Quick reads on Social Media trends

To expand your knowledge of best practices in social media, it is important to read relevant reports each day. Save and share these articles on Twitter, del.icio.us, RSS, etc. I have read or skimmed everything that I post and save them in my own databases.

While it is critical to read about new ideas, trends and tactics in SM, it is equally important to actively engage with the online communities that create them.

What to do when social media is frustrating you
You cannot become an expert in all of social media at one time. Instead, focus on oneor two activitites for a while, move on to some others, then comeback to the first. You will find how much better you are after a break.

Using Twitter to break the language barrier in international issues
Social media use has been soaring for the past four years, as more Web 2.0 services are being added to the arsenal available to citizen journalists and professionals alike, to be load-tested especially in times of strife or crisis.

Yahoo!'s next frontier: Internet T.V.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company announced a range of televisions and related products loaded with software - developed by Yahoo! and Intel - that wouldlet users call up popular Web pages and tools right alongside programs they're watching on TV.

7 Social media predictions for 2009
1. Social Media continues its rapid growth
2. Business Networks surge as economic crisis continues
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It should take no more than 10-15 minutes to read through each of these articles. Please follow the link to my del.icio.us page in the right-hand column to find a plethora of other useful articles.

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