Socialmediaworx

To date, I've been impressed with the Barak Obama camp's grasp of social media and how they've incorporated it into their strategy, even using Twitter to post updates from the campaign trail. Now they've taken it a step further and introduced two-way texting, allowing people to text questions to the Obama team. Sadly, as this US News story highlights, if you're going to offer a service, make sure you've ...

It seems like these online lists seem to pop up every now and then, bigger and badder than ever before, but here is the latest Web 2.0 list of goodness.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ultimate Web 2.0 List", url: "http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2007/ultimate-web-20-list/" });

Even with the rollout of a freshly redesigned line of drop-dead gorgeous iMacs, and despite the ridiculous amounts of buzz generated for the iPhone - deservedly so - Apple still remembered to do the most basic thing: ask their customers for their iPhone stories. It doesn't take a million-dollar agency budget to create a simple online form to connect with your customers and get the real story.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Apple ...

One of the very reasons I love social networks is for their potential to rally people around a cause, but few online communities are successfully achieving this. CoolHunting points out a few social networks they like: Their potential as powerful tools for the greater good—beyond finding out where the party's at—has been largely untapped, but we managed to find a few. The following are some of the latest and ...

As much as I try to stay on top of tools and trends for social media, I've never been able to warm up to Second Life. It seemed like merely an overly-complicated, and quite frankly, fairly bizarre way to do what I'm already doing online - sharing ideas, connecting with others and building relationships. Yes, I was "that guy" who joined in the chorus - "Second Life? No thanks, ...