Personal Branding

"Personal branding is the process whereby people and their careers are marked as brands. It has been noted that while previous self-help management techniques were about self-improvement, the personal branding concept suggests instead that success comes from self-packaging...

The Art of Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata. But social bookmarking also has a more practical side -- people can use it for business.

Now bookmarking is out, Curating is in

Curating=Bookmarking+Editing+Ordering+Sharing...". Curating is not about general bookmarking and filtering activities. Content curating must include the analysis and organization a comprehensive collection of linked information artifacts. Content curating must then...

Pro-Am Movement

From astronomy to activism, from surfing to saving lives, Pro-Ams - people pursuing amateur activities to professional standards - are an increasingly important part of our society and economy. For Pro-Ams, leisure is not passive consumerism but active and participatory...

A Twitter debate on @Flipboard between @NovaSpivack and @Scobleizer

The conversation tweets have been bagged in chronological order. You can also check out a related bag ( A RSS stream or A page - reading new media. http://bagtheweb.com/b/OGAO8O ).

Old Spice YouTube Tweetathon

In what is definitely one of the more creative social media ad campaigns in a while, Old Spice is doing just that. Its shirtless, muscled spokesman, the Old Spice Man, is shooting YouTube videos in response to people’s Tweets.

Brand Accountability

The CFO properly challenges the high costs of marketing today because there is no standard for accounting for the profitable return on investment for brand building activities. A group of academics and practitioners have also been in hot pursuit of brand accountability...

City of Melbourne Identity

Melbourne decided to rebrand itself, to announce its ambitions to play on a bigger stage. Total cost: Just under US$200,000. The identity, designed by branding giant Landor, was meant to express the vibrancy and diversity of a world city, and it coincides with the city...

Big Brand Identity Design Firms

The big identity consultancies.(bag image: http://www.thebrandunion.com/)

The art of social media marketing

Great posts on social media and social media marketing

Flickr Groups on InfoGraphics

Freelance Technical Illustrators

This bag collects several freelance technical illustrator's creations, their Flickr profile pages, and links about freelance technical illustration jobs.

Social Media Marketing Research Resources

Reports, presentations, and more stuff on Social Media Marketing. You can follow authors on Twitter: @smexaminer (Michael Stelzner), @jangles (Neville Hobson), @TrendsSpotting (Taly Weiss).

Open Brand Cases: TEDx

TEDx is an example about how brand owners can release the brand to the community and encourage fans to spread their brand experience to local people. First, TED uses a new sub-brand called TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. This is a smart way to avoid...

Wordpress Blog Themes

Cool Wordpress blog themes.

The Memories of Independence Day Holidays

This bag presents my memories of Independence Day holidays during past three years. It records the tracks of my career as well as my interests and activities. I now clearly see the fragments of these memories remixed into a big picture I call Curation Commons. The idea...

TrendStream

Founded by Tom Smith in 2009, TrendStream is a company dedicated to understanding global trends in web usage. Trendstream provides their clients unique research on web usage, social media and mobile as well as providing consultancy on how to respond to social media change...

Open University, Open CourseWare

A free and open educational resource for faculty, students around the world.

Oliver's thoughts on start-ups

I have over six years’ experience in fund-raising activities, including IPO, pre-IPO, and venture capital.

How to start a magazine venture in America?

This bag presents a story on Kay Sauck and her Sauck Media Group's new venture in caregiving field.