Before you jump into the world of online community, blogging and social media whole hog, please feel free to benefit from my experience in the space.  If you read throught the following 21 short articles — and also explore my additional Insights and Ideas — and you’ll avoid many of the misconceptions and pitfalls surrounding new media, social media, and online community engagement:

1. A Online Outreach and Online Engagement HOWTO
2. Always Bring Something to the Party
3. Blog Community Outreach
4. Blog Messaging and Counter-Messaging
5. Brand Ambassadorship Requires Authenticity
6. Corporate Blogging and the Corporate Blog
7. Domain Name Registration Strategy
8. Don’t Be Seduced by the Lure of Astroturfing
9. Markets are Conversation
10. People are Already Talking About You
11. Ping Servers and Pinging
12. Publicity and Corporate Blogs
13. Reciprocal Linking
14. Social Bookmarking Strategy
15. Talk Like the Locals
16. The Blogroll
17. The Internet is Vastly Hugely Mind-Boggingly Big
18. When in Rome Do As the Romans Do
19. Gift and Asset Distribution
20. Influence the Influencers
21. Influencer Identification

I have collected a number of thoughts I have had on social media, blogging, social networking, blogger outreach & engagement, blogger activation, astroturfing, and other fun stuff I call Insights — 38 in all — that I just stumbled upon and I thought it would be lovely to share:

1. Activating Bloggers
2. Advice on Starting and Growing an SNS
3. Always Bring Something to the Party
4. Blog Community Outreach
5. Blog Messaging and Counter-Messaging
6. Blogger Outreach
7. Blogger Relations
8. Brand Ambassadorship Requires Authenticity
9. Campaigns Must Evolve with the Internet
10. Corporate Blogging and the Corporate Blog
11. Domain Name Registration Strategy
12. Don’t Be Seduced by the Lure of Astroturfing
13. Gift and Asset Distribution
14. Influence the Influencers
15. Influencer Identification
16. Initial Online Audit
17. Markets are Conversation
18. Message Creation
19. Online Advocacy
20. Online Communities are Not Virtual
21. Online Community Outreach
22. Online Outreach and Online Engagement
23. Online Universe Creation
24. Ping Servers and Pinging
25. Publicity and Corporate Blogs
26. Reciprocal Linking
27. Search Engine Brand Protection
28. Social Bookmarking Strategy
29. Social Network Profiles are Not Fancy Personal Home Pages
30. Social Network Services Encourage Competition
31. Social Network Services Should be Facilitated not Controlled
32. Talk Like the Locals
33. The Blogroll
34. The College as Model for Social Networks
35. The Internet is Vastly Hugely Mind-Boggingly Big
36. Tracking Online Conversation
37. When in Rome Do As the Romans Do
38. Wikipedia and Wiki Promotional Strategy