Archive for June, 2009
Posted on June 26, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton
Friday Fix: Social Media brings me home. Thanks to @TyDowning
If you have been following my Brightkite updates and tweets over the past 48 hrs then you know that I was in Wilmington, NC on Thursday for a talk on Social Media. I was asked to do the talk by Ty Downing of SayitSocial, someone who I’ve only known virtually via twitter and now someone who I call a friend. I was excited about doing the talk for a few reasons, one being that Wilmington is kind of like a second home for me as I’m originally from Teachey, NC which is only 30 to 40 minutes away from Wilmington. As a youth I would make the drive down to Wilmington to hang out and as I told Ty that my prom was in Wilmington. Therefore I was humbled and nervous about the presentation as my audince would be a room of savvy SEO experts, bloggers, web designers, marketers and individuals who wanted to learn more about social media.
The meetup was called Social Media Talk With Wayne Sutton and as I kept trying to brainstorm how to cover social media in one hour… you can’t! So what I decided to do was try to facilitate a discussion on social media with the attendees along with a little history lesson of who is Wayne Sutton. You can see the presentation below via slideshare.
The attendees had questions on social media such as: What tools to use monitor their brand, how to get started with social media, what tools they should use to track urls and more. Ty along with Lori Lorusso live streamed the entire talk on Ustream.tv and uploaded a clip of the talk to youtube, both you can see below.
Ustream of my Talk on Social Media in Wilmington, NC
Webcam chat at Ustream
A Youtube video clip from Ty’s iPhone 3GS of my Talk on Social Media
I really want to thank Ty and the attendees for having me and from the comments on the meetup.com site it looks like the attendees enjoyed it.
Kimberly – “ Excellent and very informative. Thank you so much! ”
Holly Powell – “ Wayne was very informative. I enjoyed the meeting and look forward to the next event. ”
Chip Hunnicutt – “ Didn’t hear anything groundbreaking (for me anyway) but questions showed different levels of expertise in the audience and potential for future specialized gatherings. Was particularly intrigued by the “startup” weekend concept. ”
Doug Erickson – “ Wayne was a great speaker and knows his “Social Media”
It looks like to have to work on something “groundbreaking” for my next talk but honest feedback is always welcome. Also a big thanks to the great people at the C. W. Worth House who sponsored my stay on Thursday night. The C. W. Worth House is elegant and a must visit if you’re looking for a bed and breakfast in Wilmington.
PS. This has been a #shamelessplug blog post by Wayne Sutton 
Posted on June 26, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton
Typekit VC funding, new social networking TVs by Vizio & Shaq news.
Today on Talk Social News Kipp and Wayne discuss Typekit,, new social networking TVs by Vizio & Shaq news. – episode 065
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The podcast:
Talk Social News daily 065 – length 9:00 download or click to play:[audio:talksocialnewsdaily065.mp3] Subscribe to podcast in iTunes: 
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Posted on June 26, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton
What I'm sharing on Google Reader for June 26th
Today, while reading RSS feeds in Google Reader, I came across these interesting blog posts and wanted to share them with you. I hope you find some of them interesting. If one of them was useful to you or if you have a comment about one, let me know in the comments. For real-time results of what I’m sharing on Google Reader see my feeds on FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/waynesutton
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Posted on June 25, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton
Facebook changing the game with status updates & live stream & google launches city tours
Today on Talk Social News Kipp and Wayne discuss how Facebook continues to change the game with public status updates and live steam box partnership with ustream.tv, also Google launches city tours. – episode 064
The Video:
The podcast:
Talk Social News daily 064 – length 9:00 download or click to play:[audio:talksocialnewsdaily064.mp3] Subscribe to podcast in iTunes:
If you would like to sponsor Talk Social News email us at contact@talksocialnews.com. Thanks
Posted on June 25, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton
Weekly pitch and review: Zingr – Posting social "zings" with a little miracle whip
Company: Miracle Whip
Product: Zingr Firefox plugin
Pitch: Zingr is the newest way to add your own flavor to the web. Zing! anything you deem worthy of your wit. Zingr works through Facebook Connect so when you leave Zings on the web, they get shared with your friends.
How it to works:
You install the Firefox plugin from the Miracle Whip Facebook page. After you restart Firefox you’ll see an icon beside the address bar and the bottom right where you click on the active the Zing posting window.
If you click on the bottom right Zingr icon in Firefox you’ll see the settings to have your “Zings” published to Facebook and Twitter. There’s also an option to post “Zings” via the Zingr Firefox sidebar. Zings are limited 160 characters.
The Zingr glossary:
My first impression:
“Miracle Whip does social media?” After that I think the idea is creative but limited being that it only works with Firefox via a plugin at the moment. Also that Zingr reminds me of Clipmarks .
My first zing was:
Testing Zingr. Have you heard of it? If so what are your thoughts? It post to Facebook & twitter. This is a Zing!
Will I use it?
Maybe but doubtful unless Zingr creates a reverse engine where if I would post certain messages on Twitter or Facebook and use a keyword (zing) that could auto post to the Zingr community.
What features I like?
The ability to leave comments on page any page.
What features would I like to see or improved.
Although I haven’t spent to much time with Zingr, I would like to see an existing users list or a aggregation page that list current Zings posted on online. Kind of a like a tag cloud of Zings. I also would like to see miracle whip’s employees and/or marketing team use Zingr with their existing marketing. My thoughts is that if you create an app I expect you to use it also.
Final thoughts
It will be interested to see if Zingr grows and how it plans to work outside of Firefox and the Facebook community. I think it’s a good start for miracle whip but I would measure the growth of user participation after three to six months and either “think different” or continue with the platform.
Other blog post about Zingr:
The World Is Your Comedic Tumblr Blog With Zingrs
Miracle Whip serves up a real ‘Zingr’
Miracle Whip Rolls Out Social App
If you would like for me to review your product or site please email: pitches at socialwayne dot com . Disclaimer: I have no investment or relationship with the creators of this site. Thank you.
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Wayne Sutton helps individuals, startups and businesses succeed in understanding how to communicate on the social web via web development, user experience, brand strategy and marketing (Mobile and Social).
Wayne Sutton is an Entrepreneur, Advisor and Partner of NewMe Accelerator.
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