Social media has made the sharing of ideas and information easy. Sometimes you may see a tweet that catches your eye – but if you’re not fast enough it’s already been replaced with something else. Add to that, the fact that sometimes there are not enough hours in the day to read everything.

That’s why we’ve decided to put together a list of some interesting things we’ve been reading and subsequently sharing with our followers for the week of August 8, 2011:

Social Media: Get Out of My Sandbox!: bit.ly/pBgkad

Advisors begin addressing social media: http://bit.ly/pjYymM

10 Cool Social Media Monitoring Tools: http://twb.io/o6Bn1O

Social Media and Search Engine Optimization: Why They Work Together: http://bit.ly/nnke0O

At this rate, there won’t be a tablet market, just an iPad market: http://dlvr.it/fhYCb

How to make Social Media work for Earnings: http://bit.ly/n66EzR

What The Stock Market Usually Does After Big Political Votes: http://read.bi/nEN944

Why this crisis isn’t like ‘08: http://t.co/muOWNqI

About that plane over S&P: http://ir4.me/fX3x8

Groupon drops accounting measure used in SEC filing ahead of IPO: http://bit.ly/pzyYn2

How to use Twitter & StockTwits: http://bit.ly/qT7T7F

UK Govt. to meet Facebook, Twitter and RIM about their responsibility to not fuel riots: http://tnw.co/nu9XnX

Kingfisher takes social approach with new IR app: http://t.co/5gbmBIH

What Makes for a Successful Investor Relations Program?: http://bit.ly/ngIHsr

Happy Reading!