My friend Mark Schaefer wrote a provocative piece in this very space yesterday about why Facebook will become the most dangerous company on earth. One of Mark’s central observations — that a public company must find ways to grow, and Facebook’s only path to do that is through you and me — was particularly insightful and, for some, alarming. I’ve been studying Facebook for five years as a researcher, and after seeing our most recent data on social media behaviors I can tell you this:  It’s scarier than you think. And by Facebook. MORE >>

Although fewer Americans use Twitter than Facebook, Twitter users “are far more likely to follow Brands/ Companies than social networkers in general. You’ll find the answers to these questions and many more here in 50 of the best Twitter tools, posts, how-to guides and rants of 2010 so far. Brian Solis provides a wealth of statistics that answer these questions and more, e.g., 87% of Americans said they were familiar with Twitter in 2010, up from just 26% in 2009. Share this on Facebook. Twitter users frequently exchange information about products and services.” MORE >>

Looks like this week is Facebook-week for me. Trying to uncover the secrets of Facebook. And I don’t know whether it is me or Facebook, but it sure is not easy. As I wrote in my post 3 Important Tips For Facebook B2B Marketinga few days ago, to me Facebook looks a lot like Sharepoint 2007 [.]. Tags: facebook MORE >>

With the amount of helpful content about social media marketing growing faster than Facebook’s user base or Lindsay Lohan’s court appearances, it’s tough to keep up. Andrew Ran Wong provides a valuable list of productivity tips for Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, Google and other social networks to help readers get more done in less time. brand personalities Facebook and Twitter users hate by iMedia Connection. collection of short summaries and links to a huge list of posts about Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, mobile marketing and business development. MORE >>

This inspired me to do a quick 10 Best Posts of 2010 as we slide into the New Year. Advertising Blogging Branding Buzz Marketing Content Marketing Customer Experience Customer Support Facebook Innovation Interactive Marketing Listening Monitoring Social Media Social NetworkingFar and away one of the best blog posts I wrote this year was on the new 4′c of B2B Marketing – it was read over 15,000 times and 3X more popular than the next most read blog post of the year. The four P’s were created mainly to describe the ideal “marketing mix.”. C’s of B2B Marketing. MORE >>