Fast Company Invites Users to Participate in Mainstream Media

Fast Company has recently added a slew of CGM platforms to its Fastcompany.com website, allowing users to write blogs, answer questions, post to forums, and contribute articles. The website, which attracts over a million unique users monthly, is attempting to blend journalism with the rich conversation and instantaneous responsiveness of an online community -- all without compromising its journalistic integrity.

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Social Network Marketing Isn't About Campaigns

On the Buzz Marketing for Technology blog, Paul Dunay discusses the terminology mistake marketers make when they refer to their social media efforts as "campaigns." Campaigns, according to Dunay, involve defined starting and ending points, while social media marketing is an on-going, two-way communication cycle.

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Political Bloggers Influential, Despite Demographic Skew

Political bloggers might not comprise a representative cross-section of the population -- they tend to be white, male, well-educated, and upper income -- but blogospheric buzz can still be a political predictor because of the influential power these bloggers yield. Politically active bloggers are almost seven times more likely than average Americans to be perceived as thought leaders among their peers, according to this article from the Oxford University Press blog.

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Notchup Scales LinkedIn's Walled Garden

Notchup, a startup social networking site that pays users to interview with employers, irked hordes of LinkedIn users when it gave its users the option of inviting their LinkedIn contacts and didn't have a system in place for stopping redundant invites. Some LinkedIn users were inundated with invites, prompting LinkedIn to close up the gaps in its "wall" to shut Notchup out.

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