Weekly “Must Read” List – Volume 3 (a little EARLY!)

Given the late delivery with Volume 2, I hope to earn your forgiveness with an early post this week.  What do you say?  BFFs again?

There’s some great stuff from this week but I mixed it up a little with a few posts slightly outside of the social media world but still “digitally relevant”.   Clearly as you move into the digital domain, web design and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) are key so check out #3 and #10, respectively, for some great examples and guidelines. 

1. 10 Advertising Words to Avoid in 2009by Gunelius at MSNBC.com (works for PR too – print this and put it next to your computer!)
2. How to Sell Twitter to a Client (or Even Your Own Boss) by Danny Brown at Social Media PR
3. Top 100 Web Designs in 2009 by Fresh01 at Radiiate
4. How Increasingly Intangible Media will bring Tangible Benefitsby Steve Rubel at Micro Persuasion
5. Go to War Against Wasted Marketing Spending by Casey Jones at Ad Age CMO Strategy Blog
6. Yes, Virginia, There Really is an Audience for Podcasts by Kat French at Social Media Explorer
7. Twitter & PR by Aarti Shah at PRWeek.com (Great resource – @micropr)
8. The Passive-Aggressive Guide to Social Media by Scott Hepburn at Media Emerging
9. 9 Ways to Make Twitter More Useful for Youby Rohit Bhargava at Influential Marketing Blog  (I aslo recommend his previous post – 5 Stages of Twitter Acceptance)
10. Beginner’s Guide to SEO:  Quikie Dos and Don’ts by Stoney DeGeyter at Search Engine Guide

The Weekly “Must Read” List helps maximize your precious reading time by recommending 10 of the “must-read” social media and other “digitally relevant” blog posts, articles and videos on the web each week.  Are these the only 10 articles worth reading?  OF COURSE NOT!  Hundreds of people write great posts every day, so please, if you’ve got some to share, post your recommendations and we’ll check those out too.