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Mashable awards and finalists 2011

2011-12-21T21:23:00.001+02:00

Mashable let its readers to vote for the best services for the 5th time and here are the winners and finalists.

The Best Social Network was Facebook
(other finalists were Twitter, Badoo, Diaspora, Google+,Tumblr and Livejournal).

Up-and-Coming Social Media Service (a service that is currently experiencing major growth but has not yet received massive mainstream attention) was Crowdtap
(other finalists: Empire Avenue (my friends have just found this), Banjo, Trakt, Chime.in, Summify and my own favorite of these: Paper.li)

Must-Follow Business Personality on Social Media was Bill Gates
The winner was a business personality or executive who best uses Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, Tumblr or other mainstream social networking sites. The other nominees were Dave Kerpen, John Heald, Clara Shih,Sonny Ganguly,Avi Savar and Kathy Ireland)

Must-Follow Non-Profit on Social Media was The Trevor Project others being Teach for America, HRC, GLAAD, Joyful Heart Foundation, One Campaign and Fuck Cancer.

Must-Follow Politician on Social Media was Barack Obama others being Cory Booker, Ron Paul, Buddy Roemer, Bernie Sanders, Herman Cain, Narendra Modi.

Best Smartphone was iPhone 4S others being Samsung Galaxy SII, HTC Thunderbolt, HTC Sensation, Samsung Galaxy Nexus Prime, BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Motorola Droid Razr

Best Mobile Game was Super Junior Shake (best game designed for play on either a smartphone or tablet) others being Angry Birds, Parallel Kingdom, The Adventures of Timmy: Run Kitty Run, Cut the Rope, Pocket Legends and Cows vs Aliens.

Most Useful Mobile App was IMO Instant Messenger others being Zocdoc, eBuddy Xms, Trapster, Waze, Mobile Inspector and Wunderlist

Most Innovative Mobile App was Vlingo (others TagWhat, Mobile Inspector, Shopkick, Zaarly,#Gravity Social Client for Symbian and Gigwalk

Most Useful Tablet-Based App was Flipboard. Others: IMO Instant Messenger, Trulia, Slideshark, Quickoffice, Tripadvisor, Houzz and Flipboard

Best New Gadget was iPad 2
Others: Nintendo 3DS, Sonos Play:3, Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Sifteo and Logitech Fold Up Keyboard

Viral Campaign of the Year was NoH8 Campaign
Others: Eventful.com/AlanJackson, Coca-Cola Where Will Happiness Strike Next, Occupy Wall Street, Old Spice, Kraft macaroni & cheese Twitter campaign and Diesel Facebook/QR Code campaign

Most Innovative Use of Social Media for Marketing was Coke

Others: Orabrush, Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange, Tower Heist – Heist It Back, RadioShack #Kindofabigdeal, Dominos Pizza and Diesel

Must-Follow Brand on Social Media was WWE

The Young Turks, Cirque Du Soleil, Sega, Carnival Cruise Lines, DKNY and CharityBuzz

Best Branded Mobile App was Domino’s Pizza USA
Robbie Williams App, Super 8, KRAFT iFood Assistant, Titan HTSE, GEICO BroStache and Glee by Smule

Best Social Good Cause Campaign was Be a STAR Alliance
Others: Joplin Tornado Info, Feed it Forward by Restaurant.com, Your Man Reminder, The Trevor Project, AT&T Texting While Driving and It Gets Better

Digital Company of the Year was WWE
Editor’s Note: Originally, we had defined this category “the top traditional (non-digital) company that has excelled in the digital space in 2011.” After considering the nature of the nominations, we broadened the category to include traditional, non-digital companies as well as agencies that are heavily utilizing digital in their operations.
Others: Progressive Insurance, Dominos Pizza, engage121, Likeable Media, Possible Worldwide and Big Fuel

Breakout Startup of the Year was GetGlue
Others: Manilla, Punchtab, Twilio, Taskrabbit, Zaarly and Codecademy

Viral Video of the Year was “Mr. Simple” starring Super Junior
Others: “eHarmony Video Bio” starring Debbie, “Friday” starring Rebecca Black, “Nyan Cat” starring Nyan Cat, “Super Bass” starring Sophia Grace Brownlee, “Talking Twin Babies” starring Ren and Sam and “Webcam 101 for Seniors” starring Bruce and Esther Huffman.

Best Music Service or App was Spotify

Others: Tracksfor.com, Fit Radio, Rhapsody, Pandora, Grooveshark and Rdio

Best Online Video Streaming Service or App was YouTube
Others: Boxee, NHL Gamecenter Live, Netflix, Hulu, Vevo and HBO Go

Most Social TV Show was MTV Roadies
This category honors the readers’ choice for the best broadcast or cable television show that utilizes social media in an innovative, memorable or integral way.
Others: WWE Raw, Pretty Little Liars, Attack of the Show, Supernatural, Bones and The Glee Project

Best Social Movie Campaign was Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows
Others: The Muppets, Red State, The Big Lebowski Facebook Release / Milyoni, Rise & Shine: The Jay Demerit Story, Senna and The Inside Experience

Wikipedia rules from @prezi

2011-12-14T11:34:00.002+02:00

Found this cool Prezi presentation among the most popular Prezis.

