Webkinz’ Third Anniversary

If you haven’t heard of Webkinz, it’s the social media/computer game/stuffed animal craze that’s like taking Second Life, Tamagotchi pets, Beanie Babies and casual gaming, putting them in a blender and making it all extremely kid-friendly.
Today is Webkinz’ third anniversary, and they have special celebration type things “in world” so I thought it’d be [...]

The “Corporification” of Humanity

In a world that accepts corporations as individuals in the eyes of the law and these same corporations are transforming their sterile image to become even more human, has this same social mediaized world transformed individuals into corporate figures? So large, that they themselves loose the humanity?
In an article earlier today, Technosailor questions of the [...]

Slouching Towards New Hollywood by Removing “Pod”

NewTeeVee has posted an interview with Ron Bloom, CEO of Mevio, explaining his company’s decision to change its name from PodShow. His main point is that podcasting is cool, but “podcasting was associated with amateurs… When in reality podcasting is an incredibly effective platform for delivering episodic content fresh off the press.”
This is part of [...]

SMX – Social Media Marketing by the Experts

Just got back from SMX, and it was great to meet a lot of people there. I’m sure we’ll have a lot of blog posts and reactions, but I do want to give a HUGE shout out to the organizers. It was very interactive, tech saavy (other than there not being very many power outlets [...]

Trash Talking in the Social Media World

Yesterday afternoon I attended SMX’s panel on People-powered search. It featured Jason Calacanis, from Mahalo, who (once again) seemed to tick everyone off.
I do love controversy, don’t get me wrong, I believe it’s good for debate. Keeps the conversation moving and challenges people’s conceptions. What I don’t believe is trashing something to make you [...]

Welcome to Social Media Blog Carnival!

Welcome to the April 18, 2008 edition of social media blog carnival.

Aaron Brandon presents Mail From Other Planets? posted at Aaron Brandon.

Jackson Kern presents AC Forum 2008: Marketing Humanitarianism | Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Causes: The Alternative Channel Blog posted at Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Causes: The Alternative Channel [...]

Collaborative Blog Post – What’s Your Favorite Social Media Tool?

I asked on Twitter what people’s favorite social media tool was (other than Twitter) and why and I got some great answers:
spin @tabz Gtalk, because it allows one on one, one on many, integrates with shared items and doesn’t parade around who you know.
chris_moody @tabz Skype, because [...]

Twitter Friends – Gotta Catch’m All?

Warning, the following article won’t make sense unless you use Twitter, but if you’re a Twitter user – read on!
I just read an interesting rant (his words not mine) over at DigiDave about Twitter follower/following ratios and it reminded me of the catch phrase from Pokemon – “got to catch’m all!”
If you’re unfamiliar with Pokemon, [...]

Yahoo! could AMP up Ad Networks!

As Yahoo moves into the ever expanding ad-exchange network field, their new AMP! platform is an added bonus to the transitioning advertising industry. Through the easy to use and attractive interface of Yahoo’s AMP!, the game of buying and selling advertising online will become more efficient and effective. With Yahoo’s open API, AMP! will further [...]

Pixsy Enhances Video and Image Search with Collarity Behavioral Tracking Technology

Collarity, a leading provider of behavioral content and ad targeting services, today announced a partnership with Pixsy Corporation to deliver enhanced, targeted video and image results through their unique and advanced behavioral monitoring platform. Using state-of-the-art non-invasive technology, Collarity leverages user browsing and searching patterns on the site and goes beyond mere tags to provide [...]

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