Tyler ReedYoung Entrepreneur & Speaker

Just some links for light reading.

• SA Blog Awards 2008 is upon us and You get to have your say
  This year the process will be a lot more transparent. Voice your opinion on how the process should take place.
• Macbook Air – Breathtaking
  It looks amazing, just a pity I won’t buy it.
• BMW Facebook fan page. An Update
  Just some information on how BMW is using Facebook Pages to engage consumers.
• How to get me to blog about you
  How two authors of a Social Media book used some creativity to engage an influential blogger.

Just a bunch of random posts I read today, some of them useful and some not.

• Google SA: Set To Rule
  My Thought Leader post on Google SA.
• Pimp My Coffee Table
  This is for real, no jokes, a pimped out coffee table coming to you soon.
• The Rise of Hyperlocal Information
  This by the most interesting post I have read this month.
• iPhone – Contract Free in Germany
  Guess what, still no iPhone in South Africa.
• Cellphone Banking Doubles This Past Year
  Some slightly useless statistics.

The big news for today was the launch of Facebook’s Social Ads. Here are some more posts on it and some other great reads.

• Why Google launched OpenSocial
  A very insightful post, Dave also looks at what Facebook can do and SocialAds.
• The Difference between a Recommendation and an Ad
  Joshua’s quick thoughts on SocialAds, real quick and thoughtful read.
• Every Advertiser is Targeting You
  Notes from Mashable on the AdTech conference happening in New York now.
• Absolut Vodka Ads
  Some really cool adverts from Absolut Vodka.
• Facebook Unveils Ad Strategy – Users Become Marketers
  Another analysis of SocialAds from Read/WriteWeb.

I’ve had a really busy day today, so instead of writing a post I will share some really great reads.

• Essential Twitter Guide
  Caroline popped me an email today to let me know about her Twitter guide. It is well written and informative, a lot of time and effort went into it.
• The Social Enterprise – What Works, and What Doesn’t
  Alex over at Read/WriteWeb has written a great piece on social applications in the enterprise, Enterprise 2.0
• SynthaSite Launches Beta
  Vinny Lingham, the CEO of SynthaSite covers the launch of SynthaSite’s beta. I will pop around when I have some time and shed my thoughts on it.
• How Many MXit Users Are There Really?
  MyBroadband questions the amount of active users local mobile instant messenger MXit really has.