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I find certain links very informative in regards to use of social media and other web tools.  Below are a few of the links which I have found most informative.

[Caveat: I have not tested all items; No warranties expressed or implied. 🙂 ] Feel free to add your blog comments (at the bottom of this post) with additional thoughts, recommendations and constructive opinions.

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General Info From @Mashable

• The Twitter Guidebook  http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/
• Twitter Lists, Resources & How-To’s:  http://mashable.com/category/twitter-lists/
• (Introductory) “The Ultimate Guide for Everything Twitter”  http://tr.im/s3vf
• The Journalist’s Guide to Twitter http://mashable.com/2009/05/14/twitter-journalism/
• How to Create Custom Twitter Backgrounds http://mashable.com/2009/05/23/twitter-backgrounds/
• Reviews of 19 twitter clients: http://mashable.com/2009/06/27/twitter-desktop-apps/
• Head to Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop: http://mashable.com/2009/04/08/tweetdeck-vs-seesmic-desktop/
• 10 Ways to Find People on Twitter:  http://mashable.com/2009/07/02/twitter-people/
• 5 Ways to Get Your Questions Answered on Twitter:  http://mashable.com/2009/04/21/twitter-questions-answers/
• What Type of Social Media User Are You? http://tr.im/sxPL
• When Do You Use Twitter Versus Facebook? http://tr.im/vDWG

General Info & Guides

• Michael Hyatt’s “Beginner’s Guide to Twitter“
• Sneak preview of  The Twitterbook from @timoreilly:  http://tr.im/vcA0
• CIO.com’s Twitter Bible: http://tr.im/tnv2
• Guy Kawasaki’s twitter tips:  http://holykaw.com/all-my-twitter-tips
• How @chrisbrogan Uses Twitter:
  – “How I Tweet – an FAQ”
  – “How to Manage Twitter“
• Top 50 Twitter Acronyms, Abbreviations and Initialisms http://digiphile.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/top-50-twitter-acronyms-abbreviations-and-initialisms/
• The social media “viral dictionary“
• “How-To” Tips on using Tweet Deck:  http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/how-to-tweet-deck-like-a-pro/
• 10 Awesome Ways to Integrate Twitter With Your Website:  http://twurl.nl/ydn07l
• 4 steps to writing good tweets (and “The 80/20 Rule of Headlines”):  http://adjix.com/3sqe
• “How to Write Twitter-Friendly Headlines”  http://tr.im/tnCp (via @pistachio)
• All Facebook (“The Unofficial facebook resource”):  http://www.allfacebook.com/
• The Secret To Twitter Success – Be Famous, Useful Or Interesting: http://bit.ly/GeN9D
• 10 Qualities That Can Make Your Video Go Viral:  http://tr.im/rfHb
• 3 types of tweeps (Personal Oriented, Business Oriented and Spam Oriented); Top 10 Twitter Tips (via @girlopinion) http://www.girlopinion.com/2009/06/06/top-10-twitter-tips/

Social Media Market Data

• Graphic from @JoselinMane: Social Media Basic Overview:  http://tr.im/s3xq
• Social Media Weblog from @cherot:  http://herot.typepad.com/cherot/
• The Future of Social Media Entertainment (circa Oct 2008):  http://tr.im/s3wy
• Top 10 Social Media Presentations on Slideshare:  http://tr.im/sxNx
• The Very Long Tail Of Facebook Applications:  http://bit.ly/YdhPE (via@allfacebook)
• Statistical analysis of twitter use.  (The most common way people use Twitter is as a social information filter and link distributor.)  http://tr.im/oy0U
• Social Media Marketing Industry Report:  http://tr.im/s3t7
• Users under 25 years old don’t tweet much relative to other age groups:
  – Initial observation by @mashable
  – @mashable’s hypothesis as to why
  – rebuttal
• 76% of firms block social networking (vs 75% weapons, 64% alcohol, 58% webmail, 52% shopping, 51% sports, 47% banking) 
  

