Are you ready for another round of Friday favorites?  The following links represent our favorite articles and most popular tweets of the week.  Enjoy.

Our Favorite Articles of the Week

1. Twitter Hits 50 Million Tweets Per Day – While industry insiders argue over which Twitter metrics matter, it’s hard to ignore  Ben Parr’s report regarding the staggering growth in the volume of tweets.
2. 7 Steps to Powerful Online Seminars – John Jantsch gives practical advice on how to add online seminars to your marketing mix.
3. How to Use “Us vs Them” Stories to Create Social Media Evangelists – Dan Zarrella explains how marketers can use the viral belief system in order to create evangelists.
4. 13 Ways to Move Your Facebook Fans to Action – Mari Smith offers some great advice on communicating with your Facebook fans.
5. 5 Ways We Could Improve Social Media Together – Lisa Barone always has thoughtful observations and this time she reveals her plan to improve social media.

Our Most Popular Tweets of the Week

1. 5 Best Facebook Medical Practice Fan Pages: Practices that actually “get it” http://ow.ly/159Mr #hcsm #hcmktg
2. Congrats to the latest winners…Children’s Hospital Facebook Pages: Several excellent examples http://ow.ly/1bl9e #hcsm #hcmktg
3. The best way to connect with others on Twitter is….Hint: You probably aren’t doing it http://ow.ly/18OlE
4. Congrats to the winners of the best “individual hospital” Facebook pages http://ow.ly/1asp0 #hcsm #hcmktg
5. Running a successful social media marketing campaign. Remember the island caretaker promotion? http://ow.ly/19VSo
6. Top 10 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog Using LinkedIn http://ow.ly/18RRq
7. How Google Buzz Has Completely Changed the Game – Ben Parr of Mashable.com argues Buzz is a big deal http://ow.ly/17o1c
8. The 10 social media metrics your company should be monitoring now http://ow.ly/1b3Jn
9. 5 ways we could improve social media together: Good insights from @lisabarone http://ow.ly/1a32J
10. Congrats to the winners of the AP Best Specialty Hospital Facebook Pages – Day 2 http://ow.ly/1aTC2 #hcsm #hcmktg

Are you ready for another round of Friday favorites?  The following links represent our favorite articles and most popular tweets of the week.  Enjoy.

Our Favorite Articles of the Week

1. HOW TO: Make Your Small Business Geolocation-Ready – Leah Betancourt details ways to capitalize on the emerging trend of geolocation for your small business.
2. A Comprehensive Video Guide to Google Voice – Lifehacker serves up a series of videos to demonstrate how useful and powerful Google Voice can be for individual users.
3. The Best Way to Connect Via Social Media That You Aren’t Using is… – Mack Collier discusses the benefits of getting involved with Twitter chats in order to expand your network.
4. How to Measure Twitter Marketing Effectiveness – Taylor Pratt explains how you can you measure the results of your Twitter marketing efforts.
5. Social Media Optimization: SMO is the New SEO – Brian Solis explains his latest equation: SEO + SMO = Amplified Findability.

Our Most Popular Tweets of the Week

1. 5 Best Facebook Medical Practice Fan Pages: Practices that actually “get it” http://ow.ly/159Mr #hcsm #hcmktg
2. Very useful fact sheet from Nuesoft reflecting the new HIPAA provisions: Rules take effect today http://ow.ly/18iS9 #hcsm #hcmktg
3. What are the best hospital fan pages on Facebook? You can nominate your favorites here http://ow.ly/17YoB #hcsm #hcmktg
4. Layar Looks to Create the App Store of Mobile Augmented Reality – ReadWriteStart http://ow.ly/17DtQ
5. Adobe Prepares for a World without Apple’s Blessing – AIR for Android http://ow.ly/17AUH
6. 7 reasons you shouldn’t put all your eggs in the Twitter basket: Don’t lose sight of the big picture http://ow.ly/18G0I
7. How Google Buzz Has Completely Changed the Game – Ben Parr of Mashable.com argues Buzz is a big deal http://ow.ly/17o1c
8. Nominate Your Favorite Facebook Hospital Pages For The AP “Best of” List – http://ow.ly/17PNp #hcsm #hcmktg
9. SEO Copywriting Made Simple with Scribe | Copyblogger http://ow.ly/17znk
10. How Mashable’s Google Buzz Button Will Measure Success or Failure for Buzz http://ow.ly/17Cjr

Happy Friday.  Here’s a another round of our favorite articles and most popular tweets (based on clicks) of the week.  Enjoy.

