Collective Wanderings; First Edition
We decided to start a weekly feature here on Collective Thoughts with a link round up of some of the favorite posts the gang here came across. For those of you that simply can’t get enough; here’s what we thought you might like;

Shana’s picks
- What (bad) Cigarettes Can Teach You About (good) Branding - Small Fuel
- What the hell can social media do for me? - Social Desire (guest poster)
- 12 Tips on Creating Content for Social Media - Small business SEM
Brian’s picks
- Summize likely to be aquired by Twitter - Read Write Web
- Be a Plurk Evangelist – Plurk.com Jobs
- The sales guy – the website is upside down
Andy’s picks
- Clarity trumps persuasion and lifts conversions – Marketing Experiments
Tim’s picks
You Know Testing is Going Mainstream When... - Website Optimizer- What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer? - Techipedia
- Visualising CoAuthors in Open Repostory Online Papers, Part 1 and Part II- OUseful Info
Mark’s picks
- FaceBook gunning for Twitter - cNet
- CEO’s aren’t reading newspapers; what about social media? - Media Badger
- How Popular Blogs and Mainstream Media Appear The Same - Web Strategist
- Simple Microblogging Transport Protocol - Ken Sheppardson
- Imagine if we really COULD connect different systems together - Broad Band Mechanics
Dave’s picks
- Get productive with social media (and stay sane) - Life Hacker
- Plurk: A Welcoming Microblogging Community - Inside CRM
- If a thought leader told you to go jump off a cliff - Social Times
- Relationship Building - 6 Tips For Working in Social Media – SEM Clubhouse
- Happy 1st Birthday Sphinn - Small business SEM

5 Responses to “Collective Wanderings; First Edition”
By thePuck on Jul 11, 2008 | Reply
Very nice collection of posts, guys. Keep it up.
By Mack on Jul 12, 2008 | Reply
“The sales guy – the website is upside down”
Is the best, gah I love that vid.
By dave on Jul 13, 2008 | Reply
Hey gang…. glad you found some gems. I liked the idea as I can also see what my fellow Collective members found interesting this week. A nice mix of posts came from it.
See you next week!!
By Ann Smarty on Jul 18, 2008 | Reply
What can I say? With social media power users even link roundups go hot
Great job, guys. and I loooved cigarette-branding post.
By dave on Jul 18, 2008 | Reply
Hiya Ann…. I must admit some shock over that happening. We’re just polishing this week’s edition and that’s a tough act to follow…
..thanks for dropping by though you social media Ninja you… thanks for the great posts this week as well… I did enjoy them (as ya know;0)
Keep up the great work - ok?