Social media is quickly evolving and it’s important to stay on top of things. One of my favourite reads is Mashable who just published a mashable/Social Media – The Twitter List Directory – Mashable. Thought I’d share. Have a great day!

Thanks Dan Zarrella! Just love your page about strategies one can use to get people tweeting and promoting your presentations…

I’ll keep this page updated with best practice techniques for presenting with Twitter. Here are some of the best resources I’ve seen so far about how to use (and how NOT to use) Twitter during presentations.

via Twitter in Presentations Best Practice | SAP Web 2.0.

I just read Website Magazine’s What Shoppers Discuss Most on Social Networks which highlights key statistics about the impact of social media — in particular how consumers use social networking sites to: get advice on what to purchase; give advice on companies and products, and whether they post content specific to various industries.

Was interesting to hear that roughly 1/2 of respondents polled:

• are fans of appliance brands or retailers on Facebook
• use social networking sites to seek advice on electronics purchases
• discuss apparel on social networking sites to compare prices
• follow automotive brands or retailers on Twitter

Are your customers stalking you?  How does your company rate?

They say it’s an easier, faster, and richer experience and have published a web page about the upgrade called Meet the new Twitter.com.  What do you think?

Check out more interesting statistics about Twitter via Twitter Statistics: The Full Picture.

Congrats to Jeremy Blanton who put together this mamoth list of Twitter applications.

via 125 Twitter Tools To Make Twitter Easy.

Now people can generate nice HTML tweets instead of using screen-grabbed images.  Read the whole article… Twitter to Launch Embeddable Tweets?.

Every company has its own experience on Twitter. But whether a business has been here for a couple of years or just a few months, its twitterers tend to find that certain approaches lead to success. In this section, we share that wisdom, which falls into a couple of big categories.

via Twitter 101 — Best Practices.

Only 26% of Twitter users had 10 followers or more by December 2009, while only 40% were following 10 people or more (in fact, a majority of Twitter users, 51%, were following less than five people).

via The Truth About the Average Twitter User [STATS].

With Twitter, it’s all about your tools.  Social media today published a great post  showcasing what it feels are the  5 Twitter Management Tools You Can’t Live Without .

How do you manage Twitter?  What are your favourite Twitter tools?