Wikipedia - The Rules on Prezi

Paper.li improvements

2011-12-01T08:51:00.000+02:00

200 and 1 posts in this blog. Cool :).

In my social media trainings people often fall in love with Paper.li and think about the its possibilities. Just got an email telling about the improvements there are...

Improved Curation We increased the number of content streams, introduced new sources such as Google+ and RSS feeds and improved filtering to aid you in publishing your topic specific papers.

Publish it Bookmarklet
A nifty tool that empowers you to easily curate content from anywhere on the web into a current edition of your newspaper, as well as store that source for future editions.

Mobile Readers
We launched a native Paper.li iPhone app and introduced a web optimized mobile browser for iPhone and Android devices to support the growing demand in mobile viewing.

Community
Back by popular demand, we re-launched the Community blog. Read how publishers are using Paper.li to support ideas, promote awareness and build communities around topics and events.

New Home Page
Lastly, we launched a new front page that brings all the essentials into one place. This makes it easy to access the newsstand and blogs, and stay abreast of announcements.

So something for me to check too :). The Paper.li I publish is of course about dollhouses and miniatures and it is called The Mini Treasures Daily. People are so happy when they end up to this paper - and so am I :).

Thanks for the great service, Paper.li! :)

LinkedIn Demographics & Statistics - July 2011

2011-11-22T10:45:00.003+02:00

Found this from SlideShare, interesting stuff!

LinkedIn Demographics & Statistics - July 2011

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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011 by Jane Hart

2011-11-21T09:31:00.001+02:00

SlideShare has a stream where you can follow your contacts. Anne Rongas had found this one and I went through it too. The top 3 tools for learning were Twitter, YouTube & Googlen Docs. Check the others by yourself:

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011

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So many socialnomics by @equalman

2011-11-20T11:06:00.000+02:00

Now I'm confused. I posted an update about new version of Socialnomics video in July and just found out two new versions of it...

and a longer version:

Managing Customer Information and Knowledge with Social Media in Business-to-Business Companies by @jjussila

2011-11-14T09:04:00.002+02:00

Here's a presentation I forgot to share from our SOITA project by Jari Jussila.

Managing Customer Information and Knowledge with Social Media in Business-to-Business Companies

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Rules of Engagement: How Gamification is Changing the World by @margaretwallace

2011-11-10T14:58:00.001+02:00

Game is the new normal says Margaret Wallace. You may say you are not playing the social games - but are you SURE about that?

Rules of Engagement: How Gamification is Changing the World

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A Visual Guide to B2B Facebook Pages by HubSpot Internet Marketing

2011-11-09T12:36:00.000+02:00

Are you working in B2B field? Do you think Facebook is not for you? Think again and watch these slides. My company is also B2B and I do use Facebook a lot. :)

A Visual Guide to B2B Facebook Pages

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Innovation can be Trained by Slides that rock

2011-11-08T09:39:00.003+02:00

Inspiring presentation about how you can learn to be more innovative.

Innovation can be Trained

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Slides That Rock by Slides that rock

2011-11-07T14:53:00.000+02:00

Sorry. You might noticed the previous blog update with no title or content but these slides (going to remove it). Sorry, had a quick finger, I meant to schedule it but pushed the wrong button. Today I am going through a SlideShare tour helped by my contacts there - they are recommending me what to watch. As I am PowerPoint super user I found this presentation nice - it helps me to create even better presentations. Maybe it helps you too...

Slides That Rock

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Thoughts on today's social media by @miiaakkinen

2011-11-07T12:52:00.000+02:00

Miia's presentation interesting thoughts about today's social media plus a lot of good examples from Finnish companies.

Thoughts on today's social media

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Social Intranets in Social Business by Lee Bryant

2011-11-07T12:25:00.000+02:00

Lee's presentation about typical intranet problems and how to solve them with social intranet platform. Sounds familiar?

Social Intranets in Social Business

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Twilk & Twitdemic

2011-11-07T12:19:00.000+02:00

I just joined Twilk to get background images like this from Twitter. While I did it I found a new service in alpha phase called Twitdemic. I applied for the service and am now waiting if they accept me. The service promises:

Show your Followers some Love - Feature your most active and engaged followers on your background

“I am relatively sure that Twitdemic is my most majestic creation. It just edged out Bacon, and I could not be more proud.”

The Almighty
Founder & CEO
Known Universe & Humankind

Rock a Leaderboard
Show off your best followers, Updated daily, even post your leaderboard on your blog or site!

Measure what Matters
Our magical algorithm automatically monitors keywords, phrases, hashtags, usernames, RTs, and more to determine follower rank

Fantastic Way to Engage
This is more than a leaderboard. It finds and identifies your most loyal followers. A great platform for contests, increasing RT rates, increasing Follower count, building your community, and general online presence. Get creative with it!

