Social Information: Gaining competitive and business advantage using social media tools

Scott Brown's book, Social Information: Gaining Competitive and Business Advantage using Social Media Tools, is available to purchase. The book provides different approaches to using social medial tools in the business and competitive field. It is a highly recommended source for professional in a variety of disciplines: competitive intelligence, business research, libraries, information professionals, intelligence analysts, and marketing personnel.

Frame-It

Frame-It by Beta List, is a personal library and workspace where you can store and organize information that interest you - from anywhere on the web. Visually organize and annotate your collected information then search through all your content, including inside your collection of PDF files.

NowRelevant

NowRelevant is a search engine that can monitor millions of sources and fees to give users the most up to date pertinent information on a subject. It allows users to access a wealth of resources dated back to the past 14 days from the time of their search. Advantages of NowRelevant are:

1. Video Embedding as a PPC Ad - Use a video that is currently online as your PPC ad and have it show up next to search results as the user viewing listings pertaining to your video.
2. Banner Ad as a PPC Ad - Use a 250x250 banner as your PPC ad, as opposed to just text
3. Affiliate Network Friendly - Use hoplinks or affiliate links for your direct linking
4. 20% Affiliate Referral Program - Earn 20% of all deposits from people you refer to the NowRelevant.com PPC program, forever. 2nd Tier earnings at 5% as well.
5. No Traffic Outsourcing - We do not outsource any ad space or take any other advertisers ads for NowRelevant.com. There is minimal chance of phantom clicks or fraud clicks due to this rule. Say goodbye to ad campaigns that received "700 clicks" and no sales or email opt ins. We only show ads that are put directly on our network and we NEVER outsource your impressions to meet a goal.

Here is a video to that demonstrates the comparison between Google and NowRelevant.

How One Bit of Stupidity Could Have Brought Down a Multi-Million Dollar Media Company

Peter Shankman shares his experience on an airplane when he was sitting next to a gentleman who was viewing confidential company information. Shankman. He provided tips on how to avoid having private information from being hacked. Here's the article.