Social Media Now 7.6.08

Here are some interesting links we’ve come across in the past week. Have you got some favorites to pass on? Share them in the comments section!

John McQuaid is thinking about hyperlocal in his post ”The Big Die-Off, And The Long Tail Of Hyperlocal”.

Josh Bernoff discusses the benefits and drawbacks when politicians delve into social media in his post Barack Obama vs. my.BarackObama.com on FISA — When Your Fans Disagree With You

Jeremiah Owyang discusses the Social CMS Dilemma and wonders if we’ll be seeing better tools for community management, and if community managers are ready for that.

Scoble points out some interesting stats about FriendFeed, and how participation can win you friends and followers.

Bright Shiny Objects
My favorite new Twitter App, TweetDeck launched in beta on the 4th of July.

I also discovered ClipMarks, which allows you to clip parts of a page and send it by email, to your blog, FriendFeed, or add a Clipmarks widget pretty much anywhere you want to.

And last but not least, check out TwitterPacks, a wiki that groups twitter users by areas of interest.

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Social Media Now 6.17.2008

Keeping up with all the great posts out there is a full time job in itself. Here are a few to add to your aggregator(s).

• Benn Rosales wrote a great post about getting real estate brokerages up to speed in social media.
• Josh Catone at ReadWriteWeb shows how social media is being used in the real world, especially in crisis situations.
• Louis Gray talks about the launch of Loud3r
• Anna Billstrom writes about why your social media invites might end up in the spam box, and gives us all some tips on how to do it better.
• Marshall Kirkpatrick gives some good advice for newbies who want to become new media consultants .

Speaking of new launches and newly discovered apps, here are some you may not have gotten to yet.

• Loud3r Gives you top stories in a slew of spaces, neatly sorted for your viewing pleasure.
• Feedly (in beta) is a new feed aggregator with a twist. Read Alana Taylor’s review on Mashable.
• Flock’s got a new beta release, faster, bigger, better than before.
• Firefox 3 is out, and everybody else already downloaded it.
• Tweetmarks lets you bookmark all those Tweeted links.
• ZobZee the joke was good, you have to admit.

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