The following sites are valuable for tips and insight for managing social media. I hope you enjoy them.
Mashable is where Social Media News and Web Tips are at there forefront. Mashable is one of the best resources to gain insight and knowledge about anything to do with Social Media.
http://mashable.com/
There is a jungle out there and we are all in it. This website is an easy to use guide to the social media jungle. I’ve used it quite a bit to tweak one website or another, check it out.
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/
Facebook is huge on the social media playing field. This site has it all, pun intended.
http://www.allfacebook.com/
I’m saying it, I love Foursquare! I once posted an update with the word “bed” just to earn a badge! Confessions aside, it is one of the most popular location based everything you ever wanted to know about your favorite, er, mobile + social + friend finder + social city guide + nightlife game thing. Check out the blog.
http://blog.foursquare.com/
Brand-Yourself is a reputable company founded in Syracuse, NY. “Brand-Yourself was born out of the need to proactively grow your reputation, just like you would in the real world, but in the connected world of search engines and social media.” It’s their statement right from their website. I check in with their blog often. Take notice, many others have.
http://brand-yourself.com/about
This site conglomerates the Wiki of Social Media Monitoring links by Ken Burbary. If you can’t find it here, it’s nowhere! His blog is a nice read.
http://wiki.kenburbary.com/
Here is Ken’s blog. http://www.kenburbary.com/
Who doesn’t know Chris Voss? In my early days of researching social media I luckily bumped into the Chris Voss Show website. And what a show it is, The Chris Voss Show dot com is video, it’s a blog really! I’ve learned a lot from what Mr. Voss has to say and appreciate what he does immensely. He’s now an app on my iPhone.
http://thechrisvossshow.com/
Now let’s get creative.
Before your heart is set on a specific name, I suggest checking if it’s available, here is a good resource.
http://www.namechecklist.com/
This site lets you create word clouds, it’s neat! What you create you keep.
http://www.wordle.net/
HTML is a vast coding language, I don’t know it all. For reference specifically I like this site because I can easily see, copy and paste many examples. I use it to help out once in a while too.
http://www.quackit.com/html/html_help.cfm
Your posts should, weather they’re blogs or websites, appear professional. I am not a graphic designer but sometimes need an icon or two. Icons are the billboard of social media and for my icon buttons I rely on icon finder’s free sets.
http://www.iconfinder.com/free_icons
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http://www.facebook.com/thefanpagefactory
Now that your knowledged up, and ready to use something you learned, here are some resources I rely on to monitor my on-line presences.
Google analytics is very powerful and free. The information is not real-time but it’s great to know who, what and when. Sign up now!
http://www.google.com/analytics/
Clicky is for web analytics in real time. I can see real time statistics for interaction with my site for free and sometimes you just gotta know now! Look a fancy button to click too! (It’s an affiliate link, FYI) 
If you want to be active often, or at least appear like your everywhere on Facebook and Twitter, check out LaterBro. It offers free status and tweet scheduling.
http://laterbro.com/
Here is another powerful Social Media management tool, both free and professional versions are good.
http://socialoomph.com/
There are many dashboard products out there and Hootsuite is one I prefer, it can handle Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Myspace with ease. There are so many benefits, see it for yourself.
http://hootsuite.com/
I have interacted and thanked the following innovators and friends of Social Media that I can’t help but post a link to their sites.
Mari Smith, a relationship marketing specialist http://www.marismith.com/
Brian Solis, a leading business and marketing online resource http://www.briansolis.com/
Chris Gmyr, a Syracuse, NY friend whose company SyracuseCS offers services you need to keep your business on top of the modern age of e-commerce and advertising through web design, development, hosting and SEO services. http://www.syracusecs.com/
My blog offers social media information too: https://mariasconsulting.com/blog/
And here on Facebook with my newly integrated Facebook Shop Now tab with a secret bonus if you are my fan. Don’t let the shiny blue button prevent you from clicking it!
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