Awakened Voice

The folks at Big In Japan list some of the pros and cons of using a hosted blog service like Wordpress.com. Something like this could certainly start an interesting discussion. Here are some of my thoughts.
If you’re a very small firm and just learning blogging I think that hosted services like Wordpress.com, Blogger or TypePad [...]

Intel is offering a suite of social media apps they are calling Suite Two. They are bundling a number of tools together including Movable Type, NewsGator and Socialtext.
According to the official website, “SuiteTwo is a rich set of interconnected services that combine to improve productivity and enable high-engagement marketing. SuiteTwo includes the most trusted platforms [...]

With the announcement of the Wired Magazine article on wikis that is being collaboratively written via wiki I started thinking about different uses of wiki technology within organizations.
One of the most important pieces of marketing collateral in any organization is the story of the organization. And the closer that your organization is to its beginning, the [...]

It’s interesting to me how creative people are utilizing the new various media tools to build an audience and earn money from their art.
Take Terra Naomi for example. Terra’s YouTube Channel is the number one subscribed musician channel on the site. Her latest video posted just two days ago already has over 7000 views. Some of her videos [...]

Some might say I’m late on the story that Dell has entered the world of Social Media via their One2One blog. After all, it has been a month since Dell made the public jump into the very warm pool of social interaction on the web. My lateness is by design.
First off, I’ve noticed that the [...]

I’m a big fan of businesses getting involved in social communities rather than throwing down hard earned cash to advertise on them via links and banners. Cakewalk, a maker of digital music production software, has done just that.
You can find Cakewalk of MySpace at http://myspace.com/cakewalksoftware. A good move for these folks. After all, many music [...]

As we roll into the warmer weather months here in North America many organizations are ramping up their efforts to plan and execute a myriad of events slated to occur in the summer of 2006. Music festivals, state fairs, carnivals, conferences, company retreats and many more types of important events that will include more [...]

I’m a big advocate of companies starting their own communities in order to spur interest in their products and services. Well Napster, yes Napster, has made a very smart move and done just that with Narchive.
From the looks of it, Narchive is a Wikipedia style encyclopedia of music that’s created by the users of the [...]

Internet telephony service Skype has just released a new beta version that adds more features that will appeal to businesses. One of the new features is called Skypecasting.
Skypecasts are moderated conference calls that can include groups of up to 100 people. The call can be moderated by the person who initiates the call so that [...]

I’m really high on tagged lists (or boomkarks) as a way for businesses to get involved in Social Media technologies without a major investment of time or capital. After all, blogs and podcasts require a decent amount of planning and maintenance. Creating, maintaining and sharing a tagged list is snap though.
Back in the old days [...]