Social Media Now 12.7.08

December 7, 2008 by Janet Fouts

Here’s what’s been going on in Social Media over the last week or so. Missing something? Email me or add your news in the comments section!

Jeremiah Owyang points out Five Ways Web Professionals Should Be Proactive In a Recession.
Chris Brogan tells us why Twitter Needs Two Channels.
Patricia Skinner wonders if social media is really right for everyone.
Everybody’s talking about Facebook Connect, and Shiv Singh shares his thoughts.
Pownce was Acquired by Six Apart, which prompted Doug Haslam to write this post: Social Media Top 5: Goodbye Pownce, PR Still Not Dead, Mapple
Scoble wonders if paying the crowd will be the new business model, like Dave Ingram is doing with Brownbook.
Lee Odden gives some excellent tips from his Twitter followers in his post, Get Social Media Smart with 26 Tips on the Social Web.
Jason Falls points out 10 Promotional Mistakes of New Bloggers.
Last but not least; Lidija Davis tells us what President-elect Obama has to say about the internet and economic recovery.

5 Responses to “Social Media Now 12.7.08”

Social Media Now 12.7.08 | Social Media Club | thesocialmediasecrets on December 7th, 2008 9:09 pm

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Neil Williams on December 7th, 2008 11:10 pm

Great round-up and some I had missed - thanks. Lee Odden’s post especially good.
Jeremy Hilton on December 15th, 2008 11:55 am

Heads up

Your SMC links are broken

http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2008/12/07/social-media-now-12708/Patricia%20Skinner

http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2008/12/07/social-media-now-12708/Imagine%20if%20Amazon%20integrated%20Facebook%20Connect
Janet Fouts on December 16th, 2008 12:31 pm

Thanks for the heads up Jeremy, the link to Patricia Skinner’s post is repaired.
Joanne on January 21st, 2009 2:18 am

I just finished transcribing all the interviews for The Social Media Bible, http://www.TheSocialMediaBible.com . I became part of the team virtually; I am a virtual transcriptionist. I only mention this as a testament to the power of social media, or as I like to call this combo, Social Media ².

I urge all to go to and listen to these nearly 50 interviews with the top SVP’s and founders of the major social media companies world wide, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, etc. They are 30+/- minute podcasts about how each social media technology is being used for business.

Joanne