December, 2009

Ben Parr On: How Facebook Dominated In 2009

Submitted by Bob Heyman on Thu, 12/31/2009 - 07:20

Ben Parr has an excellent year end post on Mashable at:
http://mashable.com/2009/12/30/facebook-2009/

Here's the post:

How Facebook Dominated in 2009

December 30th, 2009 | by Ben Parr

To most observers, 2009 marked the year Twitter conquered the world. Yet it wasn’t the only social media company that grew like wildfire. There’s another that grew even more rapidly, adding over 200 million new users and raising $200 million dollars — double that of Twitter’s most recent round.

Jeremiah Owyang On: 2009 Social Marketing Trends

Submitted by Bob Heyman on Thu, 12/24/2009 - 08:18

Jeremiah Owyang summarizes the year in Social media on Forbes.com at:
http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/23/social-marketing-2009-review-cmo-networ...

Here's the post:

A Year In Review: 2009 Social Marketing Trends
Jeremiah Owyang, 12.23.09, 06:30 PM EST
The connected customer leaves brands in the dust.

Marios Alexandru On: Xenu vs. Link Examiner

Submitted by Bob Heyman on Wed, 12/23/2009 - 16:29

has a nice post on Acronym Media's blog about two free SEO tools for site evaluation at:
http://www.acronym.com/keyworddriven/xenu-vs-link-examiner.html

Here's the post:

Xenu vs. Link Examiner
By Marios Alexandrou.
November 9th, 2009.

Noa Gafni On: Insights About The iPhone Mom"

Submitted by Bob Heyman on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 23:59

Noa Gafni has an interesting article on her Webutantes blog at:
http://webutantes.blogspot.com/2009/12/insights-on-iphone-mom.html

Here's the post:

Insights on the iPhone Mom
by Noa Gafni
Sunday, December 20, 2009

Mashable On: Top 2009 Social Media Trends for Moms

Submitted by Bob Heyman on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 23:50

Mashable's Noa Gafni has an excellent article on top 2009 trends for Social Moms at:

Here's the post:

Top 2009 Social Media Trends for Moms
December 22nd, 2009
by Noa Gafni

Noa Gafni is a social media consultant with a focus on women and Gen Y. She authors Webutantes, a blog about Internet trends impacting women.

2009 was the year of the social media mom. So-called “mommy bloggers” broke away from their niche audiences and went mainstream, and social marketers took notice. Here are some highlights from 2009, and some thoughts on what lies ahead for social media moms.

Brian Solis On: Twitter Economics

Submitted by Bob Heyman on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 23:31

The estimable Brian Solis opines about Twitter on his blog at:
http://www.briansolis.com/2009/12/twitter-economics/?success

Here's the post:

Twitter Economics
by Brian Solis

With a $1 billion valuation, Twitter is becoming, according to Co-Founder Evan Williams, an information network, a practically priceless exchange for connections, information, and the resulting activity that ensues.

Matt McGee On: 10 Creative Ways Businesses Used Twitter in 2009

Submitted by Bob Heyman on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 23:13

Matt McGee has a great article on 10 creative ways a business can use Twitter at:
http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/10-creative-ways-businesses-used-twitter...

Here's the post:

10 Creative Ways Businesses Used Twitter in 2009
By Matt McGee on Dec 22, 2009

David Berkowitz On: Ten Ways Social Media Changed Our Thinking in 2009

Submitted by Bob Heyman on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 23:01

The always helpful David Berkowitz has a new Mediapost column at:
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=1...

Here's the post;

Ten Ways Social Media Changed Our Thinking in 2009
by David Berkowitz

All the top trend lists this year have been a blur. There's lots of talk of Twitter and Michael Jackson, but I wanted to dive deeper and think about what we really learned. In many ways social media managed to change our thinking about what happened, what's going on, and how the world's changing.

Rebecca Weeks Watson On: A Free DIY Approach To Social Media

Submitted by Bob Heyman on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 22:00

iMedia Connection is reposting some of the better columns of the year. Here's one by Rebecca Weeks Watson at:
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/22455.asp

Here's the post:

Published: March 25 2009
A free DIY approach to social media
By Rebecca Weeks Watson

Al Ferretti On: 20 Twitter Ideas For Business

Submitted by Bob Heyman on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 21:53

Al Ferretti has a helpful post on Twitter Watchdog at:
http://twitterwatchdog.com/2009/08/25/twitter-ideas-for-business/

Here's the post:

20 ideas to use Twitter for your Business

In recent months, we have had conversations with people on and off of twitter who own their own business. Many of those people reported they do not understand the value of twitter and especially how it can help their business.