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.