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The number of social tools is bewildering: what is the difference between a social media listening tool and an engagement platform? What are Enterprise 2.0 platforms?
For anyone who is perplexed by the number of social tools, here is an overview of eight types, based on a report written by our Social Strategist Miranda Man.... 
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Social media provides the means and tools to find relevant influencers in your industry or niche. From them, you can learn, connect, utilize their communities.
You’re in social business. Among the many things on your busy agenda, you need to research relevant influencers in social media.
[Seven fundamental tools for social media efficiency ~ Jeff]
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Pinterest and Instagram have been two of the hottest social platforms of 2012. Their success has spawned hundreds of imitations, with developers (and investors) trying to get a piece ...
But now its time to wrap your head the next emerging trend; video sharing apps (or ‘Instagram for video’ apps). The big question is, which one will emerge as the superstar of the pack? Well, let’s meet ‘the pack’ and then you can decide for yourself.
Ready? Lights. Camera. Action!
[Adam Vincenzini profiles 10 video apps worth exploring - JD]
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From
gigaom
Excerpted from article: "Qwiki, the start-up known for creating automated multimedia presentations, is launching a new media format that allows publishers, bloggers, web personalities and others to create 60-second video stories that are embedded with other videos, images, maps and links.
It’s like an interactive video slideshow that lets users click on other content throughout a narrated story, so they can choose how deep they want to experience the content.
The service goes into private testing today with some early users and is expected to open to the public in a couple of weeks.
Users can put together a Qwiki by arranging images, videos and maps and other content into six frames. Each frame can be further edited with a caption and embedded with more images, Tweets, maps and links taken from sources such as YouTube, Flickr, Google Maps and other sources including their personal content. When the media content is laid down, a user records a 60-second narration for the story with the option of appearing in a small window throughout the Qwiki. The creator decides when to advance each frame.
Imbruce, Founder and CEO, said: "there are many more features to be added that could make Qwiki even more attractive to its creators and users.
Right now, creators can only tell a 60-second story. But with the ability to add more content, it could really be the starting point for a bigger story. I think over time, Qwiki might be better served by allowing people the option to make videos a little longer.
New online tools, such as Pinterest, are already showing us that self-expression and curation are now very popular. I think it’s logical that a simple tool for mixing video, images and online content could also attract an audience..."
Read full article:
Check out it: http://www.qwiki.com
[This another cool tool with potential for PR, contentmarketing pros - JD] Via Giuseppe Mauriello
Glen Gatin's comment,
May 25, 2012 4:58 PM
Signed up for it but they are playing the Pinterest game, dangling, appetite whetting. Might put me off the whole thing as it did with Pinterest.
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From
gigaom
While video lovers have gotten more social services that highlight interesting clips, it's still hard to construct a more comprehensive look at video news.
That’s the gap that New York state startup Newslook is trying to fill with a new iPad app that allows users to construct channels of their favorite news subjects on the fly....
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Do you have a favorite writer? Are you looking for another one? Visit our Writers page to discover Most Read, Featured, and Up & Coming Writers. Or visit your favorite authors’ own pages, where our editors have hand-picked the very best stories for you to enjoy. Read on for notable stories from our favorite authors....
[Awesome reading, story suggestions from Byliner. Just in time for the long weekend - JD]
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
June 29, 2013 9:44 PM
I use Byliner often and highly recommend Ed for discovery and simply finding stories by your favorite writers.
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Robin Good: the Content Strategy Generator Tool (CSGT) by Daniel Butler of SEOgadget is a Google Docs-based spreadsheet that allows you to input a specificic keyword or search-phrase and to find rapidli trending news articles from a number of relevant sources.
These include: Bing News Google News Digg Reddit Topsy Twittorati Redux Helium Cracked Fark Blog Catalog Yahoo Answers Uber Suggest Google Insights How Stuff Works
"That’s not all, though—the Source and Place tab will tell you how to find the top Twitter experts, bloggers, and editors in your niche. Use this to figure out who you can follow—and start new relationships with."
