Social Search via Humans

A new social search service called OneRiot takes a simpler appoach to finding things of interest on the web. It uses OneRiot uses a community of more than 2 million people. These social peeps share what’s important to them in their internet surfing.  The community peeps gives back their latest finding from their searching on the net. So let me get this straight a cutting edge search service providing answers from humans and not computers. Hmmm. Sounds a little old school to me.

Baby Micro-blogging

This is something not available when my children were growing up. There is a site were parents can share updates about your children with videos, multimedia, pictures and stories that will enable you to share with your family and close friends. Wee Web come into a competitive marketing of baby social networking. Did I just say that. You know I think I did. The programs acts like a history or scrap book that you would normally put to paper. Wee web brings you micro-blogging like Twitter, you know grown-up micro-bloggging

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Old School Social Networking

Do you know what time of year this is? This is the time you start building relationships with your current customer and possible create new customers. I can tell I will receive over 80 corporate holiday cards this year. Most from our vendors and some from customers. This is ritual that has been going on for a long time. The printing companies make money, post office makes money and hopeful business good will can make you money in the future. Personally just give me a good price and good service and I will buy from you. Corporate holiday cards are a good way to for doing old school social networking.

General Motors loves social networking

Carmaker General Motors is unveiling the redesign of its social media and networking site. The new features executive blogs with user-generated content and several social networking tools. The automaker is working on connecting to younger car buyers who use internet tools like Web 2.0 as part of their daily lives. GMnext.com is the name and Social networking is the games. GM is hoping the GMnext social media efforts will help create a more loyal base of potential customers that will choose GM when the auto industry gets stronger. From a marketing point of view this is brilliant, draw them in the social networking, offer free stuff and make them a customer for life. Simply brilliant.