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A blog is the most important thing that you can create for yourself and for your company.  It provides an environment that promotes two-way communication with your customers, your prospects, and establishes you as a thought-leader in your field.  Blogging is free, it's easy, and it doesn't take much time.  

Twitter is one application of a broader category called microblogging. You've seen it on The View, you've watched it creep into night time dramas, you've heard it in the news, you've seen Larry King take on Ashton Kutcher with their one million follower challenge. Ashton Kutcher got over one million followers and beat Larry King / CNN. Ashton had 1,230,000+ and CNN had 980,000+ where the match actually bought malaria nets for children in Africa. Isn't this a great application of social media; helping kids?

My favorite letter Everyone asks me, "Now that I'm getting a better idea of what social media is, How do I actually apply it? Where do I start?"; Start with these, The Five P's of Social Media. The Five P's are; Profiles, Propagate, Produce, Participate, and Progress.

Personalized Start Page (Netvibes) following the 2009 Iran election

Humorous Twitter messages from the pages of history.

Iranian protesters have found a new outlet to mobilize and take action. The presidential election has proved how much opposition supporters can demand change without necessarily taking to the streets. Just give them a computer and an Internet connection and watch what they can do."> text/html; charset=iso-8859-1