HTML5ROCKS - Great starting point for this emerging and important topic.

Skedgeme - New online appointment scheduling calendar tool that has some nice business features.

COLOURLovers Videos - I’m doing a series of interviews with entrepreneurs doing fun and creative marketing. Know anyone that I should interview?

The Ultimate Small Business Website for Today's Social Surfer

By John Jantsch

Websites have evolved significantly over the past few years and the expectations of both surfers and spiders is driving much of what it takes to make a site work for your business today. In fact, while content is still what gets people to your site, and long term, what it takes to draw links and return visits, it is heightened functionality that kicks off the process of engagement – the new must-have metric. Read the rest at AMEX OPENForum

Twitter New and Improved
Twitter has announced it will be rolling out a new and improved look in the coming weeks. If I had to sum it up in just a tweet, I would say "double panes". And therein lies the problem with Twitter; it's hard to express much in 140 characters or less. From Inc.com

Debunking 5 Myths About Content Marketing
The top reason why many organizations and people are holding back from building effective social presences is confusion about what constitutes good content. They've heard or imagine that social media is very content intensive, and they don't have the resources to feed all the streams. from Valeria Maltoni

The Rise of a Social Commerce
500 million Facebook denizens are plotting their social graphs. 145 million Twitter users Tweet and ReTweet. 3 million people are checking-in on FourSquare. Brands are flocking to social networks, some with strategies and others simply experimenting with community building. What’s clear is that the 3F’s (friends, fans, and followers) are not created equal. Those brands who examine the composition of their existing community will find that many are simply seeking access to exclusive specials and content. from Brian Solis

ramonray: Please..stop connecting to people on LinkedIn with the impersonal default message - do a personal message and REALLY ask for a connection!

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