Social Media is all the rage these days. There is Twitter, Facebook, Digg, YouTube, MySpace, StumbleUpon, and the list goes on. But aren’t those social networks really just for teens that want to let us know about the latest boy band they like or to share with the world who they are going to prom with? Well, sure Twitter and Facebook can be misused for that, OR it can be a powerful tool to increase perception of a brand, to share and retrieve information, and to connect with people that may not be possible because of geographic boundaries.

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As a business owner today you have heard and read that having a blog can be a vital part to getting your message out and creating a community around your brand or company. It is also a great way to share information with others and get feedback from your readership. As blog owners, the way we get our feedback is thru comments. The question comes into play is how do you deal with your comments.

Comment Strategies

A recent article on Contentini.com titled “When Bad Comments Happen to Good Websites: Strategies for Managing Comments Online” talks about the different strategies that you can take to not only promote great discussions on your site, but to also make sure the noise (and spam) stays to a minimum. {continue reading…}

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Twitter has made tweeting a common way to communicate for a lot of people. If you’re a Twitter addict or just starting to become one you’re not alone. Being stuck looking into you computer screen to be able to communicate with your new twitter friends on the other hand may put your life on halt so why not tweet, make new friends etc. on the move? Tripwire Magazine has put together a list of 5+ twitter applications for your iPhone to keep you up to date with Twitter while on the go.

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Last Wednesday, Microsoft announced that the company would officially launch Facebook (and other social networks) into their Outlook 2010 Beta product with Outlook Social Connector. Following the previous week’s announcement about Google Buzz, and rumors that Facebook would be launching their own email product, we found out details about Outlook’s new integration. The service will let you “view friends’ activities, photos, and status updates within Outlook—as well as grow your network by adding friends from the same view”.

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