Interview with Meetup CEO & Chief Community Officer

Posted on May 23, 2008
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We had the opportunity to meet with Scott Heiferman and Douglas Atkin, from Meetup. Scott is the CEO and co-founder, and Douglas is the Chief Community Officer. They were in Washington D.C. this month to meet with some of the meetup organizers, and after the meeting we did a quick interview.

In the interview, Scott & Douglas talked about how & why Meetup started, and some of the background & intentions of their new Meetup Alliance.

Meetup logo Meetup was started in 2002, and now has about 5 million members, organized into groups that are linked to thousands of topics.

Interview with author Gary Vaynerchuk from Wine Library TV

Posted on May 9, 2008
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Due to online social networking & interaction, we learned about a Washinton DC lunch with Gary Vaynerchuk, and joined in.   Gary’s a great guy, and very personable, and agreed to do an interview.  Besides running a family wine business, Gary is the author of the about-to-be-released book “Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World” and host of Wine Library TV (winelibrary.com) online video show & podcast.



(alternate version - we had a little lot of trouble getting the editing finished in time, and will update later with the version that was intended)

While watching the video (or later) you can preview the book online here (opens in new window).  If you’re in Boston in June (2008), you can try and catch Gary’s Book Tour Event in Beantown.  Gary announced this week that he’s not going to do a typical book tour, and instead is going to places where there is demand, and fans (Vayniacs) to convince him to go to their towns.

Gary has over 5,000 facebook friends (even with the 5,000 limit!) and over 8,000 people following him on his Twitter page twitter.com/garyvee.

Valentine’s day show - the social Valentine

Posted on February 14, 2008
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Welcome to the Social Web Show special Valentine’s Day edition…

Enjoy the video… here are some additional notes (links open in a new window and should not interrupt the video playback):

In Singapore, there is a government-sponsored event around Valentine’s Day called “Romancing Singapore“, and one event is “Love In A Capsule” that has among it’s organizers a social networking Clique Wise.

There are at least two new facebook applications released this month (Feb 2008) that are strictly Valentine’s-related, and likely more that slipped past our searching. There also is a travel social networking site launching on Valentine’s Day.


Valentine’s Day Show - Social Valentine’s Day from Social Web Show on Vimeo.

Word is one gentleman with no Valentine’s Date set up a pimped-up Facebook profile with 1500 applications, of which 600 are for daing purposes. He’s totally ready for a social-networking Valentine’s Day. He’s also posted a video which we have on our site, which talks about how to make the most awesome profile page ever. Key is to promise to change your “relationship status” on Facebook for that “special” person… changing your status to “in a relationship”.

And, besides friend-based networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, traffic is up now for Valentine’s Day at dating sites. This is according to the web metrics firm Hitwise, as reported on WebWare.com, which listed the top ranked site as SinglesNet.com. There also was a question as to if Craigslist personals posting also increased?

External Clip: Facebook Valentine’s Day Dating Profile

Posted on February 13, 2008
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So, have no date for Valentine’s Day?  But, maybe you have a lot of creativity?  This man created a pumped-up Facebook profile with over 600 dating-related apps, part of 1500 applications installed in his profile.  Then, he made a video to attract attention… it caught ours!


FaceSpace Valentine Facebook Profile Screencast from Huy Hong on Vimeo.

The video is about 2 1/2 minutes long.

2008 Feb 11 - Social Sites, Unfriending

Posted on February 12, 2008
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Today’s episode showcases 3 sites you may not have heard of, including a social networking site that launched today (www.Corners.in), and the social web word of the day is “Unfriending“.



Show urls: (open in new windows - video should keep playing)

The show will also be made available via podcasting (audio & video).

Episode 1: Friends

Posted on January 6, 2008
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Our first episode (after the one we called Episode Zero) will be about online friends. To get warmed up, here is a video made by CommonCraft about social networking that covers how friends link up online, via social networking.

Sponsors of the show

Posted on December 23, 2007
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While the show is not currently taking sponsors, we are talking to potential sponsors.  Contact the Social Web Show for more information.

The following link is not a sponsor, and is the claim for our Technorati Profile.

Social Web Show - Episode Zero

Posted on December 22, 2007
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Watch it before it goes away - tell your friends, too - the first episode of the Social Web Show. We discuss social networking, Twitter, web 2.0, and other topics.

It’s just under 5 minutes, and seems like it’s shorter. Or longer, if you are impatient.

Social Web Show in pre-production

Posted on December 4, 2007
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The first episode of the Social web show is in pre-production as the format gets finalized.  The show has several segments, focusing on general web 2.0 news, an interview related to social networking/social media, a tips section, and also online marketing in a social networking/social bookmarking vein. 

Welcome to the Social Web Show!

Posted on December 4, 2007
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