My #SweetSelection: This is the third time I’ve done this after a break of a few weeks.

This week’s features a bit of social media how to, a great idea on making yourself stand out, some stuff on loyalty and having smarter conversations and a real insight on how to get found on the net from bloggers that I really like. I hope you enjoy them too.

How Older Users are Utilizing Social Media

from Shama Kabani at Marketing Zen who writes about the rise of the older user on social media sites but finds that because they are using it does not mean that they are using it in the same way as everyone else.

The Power of Sound

from John Jantsch at Duct Tape Marketing about a company that provides a special touch to its service. We’re all looking for that special something to make us stand out. Could this be the dimension that you are looking for?

Forget keywords, think concepts

from Graham Jones, Internet Psychologist, at about keywords and Google and trying to get found. It’s not about SEO it’s about writing and your passion. Fascinating.

Loyalty

from Seth Godin. Nuff said. Always insightful, always relevant.

Next up is a series of posts from Hugh Macleod at Gaping Void about smarter conversations combined with some fantastic cartoons. We should all be doing more of this. Check them out:

smarter conversations: “how do i want to change the way i talk to people?”

how to have a “smarter conversation”

“smarter conversations” is a moral decision

Finally,

Facebook 101 for Business: Your Complete Guide

from Mari Smith across at the Social Media Examiner about the basics of getting started on Facebook for Business. If you’ve every thought that Facebook could work for your business then this is a great place to start.

Hope you enjoyed these. What were your favourites? Should I continue this as a series?

Thanks to Accidental Hedonist for the image.