and talent management to social business intelligence and social business applications, to list just some of them.

Submitted by Nick Stamoulis on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 4:00am

One of the worst mistakes a site owner can make with their SEO is to assume that once they reach the top of the SERPs then it’s time to call it a day and wind down their SEO campaign. That’s like a NASCAR driver taking their foot of the gas and just cruising in on the last five laps—the competition is going to catch up a lot quicker than you think! If your site is positioned well in the SERP, now is the time to pounce! Never take a shortsighted approach to your SEO and assume it’s done. There is always new opportunities to take advantage of and help grow your online brand.

Don’t look at SEO as a line item in the budget.