I love this. It really speaks to the ability of the internet to create a global community; building on each others thoughts, experiences...

I came across an announcement on MediaPost about the re-launch of the Toyota Hybrid community website and decided to check it out (note...

I’ve been meaning to write about this community engagement success story for a while now, but haven’t gotten around to it yet. It’s one...

I’ve been tagged by Eden (who has a most excellent shopping blog) with the “5 things you didn’t know about me” meme… So here goes: I hate...

The last week has been all a buzz with the release of the first Social Media Press Release in Canada (according to Ed Lee) by Weblo &...

Can you define a “conversation”? And if you can, who decides which is the “right” definition? Can you have a conversation without being...

A lot has been written in the past couple of days surrounding the Google purchase of YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock, so I won’t...

In their Millenium Campaign to eradicate poverty, the UN is actively & innovatively engaging in the social media space. In order to reach...

Ted Demopoulos, co-author of Blogging for Business with Shel Holtz, has a new book on shelves in early November (if not sooner, according...

I’ve always been a Bengals fan. Well, perhaps more accurately, I was a Boomer Esiason fan (as well as a Joe Montana fan, which caused a...

Poor Weird Al. His video “White & Nerdy” was leaked to YouTube before it had a chance to premiere on AOL, and now AOL has decided not to...

Starbucks Coffee recently found themselves in the position of revoking a coupon they distributed to employees in the Southeastern US, as...

The box office disappointment, and subsequent rear view mirror gazing, of Snakes on a Plane opening weekend should really come as no...

A recent new start-up in the social networking space is Toronto-based Sneakerplay who are in invite only beta. The site aims to be a...

Do you always know exactly what you want? Do you know exactly the kind of movie you want to see, book you want to read, or music you want...

Nike’s “The Chain”, part of their efforts to loosen the stranglehold Adidas has on the soccer market, is an example of how UGC can work...

It seems as if everywhere you turn these days social networking, UGC, and viral marketing are the hot topics – and for a good reason....

Quite a few different posts recently have brought up the subject of collaboration online, time management or interruption, and community...

In my last post about what I consider to be cornerstones of blogging, I mentioned interacting with the community and soliciting direct...

Recent news has MySpace looking to outsource its search advertising capabilities to Google, Yahoo!, or MSN. This deal would be a complete...