The Digital Strategist Mike Fruchters stream of consciousness on digital marketing, with a heavy bias on social media. Blog Contact Subscribe via Email Subscribe via RSS « Back to blog Social Media Toolkit Edit Delete Autopost The barrier for getting started with social media is low, its dependent on your involvement level, objectives and goals. Social media, after all is about the conversation. Social media, is well, social. MORE >>

Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. So, I took a personal inventory and created this overview of the 39 social media tools I use daily. Virality & Search Topsy One part virality tool, one part tracking mechanism, one part social listening post, Topsy is becoming one of new favorites. Swix This is a slick new social media dashboard program that I’ve been trying. MORE >>

Home About Archives How To Pitch SME Newsletter SME-TV Speaking Work With Me Five Social Media Trends for 2011 November 16, 2010 · View Comments Share Where is social media headed? Although everyone and their uncle is doing or will be doing 2011 prognostication pieces , I’m jumping into the fray and offering my own predictions and a bit of analysis on where we’re headed as we close out the final six weeks of 2010. MORE >>

For Social Media Informer , it’s social media for business. Organizing – For Browse My Stuff, this is where the social signals and topics come into play. Using Browse My Stuff that has curated content sources and automated filtering based on social signals , I have immediate access to a really nice page that’s essentially a constantly updated Top 100 list for a large number of topics that fall under the site. Social Media for B2B. MORE >>

Mike Sansone asked me if there was a hashtag for Social Media Informer. Of course I cheated and used pages from Social Media Informer such as hashtag , hashtag marketing , and B2B hashtag and the B2B Marketing Zone hashtag page. The 20 craziest things you can do on Twitter - grow – Practical Marketing Solutions , July 7, 2010. The big mistake most companies make in content marketing - Fearless Competitor , June 3, 2010. Sazbean , September 21, 2010. MORE >>