I am waiting to see what happens...

What the F8 Facebook Changes Mean for Marketers

2011-09-29T12:22:00.000+03:00

Found this through @Rautasilta, thank you :).

The changes in Facebook are big and it is harder to get into fans´ stream than it use to be. It seems that Facebook hates automated content, e.g. via Twitterfeed. I don´t like it as I want to get all the content I have "ordered" by liking a page or by friending a person. Why can Facebook decide what they will show me? This is why I like Twitter more - I still see the content (e.g. news) I have ordered, not only content Twitter has been paid for. :P

What the F8 Facebook Changes Mean for Marketers

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Digital presence in social media by @saurau

2011-09-20T17:59:00.000+03:00

Well done Linda, I like your style so much :).

Digital presence in social media

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Rethinking education

2011-09-12T11:04:00.001+03:00

I need fruit for a thought for education professionals and remembered I had posted this video earlier. Two years ago that is. A long time in Internet. So I needed to find a newer and neater video and checked the channel where I found this: . If you know better videos about the subject, shoot me with a link will you? :)

Referral Key: Are you taking on new clients?

2011-08-10T17:47:00.000+03:00

Today I got an email asking me:

Are you taking on new clients?

Well, hell yea I am!

Hi Johanna,

If you're taking on new clients, I'd like to include you in my private referral network to send you business leads through Referral Key.

Please accept my invitation below. Thanks!

Best,
NN
Company Name
City
+358...

View invitation from NN

"The new, fast growing networking website is using the power of communication to help small businesses build powerful referral networks online." - Boston Business Journal

If you do not wish to receive this type of email from Referral Key, please click Unsubscribe.

This looked so much about a spam message I almost skipped it. But as there was a name of a person I appreciate I looked further and did a Google search about Referral Key.

Some social media specialists join every new SM service but I am not one of them. I like to sit back and wait to see if the service will survive after the first hype period.

So I learnt to know that in this service I can get leads if I pay for them and I can get paid if I help others get leads. Not sure if I want to do it - at least via a service like this. I rather help a friend (in Finland we have this thing called Friendtrepreneurs) give a favor from a favor. If someone I don´t know well enough offers me 10$ for a lead I do not bother.

I think these lead contracts work best when they are agreed between two partners. So if you´d like me to give you leads for your social media platform or service, contact me and introduce your product for me. If I like it I start recommending it to my customers and everytime you get a new customer through me I´ll get a fair reward. And the other way around, whenever you recommend me for a training, a workshop or a content creation project in social media, you will get a reward from me. None of us would do this only for money as there´s our own reputation on the table - we only recommend things we believe in.

So for now I stay away from Referral Key and trust my contacts to recommend me even without a dedicated service like this. And we still have LinkedIn for recommendations...

Again @Facebook changes - for worse that is

2011-08-08T11:08:00.000+03:00

I hate when Facebook keeps changing, it seems that it is always for worse. During the past few days I noticed 2 changes:

1. I had sent a friend request (by accident, I did not know her) to someone. Now I see in my stream that she has got new friends. I am not accepting all friends and I truly hate if those people I am not accepting will get notifications that I am friending X and Y but not them. I am not sharing my friends in public, why should I share it to people I do not want to friend?

2. I used to see what my friends are writing to walls of Facebook pages I like too. Now I see what they write to other pages too which is irritating me. I am not interested of them! If I would, I would like the same pages they are! And there´s no way to unfollow those notifications!

Blah. Would be really surprised if someone from Facebook would answer me or even better, remove these features.

Bloglovin

2011-07-21T08:51:00.000+03:00

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Introduction to Google+

2011-06-30T12:43:00.000+03:00

Maybe it is the summer time, maybe it is Google Wave and Google Buzz but I did not get so excited about this new service. Looks nice but still: how to get people hooked from the services they are already using? I am kind of tired of Facebook already and would like to get a new service where to discuss with different groups of my life. Diaspora seemed promising but it did not get the users.

So good luck Google+, I wont be one of your first users but if you get even 30% of my contacts in, I'll be there too. :)

Social Media Revolution 2011 by @equalman

2011-06-17T11:31:00.000+03:00

Thank you again Erik Qualman for the video, nice that you updated it :)

Why social by @stuartmcintyre

2011-06-03T12:52:00.000+03:00

Good ideas about social collaboration, me2.0, serendipity, collaboration tools...

Why social?

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Nokia Digital Transformation by @chriss35

2011-06-03T11:10:00.002+03:00

Web is big in APAC and Chris Schaumann is telling about how Nokia´s using it in this slide show.

Nokia Digital Transformation

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How to Win Friends and Influence Bloggers by @jrick

2011-05-29T17:12:00.000+03:00

I had some business to do in SlideShare while I saw this on the main page. Good stuff worth browsing about blogs!

How to Win Friends and Influence Bloggers

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