Social Media Melange - Vol. 1, No. 1

Introducing a new blog carnival: the
Social Media Melange.
People + Media = Social Media

Description: A semi-regular round-up of notable blog posts about social media platforms, Web sites and applications. Submitted posts contain new usage, insights and/or reviews about social media.

According to Wikipedia.org, "Social Media describes the online technologies and practices that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other." Social media also includes user-generated content. Priority for inclusion will be given to blog authors who own and manage an active Twitter account that is older than 30 days. However, blog posts about social media must be younger than 30 days old.

Submission deadline: Every Sunday at 2:00 PM EDT
Submission categories: Blogging, Communities, Instant Messaging, Other (categories will be expanded)

Here's my first round-up of relevant blog posts:

Blogging

• Why the Bloggers Code of Conduct can Kiss My Arse by Nick Wilson on 04/09/2007
• Description: Listen to the podcast about why this author thinks these proposed behavioral guidelines for bloggers is a rotten idea.
• Nikon Launches Blogger Ambassador Program For D80 by Mack Collier on 04/18/2007
• Description: "We only ask that if you receive the camera, you make a point to tell others of your involvement, and clearly identify any pictures you take with the camera," says Nikon. "Smart move," says Mack.

Communities

• Coke and Second Life - More Social Media and CGC Experiments by Karl Long on 04/18/2007
• Description: "Coke is working with new marketing company Crayon to launch a competition in Second Life, the name of the project is VirtualThirst."

Instant Messaging

• The Affiliate Twit List Launched by Adam Viener on 04/27/2007
• Description: Introducing the Twit list, "a running dialog of what members of the affiliate community are reporting."
• A Few Non-boring Ways to Use Twitter For Marketing by Rohit Bhargava on 04/23/2007
• Description: "The tool...offers a great platform for sharing experiences real time and has plenty of potential for marketing," writes Rohit.

Did you just write a blog post of interest to social media followers? Submit it here for our next edition.

~ Kim

[ keyword tags: social media, communities, community, blogging, blogs, instant messaging, message boards, forums, podcasts, wikis, vlogs ]