Website widgets are commonplace in the world of social media. About 16 web widgets are currently used on this blog. However, don’t you ever question how safe web widgets really are? The JavaScript, a key element in the tracking code, had been stripped off by each of the social networking sites. MORE >>

I’m a social media strategist that blogs about social media and online communities so I find it frustrating when I am sent a PDF attachment on an email with a traditional media press release using agency created content, professional film crews employed to do the traditional campaign filming and ditto with professional musicians. MORE >>

This afternoon I’m spending a half hour on a Skype video conversation to share a bit of how I use social media. figured it would be good to exercise my memory a bit and unearth some of the key stories that led me to to my social media use today, and perhaps surface some of my patterns. Social media is a great place to fail. MORE >>

Your social media and web strategy necessarily starts from your website, the one place on the the web that you own and control. Social networking sites , such as Facebook and LinkedIn , are very useful and will likely figure in your online plans. Use the handy SHARE widget. Your website doesn’t need to be intricate. MORE >>

Klout is the social media measurement tool that measures influence – how many followers, how much interaction and the style of interaction that a person has in their personal or business social network. See the K button below: Klout is fed into most of the main social media monitoring systems. The power of Web 3.0 Bargain! MORE >>