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Social Media News and Web Tips – Mashable – The Social Media Guide
Social Media news blog covering cool new websites and social networks: Facebook, Google, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. The latest web technology news, via RSS daily.Social Computing Magazine
New online magazine all about Web 2.0, social networks, etc.Companies that Measure Social Media, Influence, and Brand
Jeremiah Owiyang's list of companies that are monitoring social mediaCompetitio.us
Great way to track competitors by user-defined attributes, presented in a slick dashboard.The Coke side of virtual life
Greg Verdino reviews Coke's foray into Second Life with the Virtual Thirst campaign. He calls it "a robust social media program deployed across multiple established and emergent community sites,Micro Persuasion: Special Podcast: What Role Should Companies Play on Wikipedia
Who owns a brand on Wikipedia? A good debate on some ethics of social media, using Wikipedia as a case studySocial Media Marketing - Get it Straight
Lee Odden defines social media for those seeking help27 Lessons Learned on the Way to 3000 Visits a Day and 2200 RSS Subscribers
A very comprehensive list of some very basic and important points for any blogger, whether you're just starting out or an experienced writerRohit Bhargava Social Media Bio
A really nicely done C.V. on social mediaFendoo - Social Bookmarking for Smart People
Read and discuss the ideas of the "most creative, brilliant and original thinkers around."Serph — Track buzz in real time.
Reputation management at your fingertipsProfileFly
Share Your Profiles, Contacts & BookmarksCEBIT: CEOs grapple with Web 2.0 - Yahoo! News
Company leaders are being urged to embrace blogs and other “Web 2.0” technologies to improve their businesses, but some executives say it’s easier said than done.How to Create a Social Media Bio in Typepad (without HTML)
Includes a link to a Word document with code samplesPR Squared: Five Lessons for Viral Video Campaigns
Read on, social media pilgrim, for a how-to on creating and leveraging a successful viral videoiProspect Social Networking User Behavior Study
Of significant importance to both search engine marketers, and to the social networking sites themselves, as it uncovers a number of opportunities for both constituencies.Movers 2.0 - Follow the Web 2.0 traffic trends
Excellent aggregation of which new media sites are driving Web traffic, with graphs drawn on Alexa.com data.Tabber
Aggregate all of your social network contacts in one place and keep track of their informationBeyond Google: Social Media Engines First, Other Search Engines Second
All the search engines are important traffic channels to pursue. Don't forget the search engines beyond Google! Digg, Reddit and StumbleUpon are worthy of noting as you develop a search strategy.Social Media Club - » Getting Started with Social Media
Consider the following evidence of the growing prominence of social mediaBookmarking and social sharing trends
Niall Kennedy blogs about the evolving space of social bookmarkingVirtual online worlds | Living a Second Life
The Economist jumps into the fray: Second Life's population is growing and its economy is thriving. Now politicians and advertisers are visitingRepNation Empowers Consumers to Build Buzz
RepNation Consumer Powered Media, a company that uses social networks to focus on the buying habits of young people.ANA Marketing Maestros: B2B Blogs More Important then Ever
Not only is this business population reading this new form of communications, but because it comes from their own community, it has more credibility.Half of YouTube's Audience Is Over 34 · MarketingVOX
This richer, older demo makes the site much more attractive to potential advertisers, which might help explain why Google shelled out $1.65 billion to buy it.Well-worded advice about how to ease clients into blogging
One of the more challenging things about new media is framing and identifying best practices for clients. I came across this blog posting about a presentation from David Armano (VP at Digitas) entitleWhat Podcasting Revolution? - BusinessWeek.com
More people are downloading audio feeds, but few do it regularly, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project