You will have a lot of services enabled over the course of your internet presence. All this stuff can easily become overwhelming. The easiest thing to do is create a schedule and a disciplined list of tasks. I'm going to work on creating a practical tutorial on this process this week. I hope you'll have time to review it when I post.

Many companies are rushing to pick up the premium social media marketing services business. Involver is among this throng, offering services to big clients to beef up social presence, as well as offering automated premium services.

As we watch many of these startup dot coms grow, many wonder where's the revenue. Linkedin has a paid model to enable commercial contacts via the Linkedin network dubbed InMail.

Twitter has a lot of dead accounts. Some people want to dump following people that don't tweet. Although if they don't tweet, how annoying can they really be? But, if you want to dump Twitter users that are sloth to tweet, just check out unTweeps, though it's not without its startup bugs.

First, the bugs/annoyances (perceived - update below):

Click on the Facebook Applications link, which is on the bottom left corner of your screen. Then, click on Events.

There is no single dashboard where you can configure your basic settings. An example of this challenge is the MySpace URL, which you can only set once and are never allowed to change once set. If you click on Home, it appears directly below your profile pic. Elsewhere, there is no indication where or how you may change your URL.

Ever have a pressing question and want an answer fast? If the big search engines and your personal network fail you, you may want to check out Aardvark, AKA vark.com. The service works through its website and IM (Instant Message).

Signup is simple, click the link/image above to signup.

Much of your answer relies on your goals. And, we each have different reasons for using a URL shortener. Most use shorteners by default via some social media tool, to cram long URLs into limited character spaces.

Which URL shortener creates the shortest URL? Creating an unabridged list of URL shortener services is virtually impossible. These are a hand full of free services publicly available.

The easiest way to protect your brand is to immediately reserve your preferred username on all social media websites, just in case you decide to use that space in the future. Few things are as frustrating as preparing to build communication in a new social media, only to find someone is squatting on your brand or username. Remedies are often simply unavailable.