Starting a new feature here on Wheel on The Web: “Tuesday’s Top 5.”
It’s a quick roundup of five recent blog or Web posts about digital and social media. And it will happen to come on a Tuesday. Hence, the name. (And, some sarcasm).
So, in no particular order, here’s the inaugural edition:
1. WordPress on iPhone - Digital Inspiration has the details. I don’t have an iPhone. Yet. But since I blog on WordPress.com this is good to know.
2. Dipping the toes in – Valeria Maltoni has an extensive, informative post on Conversation Agent about how and when a company should dip its toes into the world of social media. Read this great post about learning the factors your company should consider before even thinking about a blog or entry into social networking. I particularly like the chart used from eMarketer.com, showing people ages 13-24 spend 51% of their time online on user-generated sites over company-generated sites, versus 35% for ages 25-41. I would bet the 25-41 is actually higher. With nowhere to go but up.
3. Small biz and social media – Spotted in the womma word blog (Word of Mouth Marketing), a link to a story of the implications of social media for small business in Crain’s Detroit Business. I found the popularity and support of Twitter at a company referenced in the article to be encouraging.
4. NYT and LinkedIn – I’m a big believer in LinkedIn so this TechCrunch post about its partnership with the New York Times makes sense to help personalize the news to the NYT’s readers.
5. Have passion - Saw this in my RSS reader this morning from Phil Gerbyshak’s Make It Great!. Great quotes. Good message no matter what line of work you’re in: “There’s no quitting in the person who wants it bad enough” – Carly Patterson
July 23, 2008 at 1:57 am |
Thank you for the shout, Kevin. I so enjoy Phil’s quotes! I still have the old-er iPhone and I love it (I did not like using a BlackBerry when I had to). It is such a different experience. For best results consider a bluetooth – it can get heavy when in long conversations.