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10 Social Media Resources You Need to Have

Mashable

Social Media news blog covering cool new websites, latest web technology news and social networks: Facebook, Google, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube.

Link: www.mashable.com

Madison Social Media Club

Social Media group who actively seeks to engage members of the Madison community and social media groups already active in the area to join the discussion and share best practices.

Link: www.madisonsmc.org

Social Media Today

The web’s best thinkers on social media and web 2.0.   They help global organizations create purpose-built B2B social communities designed to achieve specific, measurable corporate goals by engaging exactly the customers and prospects you most want to reach.

Link: www.socialmediatoday.com

TWT Tactics

Free Twitter resources, backgrounds, tips and more to enhance your Twitter experience.

Link: www.twitter.com/twttactics

Twitter Sentiment

A powerful Twitter sentiment analysis tool. Research the positive and negative opinions about a product or brand. Created by Stanford graduate students.

Link: www.twittersentiment.appspot.com

Tweet Feel

Real-time Twitter search with feelings using insanely complex sentiment analysis.

Link: www.tweetfeel.com

People Browsr

Data mining, analytics, and brand engagement company.

Link: www.peoplebrowsr.com

Trendistic

Find topics that are hot on Twitter! See the trends chart for anything on Twitter and what people are saying about this, plus other hot topics.

Link: www.trendistic.com

Cloud.li

A visual representation of what people are talking about in social media.

Link:  cloud.li

NRF Conference Blog

More links and information from the Innovate 10 conference.

Link: http://blog.nrf.com/2010/03/11/key-takeaways-from-innovate-10/

NRF and AAF Smart Brief

NRF and AAF Smart Brief

The NRF (National Retail Federation) and AAF (American Advertising Federation) Smart Briefs bring you daily news of what really matters. They identify all the top stories of the day and deliver a brief synopsis of each.

Link: www.smartbrief.com/nrf/  or www.smartbrief.com/aaf/

EuroRSCG Paper

Article discussing social media and trends.

Link: http://www.eurorscg.com/q_updates/EuroRSCGWhitePaper_SocialMedia.pdf