Geo Based Applications on Mobile Devices like Foursquare, Gowalla, Pegshot and Postabon.

A major shift is happening as users quickly adapt GPS enabled smart phones. New mobile Web sites and smart phone applications are being introduced at a fast pace to take advantage of the technology. According to the report "Quancast Mobil Web Trends", in 2009 the share of global mobile Web consumption was up by 148%. Google's new Android is responsible for over 12% of total North American mobile Web page vi… Continue

Help us out how people around the world are using social networks like Facebook, Linkedin, Ning, Twitter, and others for personal, business and organizational use. Take this 5 minute survey (available in 18 languages). Ends January 31, 2010. Participants will receive copy of results summary shortly after survey data is crunched from the survey sponsor, Lionbridge. Thanks!

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Gary Vaynerchuk on the Crush It! book tour in Winnetka, IL video:
http://www.chicago-social-marketing.com/gary-vaynerchuk-crush-it.shtml

Fans in the Chicago area got to meet Gary Vaynerchuk and have their CRUSH IT! book signed.

Gary Vaynerchuk released his first book with HarperStudio, "Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash in on your Passion," in October 2009. In the first weeks of its release… Continue

Want to be on the cover of Website Magazine? All you need to do is upload a photo of yourself to the Website Magazine Flickr group holding a past issue. If your photo is selected (attractiveness not a qualifier) you will be seen by over 100,000 readers and appear on Newsstands across the globe. How's that for exposure? Upload your photo today because there is only a short time until the deadline - January 7th, 2010.

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The Holiday Mixer 2009 at Holiday Club in Chicago was a joint event, sponsored by the organizers of several Meetup groups.

Linda Ryder of Ryder Web Design (http://www.ryderwebdesign.com/) was the grand prize winner of a signed copy of "Crush It!" by Gary Vaynerchuk (http://www.chicago-social-marketing.com/gary-vaynerchuk-booksmith.shtml… Continue