Top 30 Blog Posts on Social Media

• What Human Business And the Social Web Are About – Chris Brogan – Oct ‘09
• HOW TO: Measure Online Influence - Mashable – March ‘09
• Unveiling the New Influencers – Brian Solis – Jun ‘09
• The Many Challenges of the Social Media Industry - Web Strategy by Jeremiah. Aug ‘09
• The Top Six Reasons Companies are Still Scared of Social Media – What’s Next Blog – Sep ‘09
• Becoming A Social Business Is Your Next Big Challenge – Social Media Explorer – Sep ‘09
• The biggest difference between Twitter and Facebook – Scobleizer – Oct ‘09
• Which comes first; the social media strategy, or the social media tactics?– The Viral Garden – Sep ‘09 
• The Key To Developing A Social Media Strategy – Social Media Strategy – Jun ‘09
• The 6 Dangerous Fallacies of Social Media – Jay Baer – Oct ‘09
• How To Spot Social Media Snake Oil – Logic + Emotion – Sep ‘09
• The Secret to Social Media Brand Building? Cultivation. – Hubspot – Oct ‘09
• Social Media and Content Discovery: A Growing Relationship – Marketing Pilgrim – Oct ‘09
• Social media is not a car – A Shel of My Former Self – Sep ‘09
• Social Media as Mass Marketing … Not the Future – Tom Peters – Aug ‘09
• 25 Questions To Make Your Social Media Workflow Work For You – Dave Fleet – Jun ‘09
• How To Integrate your Social Media Presence – Smart Blog – Oct ‘09
• Social technology growth marches on in 2009, led by social network sites – Groundswell – Aug ‘09
• The Social Media Team Ebook – Altitude Branding – Sep ‘09
• Survey Finds Small Business Adopting Social Media Rapidly – Duct Tape Marketing – Oct ‘09
• When NOT to Use Social Media – Read Write Web - Apr ‘09
• 10 Ways to Measure Social Media Success - Econsultancy – Mar ‘09
• 25 Must Read Social Media Marketing Tips – Top Rank Blog – Apr ‘09
• Why Social Media is a Fad – Ari Writer – Sep ‘09
• Is Social Media Strategy Overrated? No, but be flexible. – Global Neighbourhood – Sep ‘09
• Social Media monitoring and the spectrum of online relationships – David Carr – Oct ‘09
• 6 Tips for Creating “Sticky” Social Relationships – Social Media Rockstar – Aug ‘09
• How Long Does It Take to Become a Social Media Expert? - Marketing Profs Daily Fix - Mar ‘09
• 42+ Social Media Marketing Tools – Junta42 – Jun ‘09

General

• Starting Your Social Media Case – Chris Brogan – Oct ‘09
• 10 Fortune 500 companies doing social media right - Jennifer Leggio – Sep /09
• Revealing the People Defining Social Networks – Brian Solis – Oct ‘09
• 20 Essential Resources for 4 of the Web’s Hottest Social APIs – Mashable – Oct ‘09
• Advertising Agencies And Social Media: A Culture Clash – Social Media Explorer – Sep ‘09
• Smart Targeting: Influencers Or Fans? – Social Media Explorer – Sep ‘09
• The Five Ws of Social Media Listening – Social Media Explorer – Aug ‘09
• 10 Ways To Jump Start Your Social Media Thinking – Social Media Explorer – Jul ‘09
• Why a Final BlogPotomac: Social Media Really Is Dead – The BuzzBin – Jun ‘09
• How to Pick Your Social Media Guru – What’s Next Blog – May ‘09
• Unveiling the New Influencers – Brian Solis – Jun ‘09
• The Conversation Prism v2.0 – Brian Solis – Apr ‘09
• 19 Presence Management Chores You COULD Do Every Day – Chris Brogan – Jun ‘09
• Simple Touchpoints of Loyalty - Chris Brogan - Aug ‘09  

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• Aligning Social Media Within Companies - Chris Brogan - Mar ‘09
• A Running List of Sponsored Conversations - Web Strategy by Jeremiah – ‘09
• It’s Time To Transform - Being Peter Kim – Jan ‘09
• Best and Worst Practices Social Media Marketing - Online Marketing Blog - ‘09
•  Help me get your boss to understand social technology – Groundswell – May ‘09
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• How Long Does It Take to Become a Social Media Expert? - Marketing Profs Daily Fix - Mar ‘09
• Why charging a digital or PR agency with social media is a flawed strategy - Jaffe Juice - Mar ‘09
• The one question to ask your prospective social media agency - Web Ink Now - Mar ‘09
• Would YOU Trust a PR Agency Not Involved in Social Media with YOUR Social Media Programs? - PR Meets Marketing – Feb ‘09
• Debunking Six Social Media Myths - What’s Next Blog - Feb ‘09
• Figuring out the social media mix - Neville Hobson - Mar ‘09
• Too crunched for social media? Use it to save time - A Shell of My Former Self - Feb ‘09
• When everything becomes social, what is “social media”? - Techno Marketer - Mar ‘09
• How to use Social Media to land your next job - Viral Garden - Jan ‘09
• What to do when the new thing doesn’t work? - Seth Godin – Jan ‘09
• Five Digital Trends to Watch for 2009 - Micropersuasion - Feb ‘09
• Robert and Rocky ride again at Rackspace - Scobleizer - Mar ‘09
• Social Networking’s New Global Footprint - Nielsen Wire - Mar ‘09
• Social Media Hierarchy Revisted - Duct Tape Marketing - Jan ‘09
• My Social Media System - Duct Tape Marketing - Jan ‘09
• 25 Signs You’ve Got a Strong SM Consultant or Agency - Buzz Bin - Jan ‘09
• Skittles Goes Modernista! With A Distributed Experience - Logic + Emotion - Mar ‘09
• The Business of Social Media - Scott Monty – Mar ‘09
• The Top Social Brands of 2008: What’s Your Conversation Index? - Brian Solis – Feb ‘09
• Being Human - Twist Image – Jan ‘09
• E-Book on Social Media Marketing - PR2Squared – Feb ‘09
• Social Media Target Strategies For A Better 2009 - Social Media Explorer – Jan ‘09
• Building Complementary Services: A Powerful Long-Term Social Media Marketing Strategy - Dosh Dosh - Mar ‘09
• Figuring out the social media mix - Neville Hobson - Mar ‘09
• Social Media for the Entrepenuer - Scott Monty - ‘09
• Getting People to Talk Behind Your Back - Chris Brogan – Feb ‘09
• A Running List of Sponsored Conversations - Web Strategy by Jeremiah - ‘09
• Five big social media contradictions and how to manage them - Techno Marketer - Jan ‘09
• A Social Media Gut Check - Altitude - Jan ‘09
• 3 social media nightmares - IMedia Connection – Mar ‘09
• Gary Vaynerchuk Puts the Social in Social in Social Media – PR2.0 - Mar ‘08
• SOCIAL MEDIA FAIL - Search Engine Guide – Feb ‘09
• Getting Social Media Approved By Your Boss - Livinstone Buzz – Feb ‘09
• Culture, the Great Influencer on Corporate Social Media Adoption – Web Strategy by Jeremiah - Feb ‘09
• Fresh Content - Twist Image - Mar ‘09

