media+marketing business trend links

• MySpace: Marketing bonanza for bands - Attracting people to a video shoot is one way bands use MySpace.com to connect with fans and promote themselves. They also use it to inform people about upcoming shows, announce radio appearances, list equipment for sale, and post auditions and other news. -The Register Guard
• Mike Santor of Technology Advisors, Inc. sends in this tip that people are apparently using YouTube for posting resumes in video form. -Wall Street Journal Online
• Wiki-Style Book Project - Bambi covers how you get everyone to write one book with a unified voice. She asked Barry Libert who is spearheading the first book project to be written in Wiki-style. The book is about how communities will change business. About 50,000 people were asked to participate. About 2500 signed up. About 250 are active and 25 are very, very active, she says.
• Longing for More Web Video - Short-form video dominates the Internet today, but when longer content finds a comfortable place online, traditional TV may have cause for concern - Catherine Haloran @ BusinessWeek
• When You Start Messing With My Brand, It's Time to Mobilize- According to the folks at urban-wear brand Sean John, knock-off goods are flooding the market, harming legitimate manufacturers and retailers - Globe & Mail
• Whole New World Awaits On the Web - Visitors to Second Life can walk, fly, dress up, play music, visit clubs and make real money - Toronto Star
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