Social Media for Dummies

I’ve been doing a lot of research lately on blogging.  I’m pretty green at it, and need all the help I can get.
Koka Sexton’s post on social media links has helped me a lot, so I’m posting the list here for you all.

My favs are #s 4, 8, 10, 16, and 50.

1. The “Middleman” of Social Media is Your Friend
2. The Next Evolution of Social Media…
3. You can’t handle the truth! Social media and customer service
4. 27 Secrets to Linking Like a Master Networker
5. HubSpot’s Inbound Internet Marketing Blog
6. Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media Marketing
7. Social Media – How to Measure Marketing Effectiveness
8. How to Commit Social Media Suicide
9. Relevance and Distribution: Two Essential Factors in Social Media Marketing
10. 10 Important Facts of Blog Promotion
11. Throw Social Media in the Mix for Lead Generation
12. The social media resume
13. Social Media Smarts – Tips on Marketing with Social Media
14. Marketing Rocks on YouTube
15. 10 Things That Bloggers Tend to Forget, But Shouldn’t!
16. 10 Habits of Highly Efficient Social Media Power Users
17. Blogger or Mind-Reader? Six Ways to Give Your Audience Exactly What It Wants
18. How to Extend Your Blog and Promote Your Members with the MyBlogLog API
19. Viral Marketing Tips and Tricks
20. 35 Twitter Tips from 35 Twitter Users
21. Keep the Tip(ping Point)
22. Making a del.icio.us blog with FeedBurner
23. Social Media Release Criticism: Nine Points to Consider
24. Social Media – Digg, MySpace,YouTube – Web 2.0 Interview (Video)
25. 5 Things bloggers and interent marketers can learn from college life …
26. 10 Reasons Why You Should STILL Be Using Facebook
27. 9 Benefits of Twitter for Bloggers
28. A Picture is Worth a Blog Post
29. “10 Steps to Tango” The Social Media Cookbook
30. 7 Tips To Win The Social News Beauty Pageant
31. Going Local in StumbleUpon
32. 5 Ways To Make Social Media A Part of Everyday Business Strategy
33. Measuring the Value of Social Bookmarking Referrals
34. How to Create Social Media’s Favorite Type of Blog Post
35. The New Rules of Viral Marketing
36. 17 Ways You Can Use Twitter: A Guide for Beginners, Marketers and Business Owners
37. Writing with Confidence or Risking Your Reputation?
38. Using MyBlogLog To Expand Your Community
39. Quality vs. Quantity in Social Networking
40. Why I Twitter (And Why You Should Too)
41. The 4 Elements of Getting Videos to go Viral
42. Using Social Media to Meet People
43. How to Run a Successful Competition on Your Blog
44. Defenition of Viral Marketing and Success Stories.
45. Marketers Need to Learn Romance
46. 5 Steps to Beating Social Media Marketing Cold Feet
47. 6 Ways to Deal with Spam Blogs
48. 10 Simple Productivity Tips for Bloggers
49. 16 Effective Strategies to Expand Your Blog’s Reach in 2008