Keeping Up To Date in Social Media

In social media I have learned you have to have an attitude of continual learning. In the age of social media, things change so fast that what we knew about a subject yesterday may not apply to today. What matters is less about what we knew in the past, and much more about how open we are to learning today. You have to have an open mind to education each and every day if you want to stay ahead of the game.

Social media marketing is one of the fastest changing forms of marketing online. Every time a new site, service, or community is launched, there comes both new opportunity for marketing and the possibility that the site you just spent months participating in will become obsolete.

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Some sites I visit frequently to stay “in the know” are…

1)      Mashable: http://mashable.com/

Founded in July 2005, Mashable! is the world’s largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Media news. With more than 7 million monthly pageviews, Mashable! is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s new on the web and offering social media resources and guides.

2)      Chris Brogan: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/

Chris Brogan is a ten year veteran of using social media and both web and mobile technologies to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. His blog explores the use of social media and social networking tools, as well as helping individuals work smarter.

3)      Brian Solias: http://www.briansolis.com/

Brian Solis is Principal of FutureWorks, an award-winning PR and New Media agency in Silicon Valley. Solis blogs here at PR2.0 and regularly contributes marketing & tech insight to industry publications.

4)      Conversation Agent: http://www.conversationagent.com/

Valeria Maltoni helps businesses understand how customers and communities have changed marketing, public relations, and communications – and how to build value in this new environment. This blog tells her story.

5)      TwiTip: http://www.twitip.com/

From the guy who brings you ProBlogger comes TwiTip, a site about capturing some of the lessons that Darren Rowse and others have been learning about Twitter and how to use it more effectively. It covers Twitter Tips of all varieties including: Writing for Twitter, Branding, Growing a Following, Corporate Tweeting and a lot more.

I also just recently signed up for an 8 week social media course here:

Training Social: http://trainingsocial.com/

Learn how to create viral content, build a social media community, and understand public relations online. Get the resources you need to create a successful social media campaign.

How do you keep up to date with what’s going on in social media?