Reid Takes Down Mock Web Site Of GOP Rival. D’oh! It’s back up after slight modifications (thanks for the catch, Phil).- CNN’s Octavia Nasr Leaving Network After Controversial Hezbollah Tweet, as Kos is banned from MSNBC over Tweet.
- Pollster kills website as critics pile on.
- Sarah Palin’s Web Video: ‘Mama Grizzlies’ And ‘Pink Elephants’ Preparing to ‘Stampede’ Washington. A glimpse into Palin’s online branding machine. C.f. How Palin’s embrace of social media enhances her populist image and The Numbers Behind Palin’s Facebook Strategy.
- Scott Brown Walking a Tightrope or the Plank? (using comments on his Facebook page as a judge).
- Maryland Politician on Twitter Rules: Not So Fast.
- Union Pairs Online Ads with Phone Call to Action.
- U.K. Prime Minister Discusses Facebook (Deficit) Initiative With Mark Zuckerberg. C.f. Remember When We Were All Supposed To Quit Facebook?
- Boom! Foursquare Crosses 2 Million Users.
- All Carly Fiorina supporters have the exact same handwriting. At least, as demonstrated in photos of their signs on Twitter.
- State Dept. Guides Staff on Being Diplomatic Online.
- Al Jazeera Begins Daily Video E-mail Alerts.
- New Dem Microsite Connects BP, Hill GOP.
- 2010 Top Washington Lobbying Firms Mapped.
- Former Googler And White House Staffer Katie Jacobs Stanton Heads To Twitter. C.f. Headed West to Twitter, Katie Stanton Reflects on Washington.
- Did Obama Ride (Lady) Gaga’s Facebook Coattails?
- Should Campaigns Use FourSquare?
- 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI, and Beyond YouTube Views: How Do You Measure Success?
- Five Reasons Why Nonprofit Communicators Need Smartphones, and Five Non-Profit iPhone Apps You Should Know About.
- Search engines learn how to watch and listen to video.
- Google should answer some searching questions.
- Top Four Ways Marketers Create Value Via Data Analysis.
- The 5 Habits of Highly Accessible Online Politicians.
- Top 6 Social Media Mistakes And How to Fix Them.
- Misinformation and Barack Obama.
- humo(u)r & (sl)activism (in Canada).
- Social Pro Connects your Email List to the Social Web, via Soren Dayton. C.f. Stalk your business contacts via Outlook and Facebook, and Facebook “Like” Buttons Coming to E-mail Marketing.
- Facebook’s Open Graph and Like Button are Going Mobile, as YouTube Mobile gets a kick start.
- How To Create A Customer Advocacy Program, or a supporter-driven advocacy program.
- How To Manage Your Social Media Marketing In 10 Minutes Daily.
- How-to: Use Google Analytics to Track Your Online Marketing Campaigns and Google Alerts to Track Political Campaign & Election Issues.
- Be Your Own Reporter Using Web 2.0.
- Fundraising 2.0: Choosing The Right Site.
- In the Barricades of the Cuban Blogosphere.
- Pew: Blacks, Hispanics among biggest users of wireless Web, and More Americans Access The Internet Than Play Games On Mobile Phones.
- Who’s Using Facebook Around the World? The Demographics of Facebook’s Top Latin American Markets. C.f. Study: Gay And Lesbian Adults Are More Avid Blog Readers, Social Network Users.
- Shadow Elite: Has the Obama Organizing Machine Staged A Party Takeover?
- (Some) Democrats Fear They Can’t Match (Potential) $200 Million GOP Campaign Avalanche.
- Twitter Search Volume Up 33% Since April.
- Potter, Gaga, Facebook on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Pages, and The 20 Fastest Growing Facebook Pages.
- Zendesk Ramps Up Twitter Integration; Allows Users To Turn Tweets Into Help Desk Tickets. Political implications? Constituent services?
- Facebook Hits New Traffic Record, but Why is Facebook’s Growth Stagnating?
- Twitter Launching Analytics Product Soon, via Phil Herndon.
- Bouncers for the Tea Party. Note use of listserv to short-circuit Tea Party candidate.
- Football results influence voters.
- The World Cup Was Huge on Twitter, with charts.
- Domino’s UK Social Media Initiatives Help Increase Profits by 29%, as Domino’s U.K. Uses Facebook, Foursquare to Drive Web Orders.
- Social Media Use in the Workplace on the Rise; in other news, workplace productivity dwindles to zero. C.f. Experts Agree: Gen Y Will Not Grow Out of Social Networking (we’re doomed).
- 75+ Social Media Resources for Artists and Designers.
- 10 Cool Facebook Status Tips and Tricks.
- Cavs Owner Goes Online To Rip LeBron A New One…In Comic Sans.Typography cries, quietly.
- And finally: Marines rescue adorable kittens in Afghanistan. I dare you not to say, “awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”
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– cpd