Here are some of the best posts that were dis­cov­ered through the Social Media Chal­lenge on Jan. 29-31, 2010.

• 6 Tips on Brainstorming Viral Content – Rebecca Kelley, 10e20
• Google, sex, Utah and chocolate. We’re not making this up. – Thought Gadgets
• Why Good Design Still Matters – Alyssa Gardina
• My Top 25 Before 25 – Rebecca Denison

Reflections On My 14 days

Two weeks ago, I started the Social Media Challenge in the hopes of finding, recognizing, and promoting some of the web’s best undiscovered content. I think this was mostly successful.  I’m really thankful to everyone who participated in the challenge.  It would not have been nearly as successful without you.

Here are a few quick things I learned from the experience:

• Next time, (yes, there will be a next time) I’m making the challenge 7 days instead of 14.  14 days ended up being too long and a lot of the momentum was lost on the weekends.
• It was difficult to not tweet content from blogs that weren’t on my original list
• Blogs on my list didn’t update frequently enough (there were some days when I had nothing to tweet from my list)
• I enjoyed reading posts from blogs I would not have otherwise read (great picks everyone!)

Big thanks to some of the challenge’s biggest participants: Eddy Badrina, Alyssa Gardina, Joe Flowers, Erica Martinez, Simon Salt, Cynthia Smoot, and many more!

About the Social Media Challenge

The Social Media Chal­lenge is a 14 day quest to find the hid­den gems of the blo­gos­phere.  Par­tic­i­pants start at any time and select 10–15 blogs not found in the top 150 of AdAge’s Power 150 list or within the top 100 on Tech­no­rati.  The goal is to diver­sify the con­tent that is shared through Twit­ter and give some deserv­ing blogs a leg up.

Fol­low #smchal­lenge on Twit­ter, or check out the Twit­ter list for more participants.

Related posts:

1. Social Media Challenge Digest v.1
2. Social Media Challenge Digest V.5
3. Social Media Challenge Digest V.6

Here are some of the best posts that were dis­cov­ered through the Social Media Chal­lenge on Jan. 29, 2010.

• Reviewing Sass, a Dynamic CSS Language – Victor Murygin, 10e20
• Barack Obama gave us a shoutout! – In This Economy
• My version of inbox zero: Draft Posts Posted – Jeremy Myers
• Busted: Ten Conference Adult Learning Myths – Jeff Hurt
• AT&T, Twitter, And Not Making Social Media A Quick Fix. – Smile Like You Mean It

About the Social Media Challenge

The Social Media Chal­lenge is a 14 day quest to find the hid­den gems of the blo­gos­phere.  Par­tic­i­pants start at any time and select 10–15 blogs not found in the top 150 of AdAge’s Power 150 list or within the top 100 on Tech­no­rati.  The goal is to diver­sify the con­tent that is shared through Twit­ter and give some deserv­ing blogs a leg up.

Fol­low #smchal­lenge on Twit­ter, or check out the Twit­ter list for more participants.

Related posts:

1. Social Media Challenge Digest V.9 & Lessons Learned
2. Social Media Challenge Digest V.5
3. Social Media Challenge Digest V.6

Here are some of the best posts that were dis­cov­ered through the Social Media Chal­lenge on Jan. 26-27, 2010.

• Are you keeping your standard in view? – Tim Walker
• Why is Third Tribe Marketing So Effective? – Derek Halpern, Social Trig
• Spilling the Beans: How Three Dallas Coffee Shops Are Marketing For Success – Eddy Badrina
• Social Media Challange: What I’ve Discovered – Alyssa Gardina
• And So It Begins – Erica M. Martinez (welcoming her to the #smchallenge)
• Case Study: Managing Risk in Regulated Industries – Peter Kim
• Show Me Da Monies: Live from OMMA Social – Aaron Strout
• Does being “social” online make you less “social” offline? An observation in blog form – Cynthia Smoot

About the Social Media Challenge

The Social Media Chal­lenge is a 14 day quest to find the hid­den gems of the blo­gos­phere.  Par­tic­i­pants start at any time and select 10–15 blogs not found in the top 150 of AdAge’s Power 150 list or within the top 100 on Tech­no­rati.  The goal is to diver­sify the con­tent that is shared through Twit­ter and give some deserv­ing blogs a leg up.

Fol­low #smchal­lenge on Twit­ter, or check out the Twit­ter list for more participants.

Related posts:

1. Social Media Challenge Digest V.9 & Lessons Learned
2. Social Media Challenge Digest V.6
3. Social Media Challenge Digest V.8

Here are some of the best posts that were dis­cov­ered through the Social Media Chal­lenge on Jan. 25, 2010.

• Here’s Brian Clark’s 3-Step Method to Building a Profitable Blog Enterprise – Derek Halpern, Social Trig
• Is Mashable the CNN of social media? – Alyssa Gardina
• Assess Yourself: The Balancing Act of Time Management – Lauren Fernandez
• 10 Easy Steps to Great Blog Images – Tim Walker
• 2010: The Year of the “Reset” Economy – Jeff De Cagna, Principled Innovation

About the Social Media Challenge

The Social Media Chal­lenge is a 14 day quest to find the hid­den gems of the blo­gos­phere.  Par­tic­i­pants start at any time and select 10–15 blogs not found in the top 150 of AdAge’s Power 150 list or within the top 100 on Tech­no­rati.  The goal is to diver­sify the con­tent that is shared through Twit­ter and give some deserv­ing blogs a leg up.

Fol­low #smchal­lenge on Twit­ter, or check out the Twit­ter list for more participants.

Related posts:

1. Social Media Challenge Digest V.9 & Lessons Learned
2. Social Media Challenge Digest V.5
3. Social Media Challenge Digest v.1

Here are some of the best posts that were dis­cov­ered through the Social Media Chal­lenge on Jan. 22-24, 2010.

• “Have the Intern Do It” – Worst Case Scenarios – Alyssa Gardina
• Top 5 untapped money-making ideas: January ‘10 edition – In This Economy
• 10 Organizational Uses for Twitter Lists – Maddie Grant, Social Fish
• 5 Options for Your Site or Blog’s Sidebar – Patrick Winfield, 10e20
• The Best Facebook Ad I’ve Ever Seen – Cynthia Smoot, Gangway Advertising
• Social Media:Let’s Cut The BS – Simon Salt, IncSlingers

About the Social Media Challenge

The Social Media Chal­lenge is a 14 day quest to find the hid­den gems of the blo­gos­phere.  Par­tic­i­pants start at any time and select 10–15 blogs not found in the top 150 of AdAge’s Power 150 list or within the top 100 on Tech­no­rati.  The goal is to diver­sify the con­tent that is shared through Twit­ter and give some deserv­ing blogs a leg up.

Fol­low #smchal­lenge on Twit­ter, or check out the Twit­ter list for more participants.



Related posts:

1. Social Media Challenge Digest V.9 & Lessons Learned
2. Social Media Challenge Digest V.6
3. Social Media Challenge Digest V.8