Julien Smith is a mainstay of the online community. He was one of the Web’s first Podcasters, was one of the first online personalities to be broadcast by traditional radio, and has a string of other Web-related honors associated with his name. He recently teamed up with Chris Brogan to co-author the book Trust Agents, a guide to using social media to build a brand and increase profits.

In this video, WatchMojo.com chats with Julien about the trust involved in online information gathering, and the conflict between traditional sources versus the independent blogger.

He’s been called ‘Canada’s Rock Star of Digital Marketing,’ and is one of the world’s leading authorities on Blog marketing. Mitch Joel is currently the president of Twist Image, a digital marketing agency.

In his recent book, Six Pixels of Separation, Mitch contends that doing business has changed drastically since the popularization of social media sites like facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. In this video, WatchMojo.com speaks to Mitch about his book, and learns that the days of networking in business are over, thanks to online social media.

Incidentally, Mitch is also giving away a couple freebies to anyone who buys the book by Friday, November 20th. The freebies include an exclusive ebook that Mitch is putting together, and a personal branding audio workbook that has only ever been available at at events like The Power Within.

This is the second half of to our interview with Shel Israel. In the first half, Shel talked more about his book, Twitterville. But in this installment, Shel discusses how his career over the last 30 years evolved, what prompted him to get involved in social media, and his revelation that Twitter was one of the bigger things to happen online.

With Twitter growing so rapidly, it’s impossible for business today to continue to ignore its presence and usefulness. And that’s one of the reasons that Shel Israel wrote his latest book, Twitterville. Well, I recently got a chance to sit down with Shel and chat with him about the new book and why he wrote it. In this first installment of a two-part interview, Shel brings up how Twitter is growing faster than any city on the planet (hence the name of the book), and goes into what made him decide to write it.