Our Favorite Articles of the Week

1. When Does Social ‘Aggregation’ Become ‘Stealing’? – Lisa Barone of Outspoken Media makes some interesting points about the Wordpress aggregation plugin, BackType.  Is it content theft?
2. Wanna Write? Read Voraciously. – Amber Naslund argues that successful writing starts with reading good content and learning what makes it good content.
3. Trust in Friends Declines, Trust in Experts Rises – Steve Rubel of Edelman Digital explains why he thinks a decline in peer trust will not have a negative impact on social media and PR.
4. Why is Social Media Not Working  For You?- SocialMouths offers some practical insights on why you may be failing with your social media strategy.
5. 10+ Tips For Using Twitter to Grow Your Freelance Business – FreelanceFolder has some great advice for promoting your business through Twitter.

Our Most Popular Tweets of the Week

1. 5 Best Facebook Medical Practice Fan Pages: Practices that actually “get it” http://ow.ly/159Mr #hcsm #hcmktg
2. 13 Ways To Get Your Blog Posts Retweeted http://ow.ly/15uFN
3. “My Doctor Sucks” and Other Tweets I Found: A call for action http://ow.ly/JUNP #hcsm #hcmktg #hcrm
4. 5 Reasons to Claim a Google Profile Today – Don’t get left behind http://ow.ly/15xg3
5. HUGE: Google Set to Make Gmail Social With Status Update Features http://ow.ly/15auw
6. Testing out Google Buzz? Follow me and I’ll follow back so we can try it out. http://ow.ly/15Zk9 #google #buzz
7. Great article from Outspoken Media – When Does Social ‘Aggregation’ Become ‘Stealing’? http://ow.ly/15Maz
8. Plurk Vs Twitter – 5 Features That Will Make You Want To Switch http://ow.ly/16xgK
9. Looking to connect with my Twitter contacts on #Google #Buzz – Let’s connect and start buzzing http://ow.ly/15U2g
10. Google Brings the Power of the Pie Chart: Using Google chart tools on your website http://ow.ly/16Ps0

The weekend is just around the corner so here’s the weekly roundup of our favorite articles and most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Enjoy.

Our Favorite Articles of the Week

1. 4 Essential Tips for Social Media Success in Your Career – Amybeth Hale from AT&T breaks down the common characteristics of 17 successful professionals with respect to their social media presence.
2. 5 Simple Twitter Listening Tips Every Marketer Should Know – Elyssa Pillai demonstrates 5 ways to effectively listen to Twittersphere conversations.
3. 15 Handy Tips For Recording Engaging Screencasts – Alyssa Gregory gives some good advice on how to improve the quality of your screencasts.
4. The 10 Coolest Experiments From Google Labs – NetworkWorld takes a look “behind the scenes” of Google Labs and provides an interesting glimpse of future services from Google.
5. 12 Things to Consider Before Launching Your Blog – SocialMouths has practical advice for developing a plan before launching your blog.

Our Most Popular Tweets of the Week

1. Social Media Today | Get Your Mobile Workin’… In 3 Years Mobile will Rule… Gartner study http://ow.ly/11XlO
2. The 3 Keys to Self Promotion | buzzmarketing daily http://ow.ly/13EPZ
3. “My Doctor Sucks” and Other Tweets I Found: A call for action http://ow.ly/JUNP #hcsm #hcmktg #hcrm
4. Why Google’s New “Social Search” Creates Interesting Marketing Opportunities: AlertPresence.com http://ow.ly/12HCV
5. How to implement an effective healthcare reputation management strategy http://ow.ly/11fix #hcsm #hcmktg
6. Good information from TwiTip: How to Get a Viral Buzz on Twitter http://ow.ly/11O4G
7. How BackTweets and BackType Connect can help you discover who is linking to your site on Twitter http://ow.ly/135pw
8. Google’s New Social Search Creates Opportunity: Why you should plan for social search http://ow.ly/12H6A
9. How You Can Find Out Who Is Googling You? Makeuseof.com http://ow.ly/12r4l
10. Looking for more great examples of Facebook fan pages for medical practices…any suggestions? http://ow.ly/13868 #hcsm #hcmktg

Is it Friday already?  Here’s the weekly roundup of our favorite articles and most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Enjoy.

Our Favorite Articles of the Week

1. The Most Important Success Tip: Stop Lying Down With Dogs Already – Johnny Truant at CopyBlogger goes in to detail regarding why and how you should “choose”  you peer group with success in mind.
2. How to Find a Great Startup Mentor – Dana Oshiro at ReadWriteWeb discusses how young entrepreneurs are best served by seeking out experienced serial entrepreneurs as angel investors.
3. Apple Doubles iPhone Sales in Record Quarter – CNN Money reports on Apple’s 4th quarter sales.  While  some of the success was due to new accounting rules, it’s interesting that Apple continues to have incredible growth despite the increased competition from Google.
4. How to Better Engage Facebook Fan Page “Fans” – SocialMediaExaminer provides great insight into maximizing your results with a Facebook fan page.
5. 5 Case Studies on Companies That Win at Social Media and eCommerce – This article was published back in September, but it’s still very relevant.  Jeff Bullas looks at 5 compelling case studies of online success.

