Archive for January, 2010

Posted on January 7, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

Shares from the Social Web: RSS feeds for January 7th

Today, while reading RSS feeds in Google Reader, I came across these interesting blog posts and wanted to share them with you. Some of the post topics range from WordPress themes/tips, to marketing advice, to various social media examples. 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. Thanks

	Shared Evernote named a New York Times “Tech Theme To Watch” in 2010.
	Shared Facebook iPhone App Update Brings Push Notifications, Contact Sync.
	Shared Facebook’s iPhone App Gets New Push and Sync Features.
	Shared 0.485 magic mouse doubletap to drag.
	Shared You know more than you think you do: design as resourcefulness and self-reliance..
	Shared How To Double Your Chances of Achieving Your Goals.
	Shared Some Thoughts on Social Location Sharing – Gowalla / Foursquare [video].
	Shared Best 15 Places to Get Quality Flash Components.
	Shared The secret of a top 10 blog.
	Shared My Top 5 HTML Coding Preferences.

Posted on January 6, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

Shares from the Social Web: RSS feeds for January 6th

Today, while reading RSS feeds in Google Reader, I came across these interesting blog posts and wanted to share them with you. Some of the post topics range from WordPress themes/tips, to marketing advice, to various social media examples. 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. Thanks

	Shared Google’s Nexus One most notable for what it doesn’t have.
	Shared Nobody Has a Million Blog Subscribers.
	Shared Facebook’s 1st CTO Launches His Next Company (Screen Shots).
	Shared Tweet This!?.
	Shared 7% Of Marketers See Social Media ROI.
	Shared 3 Helpful Social Media Marketing Predictions for 2010.
	Shared Should Social CRM be Automated?.
	Shared More evidence on why you need to make your website work for mobile devices.
	Shared 7 Tips for Writing Engaging Content.
	Shared Five markets to watch in 2010.
	Shared Being vs. Using “Social” Creates ROI.
	Shared How to start 2010 by doing better work.
	Shared The 140 Characters Conference “Call For Speakers”.
	Shared Why Pepsi Is Good For Bloggers.

Posted on January 5, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

Shares from the Social Web: RSS feeds for January 5th

Today, while reading RSS feeds in Google Reader, I came across these interesting blog posts and wanted to share them with you. Some of the post topics range from WordPress themes/tips, to marketing advice, to various social media examples. 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. Thanks

	Shared Christmas Giveaway: 15 High Quality Premium WordPress Themes.
	Shared 6 Lessons I Learned in Two Years of Blogging.
	Shared Why You Should NOT Invest in Social Media 1/10 – The Social Digits.
	Shared Do Work and Using Social Media Mix?.
	Shared NBC Uses Game Application To Promote Its Facebook Page For TV Show "Chuck".
	Shared Ignite Goes Global With Coordinated Week.
	Shared Facebook Creates List of “Preferred Developer Consultants”.
	Shared Empower Your Brand Loyalists: 5 Tips For Success.
	Shared I Am T-Pain Creator Smule Just Raised Another 8 Million.
	Shared Word of Mouth is very valuable – as long as you do not pay for it.
	Shared Zune HD Twitter App Arrives On Thursday For Free.
	Shared Social Media Top 5: The Dearth of Privacy.
	Shared WordPress 2.9 Release Candidate Now Ready for Testing.
	Shared Facebook Data Team: How Diverse is Facebook?.
	Shared 7 Social Media and Web Analytics Predictions for 2010.
	Shared You Are Here: Geolocation is the Trend for 2010.
	Shared 40 Outstanding Typographic Poster Designs.
	Shared In Defense of Humbug.
	Shared Social Reality: Their Purpose or Ours?.
	Shared Policy Watch: Facebook Page Owners Can Require Users To Become Fans in Order to Enter Contests.
	Shared Get Your Free Wallpaper + Win a Unique 2010 Poster – 12 for 2010, Day Twelve.
	Shared Top 10 2009 Tutorials About Effects.
	Shared Google Is Kick Starting 2010 with a PageRank Update.
	Shared 3 Great Greasemonkey Scripts To Customize Facebook.
	Shared Mag+ Prototype for a Digital Magazine.
	Shared The Best Photoshop Tutorials of 2009.
	Shared 40 Stylish, Minimal and Clean Free WordPress Themes.
	Shared 8 Top Facebook WordPress Plugins.
	Shared Privacy and the New Social Media.
	Shared Best Online Collaboration Tools 2009 – Robin Good’s Collaborative Map – MindMeister Mind Map [del.icio.us].
	Shared Marketing tip: Get a wider spread of business!.
	Shared Woopra Live Chat Breaks the Walls Down.
	Shared Social "Intent" Is Transparent.
	Shared 150 Free Premium Quality WordPress Themes to Welcome 2010.
	Shared Financial Times Content/Charging Revs To Overtake Print Ad Revs This Year.
	Shared The Year In Facebook: The 10 Biggest Stories Of 2009.
	Shared Clonezilla Makes Quick Work of Hard Drive Data Restoration.
	Shared 3 Important Facebook Page Policy and Product Changes You May Have Missed.
	Shared Rumor Has It: Are These the Specs for the Apple Tablet?.
	Shared Social Media Monitoring and Measurement – A Customized Recipe..
	Shared OpenID Connect.
	Shared Pepsi sits out the Super Bowl, but advertisers still want in on those audience numbers.
	Shared Facebook Begins Testing Advanced Crowd-Sourced Content Moderation.
	Shared Make Your Content More Shareable By Adding a Social Media Toolbar To Your Blog.
	Shared New Twitter Killer Bans the Spam.
	Shared Apple Ranks as the Most Social Brand.
	Shared 4 Simple Design Elements Behind a Good Call to Action.
	Shared Seesmic’s Acquistion of Ping.fm Secures Future Goals.
	Shared How To Create Your Own URL Shortening Service | Digitalsapien.com.
	Shared With Mobile Ad Networks Being Snapped Up By Google And Apple Will Yahoo Or Microsoft Be The Next To Buy?.
	Shared Brands warned not to ignore media influence on brand sentiment.
	Shared Social network ad spend set to rise in 2010.
	Shared SEO in 2010 | Real-Time Search Optimization.
	Shared Open Source Cross-Browser WYSIWYG Editor.
	Shared Putting your social media pieces together.

