I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). But the web site visitors are accurate. keep my blogs separate from by company web site. This is that post. It has changed my life. Linkbait.

The downside is the manner in which social etiquette is being increasingly bastardized in the Web 2.0 One typical evening on Twitter a few months ago, Francisco Dao (@theman) coined the term social media entitlement syndrome. As a frequent social medializer, I couldn’t help but wonder: a) have I ever had SMES?

high-tech community like this also has many bloggers and Web-based news outlets that cover our companies, venture capital, and events -- plus a number of advisers who help technologies entrepreneurial companies grow. There are several journalistic Web sites that do a great job of covering the news about SoCal companies.

Editor’s note: This is part 6 & 7 in the series of Lessons Learned:  Easy tips on how to create and grow a social media program. This series includes a discussion on the following topics: Create a Social Media Policy. Grow your social media program and overall web presence. Research your business.

Done right, the social founder can leverage their massive number of followers and reach every key influencer they could ever dream of. Being a social founder isn’t for everyone, but there are a few who have done it well. Social Media Super Powers: Has an army of fans (known as the Jason Nation) to do his bidding.

Editor’s note: This is part 5 in the series of Lessons Learned:  Easy tips on how to create and grow a social media program. This series includes a discussion on the following topics: Create a Social Media Policy. Grow your social media program and overall web presence. Research your business.

The popularity of social networking among friends — and would-be friends — is fast becoming "social media.". And, companies are looking for ways to use social media in their marketing to increase brand awareness and drive traffic to their Web site. Tags: Social Media Marketing

The popularity of social networking among friends — and would-be friends — is fast becoming "social media.". And, companies are looking for ways to use social media in their marketing to increase brand awareness and drive traffic to their Web site. Tags: Social Media Marketing

By using Google as a semantic mining engine to assess a web community's culture. Tags: social media Twitter One of the first things you notice about twitter is what a positive, happy place it is. In fact, Tweeters are 51% more likely to show love than the world at large. Facebookers show 10% more love than average. To what ends?

Los Angeles-based CrownPeak has set its sights on the social media space, saying this morning that it has launched a new product which publishes content into social networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Tags: crownpeak social media publishing facebook software saas READ MORE>>.