If you are looking how to share documents, presentations or PDF’s then a good website is Scribd. Interestingly they have also added a social networking aspect to their site. This makes sense as the site was a way of sharing but lacked that ability to build a community feel to your visit. Now you

Can see a news feed of your friends
Reply to friends feeds
Add items of interest to your profile
Easily follow and find new friends.

It is another example of how web sites are understanding the social aspect to sharing and in many ways Scribd has “copied” aspects from Twitter and …read more

Scribd has just launched in beta the Scribd Store, which is to documents what iTunes is to music.
Scribd store is described on the site as
“Imagine a place where anyone—from professional publishers and authors to students, scientists, and artists—can sell written works to a potential buying audience of more than 60 million.
In the Scribd Store, sellers benefit from:

Generous Revenue Split: Keep 80% of revenue, with no monthly membership fees
Flexible Pricing and Preview: Make real-time changes to pricing, preview, and download options for your works
Instant Analytics: Receive sales data immediately
Built-in viral marketing: Share previews of your “for sale” items quickly and …read more

Through a link on Twitter which I can no longer find unfortunately, I came across a 23 page report on Social Media Predictions for 2009. It’s been contributed by such greats as Chris Brogan, Charlene Li,  Joseph Jaffe, and Jason Falls. The information is invaluable, and it’s all fantastic reference for the book I’m working on about social media and public relations.
Social Media 2009
Publish at Scribd or explore others: Academic Work …read more