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Social Media Informer is a website that collates social media blog posts to create an online where people can get all the latest news, information and opinion.
Its tagline is  “The Best Content about Social Media for Business”, and it sits alongside Alltop and Social Media Today in terms of content and community.  Some of social media’s top bloggers are featured on Social Media Former and it gives readers a great one-stop-shop to read their favourite blogs.
Regular readers of this blog may notice a new widget featured in the right margin.  …

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A beauty salon owner I met last week was telling me about how she uses Facebook to offer special rates on services.  Curious, I checked it out and was surprised to see her business was set up as a group instead of as a page.  Turns out, she is unaware of the difference and a friend had set up the group for her.
Then, a couple a days ago, I discovered  that a friend of mine has just set up his company on Facebook, but I was surprised to …

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One of the most exciting social innovations to come along for a while is iSites, a just-launched service that lets you create a self-branded iPhone or Android application in a couple of minutes for about £15.
With iSites,  a website’s RSS feed and data are quickly transformed into a full-fledged smartphone app.  The process is very straightforward so just about anybody can do it.
For companies, a good place to start would be with a blog or other RSS feed.  Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Posterous, Tumblr and other social feeds can also be …

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Close your eyes and wave a magic wand over your computer.  Now open your eyes and see a bunch of excellent stories and information that you really need and are very interested in.
No need to Google. No spammy newsletters. No need to check your bookmarked websites. Just a lot of new information about stuff you are interested in. Nice dream right?
Wait, this is not the stuff of dreams. It’s called RSS. It’s available now; it’s very easy, and it’s free. So why have so few people caught on to …

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It’s a really busy time for us, but I’ve been trying to keep an eye on who’s saying what.  Here are my picks of some of the best content from the last week or so.
1. Dave Winer explains how investigative research happens in the blogosphere. But is this collaborative, open approach really journalism? I say yes. The process mirrors what reporters and editors do, it’s just the tools and resources that differ.
2. Jessica Smith outlines ten misconceptions about mommy bloggers. I like the one about mommy bloggers being …

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Last week something weird happened and Feedburner dropped more than 200 subscribers from Strive Notes for some reason.  I can’t see any reason why this happened but apparently a few blogs were hit at the same time.  So if you were a subscriber could you check your reader to make sure Strive Notes is still being served up?  And if not, please do re-subscribe.
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If you’re not using  RSS and newsfeeds, we publish a monthly e-newsletter just for you. So you can still get our news and information about media, marketing and communications, delivered to your in box.
If you are using RSS to get  Strive Notes and don’t wish to receive the newsletter, feel free to send a message and we’ll take you off the list, no problem. Or, if you’d like to sign up, just using the box at the bottom right corner of the blog.
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We’ve published an e-newsletter for those who may not be using  RSS and newsfeeds, but would still be interested in reading our news and information about media, marketing and communications.
If you’re getting  Strive Notes via RSS and don’t wish to receive the newsletter, just send a message and we’ll remove you from the list. Or, if you’d like to be added to the distribution list, let us have your email address by using the sign up box at the bottom right corner of the blog.
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Further to my recent post on how easy it is to use RSS.  The guys at CommonCraft have just released this short how to video for Google Reader.  Enjoy.

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Google Reader users: a favour…

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Strive Notes has being going strong for more than two years now and I’m still enjoying publishing it and I hope readers enjoy it too. But I know that not everyone out there as up to speed as some on how to use RSS and newsfeeds. So we’ve been sending out a monthly e-newsletters which summarise our content so all your friends, clients and associates can also take part in the Strive Notes community.
If you’re getting our content via RSS and don’t wish to receive the newsletter, just send …