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"Thanks Steve! Glad you find the writing valuable" - Kevin

twitter tweets near your location - Kevin

"There's a great example of this for the NYC food trucks - the StreetEats iphone app; it was built before the twitter lists but its the same concept, you open the app and only see the latest tweets from all of the popular food trucks like the dessert truck or waffle truck. Great if you are always trying to catch one!" - Kevin

What Facebook Page Marketing Can and Can't Accomplish Itself - Kevin

"Ida, I am 'borrowing' the picture from the blog i linked to: http://www.fubiz.net/2007...... actually, my version is being hosted from Gizmodo, but the source I believe is the blog above - hope that helps!" - Kevin

Results of control vs exposed group in terms of view-thru to brand website - Kevin

"Random account from this morning. I met with a friend & business associate at Un. Sq. Coffee Shop for breakfast around 8:45. He pulls out his phone to check-in to Foursquare and asks how many people I think in the room are checked in already. I say, well I don't think it's big enough yet to have many "also here-" occurrences, but then again it's a VC hang-out spot so maybe some 4-5 early adopters are in the room. We try our phones, but AT data network isn't working inside, and give up our quest. Then I take a second to look around, and it turns out not 2 feet away @FredWilson is sitting right next to me. It turns out Foursquare wasn't even necessary, and a late check-in as I was leaving showed me you're the Mayor of the spot anyway! I would have said hello but didn't want to interrupt business. Hope breakfast was good!" - Kevin

"true, i wasn't really getting at it's long-term viability, moreso that it seems like its the current step they're taking! though as a side-note, cookie-dumping seems like a slow process for continuallly calling on-demand music" - Kevin

"not sure if this was overlooked, but when possible the songs will be full-play - the ones that are myspace music powered for sure; try out the demo link for "kings of leon" http://www.google.com/search...... here's their language: "For most songs, the first time you play the song, it will play in full, but if you play the same song again, it will subsequently play it as a 0:30 second sample clip. If you want to hear the full song many times, we encourage you to purchase the MP3 using the convenient "Buy" link. " isn't that exactly what you're suggesting - a cookie-based option for a full listen, then trial and buy?" - Kevin

"awesome, congrats man" - Kevin

"awesome, last night was a sick game" - Kevin

"There are some good links in the comments (read justin.tv); also you can buy an online pass from nba.com here: http://www.nba.com/leaguep... or listen to audio games here: http://www.nba.com/broadba..." - Kevin

Discussion of the problem with sponsored payments, otherwise known as "incentive marketing", which typically translate to poor quality leads - Kevin

"10 Proven Applications For Social Media" - Kevin from Bookmarklet

hi - Kevin

Posted via web from scobleizer's posterous - Robert Scoble from Posterous

Robert, it's occurred to me on a number of occasions to put together a timeline showing when you were pushing Twitter at the expense of FriendFeed, and when you were pushing FriendFeed at the expense of Twitter, and how often it has flip-flopped completely. But it's not worth the effort to wade through 18 months of noise. You generate interesting conversations sometimes, but I've... more... - LogEx

"What It Can Do Relationship building, goodwill, and improved customer service are what social media can do for you. Also, social media can: Help your company communicate with early- and middle-stage buyers more effectively and push them closer to a sale. Help your customers communicate the bad and the good, with you and everyone else they know. Help you listen to what potential buyers in your sector are talking about. Help you find opportunities to delight customers. Push you to become more focused on the customer." - Kevin from Bookmarklet

Twitoaster is a Twitter service. It threads and archives your twitter conversations, bringing you all the background, context and statistics you need. In other words, it's all about improving and optimizing the way you communicate with your followers on Twitter. - Kevin

"Conversations are a currency of the web.  Consider that conversations: Can inspire links at scale Act as social proofing for the places they occur Are another element feeding the long tail of search on your site Can be a place of direct, honest feedback Are a signal to users you’re worth following Compelling conversations can convert subscribers Are a signal your content-based site is succeeding" - Kevin from Bookmarklet

"I guess if Posterous is really being used as the starting point for all online content it makes more sense as a lifestream, but to me Rubel has more rebranded and reset expectations for his blogging efforts - i wrote my thoughts on Louis Grey's post here: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009......" - Kevin

"Content created by and published by the user for the user is social media marketing. Brands can be the catalyst for the content starter, but it’s the consumers contribution that will carry the message." - Kevin from Bookmarklet

"I've always been a little bit unclear about what makes Rubel's work on Posterous different than his work on his traditional blog platform. To me it feels like he regrouped and repositioned himself on a new tool, but the biggest piece is by resetting he was able to shift expectations for himself and for his readers. Still, while Posterous has a really simple and powerful platform in it's ability to take in content easily and push it out to additional places, how much is it that different? Posterous may push, but with RSS it was easy to enable countless additional sites to digest the same content. Rubel could have and may have pushed his blog posts to FriendFeed, Facebook, Tumblr, etc... virtually the same way he could do with Posterous. There are incremental improvements that the Posterous platform has made, but to me the shift to "lifestream" is more a personal and public repositioning of expectations than a huge change in content. Am I missing something?" - Kevin

Digg's new Digg-fed ads are a great example of getting involved in social media without the risks - it lets brands be valuable curators - Kevin

The concept of the website is simple – it sells a selected bottle of wine per night with a free shipping incentive for purchases of three bottle or more. The website uses social media to interact with its customers and helps its customers interact with their own networks. - Kevin

"NIce! Disqus is an awesome plug-in, you can grab widgets for the side-bar too that show the recent comments, top rated, etc." - Kevin

build mobile based city-wide scavenger hunts - Kevin

alternate reality gaming for team building exercises - Kevin

sync your photos from one social network to another - Kevin

Quick perspectives on the changing face of marketing. Watch. Engage. Debate. - Kevin

A look at insights - what defines them, how they manifest well and what to avoid. - Kevin