Be Good

A great article in the FT this week by Sarah Murray (behind their paywall) about the power of the internet to make con­sumers powerful broad­casters. It ends with four quick tips for com­panies planning to join the social media space:

See what’s out there. New services can help com­panies analyse their online repu­ta­tions. Blog-​​​​focused search

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Second Life or Get-​​A-​​Life?

Richard Maven of e-​​​​consultancy inter­views Catherine Smith, mar­keting director of Linden Lab, the creators of the popular virtual com­munity Second Life. The digital world has hit the head­lines recently because of the number of busi­nesses that have bought a presence in the world, including Sun, Adidas, Volvo, Wells Fargo, Text100 PR, and most recently,

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More Equals Different: the Web 2.0 Mix

Pew Internet Life’s new report Riding the Waves of “Web2.0?, another invest­ig­a­tion into the meaning of the term, doesn’t contain a lot of sur­prises for readers of this blog, though they may find its con­clu­sions controversial.

After explaining the origins and the per­ceived meaning of Web 2.0, the report argues that, “despite

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