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The Growth Of Twitter

An interesting stat posted on the Twitter blog shows which are the top ten countries with the most people using the Twitter social network as determined from Twitter’s public timeline.That’s how I describe Twitter, incidentally - a social network, not the original descriptor ‘micro blogging tool.’ My perception of Twitter has evolved.

How do Blogs Measure up?

One of the benefits of being an IABC member is Communication World, the magazine for members. The September/October edition, which arrived in the mail today, is packed full of great content and is one of the better issues I’ve read in a while.

Improving Business Communication

Pioneers in the software industry are now using mash-ups to provide consumers with an improved Internet and desktop experience.  WebProNews talked with Eric Rubin of Dreamfactory.com about what his company is doing in this growing field.

Web 2.0 - The Real World View

New research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project has some fascinating statistics on how Americans use technology. According to A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users (PDF download), half of all American adults are only occasional users of modern information gadgetry, while 8% are avid participants in all that digital life has to offer.

Social Media Disrupts Company Communication

I was inspired this morning by Daniel’s post on his Emergence Media blog titled Marketing Changes: CMOs, Evangelist, Social Media Programs, Website Strategy Positioning, it’s a very meaty article and worth a good read. Longer Tail of Media Consumption

The SEO Playbook (Welcome to the Rabbit Hole)

SEO is about more than meta tags, title tags, and targeted anchor text. Call it "competitive webmastering", "SEO", or any one of a slew of other titles - it is the thought process of lateral thinking and understanding of website creation and marketing combined that matters most.

Constant Communication = Higher Sale Conversion

Constant communication with current customers is the gold mine that many companies do not take advantage of. They do their sale and move on to find new customers. No … I will not stress on how important and easy it is to sell to your current customers compared to new ones, …. I guess I just did. Anyway… let’s move on.

From the New Communications Forum

I’m in Las Vegas, but what happens here definitely won’t stay here. I’ll blog pretty regularly from the New Communications Forum, which begins this morning with pre-conference sessions, two in the morning and two (including the one I’m conducting on podcasting) in the afternoon. The conference proper gets underway tomorrow with a keynote by David Weinberbger. Among the sessions I’m anxious to attend:

Vista - Will it Increase Feed Reading?

Jon Udell's screencasts are among my favorite multimedia on the web.

Digg and Knuttz - No Longer Friends?

Since my post four days ago about the incredible run of Knuttz submissions on Digg, their winning streak has suddenly come to a grinding and painful halt.