Resource Guide: Best of Social Media

Mostly, I try not to write about social media. I have no desire to be known as a social media expert despite the fact that many would agree that’s how I receive a paycheck every two weeks. I find the topic itself fairly stale, but sometimes I can’t help myself.  So, I write. In these posts, you won’t find the top 5 Ways to Build Your Facebook Page, but rather an inquiry into the social media tools that shape and dominate our lives.

1. Bloggers Are Not Writers (98 comments)
Bloggers are good at a great number of things, but writing doesn’t always top the list.

2. Will You Regret Your Online Prescene? (27 comments)
Video: Do you share enough to worry?

3. Good spreads – without marketing (25 comments)
We still pay credence to large influencers, but social media numbers mean nothing.

4. Stop writing about social media to be a successful blogger (72 comments)
An ethos on social media.

5. The four truths of blog networks to use to your advantage (33 comments)
Why blog networks don’t actually suck.

6. Social media doesn’t create new generation leaders (30 comments)
We need eye to eye leadership, not screen to screen.

7. Social media is difficult – like intimacy (57 comments)
A personal favorite that extols the virtues of social media (See? I do actually love it).

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Favorite Social Media Bloggers
These people mostly make me think. Sometimes laugh. Other times, both. I believe those who are really great at social media don’t just write, but practice it every day – so you won’t find a lot of the social media celebrities in this list, but you’re welcome to link to your favorites in the comments.

• Michelle Greer
• Ad Age – CMO Strategy
• Ad Age – Digital
• Gwen Bell
• Monica O’Brien
• Jessica Smith
• Digital Buzz
• MediaShift
• E-Consultancy

I hope you enjoy this resource! Feel free to leave your favorite links on Social Media in the comments as you come across them. Resource guides will be available permanently on the sidebar.