Our Most Popular Tweets of the Week

1. How to implement an effective healthcare reputation management strategy http://ow.ly/11fix #hcsm #hcmktg
2. How to Better Engage Facebook Fan Page ‘Fans’ – Great article http://ow.ly/10wX4
3. LinkedIn Throws the Rolodex Out the Window: Screenshot of the redesign http://ow.ly/10Iu3
4. Social Media Gets Operational: Free Marketing in 2010 eBook http://ow.ly/ZTHC
5. Facebook Pages Now Accessible Via RSS http://ow.ly/11fFF
6. “My Doctor Sucks” and Other Tweets I Found: A call for action http://ow.ly/JUNP #hcsm #hcmktg #hcrm
7. Social Media Today | Social Media Training More Important Than Social Media Guidelines http://ow.ly/10×06
8. Google Makes Social Search Available in Beta | Wow! Google does it again! http://ow.ly/117BJ
9. 12 Reasons You Shouldn’t Freelance: Doing it for the right reasons (great article) http://ow.ly/11o1Z
10. 4 Tech Trends You Must Understand to be an Effective Marketer http://ow.ly/10pEy

As part of our weekly Friday roundup, we document what we found useful and what our readers found useful.  The following links represent our favorite articles of the week and our most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Enjoy.

Our Favorite Articles of the Week

1. 5 Ways to Make Video a Social Experience – Peter Wylie makes a good argument for why video is a good marketing strategy and adds tips for how to successfully make your video a social experience.
2. 11 Wordpress Plugins to Analyze and Increase Traffic – Kikolani.com, which is becoming one of our favorite blogs, compiles a useful list of Wordpress plugins that can help you drive traffic to your blog.
3. 10 Ideas for the New Decade – An Edelman Digital Whitepaper – Steve Rubel continues to crank out valuable insight on his Posterous Lifestream blog.  In this article, he shares his vision for the next decade (includes video and a whitepaper).
4. The 8 Elements of Contagious Ideas – Dan Zarrella examines common characteristics of contagious ideas across various mediums throughout history.
5. Advance ORM: Influence Google Search Suggest & Sublistings – Search Engine Journal goes beyond the basics of online reputation management in order to address existing negative search listings.

Our Most Popular Tweets of the Week

1. Social Media Today | Four Styles Of Marketing On Twitter http://ow.ly/XKIQ
2. Social Media Ebooks You May Have Missed | Altitude Branding http://ow.ly/XWv0
3. “My Doctor Sucks” and Other Tweets I Found: A call for action http://ow.ly/JUNP #hcsm #hcmktg #hcrm
4. Google Wave Versus the Rest, Feature by Feature | Smarterware http://ow.ly/XXFd
5. Is Twitter The First Result For Your Name on Google? How to make your blog more relevant… http://ow.ly/XXTX
6. Get Seen- Do It Now: Book recommendation from Chris Brogan http://ow.ly/XWxw
7. 25 New High Quality Free Fonts – Smashing Magazine http://ow.ly/XK8G
8. 3 Awesome Tools To Add More Functionality To Your USB Drives [Windows] http://ow.ly/XR8G
9. 4 Cool Ways to Start Lifestreaming With a Blog: AlertPresence.com http://ow.ly/XU0V
10. How Non-Profits and Activists Can Leverage Location Based Services http://ow.ly/XR6X

It’s been a great week for progress at AlertPresence.com.  As usual, I like to give a shout out to some great blog content every Friday.  The following links represent my favorite articles of the week and my most popular tweets (based on clicks).

My Favorite Articles of the Week

1. Become a Gmail Expert With Official Gmail Guide – A few days back, I vowed to maximize the power of Gmail in 2010.  While this article from Shoutmeloud.com is brief, it provides a nice pdf download with details on how to become a Gmail ninja.
2. Social Media Secrets and Resources Revealed – Dana Oshiro from ReadWriteWeb.com adds insight and referring articles to a list of 5 secrets in social media from Slideshare.
3. 10 Innovative Ways to Use Twitter for Business – While Twitter is often the target of criticism, it continues to be a very useful tool for businesses when used properly.  MakeUseOf.com discusses some ways to use Twitter for your business that you may not have considered.
4. 11 Mind Blowing Reasons Your Business Needs Facebook – The numbers are compelling.  The tremendous volume of activity on Facebook makes online marketers salivate.  Jay Baer writes a guest piece for SocialMediaExaminer.com to remind us that Facebook cannot be ignored.
5. Getting More From Your Google Maps Profile – A simple tweak to your Google Local Business Listing may have a dramatic SEO impact.  John Jantsch demonstrates how adding location when customizing the category fields appears to affect the results.

