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This week we had a special Social Media 101 session where we discussed how to get started, how to gain a following, how to secure your online namespace, how to create your persona and tone, how to aggregate your content and much more. Amanda Coolong joined us to discuss some of her favorite tools and advice she gives business and individuals looking to leverage a social media presence.

Featured App

Card.ly – great app for creating online business cards

WiseStamp – creates custom email signatures with dynamically generated content

News

Apple’s new Ping music social network was launched as part of the new iTunes 10. We discussed it’s functionality as well as the possible effect on MySpace and Last.fm and social networking around music in general.

Virgin America partners with Loopt for an airport and taco truck checkin incentive.

MySpace Launches Facebook status update syncing.

Ninja of the Week: Microsoft

Microsoft plays off Double Rainbow meme and creates ad with the guy from the original video (studio video)

Great Moment in Social Media

The revolt on Digg regarding it’s latest version and the blessing for Reddit.