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Similar groups and concepts

We are smarter than meis an article describing a book written by an online community of contributors. Very similar in initial concept to what we are trying to do. Uses the term crowdsourcing - submitted by Catherine Mcquaid
Here is a screenshot of the table of contents of the book on Business Model Innovation. The group of contributors/collaborators is 300+ (see http://www.businessmodelhub.com/). The founder of the community is Alex Osterwalder, a professor from Switzerland, and you can read more about him and his work at http://business-model-design.blogspot.com/. submitted by Andrew Jenkins

How to monetize a social network is a great exploration of successful models from Asia and deals with sale of digital items and casual gaming. It proposes that these generate far more revenue that advertising.
When not to use social media. Check out this article from readwriteweb.com
Ford case study: Control is an illusion in the social media age
Putting a Price on Social Connections. This Business Week article gives some actual dollars from a study at IBM - submitted by Catherine McQuaid
Contrary thinking. Longer is better. A backlash is coming. Before you dismiss this, read this great article. In fact, I think we might want to add this guy to our list of experts. --Jim Love 14:30, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
The Star, April 14 - University Students who use Facebook spend less time studying and have lower averages...
Millenials webcast from Winograd, the Millenials expert. submitted by Catherine Mcquaid

These may not be social media sites or make the top 13 1/2 list but they are interesting:

Notify me appears to deliver personalized news to many platforms and from many platforms. Submitted by Andrew Ballenthin
[http:/www.socialmediabiz.com Social Media Biz]
Read Write Web
Mashable lists itself as the social media guide - a great site with insight and some great articles.
econsultancy has a great monetization model
social2b is a Social media marketing site