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? While true that only 4% of the Internet population is using location based services (LBS), there’s no question that Foursquare and Gowalla were media darlings this year. Gamification and Social Gaming I love this topic. MORE >>

In traditional print or broadcast media, the corporate brand controls the personal brand—except in a few rare cases, writers are expected to adapt their voice to that of their venue, and publication editors make sure that happens. But as he noted, social media largely defies such control. Like it or not, social media tends to emphasize personal identity and to amplify personal voice. This is a tricky issue for media organizations. MORE >>

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Events. Events. More events. social media. Livefyre acquires Storify to expand its social-media curation platform. Summary: Storify, the social-media curation company started by former journalist Burt Herman, is being acquired by Livefyre, a comment-hosting service that has been expanding rapidly into other aspects of social content for businesses. Social media in Q1: commerce and discovery dominated. Events. MORE >>

Social Media Jedi Academy Social Media Speaker « Brand Marketing in Social Media: Friends With Benefits? Content Marketing in Action » Content Curation – The Cure for What Ails Pharma Social Media? Meanwhile, I really dig this guest post, authored by my colleague Chris Iafolla , who also writes the blog PRforPharma , which focuses on the unique challenges faced by pharmaceutical companies when diving into social media. MORE >>