The internet is so full of diverse information ranging from different sources and relating to unimaginably large number of topics, that to filter out specifics of the much needed area is more of a challenge. Using search engines may be a good idea, but Google may not allow you to sift out data and trends from the social media and blogs in a comprehensive manner. At first, this may not seem much of an issue but getting insights to this fast growing community and having the ability to traverse these diverse and opinionated landscapes can be of great value. For instance, assessing popularity of a particular news issue or an event can be easily translated to an analysis with the help of social media or the alternative connection to the wider society. IceRocket is a useful search engine that allows you to instantly search for keywords and areas of interest in various aspects like Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Images and the like. In addition, benefitting from the buzz drawn out by this utility, you can find out trending items and searches whenever needed. Gathering content, analyzing data and organizing it in a smooth manner can surely be made easier using IceRocket.

Before this year closes, make sure you get all of at least most of these really useful apps on your iPad. Currently there are more then a million apps listed on the App Store and you will find a couple of lists around the web listing some essential apps in different categories. In this article I have compiled a list of apps categorically put in News, Music, Gaming, Reading and a bunch of other categories. If there’s an app you think is missing from the list and should be added in the essentials list then do suggest!

Email marketing has been around for quite some time now. In fact, it has been around since we started e-mailing. And it’s a great way to market except that now most of us equate email marketing with spam which is true to an extent but not all email marketing is spam. I was introduced to some great websites and services through some anonymous email dropping in.

Apps based on Twitter are buzzing all around but you probably won’t have heard of many great (yes, I say great!) reads on the micro-blogging phenomena ushered in by Twitter. These books I have collected range from the Dummies series (Twitter for Dummies) to the most advanced reader who wants a peek into the design and the whole concept revolving around Twitter.

Microsoft Office Live Small Business has sponsored this e-book about Social Media, helping you to understand this powerful resource. It is written by John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing

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When used properly, social media can be a great tool to help your business reach untapped, potential customers and stay connected to current ones. But there are a few things you’ll need to know to help you get the most out of social media as well as your online presence in its entirety. Microsoft Office Live Small Business sponsored the creation of this eBook in an effort to help break social media down into easy-to-understand pieces, so you can make sense of and make use of this powerful resource in a way that grows your business. Let’s talk.

This book is an interesting free resource to understand Social Media.

You can download it by clicking here

This is a guest post written by Jawad of HardwareInsight

With millions of blogs jamming the entire internet, its getting tougher and tougher to generate and flock quality and targeted traffic to your blog. Here are some handy and really effective tips to get quality traffic for your blog.