Yahoo on Wednesday announced it would be providing integrated Twitter results into its search engine, and that Yahoo users will start seeing this functionality immediately. The company also laid out a brief roadmap for further Twitter integration across the company’s network of Web sites.

The Twitter/Yahoo  integration supposedly will feature…

• Tweets in search
• Personal Twitter Feeds
• Real-time Public Updates

Read the full story at PC Magazine Titled: Twitter Comes To Yahoo

I love this promotion – creative to say the least. Watch peoples reactions. For those who saw the steam, how many people do you think they told about it? Not sure the mechanics of how they incorporated a built in steam machine to the billboard, – very clever and creative. “Your Free Coffee is Ready”. Creative!

A great article by Kit Eaton of Fast Company titled “Facebook Turns to the Crowd to Monitor the Crowdies” reviews Facebook’s new system (in testing now) that uses its own members as a data-crunching system. According to the group’s motto it exists to “harness the power and intelligence of Facebook users to support us in keeping Facebook a trusted and vibrant community.” For sure this will spark a user privacy debate in the blogosphere. We will be keeping tabs on this one.

Read the full article here: “Facebook Turns to the Crowd to Monitor the Crowdies“

Check out our new profile at Entrepreneur Connect at:  http://econnect.entrepreneur.com/webdesign/

Leverage the Power of Facebook

A great post on optimizing your facebook page was written by Steve Coulson, a partner at The Advance Guard. Steve gives readers “5 Tips for Optimizing Your Brand’s Facebook Presence” posted on Mashable.

In summary the five tips include:

1. Creating the perfect profile picture
2. Optimizing your website’s Share Preview
3. Displaying different content for Fans and non-Fans
4. Vanity URL, or Custom Domain?
5. Defining a publishing schedule for your content

My favorite and probably most important when dealing with clients who are trying to implement a Facebook strategy is number five: Defining a publishing schedule for your content. Without a content plan most clients neither have the time and/or resources to consistently keep up with writing regular content for their Facebook Fan pages.

Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute

In this episode of Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute, she covers what to look for in 2010, what’s the next big thing in new media. Watch this episode and find out what’s hot!

One of our clients – Women’s Peace Collection continues to reap the benefits of a well executed PR and Social Media campaign. Among many mentions in the press and media the most recent mentions are from a newspaper, the Star Telegram and a well know blog, Sensational Color.

Check out how the different products were picked up:

Colorful Spending: Gifts That Give Back
http://www.sensationalcolor.com/liveinfullcolor/colorful-spending-gifts-that-give-back/

When you buy holiday gifts that benefit a charity, the good feeling is priceless
http://www.star-telegram.com/living/story/1810654-p2.html

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Recently the Womens Peace Collection, in particular the Remember Bracelet was featured in the the Live Better Series and also ran in the San Jose Mercury News Times.

Check out the full article – Pay it Forward

2009 online holiday shopping looks a little better than 2008.

Larry Chase reports on his website…

Due to last year’s financial crisis, the 2008 holiday shopping season was pretty bad. The start to this year’s season is up a couple of percentage points. So, we’re up from awful. comScore’s Andrew Lipsman observes the worst seems to be behind us.

But some demographics are holding onto their money tighter than others. For many customers, paying for shipping is a dealbreaker. They will abandon shopping carts if they see that charge.

Below is our rapid-fire interview that offers you fascinating insights into who’s doing what with his/her money this holiday season.

Read the full article 2009 Online Holiday Shopping Trends