This is worth watching, it is a really good educational piece from the TED conference on what it means to stand out in todays market. Watch this for a great background on marketing your products in the ‘broken TV days’ and how to get your selling message out with tools like social media, and influencing people to buy or talk about your products & services.

Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, “The Father Of The Internet” and VP, Chief Internet Evangelist for Google shares with OgilvyOne Singapore on how brands can tap into the social media phenomenon.

Liz Claman & David Asman from Fox Business News interviewed Mike Howard, COO of Kiwibox.com and Scott Monty, head of social media for Ford Motor Company about social networking.

Go behind the scenes with Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally taking questions on Twitter as part of Ford’s efforts in social media. Alan demonstrates why Ford is different.

Lauren Kozak consulted to corporations on the use social media before becoming Social Media Director for Britney Spears, where she is responsible for the online marketing.

Facebook, Myspace and other social media may make you think of dorm room and Ramen noodles. But as FOX 11’s Cameron Clark shows us, many of those Web sites are finding their places in board rooms.

From O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 conference, Guy Kawasaki, author of “Reality Check” discusses starting a company on the cheap as well as his new company alltop.com.

Stephanie Leffler and Ryan Blair discuss the growth of viral websites like Social Diva and Flavor Pill. Leffler and Blair discuss how these two companies have grown and used the web and viral marketing.

Emily Carpenter, WhizBang! Web Solutions and Mike Krause, Sales Sense Solutions are interviewed by Katrina Irwin on News 8 Now at Sunrise about how social media can increase business in a down economy.

ValleyZen’s Drue Kataoka meets Senator Barack Obama and films him talking about the role of Social Media in his campaign.