Highly recommended. useful. 8/10
Review from ProBlogger: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2012/05/12/the-must-have-blog-post-topic-generation-tool/ ;
https://seogadget.co.uk/using-google-docs-to-generate-hot-content-strategies/ ;
CSGT Tool: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj4U6wmYE1X6dDB5S1lDUXFzaTUxME5IRmJqZ2ozZGc
(Thanks to Alessandro Murra for discovering it) Via Robin Good
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Pinterest is a great social networking site, but it is definitely still young and lacking in some features.
...If you’d like the Pinterest experience but with more features, you can either use an entirely different Pinterest alternative, or you can try using one of these Pinterest-based tools.
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Here are 24 fantastic, and free, online creativity tools you can use to kick your creativity into high gear.
Below you’ll find 24 creativity tools to help kick your creativity into high gear. This list of creative thinking tools includes creativity cards, tools to scribble, idea markets, and more. And, best of all, they’re all free!...
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Want to create your own infographics? PiktoChart is a full-featured tool that lets you write, design and produce your own professional visuals for PR, content marketing, sales and marketing.
It has free and reasonably priced pro versions. Well worth a closer look.
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
June 29, 2013 8:47 PM
PiktoChart is my preferred tool for creating infographics. It rocks!
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Google is widely (and rightly) recognised as the mother of all search engines. But, if you need to drill down your searches by more specific details, do you trust Google to give you ... ... Via Ana Cristina Pratas
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
June 29, 2013 8:42 PM
Great list and useful alternatives to Google search.
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The essentials of getting started with Internet video marketing from studio equipment to post production software. Follow these tips to get started now.
So, you want to start embedding video on your company website? The how-to’s of this is very foreign to many especially if you haven’t had exposure to the equipment and the processes involved. Where do you start? What’s important? I put together some of the essentials of getting started with the production of your own videos from equipment to post production tips....
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Due to the popularity of our recent iPad tips video, we decided that it was only fair to compile a second one covering the iPad's more illustrious illustrious relative, the iPhone. There may be five different generations of the model, but behind the usual messages, emails and apps are a range of shortcuts, additions and features that can be easily missed.... [So many new iPhone tips! Awesome. JD]
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Whether you needed a time-saver, analytics or just to engage your followers, 2012 offered a plethora of new social media tools.
With the Twittercycle replacing the traditional news cycle and social media etiquette evolving, social media management tools can help you harness the power of social media in your reporting--and prevent social networking overload.
Here are some of the year's best new social media tools:...
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Several new tools that are valuable for PR and marketing too.
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Social Media Tools: Here are three tools to better manage your online comments and conversations, Facebook and Pinterest marketing.
Are you looking for powerful tools to manage your social media efforts?
How do you keep up with blog post comments, responses to LinkedIn status updates and Twitter interactions?
Social relationship management is about managing these relationships. And you need the right tools to help.
In this article, I’ll show you 3 new social media tools to help manage your online relationships and grow your presence on social media platforms....
[Ian Cleary offers really helpful tps for managing your social media channels. ~ Jeff]
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A complete three-lens optical system for serious iPhoneographers...
iPhone Lens Dial: Is this the coolest iPhone photography accessory or what? This perfect for quick and dirty pics for PR, blogging or what have you.
Of course it also means you have the perfect excuse for avoiding calls from your mother-in-law, boss or your spouse with that grocery list. "Uh sorry dear, I'm taking pictures right now!" ;-)
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Robin Good: Readlists is a simple web app which allows you to easily create curated lists of web resources, articles and links and bundle them to a downloadable eBook.
To create a "Readlist" you simply click on the Create a Readlist button and add one url at a time. The system gently grabs metadata info like title and author and elegatly lays it out in an ebook formatted reading index ready to be published.
The service is free to use.
Try it out now: http://readlists.com
[This is is cool tool for readers, researchers, PR pros - JD] Via Robin Good, Giuseppe Mauriello
Ken Morrison's comment,
May 27, 2012 1:39 AM
Thank you. THis was helpful. I really enjoyed the great commencement speech one!
Ken
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
June 29, 2013 9:53 PM
Create an e-book from your reading list. Very cool!
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A yet-to-be-launched tool called Meograph promises to let you easily “create, playback and share beautiful stories in the context of when and where.” It’s a tool that’s still in pre-beta, but journalists and news organizations can get priority access for an invite.
