You Down With O.P.P.? Capitalizing on Other People's Property in the World of Social Media - Cory Treffiletti - MediaBizBlogger

Remember the hiphop group Naughty by Nature They had it going on Yes amp8211 that sounded as awkward to type as it was to read Their biggest hit was quotOPPquot way back in 1991 when I was just a wee lad a freshman at Syracuse University who was peering anxiously forward to his future career as an ad guy quotOPPquot stood for quotOther People39s Propertyquot and was the biggest smash of the year going platinum and inspiring a veritable bevy of illegal merchandising opportunities But it can also be considered a basic rallying cry for the web in 2009 I decided to drag it back into the mainstream as the theme for this week39s edition of The Round Up from your friendly neighborhood Digital InfluentialSocial media is all about OPP Web 20 and Web 30 are all about OPP How else can you explain the constant draw of such services as Facebook and Twitter These services are all about voyeurism and listening in on the lives of other people but social media can also be used to serve the powers of good Social media can connect people with similar opinions or complementary skillsets This week39s edition of the Round Up will focus on just those types of connectionsOne of the greatest things about the web is the access to other people39s experiences In the old world we had Consumer Reports In the new world we have RATE IT ALL httpwwwrateitallcom Rate It All provides a simple interface for searching out your favorite products music and other items and hearing what others say about it Think of it as a productfocused YELP mixed with the attention span of TWITTER I searched for five products and discovered viewpoints on all of them quickly and easilyIf you don39t like hearing other people39s opinions and you39re just looking for someone to help you create some charts for a presentation check out LOVELY CHARTS httpwwwlovelychartscom The service provides an online tool for creating diagrams and charts but the fact that they provide a tool for quotsexyquot looking diagrams that were quotcrafted with lovequot is a little bit strange and intriguing as well Trust me this is actual language taken from the site I played with the system and it works really well If you39re a novice at PowerPoint this may save you a lot of time since creating these diagrams in PPT can be a hassle so take a peek and see if they can help you outOf course we can39t talk about social media without talking about music and going to a concert is the most social experience there is right Well if you39re like me then you39re not a fan of the proposed merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation so you39ll support companies like SHOWCLIX httpwwwshowclixcom ShowClix provides an alternative ticketing solution A quick search for San Francisco yielded tickets to Swan Lake at the Opera House and Matt Costa at Slim39s They may not have been my first choice but they are excellent optionsSince we39re on the topic of live music we can39t overlook JAMBASE httpwwwjambasecom which is the de facto search engine for local live music and just recently came out with a superb iPHONE application Spend some time on their site and see what bands are coming to a city near youIf you still haven39t found what you39re looking for to quote the iconic U2 frontman Bono then you should tap into the wealth of online quotofficial sourcesquot You all know CRAIGSLIST but what about ANGIE39S LIST httpwwwangieslistcomAngieslist for your home and homerelated needs or JUDY39S BOOK httpwwwjudysbookcom for information on a variety of topics Think of them as a little more local and a little more upscaleWhen it comes to the iPhone App space there39s still no shortage of OPP to check out CRAIGSPHONE has a great app for accessing Craigslist and TWITTELATOR gives you access to your Twitter account If you want to see what smart people are saying check out the TED app and get access to the content from the TED conference in MontereyThat39s it for this week Have fun and keep on keepin39 it real

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