Social Media Trends

Summary from eMarketer of their report regarding the 5 trends they see for the coming year in Social Media.

 http://www.emarketer.com/Report.aspx?code=emarketer_2000566

Social Media is Public Relations

http://blog.karasmamedia.com/2008/11/social-media-is-public-relations.html

This article is specifically about SM for law firms but the discussion is pertinent to any company.

50 Ideas for Using Twitter for Business

http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-business/

One of social media's stars wrote this article. You should follow his blog and/ or Twitter too!

10 Ways to Use Linked In

http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/01/ten_ways_to_use.html

Article covers:

• Business applications
• Job hunt applications

Twitter Demystified for Business Users
By Nancy McCord (c) 2009

http://www.sitepronews.com/2009/05/10/twitter-demystified-for-business-users/

Article covers:

• How businesses can use Twitter
• Why Twitter
• Twitter tools to make it easier
• Linking Twitter to your blog and vice versa 

Connect with People

Excellent article by John Maxwell about connecting with people. It is very pertinent to the discussion of social media. Especially points 4, 6, 7 and 8.

http://tinyurl.com/connectpeople

Are You Ready to Lead in Social Media?

Good article listing the skills needed to lead and excel at social media. As a beginner, I think this is a checklist letting me know what I need to work on.

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-6171-Chicago-Social-Networking-Examiner~y2009m4d17-The-Social-Media-Directors-Entrance-Exam--Do-you-have-what-it-takes