Beginning today, each Sunday I’m going to share links to some of the best content I’ve read on the web during the prior week. Social media topics will probably dominate these lists, but I have other interests as well, which will be occasionally represented.
Did SXSWi Really Suck This Year? I wasn’t there, but I’ve heard varying reports.
Getting Serious About Social Media Addressed to the C-Suite, but applicable to many more people in business.
30 Valuable Lessons Learned Using Social Media for Small Business Each one is very simple, but the collective value of these lessons is outstanding.
5 Personal Branding Tips to Help You Gate Jump I think I’m becoming obsessed with understanding personal branding.
5 Easy Steps to Creating Reusable Social Content Jay Baer is so smart. I’m in awe.
That ’70s Singer: Alex Chilton, 1950-2010 This is a terrific tribute to Chilton, through which I learned so much. Did you know he was only 16(!) years old when he recorded “The Letter?”
The Million Follower Fallacy: Audience Size Doesn’t Prove Influence on Twitter If this information can contribute in any measurable way to the elimination of hucksters on Twitter, I’ll be so grateful.
The Death of the Pageview Hooray!
Why HTML 5 Is Worth Your Time I’ve come around on the Adobe Flash issue.
Why You Should Always Write Your Headline Last This time, I did exactly that.
David Swinney helps businesses implement social media strategies and plans in order to identify customers and their influencers, engage them in conversation, and leverage those connections to improve the bottom line.
As a technologist with a background in social media, corporate communications, technical and customer support, vendor relationship and project management, he is able to comfortably discuss various social media topics with managers, individual contributors, and just plain folks.
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