My Most Popular Tweets of the Week

1. “My Doctor Sucks” and Other Tweets I Found: A call for action http://ow.ly/JUNP #hcsm #hcmktg #hcrm
2. 10 Ways to Get Serious About Social Media | Brand Elevation Through Social Media and Social Business http://ow.ly/SB3Z
3. Over 1,000 Hospital Social Media Sites: FoundInCache.com http://ow.ly/V0ce #hcsm #hcmktg
4. 5 Reasons Why RSS Readers Still Rock http://ow.ly/SXdI
5. GDrive Is Here-ish: Google Docs to Allow Users to Upload Any File-Type – File Sharing http://ow.ly/VO4q
6. Five Best Startup Management Tools – Startup Manager – Lifehacker http://ow.ly/LL9o
7. Geopocketing- When Twitter Gets Cool Again: Chris Brogan http://ow.ly/TiNz
8. The Top 5 Google Alternatives and Why You Should Use Them http://ow.ly/TalI
9. 4 Little Known Social Media Game-Changers: AlertPresence.com http://ow.ly/TKtE
10. Showcase Of Modern Navigation Design Trends – Smashing Magazine http://ow.ly/SBUb

I missed a couple weeks of posting favorites during the holidays, but I’m back at it now.  The following links represent my favorite articles of the week and my most popular tweets (based on clicks).

My Favorite Articles of the Week

1) 13 Ideas to Inspire Your Blog Content – SocialMediaExaminer.com gives some good advice on ways to keep your creative juices flowing for new blog content.

2) The World is Really Flat – Crowd Sourced Design Rules – This is a great article detailing how Jay Baer used crowdSpring.com to outsource the design of his new ebook.

3) AppMakr Makes iPhone App Creation a Snap – Christina Warren from Mashable.com covers a new service that makes it easy for you to quickly create an iPhone application for your blog.

4) Five Best Goal-Tracking Tools – It’s the time of year for goal-setting so Lifehacker.com compiled useful list of goal tracking tools.

5) Mashable’s Social Media Marketing and Web Event Guide – If you are interested in attending any social media events this year, Mashable has compiled a comprehensive list of events between now and June.

My Most Popular Messages on Twitter

Once again, I am now including my most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Now you can see what I found most useful in my reading and what my followers found most useful on Twitter.

My Favorite Articles of the Week

1) 10 New Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

With all the fuss created by Facebook’s recent privacy debacle, Allfacebook.com updated their list of privacy settings you should consider.

2) 3 New Forms of Search That Google is Working on Now

Here’s a little peak into the future of search.  As usual, Google is taking things to the next level.

3) Hulu Turns to American Idol Creator to Produce New Online Show

The clock seems to be ticking for television as we know it.  Mashable.com announces an interesting partnership between Hulu and a major television producer.

4) 10 Unbelievable Facebook Stories

Oddee.com compiles an  eclectic mix of unusual Facebook stories that have made headlines in the national media.

5) 5 Ways to Make Culture a Marketing Strategy

John Jantsch from DuctTapeMarketing.com discusses how organizational culture can be a very effective marketing strategy.

My Most Popular Messages on Twitter

For my weekly favorites list, I am now including my most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Now you can see what I found most useful in my reading and what my followers found most useful on Twitter.

My Favorite Articles of the Week

1) Most Popular Top 10s of 2009

Lifehacker recaps their best top 10 lists of the year.  Their lists are almost always informative and well thought out.  Now you can see the best of the best.

2) Netvibes Launches Ultimate News and Lifestyle Dashboard

ReadWriteWeb reports on the new and powerful features at Netvibes.  These updates enable you to create an incredibly useful homepage.

3) 12 Best Free Online Resources for Learning SEO

Here’s a great list of sites providing SEO insight.  Anybody with a website can benefit greatly from this list.

4) How To: Start and Run a Successful Twitter Chat

Mashable explains how to choose a time, topic, tag and format for creating a Twitter chat.  They also give suggestions on launching the chat and how to help it grow.

5) Reputation Management: Own the Top 10 Results for your Brand

This is information individuals and businesses should consider when developing a reputation management strategy.

My Most Popular Messages on Twitter