Here’s my monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that I’ve read and shared over the last 30 days. These kinds of posts are what inform our own writing here at SocialFishing; hope you’ll dip in and out at your leisure! The list below is for serendipity; if you prefer our “Must Read” shares about important stuff for association social media, please click here to subscribe, or click here to browse.
The Art of Social
- If You Only Do Three Things in Social Media (PR Squared)
- Can Social Network Analysis Improve Your Social Media Strategy? (Beth’s Blog)
- 7 Ways to Use Psychological Influence With Social Media Content (Engage365)
- 20 Social Networks for Lifelong Learners (Mission to Learn)
- To follow or not to follow? (TheNextWeb)
- Does Your CFO Believe in Twitter? (Dirty Martini Blog)
- 4 Detective Tricks to Find Your Customers in Social Media (Convince and Convert)
- How Well Do You Know Your Twitter Followers? (WebWorkerDaily)
Eco/Systems ~ Leadership
- How can we prepare organizational leaders to work in a networked world? (Beth’s Blog)
- Open Leadership and Why Associations Shouldn’t Outsource Social Media (Mizz Information)
- Strategic Moves (Get Me Jamie Notter)
- How to Challenge Your Industry Dogma (Umair Haque)
- Keep your eye on the ball (Splash!)
- Associations and Community Management are Like PB&J (Mizz Information)
- The Atlantic Learns To Out-Innovate Itself (TechDirt)
Authenticity/Trust/Privacy
- Dealing With Sticky Situations in Social Media (Engage365)
- The Truth as a Leadership Imperative (Jamie Notter)
- Networked Nonprofits Deconstruct Social Media Fears (Beth’s Blog)
- How Share Alike Copyright Can Hurt Your Brand And SEO (Social Media Explorer)
- Your Social Media Policy May Not Save You (Six Pixels of Separation)
Tech/Analysis/Culture
- The Gap Scenario (John Battelle)
- An Essential Reading List for Social Media (FlowTown Blog)
- When we were social: Proxy Medium Darwinism 101 (The Brandbuilder Blog) [MUST READ, this one]
- Does the Internet Make You Smarter? (Clay Shirky on WSJ)
- Why Google Is Sh**ting Itself About Facebook (Simply Zesty)
Toolbox
- Glossary: 39 Blogging Terms to Know (HubSpot Blog)
- Social Media Monitoring Tools (Thanks For Playing)
- How-to: Use Google Analytics to Track Your Online Marketing Campaigns (NTEN Blog)
- 50 Power Twitter Tips (Chris Brogan)
- Internal Social Networks: Pros & Cons (SNAP Blog)
- The Importance of Social Graph Optimization (Flowtown Blog)
Datalicious
- The Ultimate List: 100+ Twitter Statistics (HubSpot Blog)
- Analyzing the Value of a Blog Post (Brass Tack Thinking)
- Facebook Grows Up (Flowtown Blog)
- Analyze This: 5 Rules For Awesome Impromptu Web Analysis (Occam’s Razor)
- 2010 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report (Thanks For Playing)
- What Does Your Facebook Funnel Look Like? (NTEN Blog)
- The Limits Of Calculating Social Media ROI (John Haydon)
Event 2.0
- HOW TO: Use Foursquare for a Conference (or an Exhibit Booth) (Engage365)
- 13 Ways LinkedIn Supports Event Marketing (Engage365)
- Five New Event And Meetings Tech Tools To Consider (MidCourse Corrections)
Awesomesauce, LOL or WTF
- What your email address says about you (GeeksAreSexy)
- The Seven Regions Of The US (Stowe Boyd and the /Messengers)
- New Fish in Town (YAP Blog)
- Getting Jamie Notter on a Monthly Basis (Get Me Jamie Notter) [subscribe!!]
- The internet: Everything you ever need to know (Guardian.co.uk)
- The Complete Facebook Guide For Small Nonprofits (eBook) (John Haydon)
- Video: Day in the Life of a Pet AT-AT (Wired)
- There is no spoon (The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs)
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