Over-hyped Twitter suffers poor retention rates

http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/twitter-quitters-post-roadblock-to-long-term-growth/

• twitter
• retention
• adoption
• virality
• Social Media Info

Neilsen Report on 2008 Social Networking Reach

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4788486/socialnetworkreach

Excellent report on consumer social networks, reach and advertising.

• neilsen
• 2008
• social networking
• facebook
• reach
• advertising
• Social Media Info

Beer Goggles

http://mithuro.com/presscuefiles/january/beer_goggle.swf

Very funny. Obviously never happened to me...

• beer goggles
• fun
• Fun Stuff

When I was a lad in Yorkshire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2AcJSkUw6M

Very very funny

• yorkshire
• down pit
• Fun Stuff

Facebook's Growing Problem

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/facebooks-growing-problem/

Neat article about some money worries Facebook might be having due to its growth.

• facebook
• social networking
• economy
• money
• growth
• Social Media Info

Bosses Should Embrace Facebook

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7695716.stm

BBC article about use of social networks in the workplace and how employers should not be so quick to clamp down on them.

• social networking
• sixent
• facebook
• enterprise
• bbc

Vaja iPhone cases - very sexy

http://www.vajacases.com/home/home_en.html

Go on, treat yourself. A prize if you're bold enough to go for lime green :-)

• iPhone
• case

Funny Sketches

http://xkcd.com/448/

Careful, some references to maths in here!

Jamendo.com Creative Commons Licensed Music

http://www.jamendo.com

Nice interface to the site. Plenty of creative commons license music for download.

• music
• creative commons
• download
• Music

Cracking the social media nut takes nous

http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/17496.asp

An article that talks about how marketers need to look at customer engagement and advocacy as uses of social media instead of online advertising to yield success. Supports the deck we are presenting to AMA. By Justin Kirby

• social media
• social networking
• sixent
• AMA
• marketing
• Social Media Info

Is there a future for local startups?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/13/global-or-die-is-there-a-future-for-local-startups/

Loic Le Meur blog entry about the success of local vs global startups and some tips for success. No. 24 - Russia - interests me!

• startup
• loic le meur
• global
• Social Media Info

Chris Brogan

http://chrisbrogan.com/

• social media
• brogan
• Social Media Info

Ross Mayfield's blog

http://ross.typepad.com/blog/

• socialtext
• blog
• mayfield
• Social Media Info

Hugh Macleod's Gapingvoid Blog

http://www.gapingvoid.com/

• cartoons
• blog
• interesting
• inspiring
• Social Media Info

Seth Godin's blog

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/

• social media
• blog
• godin
• Social Media Info

Social Media Conversations blog by Sean O'Driscoll

http://communitygrouptherapy.com/

• social media
• blog
• Social Media Info

Jeremiah Owyang's blog

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog

• social media
• jeremiah
• forrester
• blog
• Social Media Info