Posted on January 4, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

Social Fresh Nashville, a social media conference for marketers is next week.

Flickr photo by Jason Keath

Social Fresh Nashville is just one week away on January 11, 2010 and I’m excited to be one of  speakers for the first Social Fresh social media conference of 2010.

“ Social Fresh is a one day social media conference targeting professional marketers and focusing on case study heavy content. Jason Keath founded the Social Fresh series of conferences in early 2009. Keath saw a need in the secondary markets for conferences targeting an audience who works in marketing, advertising, PR, SEO or web development for Fortune 1000 companies or government. Social Fresh uses case studies of big ideas, success stories, and ROI of social media from a corporate and branding perspective. ”  via Techdrawl

Some of the other speakers include:

• Amber Naslund of Radian6
• Paula Berg of Southwest Airlines
• Kipp Bodnar of Howard Merrell & Partners
• Bert Dumars of Rubbermaid
• Lisa Hoffman of Duke Energy
• Jason Falls of SocialMediaExplorer.com
• Zena Weist of Embarq
• Jeff Cohen of SocialMediaB2B.com
• Nick Ayres of Home Depot
• Jason Kintzler of PitchEngine.com
• Matt Browne of Lending Tree
• Dan Zarrella of Hubspot
• Geno Church of Brains on Fire
• Tessa Horehled of THINK Interactive
• Brian Simpson of Roger Smith Hotel
• Greg Cangialosi & DJ Waldow of Blue Sky Factory
• and more!

I will be participating  on the Twitter and Facebook Success panel along with

Shashi Bellamkonda @shashib Social Media Swami  Network Solutions

Gavin Baker @gavinbaker Social Media Manager  Ruby Tuesday

Arie Ball @arie_ball VP Talent Acquisition Sodexo

Nick Ayres
@nickjayres
New Media +
Content Manager
The Home Depot

If you have any questions or topics you would like for us to discuss during the session, feel free to leave them on the Social Fresh Ning site for the panel here: http://socialfresh.ning.com/forum/topics/questions-real-twitter-and.

You can register for Social Fresh Nashville at http://socialfresh.com/nashville.  Hurry because the first social fresh  conference in Charlotte, NC  sold out.

Posted on January 4, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

What are your business content goals for 2010?

It’s the first day back to work in 2010 for most of the world and I’m sure you have already seen plenty of blog post already on new year resolutions and more, but this is not one of them. On January 1st I tweeted ”1 of my major goals for 2010 is to produce better content which included blog post, videos & podcast that leads to business & new relationships. Also not included in the tweet is to “engage” more with industry colleagues and potential clients through commenting and offline networking events.

My primary content channels are:
Blog: SocialWayne.com
Twitter: @WayneSutton
Facebook: http://facebook.com/waynesutton
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/waynesutton
iTunes Podcast: SocialWayne [itunes link]
Video Show: WayneSutton.TV

As the web is now social, standing out and separating yourself from the rest of the “pack” will be challenging in 2010 but very doable. It seems like everyone is reading the same blogs and retweeting the same people therefor creating a huge echo chamber. By setting content goals and creating content strategies you can measure your results and start using your content for lead generation sales and networking opportunities.

Have you set your business content goals for 2010 or worked on a content strategy for your company or clients?

Have a successful 2010.