Apparently Twitter needed a Wingman to answer to the most common question of the Twitterverse, “How is Twitter going to make money?”
The Twitter Wingman
According to Wired’s Danny Dumas and Steven Leckart, Twitter is introducing the Wingman, a handheld, pager-like device for all things Twitter on the go.   So Tweeps, give it a look and, of [...]

Micro-blogging platform Plurk is a social journal that puts “your life, on the line.” A timeline that is. Plurkers add plurks (up to 140 character updates) to their Plurk timeline via text, instant messaging or the web. So, about now you have to be thinking – “Oh, it’s Twitter with a timeline.”

Considering this is my demographic, I found this to be quite interesting.  But even more so, this study, reported by eMarketer.com, once again supports the importance of adding social media marketing to the marketing mix.

Have a blog and want to increase traffic? Consider joining advertising exchange network, Entrecard, where users earn and spend the Entrecard virtual currency, EC, which can then be spent to advertise on blogs across the Entrecard network.

Businesses with products or services that are marketed by demographic, specific interests or by location, may find Google’s Orkut be a good method to understand wants and needs or to create a product buzz, especially if you are trying to reach Brazil.

By-invitation-only Brightkite is a location-based social networking site where users keep nearby friends and the rest of the universe up-to-date with what’s going on around them through check-ins, posts and photos.

AOL’s social bookmarking site, Propeller, is a moderated social media news portal with a “cleaner” feel than many social media sites. While similar to Digg, Propeller differs in that paid editors select the top stories and story popularity is shown with an average between 1 and 10.

Beyond the obvious ability to gain another piece of web real estate to promote your business with the profile page and website links, StumbleUpon provides the ability to join users communities that have interests relating to your business. Contributing quality, accurately tagged content that can be served to the users of these communities can be a source of very targeted traffic for your site.

Shoutwire is a social bookmarking news and information site. Users upload articles, photos, videos and blogs that are voted on with Shouts or Bashes.

Businesses can benefit by using social media site, Ziggs, where they can create a robust profile, network with other users, create/join public and private groups, participate in discussions, join directories, and find/post jobs.