12 Helpful Links Roundup

It may be summer time, but social media and online marketing have not been slowing down!

To help you keep up, here are the most informative articles, research statistics, and blog posts that I have recently shared with my Twitter followers.  

This compilation of links is a quick, helpful summary of the latest news, trends, and gossip in the social media business-sphere just for you!

• The best explanation I've ever seen for how Google Adwords works: http://is.gd/1KE16  Outstanding work from Wired's Joanna Pearlstein

• More than 2x people watching video online this year than last year: http://is.gd/2aLfq Thank you, Hulu.com...

• Big domain name sale: $4.9MM for Clothes.com as Amazon acquires @zappos. Nice one, Bill Gross! http://is.gd/28ePA

• Finally watched this amazing wedding video. THIS will make you happy to be alive: http://is.gd/212un

• New 20 min podcast on hear2.0 Radio blog by @mramsey1 Topic? Yours truly on how radio can use social media better! http://bit.ly/KD9oQ

• Conference Board reports that social media gains usage among the elderly! http://is.gd/24uKM

• Did @scobleizer and @mashable help us finally kill the EVIL of auto-follow on Twitter? http://is.gd/25nGU

• Hilarious "100 (Geeky) Things Your Kids May Never Know About" from Wired magazine's Nathan Barry http://is.gd/1KDbw

• RT @latimesnystrom: Facebook had 100x UVs than Friendfeed June '09 but FF's UV's grew 75%+ in last year [@Compete] http://bit.ly/8dDir

• Surprisingly moving video tributes to Michael Jackson from all over the world! http://www.eternalmoonwalk.com  

• NYT profile confirms: the Internetz is taking over r lives... http://is.gd/2aLRZ

• RT @joygan88: No need to worry; things will work out just fine. All is well.You will Overcome; just be yourself, love yourself and b Happy!

If you're not yet on Twitter, you're missing a lot of great free real-time updates that can help grow your business. 

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http://www.twitter.com/scott_fox to get my latest "tweets" like these in real-time.

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