Using Social Media to Protect Public Safety – The thrust of this article is not Fugitive Safe Surrender in Washington, DC (www.dcsafesurrender.org) but an overview of the possibilities that social media affords the criminal justice community. By social media, I’m referring to radio …

Preservation Today – “One of the most powerful goals this partnership can achieve is to help organizations and individuals understand how social media tools work, and how those tools can be easily used to advance their preservation objectives.” …

Can marketing be conversational? – Not long after Cluetrain came out, Jakob Nielsen floored me by pointing out something that should have been obvious but proved easy to miss: that the authors “defected” from marketing and took sides with markets against it. …

The only real social networks are personal ones – Should Brands Join or Build Their Own Social Network? is the question Jeremiah Owyang raised yesterday on Twitter and in facebook. If you’re a facebook member, you can participate. I am a member, but I’d rather not. At least, not there. …

Adventures with Because Effects – Twitter is paying my rent, Marshall Kirkpatrick says. Specifically,. I don’t mean they’ve hired me as a consultant, though I would love that, I mean Twitter is great for news discovery. Read on for my thoughts on how you can use Twitter …

Too much face(book) time – Here’s the problem. I believe the Net is an open place. Same with the Web. I also believe private walled gardens on the Web are fine things. Nothing wrong with them. My problem is when the former starts looking and acting like the …

Still at Newspapers 1.x – I’m late weighing in on the New York Times’ reported decision to drop Times Select. But not on calling it a bad idea in the first place. Nor on offering alternative ways of looking at both problems and opportunities for newspapers in a …

Looking toward life beyond advertising – Terry Heaton, TV consultant extraordinaire, writes: I just moved into a house, and the nice fellow from Verizon came yesterday and installed FIOS, which is the new 800-pound gorilla in this whole TV/Internet thing. …

Facebook Inserting Users Into Ads – Dan Solove at Concurring Opinions has some quite sensible concerns about Facebook’s new advertising program — specifically, that it may violate privacy law. I think he’s right, and then some… In short, the new program allows …

Insurers Tune In to Fair Use Best Practices – One of the most frustrating obstacles to fair use of copyrighted content has been the failure of insurers to recognize the fair use doctrine. Typically, insurers have demanded that every scrap of copyrighted material be “cleared” — that …

Health care or Health snare? – Putting patients in control of their own health care data is a Good Thing. Each of us should have the means to accumulate and store personal health care data as we move through various care systems, from routine interactions with …

Fair Use as a Complement to Open Licensing – Introduction The open educational resources movement has long concentrated on the use of licenses to turn material that is copyrighted and permanently transform it into material that is free for anyone to use, copy, and modify. …

Social Media Resources Tapped to Deliver Consumers Information on … – The power of social media is being tapped by the Department of Health and Human Services, its Food and Drug Administration, and its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to spread important information about the recall of certain …

House Committees Take the Lead on Using Social Media to Ensure … – WASHINGTON, DC – House Committees on Education and Labor, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming are the first four Congressional Committees to join …

22 DoFollow Social Media Sites Offering Profile Links – Are links your nemisis rather than a powerful tool? Chain Link Fence. In last week’s post I talk about 4 alternative uses of social media. Point #2 I mentioned in that piece talked about “generating direct backlinks”, though I wasn’t …

Students Using Social Media Shown to Do Poorly on Exams – 68% of students who use Facebook have a “significantly” lower grade. Fresh research has confirmed what many parents and teachers already feared: social networking sites are damaging students’ academic performance. (more…)

Social Media is Creeping Further and Further – As a social media fan examples like this are so much fun to see, but imagine if you’d never ventured into Facebook or LinkedIn? How would you feel about seeing it creep in everywhere? Would you feel anxiety that you’re missing the boat …

What Does Social Media Have to do with Search? Plenty – Back in the “dark ages” of search engine optimization, way back a few years ago, actually, we created content on our websites. We then paid attention to on-page optimization, like optimizing our title tags, our body copy, …

You Do Know That Social Marketing Isn’t A Fad, Right? – It’s funny to me that people are still asking whether social media is viable for business. Obviously, the advertising industry picked up on blogs and social media pretty early on and revenue streams based on advertising has matured …

Using Social Media To Help Manage Online Reputation – In today’s socially connected online world, reputation management is becoming more and more a concern for any business. Sure, most companies are able to secure the number one spot in the organic search results for their brand via their …

The Economy Sucks but Social Media’s Thriving | Mark Evans – Since launching my own digital consultancy in January, I’ve been kept pretty busy doing social media projects for clients looking to take advantage of untapped.

KickApps- Social Media Applications – KickApps is not new to the web but it’s new to me so I thought I would share it with you. KickApps is community building platform that is incredibly easy to use. I am getting ready to create a community for one of my sites and I think I …

Social Media Success Tips Come Straight To Your Office | Social … – Social Media Explorer explores social media, public relations and marketing through commentary and analysis.

Social Media and Public Relations Consulting PR Squared – PR-Squared, written by Todd Defren a principal of PR Agency SHIFT Communications, is a popular blog focusing on the intersections of Social Media, Marketing and Public Relations.

Social Media Takes Center Stage: Popular Stories This Week – This week has seen social media take center stage across the world. Whether you’ve been following the TwitterTwitter reviews race between Ashton and CNN or.

HOW TO: Use Social Media for Sharing Music – Over the last few years, social media sites for sharing music have blossomed. With great companies such as Last.fmLast.fm reviews, PandoraPandora reviews, and.

The Essential Guide to Social Media – social media marketing public advertising promotion publicity 2.0 relations pr … http://www.scribd.com/doc/3283966/the-essential-guide-to-social-media …