Digital Marketing and Web Strategy by Bob Hazlett | One Half Amazing!

Taking a screen shot of a tweet and then posting to your site is often tedious and static.  The good chums over at Twitter are here to rescue you though.  Here’s their simple script that allows you to embed a tweet on your own site. It’s pretty straightforward, here’s what you do:

1. Visit http://media.twitter.com/blackbird-pie/
2. Enter the URL of the tweet you wish to emded (e.g. http://twitter.com/onehalfamazing/status/13190756923) and click “Bake It”
3. Copy and paste the resulting code into your web site.  All links, hashtags and account settings become clickable.  The only bad thing, it doesn’t work on Tumblr at the present time.

Here’s a sample

Twitter, Twitter, oh!
Everyone an expert. Link.
All I got are bots.

The Social Media Request for Proposal template is for companies to help them choose the right social media partner.  It runs through the mandatories such as strategy, reputation and monitoring as well as the almighty questions about R.O.I, metrics, project management and community.

If you’re looking for a social media agency, here’s a good jumping off point.  If you’re an agency, take a look at the questions.  How can you better position your organization to create real value for your clients?

Social Media RFP Template – Social Media Group

If you’re a WordPress user, its now even easier to create your own social network with BuddyPress.  Previously you had to install a different version of WordPress called WordPress MU to get this functionality.  Here’s how to get started.

BuddyPress Now Supports WordPress Single User: No WPMU Required! – WordPress MU and BuddyPress plugins, themes, support, tips and how to’s.

Olivier Blanchard Basics Of Social Media Roi

Key Takeaways

So you’ve got a Google Wave invite and your chomping at the bit to integrate twitter into your waves?  Well, Danny Sullivan has the answer for you.

Basically, you need to add Tweety-Wave as one of your contacts (tweety-wave@appspot.com) and then add them to a new wave.  The application will verify your login credentials and you’re off an running.  There are a few downfalls as Tweety-Wave and Google Wave are brand new, so the features are on the short side, but that is to be expected.  Try it out and let me know what you think.

For those of you that were lucky enough to get a Google Wave invite, how do you like it?