I stumbled upon this great infographic from Blackberry and Mashable today:

UPDATE: Thanks to this week’s side deal on Groupon, I was able to donate $200 to DonorsChoose.org! The Groupon basically allows you to purchase a gift certificate to DonorsChoose.org for 50% off. I bought a $100 coupon, which is what this campaign has earned, was able to double my money! However, in order for the Groupon to be active, 500 people must purchase gift certificates. So if you’re in the giving mood, join Groupon and make a purchase!

Thank you to everyone for your support!

Back around the holiday season I did a post for ‘Cans for Comments‘ for a local animal shelter. And now that I’ve stumbled about the online charity organization DonorsChoose, I feel like I need to do it again. DonorsChoose.org allows teachers from around the United States to post a list of things they need for a special project or classroom. They include a price list of what is needed and individuals can contribute or “pitch in” to raise enough money to fund the project.

I’ve already donated to a teach that wants to bring Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5 to her students, but I want to do more. That’s why, for every comment on The Social Robot between now and May 2010, I will donate $1 to a project on DonorsChoose.

By Naweed Chougle

Social networking has become an undeniable part of our lives nowadays. Internet, as well as mobile users, are driving the mushrooming popularity of social networking sites. Even with a myriad of options available, the appetite for new sites shows little sign of abating. When the Internet and its possibilities were first envisioned all those decades ago, the dream was to build an information super highway that connected, informed, and educated. The latest trends in the development of the World Wide Web lean towards the Semantic Web, a quasi intelligent network that feeds on itself and its own knowledge and gleans meanings from this information while improving our experience of it. Social networking sites, because of the way they process information, will rely on the Semantic Web for improved functionality.

Guest post by Sigrid Salucop.

Many marketing experts say that e-mail marketing is dead– but this may not be the case.  Here are a few of the benefits of e-mail marketing.

E-mail Marketing Is Alive and Kicking

Many websites do most of their marketing through e-mail –the question is “WHY?”. The answer is this- a great majority of people around the globe have e-mail addresses, making e-mail marketing a good way to advertise your business. Through this marketing strategy, you will reach a greater number of individuals and groups to tell them what you offer.

By Kaila Strong

An alarming rate of change occurs in the world of internet marketing. That’s why, as marketers, its important to stay on top of the changing trends in our industry. One way I stay aware is by attending webinars in addition to reading industry blogs, signing up for Smart Brief newsletter e-mails for the industry, checking out handy infographics on a regular basis (like “35 Great Social Media Infographics), and following industry experts on Twitter to hear their daily words of advice.