Webdesign, CSS, Social Media, Tech & Geek Stuff

Some time ago I created this set of social media icons and decided to share them with you, they were not a creative revolution, but hey, they are for free! As I got some positive feedback, I now revamped them a little bit, updated and added some new companies, like amplifiy, picasa, bebo, diigo, Google buzz, Google Plus and xing.

Same issue as before feel free to use them, if you want to give me credits, it would be nice, but you do not mandatorily have to.

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Social Media Marketing Report 2010

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Thinkup is a open source software you can install on your webserver, requiring php 5.2 or higher and a MySQL database.
Fine. But want the heck is it good for?
Thinkup gathers your social media activities, plus their reactions, like comments, retweets or likes and stores it in your database, so you can sort, export, analyse or display your very own social media footprints as you wish.
It comes with features like wordpress integration and an easy-to-use web installer.
The benefit is you do not have to dump you data to another third party analysis applikation/software/webservice so you are able to do that on your very own server under your control.
What I am really interested in, are the analysis functions. I’m already hooked,  so let’s check it out.  Will keep this post updated!

Thinkup is created by Gina Trampani (she also made the Better Gmail2 FF Addon, which I can only recommend to use) in cooperation with Expert Labs.

Looking for informations, advices, strategies or hints guiding you on your paths through the social media djungle?
Here you’ll find a composition of free ebooks that might be helpful on your efforts to successfully use social marketing mechanisms for building a brand, attract traffic or gain significance on a certain topic.

So these Links will keep you busy for a while…

Instructions and sum ups

The Art of Listening and Engagement Through Social Media
Brian Solis about new tools and philosophies, how to effectively listen and engage with customers and in turn, cultivate a more significant community, enhance your brand and build relationships.

Social Media and Social Networking Starting Points
Social Media expert Chris Brogan gives you starting points how to inroduce your organization into social media and social networking

What is Social Media?
“a short, sweet summary of the phenomenon called social media”

The Essential Guide to Social Media
A sum up of some essential guidelines, written by Brian Solis

The Art and Science of Social Media and Community Relations
Interesting example of a company entering the realm of social media communities

Social Media Marketing Kit
Tips and tricks for the survival in the social mediasphere, plus a video Webinar

The Zen of Blogging
Really amusing story about a guys efforts to dive into the higher spheres of blogging – with a slight wink of an eye

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I searched for free to use web 2.0 icons of social media sites, but I did not find anything nice except some stock icons.

So I’ve made my own ones and I like to share them with you!

Feel free to use, modify and integrate them on your blog or website.
There is no need to link back, if you’d like to do so anyway, it is appreciated.

UPDATE:

I made a new icon set, you can download it here.

Here’s the download for all icons and logos and the .psd containing templates for 256×256 pixel buttons:

social-media-icons

Free Social Media Icons (PSD)

Have fun folks!

Interesting study about the usage and the behaviour of social media platform users from over 29 countries from webguild.org:

A new study by Universal McCann called When did we start trusting strangers? found that rather than being passive, consumers have taken not only active, but also creative roles in consumerism. In fact, consumers have become true “consum’actors.” The study was base on 17,000 Internet users from 29 countries.

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