Meograph released a demo of what the tool can do, using the fictional KVWM San Diego TV station as an example use case. Based on the examples, I wouldn’t yet call the resulting product “beautiful,” but the storytelling format is a compelling mishmash: timeline + audio + Google Maps + images + video+ hyperlinks (for adding more context and linking to stories)....
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...Curating content done properly, IMO has its positives. I do it here on iblogzone, via my weekly speedlinks (weekly roundups). With so much information out there, this is one method where users are starting to see its advantages, due to its objective of “finding the best content about a certain topic”, combining them together, and letting like minded people to know about them. Really great to filter out the noise, and useless content....
Did you notice the words, meaningful, great information and credit your sources? That’s the essence of being a great content curator and nothing else....
[Useful article and great summary of seven free content curation tools - JD ]
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From
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Robin Good: Curate.me is a customizable personal news briefing service that allows you to define up to ten specific interests/topics you want to monitor, and to schedule which days and what time your news brief is to be delivered.
The generated custom news brief are delivered to you via email (each email includes 10-12 links from the topics you've selected) and can be read also in your preferred browser or iPhone.
For each one of the up to ten topics selected you can specify the degree of importance to you.
As a user you can create as many custom news briefs as you like, each one with a specific set of topics and delivery schedule.
Try it out now: http://curate.me/ ; Via Robin Good
's comment May 18, 2012 7:55 AM
news delivered via email. This doesn't sound too good for me.
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When you’re just getting started with content marketing, you might not necessarily be aware of the tools that are out there and available to you.
Once you establish yourself and start to try out and get used to different technologies, you’ll find that many of the tools you’ll want to use are paid. That is not, however, to say that there aren’t some very good free tools out there too (and everyone likes when “free” and “powerful” come together, right?)
So here we go: through the basic outline of your content strategy, here are 37 must-haves for your content marketing toolbox. Keep in mind that all of these have free versions (though you might eventually decide the paid version better suits your needs)....
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Social startup Storify is capturing the imagination of journalists and brands...
With the presidential elections underway and the Olympics coming up, this is a big year for event-driven journalism—and for social publishing tool Storify.
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
June 29, 2013 9:15 PM
Another storytelling and curation tool I can personally recommend.
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From
vimeo
Robin Good: Easel.ly is a new web app which allows you to create, edit and publish your own infographics.
Easel.ly makes it easy to add visual, icons and graphic elements by providing a rich library of ready-made elements that can be dragged and dropped on your infographic.
Infographics are created by selecting a ready-made template which can be edited and personalized in every possible aspect.
You can also upload your own images and save the final work in your preferred format among JPG, PNG, PDF and SVG.
Free to use.
Try it out now: http://www.easel.ly/ ;
[A promising looking tool for PR, content marketers alike - JD] Via Robin Good
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
June 29, 2013 8:50 PM
Easel.ly rruns a close second to Piktochart- both are very easy to use and effective infographics tools.
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Robin Good: After Google has closed its excellent image editing tool Picnik, a new service has appeared that has all of the characteristics to replace effectively the now defunt Google service.
PicMonkey is a feature-rich, free online photo editor that works right in your browser; no downloads are necessary.
Key features include tools to: Crop Resize Adjust brightness and contrast Rotate Color adjustments Sharpening
Unique additional features include: Touch-up tools (like Teeth Whiten, Blemish Fix, Weight Loss) Effects like Orton, Cross Process, Color Boost Skin filters Text tool Graphic overlays Frames Textures The interface is extremely elegant, simple to use and effective. Free to use. Try it now here: http://www.picmonkey.com/ ; Via Robin Good
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
June 29, 2013 8:37 PM
I use PicMomkey all the time. Highly recommended!
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I don't know about you, but it feels like Google launches a new product every time I turn my laptop on. And these tend to fit into two distinct categories: 1. Incredibly useful 2. Incredibly bizarre Fortunately, most of these products are free so we're really not in a position to complain! After some lengthy research, I was surprised by how many tools Google has either developed or acquired over the years. So much so, that I thought it was a good idea to compile a list of the secrets of the Google product empire. Here they are...in no particular order......
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A valuable resource and informative read...