Listen to 5wire CEO John Whaley talk with the other “founding Fathers” of 380social in the latest edition of the 380social Podcast. This month the founding fathers talk about “Your Online Influence – Good, Bad, or Indifferent”. They discuses some local social media gatherings, recent Twitter/Facebook issues, developing & keeping your online influence & networks, and some social media evaluation tools called Grader.com and Klout.com. Be sure to checkout the 380social website and listen to past episodes of our podcast.

5wire Marketing President and CEO John Whaley talks with Marketing Elements Tim Goleman about the new iPad  in the latest edition of Tim’s Marketing Elements podcast series. From things they like and dislike, to how this device is going to change marketing, John and Tim discuss it all. Listen to the podcast below or check out the Marketing Elements website at www.marketingelementsblog.com. You can also find Tim on Twitter at @timgoleman. Subscribe to Tim’s Podcast through iTunes as well.

If you are a technology/internet /social media blog fanatic like myself, I am sure you have heard about Facebook’s big “Open Graph” announcement at their annual f8 developer’s conference last week. The Open Graph project will allow Facebook users to “Like” products, services or content on any website utilizing the Open Graph code generated by Facebook. Once you click on the little “Like” button, this piece of content then gets posted to Facebook. It is a really awesome idea when you think about it.

In the world of Internet Marketing, thing are changing so fast that it is hard to keep up on what and where everything is going. But even though things are moving and changing at such a rapid pace, I wanted to share my thoughts on where I see things moving. This isn’t the long-term outlook so much as the direction I see things shifting today thanks to the growing realization of the true power the Internet holds to tell stories, engage people, and give them things that are more relevant and useful, especially when it come to connecting with a brand online