• When everything becomes social, what is “social media”? - Techno Marketer - Mar ‘09  

Beginner’s Guide

Goals / Strategy / Tactics

• Define a Social Media System for Yourself - Chris Brogan - Jan ‘09
• Five Social Media Strategies - Livinstone Buzz - Feb 10
• Will It Scale? - Logic + Emotion – Jan ‘09
• Your 3 Goals for 2009 - Chris Brogan - Jan ‘09
• The Goal is the Interaction - Chris Brogan – Feb ‘09

Glossary

• A Social Media Glossary – Buzz Bin- Mar ‘09

Resources

Measurement

• 10 Ways to Measure Social Media Success - Econsultancy - Mar ‘09

Monitoring

Brands / Companies

• The Importance of Focus: A Guide for Social Media Brands - Mashable - Mar ‘08
• 40 of the Best Twitter Brands and the People Behind Them – Mashable - Jan ‘09
• The Top Social Brands of 2008: What’s Your Conversation Index? - Brian Solis – Feb ‘09
• How Big Brands can Start Testing Social Media - Conversation Agent - Mar ‘09
• Are Responsive Brands Playing Favorites? - Social Media Explorer – Mar ‘09
• Are Companies Targeting the Wrong ‘Influencers’ With Social Media? - Marketing Profs Daily Fix – Jan ‘09
• Social Media Case Study: Humana’s Freewheelin - Social Media Explorer - Jan ‘09

Best and Worst Practices

• Best and Worst Practices Social Media Marketing - Online Marketing Blog - ‘09
• Forrester Report: Best And Worst Of Social Network Marketing, 2008 - Web Strategy by Jeremiah – Jul ‘08

B2B

• B2B and Social Media - PR2 Squared - Feb ‘09
• New research: B2B buyers have very high social participation - Groundswell - Feb ‘09
• B2B Buyers Are Using Social Media in a Huge Way - Search Engine Guide - Mar ‘09
• Social media and B2B marketing - Neville Hobson – Mar ‘09

Small Business

• Can Social Media Save a Local Business? - Chris Brogan - Jan ‘09

Social Network Marketing – General

• The Ties that Bind Us – Visualizing Relationships on Twitter and Social Networks - Brian Solis - Feb ‘09
• Social Networks Grow Up: More Adults Connecting Online – Brian Solis – Jan ‘09
• Humanizing Social Networks: Revealing the People Powering Social Media – Brian Solis - Mar ‘08
• Social Networks Now More Popular than Email; Facebook Surpasses MySpace - Brian S0lis - Mar ‘09
• Social Networking More Popular Than Email - Mashable - Mar ‘09
• When is it Time to Jump Into Yet Another Social Network? - Mashable ‘09
• The Top 10 Social Networks for Generation-Y - Mashable - Jan ‘09
• comScore: The growing appeal of social networks in Europe - Neville Hobson - Feb ‘09
• SxSWi: Search and Social Network Converse - Conversation Agent - Mar ‘09

Advertising

• Shifting The Line in Social Media Advertising – Peter Kim – Oct ‘08
• Advertising to Gen Y on Social Networks - Scotty Monty - ‘09

PR

• The Definitive Guide to Social Media Releases – Brian Solis – Feb ‘08
• HOW TO: Deal With Social Media Conflict - Mashable – Feb ‘09
• “I’m Just the PR Person” - PR Squared – Jan ‘09
• Case Study: Social Media for Crisis Communication – Scotty Monty – ‘09

Customers

• Transforming Customers into Evangelists: The Art of Listening and Engagement - Brian Solis - Feb ‘08

Social Media State of Play / Predictions

• Social Media Is Just Getting Started - Twist Image – Feb ‘09
• The Honeymoon is Over for Social Media - CC Chapman – Jan ‘09
• Why Social Media Fails in Today’s Marketing Environment - Marketing Profs Daily Fix – Feb ‘09
• What Will You Do When Social Media Isn’t Special Anymore? - The Buzz Bin – Jan ‘09
• The Evolving State Of Social Media & SEO – Search Engine Land – Mar ‘09

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