Browsing Tag Week In Review

With Christmas upon us and a short week ahead, I thought It would be a good idea to get “Your Week In Review” out early. I am thinking there will no be a lot happening on Friday from me.

-With 2008 coming and 2009 upon us, I have seen several posts looking at where Social Media will take us next year. Will it still be relevant? Of Course! Here is a great post on why you need it  from  Todd Mailcoat, its called 9 Reasons You Need Social Media Marketing in 2009

– The folks at Futurelab have a different outlook. They list “Five Things that Probably Won’t Happen In Social Media in 2009” . I am not sure I agree with them on item #1. What do you think?

Seems to me its a glass 1/2 empty, 1/2 full situation. 😉

-Have you tried to start an alumni group on Facebook? Maybe a Class of 2013 kind of thing? Yet the name is taking? Seems there may be some cybersquatting going on according to Brad J Ward. Check out his post called There’s something going down on Facebook. Pay attention

-Oh and  speaking of Facebook, you might of noticed that the 2nd most popular music application has been removed due to TOS issues. Its the Music Playlists. (MySpace banned it earlier in the week as well, but no one noticed 🙂

-Okay now for something non Social Media realated, I just need to share that I am interested in seeing The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. Something about it has me interested.  I hope its not a chick flick. Let me know if anyone sees it.

Sorry for the shortlist, but its a short week.  I hope everyone has Happy Holidays!

It is time for your weekly round up of things  I have been reading, researching, working on,  excited about or just think its worth sharing. If there is something that you think I should know about or might be worth sharing with others, please feel free to send it to me. My email is  here. Several readers have already been sending me links which is great! Please keep doing that! So, here we go, this will of course be  in list form because people like lists:

-When was the last time you read a newspaper? I used to read 3 newspapers a day. Now I read everything on line. Heck there is even a Newspaper Death Watch site put together by Paul Gillin.

-Newspapers are seeing the writing on the wall and that the web and social media are where it is at.  Brian Solis does a nice recap about how newspapers are responding. He got his data from the annual report by The Bivings Group, who report how newspapers are using social media.

-Sony has finally launched after what seems a long, long time of talk and, development,  PlayStation Home, an online community for Playstation gamers.  Community 2.0 has a great take on it. Is it what the Playstation users want?

-If your in the Los Angeles area, your Mayor is using Twitter.. Antonio Villaraigosa he has a flickr account too.. lalawag asks  can he do more?

-Recently Izea launched a online marketing campaign for Kmart. Kmart would give $500 gift cards to bloggers, who would then blog about their experience. Jeremiah Owyang wrote a great piece about how sponsored blog posts are becoming more common.

-Jeremiah’s piece questioned several things about this type of marketing. Which Chris Brogan quickly  replied to.

-Roxanne Darling did a great post called How Ford Can Ramp Up It’s Social Media Turnaround Story of 2009 it is a list of ideas how Ford can turn it around by using social media.  Roxanne will be speaking at SVAMA on January 28th, check her out if your in the Bay Area. I will be there.

-One of the best conferences I went to in 2008 was BlogWell. It was several case studies on the use of Social Media by companies like Home Depot,  Graco, UPS and many more.  In January 22nd   they will having a BlogWell in Chicago with case studies by Allstate, H&R Block, Mayo Clinic, Procter & Gamble, Walmart and others.  If are intrested in going here is a 15% off discount code: Daveiscool . Hey I did not pick it.

That is it for now! Have a great weekend!

Thought I would try something different and share what I have been reading, researching, working on, or just excited about.  Since I have been lagging with my Facebook and Twitter posts.  Of course I will do this in list form because people like lists!

–The Social Media Expert Question How do I become a Social Media Expert? I get the question a lot Here is CC Chapman’s response to the term. I thought he nailed it very well

–Do Brands Belong on Twitter? Here is a very different take on the question.  I don’t agree with all his points, especially banning them altogether.  The author makes some great points though.

–10 Tips For Getting New Twitter Followers His tips are excellent and right to the point. Its worth a read.

–General Mills’ Pssst…is a Weak Stab at Branded Community GM gets a gold star for trying, but its a swing and a miss. Trying to build an online community is not as easy as it seems. Check out Paul’s review.

–BlogWorld & New Media Expo Now One Super Huge Event! About time! This is a great move for both! This makes me fired up to go. Some of you may remember my review of New Media Expo , on my other blog. It got some interesting feedback.

–SXSW is coming. Its one of the biggest and the best. Are you going?

–Community 2.0 is a great conference coming up in May 2009 you may want to check out. I am thrilled to be part of it.

Let me know if you like this Week In Review format. If so, I will do my best to keep doing it. It is always good to try something new!

Have  a Great Weekend!