Social Media in the News July 6th 2011

Joseph Vangieri How much should we be investing in social media? How will we know if our investment's paying off? http://lnkd.in/jiMTzu

Social Media for Good Causes: Getting the Most from Your Investment prnewswire.com

Social Media for Good Causes: Getting the Most from Your Investment. Fenton Launches Summer Guide Series to Help Cause-driven Organizations and Campaigns Get the Most from Social Media. 

Joseph Vangieri MySpace was the place for the social media generation to find information about their favorite band or hear the latest music http://lnkd.in/sDmddW

Justin Timberlake may turn MySpace into a talent competition cbsnews.com

Could turning MySpace into a place to find new acts be the way to save the social network. Read more by Michelle Castillo on CBS News' What's Trending. 

Joseph Vangieri by Melody Maker Social media isn't rocket science, but it does demand that you change the way that you think about interacting with your customers and http://lnkd.in/_C_iq3

Busting the myths behind social media themediaonline.co.za

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Joseph Vangieri For a social-media fanboy like me, it's all fun to watch. But I believe that the success of Google+ will come down to one fundamental http://lnkd.in/cCw3rq

Does the social graph really need rebuilding? news.cnet.com

The success of Google+ will come down to whether people really want to segment their social and business connections, Morganthaler Ventures associate Itamar Novick argues. Read this blog post by Itamar Novick on Digital Media. 

Joseph Vangieri Investors in social-media companies today need not sit beneath an apple tree to know that “gravity” can also exist in financial valuations http://lnkd.in/feKybX

Future of social media is where it began: in Asia marketwatch.com

Investors can look to Asia, with an established appetite for social media, faster growth and a higher propensity to spend online, and yet oddly, valuations in Asia have not caught up, writes Ben Weiss. 

Joseph Vangieri The case's robust ratings, both locally and nationally, were fueled not only by tabloid-ready details, but also by social media, which routinely hummed with http://lnkd.in/f8aKQW

Cable TV, social media fuel Casey Anthony trial fascination latimes.com

The media circus came to town, this time not in Los Angeles but in Orlando , Fla.