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An Open Letter to Jimmy Wales

Webbiquity

Got your fundraising appeal for Wikipedia. Let me start by saying I’m a huge fan of Wikipedia; it is a truly amazing tool and a tremendous accomplishment. The Wikipedia cabal. I understand you don’t want Wikipedia to devolve into a collection of marketing brochures. Call off the dogs. The Priesthood.

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Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Elevating the Enterprise 2.0 Conversation

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Its time to elevate the conversation beyond features (wiki, blog, RSS, social networking, etc.), James Seng on Wiki Universal Edit Button. Mark on Wiki Universal Edit Button. weblivz on Wiki Universal Edit Button. Zbigniew Lukasiak on Wiki + Spreadsheet = SocialCalc. Wiki Universal Edit Button. Recent Posts.

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity

She provides an excellent taxonomy of the social media landscape, categorizing the different types of social media tools into: • Social News Sites (Digg, Reddit, Kirtsy, etc.). Wikis (Wikipedia, hundreds of specific topic-focused wikis). Li addresses social media at all levels, from grand strategy to nitty gritty tactics.

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Here are some random thoughts from a collection of these experiences and feedback from conference speeches: 1) Features are NOT user experiences: Warning…if you ask someone about desired user experience and they say wiki or forum, you have work to do. 4) None of the following are community platforms: Wikis, Blogs or Forums.

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The 5 Best Social Media Sites for Small Businesses

WebMarketCentral

Wikipedia – It is a boon to your small business to be mentioned on Wikipedia. One caveat: Wikipedia editors can be ruthless about removing external links from the site, so it isn't an easy feat to make your small business "stick." Wetpaint – Wikipedia isn't the only wiki on the map.

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Using ALL the Tools of Social Media Optimization

WebMarketCentral

Social Bookmarking Sites like Digg , del.icio.us , StumbleUpon , Mixx and Searchles are great places to spread the word about your own thought leadership content as well as, and even more importantly, positive coverage your company gets from other bloggers, journalists or analysts.

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High Points on the Social Media Landscape

WebMarketCentral

Site Alexa Rank (March 2009) Compete Traffic (February 2009) Compete 1-Year Traffic Change Google Pagerank Digg 243 33,433,760 +51.2 Wikipedia is the most difficult to edit due to the tight control maintained by the site's primary editors and their hostility to any content that can be construed, however remotely, as promotional.