Business, Customer Service, Marketing

• “Twitter 101” for Business :  http://tr.im/utEb
• Social Media and your PR strategy: http://tr.im/ulCa
• Twitter rules for CEO’s: http://tr.im/uQfz
• Great presentation from a former IBM colleague (@mcnairn)  re: Marketing with Social Software: http://tr.im/o63E
• Lively discussion regarding the differences between Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0: http://tr.im/niOL
• Allow multiple people to communicate through one corporate Twitter account, and stay in sync while doing so. http://cotweet.com/
• Fast Company: 10 Commandments of Social Media:  http://tr.im/psfP
• A CEO (@CommunispaceCEO) Who Really Uses Twitter http://tinyurl.com/c6k5ss
• A CEO (@coffeemaverick) shares top things he accomplished using twitter in 3 months: http://thecoffeemaverick.blogspot.com/2009/07/top-things-accomplished-using-twitter.html
• Top 20 small biz tweeps from @girlopinion:  http://www.girlopinion.com/2009/06/18/top-20-small-business-twitter-tweeps/
• 25 Entrepreneurs and Businesses You Should Be Following on Twitter http://www.odesk.com/blog/2009/06/25-entrepreneurs-and-businesses-you-should-be-following-on-twitter/
• 5 Habits of Successful Executives on Twitter: http://tr.im/onVw
• How one company uses Web 2.0 tools to run and promote their business http://tr.im/oAbo
• How to Use Twitter for Customer Service http://mashable.com/2009/05/09/twitter-customer-service/
• AdAge re: Viral Videos.  Part 1: http://tr.im/s7wq Part 2: http://tr.im/s7vi
  – Samsung’s challenge video: http://tr.im/s7ty
  – How Samsung did it: http://tr.im/s7uQ
• AdAge Viral Video Chart example: http://tr.im/s7CM
• Razorfish on “How brands should use social media”:  http://tr.im/sdv2
• Generating cross-cultural insights in multinational communities: http://tr.im/snYj
• “Lessons from the Frontlines; Getting Started with Social Media” – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council’s Social Media Cluster
• MIT Sloan Management Review study monitors Twitter comments to forecast product sales (Example: movie box office sales):  http://bit.ly/6qdS6v

Business Models

• 5 business models for social media startups:  http://tr.im/sxOK
• Web content business models : Freemium vs. micro-billing:  http://tr.im/o5q4

Jobs

• Social media job search tips: here

Managing your personal brand(s)

• How To Build Your Personal Brand on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/cjcxmw
• How To Build Your Personal Brand on Twitter: http://tr.im/lX6E
• How To Build Your Personal Brand on LinkedIn:  http://tr.im/ulwE
• How To  Build Your Company‘s Brand on LinkedIn:  http://tr.im/ulxI
• How to Safely Blend the Personal and the Professional: http://tinyurl.com/dxkrp4 (via CIO.com)
• 10 Ways to Wreck Your Personal Brand: http://bit.ly/29uTyn
• ROA (Return on attention) is the new metric for personal and business relationships: http://is.gd/y6JK

Privacy / Etiquette

• How to Use Facebook Privacy Settings and Avoid Disaster: http://bit.ly/10n3jh
• Info re: Facebook’s soon-to-come privacy/publication enhancements: http://tr.im/qDhn
• Preventing your info/image from appearing in Facebook ads: http://tr.im/tobv
• Think Twice – That Social Media Update Could Get You Robbed:
  – FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/UYnvi
  – TWITTER: http://bit.ly/cj81T
• BCG / Wharton re: Etiquette for the Social Networking Age – http://bit.ly/Yjc6D

A few URL Shorteners

• bit.ly
• tinyurl.com
• su.pr (Review by @rww)
• is.gd
• tr.im (Shutting down as of Aug 9, 2009.  See remarks by: Mashable, Nambu Network )
• 3 Great URL Shorteners with Analytics http://bit.ly/bbptON

Blogging

• 23 Essential Elements of Sharable Blog Posts: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/23-essential-elements-of-sharable-blog-posts/
• What I Have Learned in Four Years of Blogging: http://tr.im/tvDD (via @MichaelHyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers)
• 13 Idea-Starters for Bloggers with writers block:  http://tr.im/tvBu
• Posterous:  http://tr.im/tvKS
• WordPress Coaching: WPChick
• WordPress “Tweet-This” Plug in from (from Richard X. Thripp)

Various tools

• Twitter tools and resources: OneForty.com
• Digsby – a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple-to-manage buddy list.
• Troy’s Script: One Twitter Script to Rule Them All: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/troys_one_twitter_script_to_rule_them_all.php
• ubiquity plugin: http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/one-firefox-plugin-to-end-them-all/
• 5 Terrific Twitter Research Tools http://mashable.com/2009/05/03/twitter-research-tools/
• 5 Awesome Tools To Track Trends On Twitter: http://blog.mrtweet.net/5-awesome-tools-to-track-trends-on-twitter-what-do-you-use
• Twitter tool to thread and archive your twitter conversations, giving you background, context and statistics:  http://twitoaster.com/
• Software recommended by @chrisbrogan: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/a-quick-and-inconclusive-list-of-software-i-like/
• Cool web tools (via @MichaelHyatt, CEO Thomas Nelson Publishers): http://michaelhyatt.com/tumblr
• Presentation tools:  http://is.gd/ArqZ (via @MichaelHyatt)

Additional contact info:
Web:  www.TKGweb.com,  Twitter: @tonyparham