I am running out of collective commons images of the number 5! Might have to start making some myself. Here are this week’s 5 best social media stories and 5 other things of interest.

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SMEs are smarter than you think

It is great to see so many SMEs using social media! In this day and age I think you would be a fool not too and it is an area that can really define you as a company. Social media isn’t free and doing it right will cost time, but the benefits are there for all to see.

November Data on Facebook’s US Growth by Age and Gender: Young Men Following the Women

A huge increase in the amount of males signing up to Facebook last month. Any ideas why? Tom in the office thinks it is because of Movember (being that girls cant enter and all) but it still seems a bit much to me! Please tell me if you know why

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I love this article (Kudos Hellogames). A really interesting perspective on what it is like for a company see their product talked about online and all the range of emotions. I went to the Eurogamer Expo mentioned and played the game with a lovely Hellogames man, and I thought Joe Danger was amazing! So put me down for a copy and here is some more positive word of mouth for you.

GiffGaff

People powered mobile phone network. Interesting. At the moment they also have free internet browsing, might drop a couple of these sim cards into some Christmas stockings .

Online portal gathers wedding photos from guests

Really interesting idea. You can already do this sort of thing with Facebook, Flickr or even Google Wave, but those services usually require a bit of tech savvy and an account! A good social service to bring all the memories from one of the most important days of your life together.

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My real name is David Jones

I believe we have posted about “Letters of Note” before. This one is well worth checking out .

Watson urges action on “UK Games Council”

I think it is about time Government took the UK Games Industry a bit more seriously. There is a lot more to the industry than warping our kids minds with guns and violence .

Google Me

This is like an American Dave Gorman. I have only watched a short amount of it, so will someone please let me know if it is worth watching all the way though .

Cute Overload

This is CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!

The Infinite Monkey Cage

A new podcast from the BBC that is somewhere between comedy and science. I have enjoyed the first 2 episodes so far and I have learnt some really interesting things, there is a jurrasic revalation on the first epsiode that shocked me to the core!

Here are Qube’s favourite tweets from the last week.

@Glennw’s favourite tweets

@halbpro: Very cool discussion on use of language in links http://is.gd/54xsa (via @monkchips)

@jezlloyd: The cutest thing EVER. Here Kitty Kitty: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

@richardhenry: The essential guide to speaking Italian. http://bit.ly/4oPmXc

@charltonbrooker: ……….have a look at http://bit.ly/3W62vw then wander over to http://bit.ly/ZqQvz and see what you feel like doing.

@Nijay’s favourite tweets

@dstradewell You have to see this. It’s the funniest email exchange with a client I have seen….*ever!* http://bit.ly/6yDXfi

@martynreding: 60% people have chosen not to buy or use a product/ service after reading negative comments online http://bit.ly/77ShCe

@colossalblue: It’s 150 years to the day since Darwin began the process of enlightening the world. We should really celebrate that more.

@MrTomasz’s favourite tweets

@abigvictory Since I unsubscribed from everything, I get no email. Didn’t realize those newsletters were all that stood between me and loneliness.

@euzie So did the rise of Pixar tie up with the demise of classic Disney? it seems the handover was Aladdin to Toy Story….

@JonnyB Dear Alcoholics Anonymous. If you send me emails by mistake, including photos of your members, it makes them less anonymous.

Our 5 favourite social media stories from the past week and  5 other random things that may or may not be interesting.

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You CAN measure social media ROI

A pretty straight to the point post with 10 simple tactics to help you measure your social media ROI.

Hints of many business models in Twitter 101’s case studies

Venture Beat looks at some of the Twitter case studies. Check out how big business is using Twitter in terms of strategy and revenue generation.

Boeing TV Campaign = Poster Child for Old School Marketing

Erik Qualman addresses what he thinks is an outdated marketing strategy by Boeing. Make sure you read the blog comments as well, some interesting discussions and points are raised there.

Twitter to track location of Tweets

Twitter is adding location support (it is opt in so don’t panic!) to tweets so that users can share their location on a moment by moment basis. Why would anyone want to do this? It is another way of connecting people at major events. Will be interesting to see how it takes off, location based services are all the rage at the moment.

Neville’s posterous

Its nice to give other bloggers shout outs . Anyone interested in the online world and social media should check it out.

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snow-bo

A cute and creepy video from Vera Brosgol & Jenn Kluska. (LOL at the kid that throws the log)

What is Time

It hurts my little brain to think (in general) especially when I have to think about the beginning of the universe! Fascinating documentary though

8 bit trip

I like lego, I like games, I like lego videos about games (and video games about lego). This is a really cool bit of stop motion animation that must have taken ages to make!

Video appears in paper magazines

Video adverts in magazines? Sounds very futuristic and not very cheap, but they are doing it! Thinking about it, it sounds like it could be really annoying!

Meatwater

Is this real? Is this a joke? The Qubites cant decide! Anyone have any idea? I want proof! Answers on a postcard. (or in the comments)