Social Media Business AUDIO by Laurel Papworth

We talk about Facebook and the cruise ship sinking, Wikipedia blackout and SOPA/PIPA and how local government is doing social media. Guest is Shel Israel this week , along with Stephen Johnson (@huxley) Lee Hopkins (@leehopkins) Teå (@tealou) & me. Laurel Papworth @SilkCharm

Social Media Q and A - what's the funniest thing I've seen in an online community (fr FullCirc) and how Admins can tag fans in photos in Facebook Fanpages (from communitycrew.com/forum)

Different ways to deal with negative comments in online communities. Which would you choose?

I am speaking at Augmented Reality Event (a conference in Santa Clara on May 17-18 2011). The 8 steps outlined here cover creating and maintaining communities online that are critical to growing business around many online services such as Augmented Reality Mobile Social Networks.

Revenue from APIs and widgets - where's the money? explore Amazon and eBay shoplets, transactional settlements in widgets, Salesforce, Get Tailgate, Alvenda, Paypal. Monetizing API and the widget economy. 3rd party devs, customers selling to customers. Laurel is a senior consultant, strategist, writer and workshop facilitator on online communities and social networks in Australia, Asia and Middle East. Laurel consults at executive level and facilitates strategic workshops on the impact of social networks on industry sectors, teaches marketing, blogging and social media courses for companies and runs workshops for small and home business on behalf of the Australian Government. Laurel taught the first Australian public social media courses in 2005 at University of Sydney and in addition, develops and teaches Insights Masterclasses for LAMP at Australian Film Television and Radio School on innovation and cross media. When not consulting with companies building online community strategies, Laurel is a global Power150 Media and Marketing blogger (Advertising Age) placing her as #5 blogger in Australia.

Donations in social networks: explore voluntary donations in shareware, freeware, open source using ChipIn, Fundable for films, Wikipedia, Pligg, and social media development. Members want to show what they value. Laurel is a senior consultant, strategist, writer and workshop facilitator on online communities and social networks in Australia, Asia and Middle East. Laurel consults at executive level and facilitates strategic workshops on the impact of social networks on industry sectors, teaches marketing, blogging and social media courses for companies and runs workshops for small and home business on behalf of the Australian Government. Laurel taught the first Australian public social media courses in 2005 at University of Sydney and in addition, develops and teaches Insights Masterclasses for LAMP at Australian Film Television and Radio School on innovation and cross media. When not consulting with companies building online community strategies, Laurel is a global Power150 Media and Marketing blogger (Advertising Age) placing her as #5 blogger in Australia.

Real life events and activities in online communities: explore revenue from MySpace Secret Shows, Friendster Pinoy in Philippines, Nuffnang awards night in Singapore, Ted:Talks, and other social networks. AUDIO Laurel is a senior consultant, strategist, writer and workshop facilitator on online communities and social networks in Australia, Asia and Middle East. Laurel consults at executive level and facilitates strategic workshops on the impact of social networks on industry sectors, teaches marketing, blogging and social media courses for companies and runs workshops for small and home business on behalf of the Australian Government. Laurel taught the first Australian public social media courses in 2005 at University of Sydney and in addition, develops and teaches Insights Masterclasses for LAMP at Australian Film Television and Radio School on innovation and cross media. When not consulting with companies building online community strategies, Laurel is a global Power150 Media and Marketing blogger (Advertising Age) placing her as #5 blogger in Australia.