Weekend Link-Fest! Here are Some of Our Favorite Links from the Past Week.

Link-fest: Read as you are.

It's Sunday, and that means it's Deco Dig Link-Fest time!


(There's actually no correlation between days and link-fests, but you get the point).


If you have some free time today, check out the links below which we've spent hours curating to provide you with the most optimal reading experience. Comments or additional link suggestions are always welcome below!


9. How Pinterest Is Becoming the Next Big Thing in Social Media for Business


Pinterest is pretty new, especially in the masses, but I'll be darned if it's not the hottest trend out there right now.  That means, of course, that marketers are already finding ways to leverage its power. If you've never heard of Pinterest, whelp, there goes your Sunday.


8. Augmented Reality Actually Becoming One (Video)


I love the idea of augmented reality and how technology is being used to optimize our everyday lives. Whether it is through innovated marketing strategies like QR codes or something as simple as having restaurant reviews at your fingertips, we as marketers should always be thinking about ways to leverage technology to find unique and interesting tactics, as this article and video show.


With that said, what ever happened to virtual reality? Aerosmith promised it, therefore I demand it.


7. Mobile Devices to Outnumber People on Planet This Year


Number 7 comes in the form of a fun fact about mobile devices. Basically, if you aren't marketing on mobile devices yet, you've been outnumbered. The rise of the [mobile] machines is at hand!


6. Microsoft launches msnNOW, tracking trends using data from Facebook, Twitter, Bing


Good to know MSN is getting in on the social search game, and doing it in a pretty innovative if not overdue way. msnNOW scours social networks looking for prevailing news stories and trends. Hopefully there are more cat videos involved. There aren't enough of those.


5. NPR Launches An Answer To Spotify On The iPad With Streaming, Concerts, Offline Playlists


How is it that NPR is always living on the cutting edge of technology and ideas? Their newest innovation takes it to the next level by providing radio streams, offline playlists, program downloads and more through mobile devices and tablets. If I could take one media platform on an island, this might be it. The question is, why can't all companies be this forward thinking?


4. How Much do Sports Fans Love Social Media [Infographic]


Infographics are fun!  I also like sports quite a bit, so this one was right on cue. Turns out that sports fans use social media a bunch. The most important stat? Clearly, it's that 58% of sports fans check on sports information in the bathroom. I smell a targeting opportunity!


3. The Fifth Beatle


I've mentioned my appreciation for Seth Godin's work in the past. I don't know how he can make a couple of paragraphs so powerful, but alas, he's done it again.


2. Does Your Company Take a Social Approach?


Quick post that I liked simply because it posed the question: "As a small business owner, are you more of a social company or an anti-social company?"


I thought, well that's a good way of putting it. 


Want to learn more about social media marketing? Check out my recent LiveBlog of the Connecticut Social Media Breakfast which talks about social media strategies and community management.


1. "One 'Mindful' Way to Stay Organized in The Cloud


At Deco Dig we appreciate anything that can help work become more efficient and organized. The new product outlined here supposedly does all of those things. But so did Google Wave, so, yea.