Cardiff Taffs Currency

"Community currencies are all about getting back a sense of community spirit. As a group we exchange all kinds of goods and services with each other, using online community credits and paper Taffs notes that can be withdrawn at Taffs trading sessions. You might earn credits by painting for a neighbour, then you could spend those credits getting computer help from someone else in the group. So the circle goes on, always helping people in our community. Our credits are called "Taffs", and you should value them at about one pound each. If you value community spirit then this will be just the thing for you!"

http://cardifftaffs.org.uk

Super Easy Squidoo

"Have you heard of Squidoo? No it’s not a fancy type of calamari. Squidoo is a Social Media site that is comprised of a collection of single web pages referred to as ‘lenses.’ These lenses are used by members of the Squidoo community to create content rich lenses on their favorite subject. Squidoo lenses come with Adsense included which means that you have the potential to earn advertising revenue as well as any sales or commissions you might make. "

http://socialtrafficespionage.com/blog/super-easy-squidoo/

The Whuffie Bank

"The Whuffie (a term coined by Cory Doctorow) is issued based on a reputation algorithm that blends information from different social networks. As we develop and refine the algorithm that tracks public user activity over the net, the Whuffie will become an accurate reflection of your web reputation. And as the Internet and social networks become a large part of people’s lives, your web influence will become an increasingly accurate reflection of you."

http://thewhuffiebank.org/


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whuffie

Summify - Summarise your social news feeds

What is Summify? from Team Summify on Vimeo.

http://summify.com/

"Summify goes through your daily feeds and picks out the articles most likely to interest you. By default, it will send you five articles per day, so you can keep up with only the really important things, though you can also set it to send you your email digest more or less often if you prefer. "

http://lifehacker.com/5787962/summify-sends-you-the-days-5-most-important-stories-based-on-your-reading-habits

Whoopaa - Connect, integrate and manage your social identities

"Whoopaa is a new social platform that enables you to organize your online social activities in one place. With just one account you can manage both your personal- and your business activities online and switch between identities by swiping a single button. These profiles have their own privacy settings, friends/connections, photo's, video's and communities. Whoopaa also offers you a social network integration for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, so you have them all aggregated into one social platform, which ensures you will not miss any updates from your existing networks. "

http://www.whoopaa.com/

Twellow

"Twellow is a directory of public Twitter accounts, with hundreds of categories and search features to help you find people who matter to you."

http://www.twellow.com/

Setting up Feedburner RSS and Email subscription for your blog

"Most blogs have RSS feed which is detected automatically by commonly used feed readers when the blog URL is added to the reader.

However, if you want to make it more obvious and easier for readers to subscribe using RSS, or want to know exactly how many people subscribe to your blog then the best option is to add a Feedburner RSS feed and email subscription to your blog.

Feedburner is a free web service which enhances bloggers and podcasters ability to manage their RSS feeds and track usage of their subscribers. "

http://theedublogger.com/2010/01/26/setting-up-feedburner-rss-and-email-subscription-for-your-blog/

Introducing My mPACT

"1. What impact and influence am I having within the various market segments and communities of interest I actively engage with across online media (blogs, articles) and social networks like Twitter?

2. Who else is having influence, and how can I better follow these voices, interact with them and in turn help to boost my stature, impact and influence within the market segments and communities important to me?"

http://blog.mblast.com/mbwordpress/influence-and-influencers/introducing-my-mpact/

Wefollow - Twitter directory and search

http://wefollow.com/

Twtpoll - From Simple Twitter Polls to Powerful Surveys!

Twtpoll: Share Bookmarklet from 63 Squares on Vimeo.

Engage Your Customers.
Ask Questions. Get Feedback.


http://www.twtpoll.com/

Tweetbeep - Twitter alerts

"If you love Twitter, you'll love TweetBeep! Keep track of conversations that mention you, your products, your company, anything, with hourly updates! You can even keep track of who's tweeting your website or blog, even if they use a shortened URL (like bit.ly or tinyurl.com)."

http://tweetbeep.com/

Rapportive

"Rapportive shows you everything about your contacts right inside your inbox.

You can immediately see what people look like, where they're based, and what they do. You can establish rapport by mentioning shared interests. You can grow your network by connecting on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and more. And you can record thoughts for later by leaving notes."

http://rapportive.com/

LinkWithin - Show related posts

"Show Related Stories Under Each Post!

LinkWithin is a blog widget that appears under each post, linking to related stories from your blog archive."

http://www.linkwithin.com/

Scitable: a social network for science research and education

Scitable is a social site where teachers, researchers, and students can collaborate, share work, and help one another. The “social” in Scitable’s social network is less about sharing photos of your weekend trip and more about working collaboratively with people who have similar or complimentary goals to your own. Scientific inquiry is rarely conducted in a vacuum, so Scitable aims to connect people together in meaningful ways.


http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/05/06/scitable-a-social-network-for-science-research-and-education/


http://www.nature.com/scitable

Twenty Feet

"TwentyFeet is an "egotracking" service that will help you keep track of your own social media activities and monitor your results. We aggregate metrics from different services, thus giving you the full picture of what happens around you on the web - all in one place."

https://www.twentyfeet.com/

7 Reasons You Should Not Use Social Media Marketing

"You are looking for a short-term answer. I have helped countless authors launch their social media platforms, only to have them call me a month later to announce that it is not "working" for them. Tweeting about your new book on Twitter is not going to mean thousands of people are going to instantly purchase it. Social media is an ongoing commitment—for the rest of your life (as an author, at least).  [...]"

http://blog.marketingtipsforauthors.com/2011/06/7-reasons-you-should-not-use-social.html

How to split up the US

"Stayathomia

Stretching from New York to Minnesota, this belt's defining feature is how near most people are to their friends, implying they don't move far. In most cases outside the largest cities, the most common connections are with immediately neighboring cities, and even New York only has one really long-range link in its top 10. Apart from Los Angeles, all of its strong ties are comparatively local."

http://petewarden.typepad.com/searchbrowser/2010/02/how-to-split-up-the-us.html

When’s the best time to Tweet?

"It turns out that 5pm, Eastern time, on a Wednesday will be the most effective time to Tweet. If you want your information shared on Facebook, aim for around midday on Saturday."


http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2011/06/24/whens-the-best-time-to-post-to-twitter-how-often-to-post-to-facebook-this-infographic-tells-you/

Nigerian President Shows How Politicians Should Use Facebook

"Today, in fulfillment of the promise I made at the 26th convocation of the University of Port Harcourt on Saturday, 15 May 2010, I have created a facebook fan page to interact with Nigerians. As I said on that day, there is an unchallengeable power of good in the Nigerian nation and her youth and through this medium I want Nigerians to give me the privilege of relating with them without the trappings of office. GEJ

And he has done just that. Every post to his wall is an invitation for Nigerians to engage with his government, on issues ranging from new government appointments to the environment, inflation to soccer. His posts garner between 1,000 to 3,000 comments a piece – huge numbers that indicate that the people of Nigeria are eager to have their voices heard."

http://socialtimes.com/nigerian-president-shows-the-world-how-politicians-should-use-facebook_b18850

Infostripe - build it, share it, connect it all

"In minutes create a free hosted page and share a link, email address, phone number, location, photos, videos, music, podcasts, apps and more.

Display linked icons for; Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Flickr, Instagram and over 200 other networks, stores, sites and communities."

http://infostripe.com/

Example: http://infostripe.com/katebotwinski