Tue.May 29, 2012

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Social Media Comic: The Social Media Timesink

SocMed Sean

As a professional working in social media , I spend most of my day working on developing strategies to leverage channels like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and blogs to engage with customer communities. Then, when the day is over…I spend more time researching new tools, looking into the rumors of whether company X is buying company Y, reading articles about the latest digital technology and building connections with other bloggers and social media professionals.

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Manwich: A Case Study on Social Media Listening

Waxing UnLyrical

You knew this day would come. The day there’d be a post about the Manwich here at WUL. Image: keysi via Flickr, CC 2.0. You have probably eaten a Sloppy Joe sometime in your life. Maybe a Manwich. When you were 12. So how did we get to this point? Well, recently Gini Dietrich invited Lindsay Bell to dinner via The Twitter. So of course I chimed in: Which roped in Matt LaCasse : Which led to a classic tale about a mass-produced.

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“Not All Fans Are Created Identical”: The Jeff Widman Interview

Firebelly

First of all – let me say that Jeff Widman, Co-Founder of PageLever , and numerous other top talent will be speaking at All Facebook Marketing Expo. This is a wonderful opportunity to interact one-on-one with these people in a small conference environment. [Disclaimer: I'm moderating at the conference as well; as is my colleague Todd Tweedy. Firebelly is and has been a client of PageLever for sometime now.].

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Would An Online Presence Save Your Business?

Small Business Mavericks

There’s been a rather large contraction of the retail sector around the country, in fact, around the world. At the same time, there has been a huge explosion in online buying by consumers. Many offline businesses blame their demise on this increase in online buying, however, those same businesses have not created any online presence themselves.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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Facebook Should Not Be Treated like Other Media

Twist Image

What is Facebook ? It seems like an easy enough question to answer, doesn't it? If you ask the co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg , he's likely to tell you that it's a platform which hopes to connect the world in a much more open way. If you ask the average person on the street, they'll probably tell you that it's an online place to connect with friends.

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Melbourne Food and Wine Blogging Event

ProBlogger

I’ve been excitedly sitting on this one for a while now and am relieved to finally announce a new ProBlogger event that is coming up for Melbourne Food and Wine Bloggers (and anyone else who wants to travel to Melbourne for an evening). The event is being held in collaboration with my good friend – Shane Delia – an amazing chef and co-owner of restaurants including two of my favourites – Maha Bar and Grill and St Katherines Kew.

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Conversion Optimization: Our New Series

ProBlogger

Of all the topics that bloggers ask me about, conversion optimization is among those at the top of the list. All of us have conversion goals of some sort. It doesn’t matter whether you’re aiming to make money blogging, or you’re in it purely for pleasure, you’ll probably want to grow a subscriber list at the very least! Some of the blogger’s most common conversion goals include: grow signups to an email subscription list. attract Facebook fans and Twitter followers.

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Don’t Be a Social Media Guinea Pig

Convince & Convert

When it comes to social media, there are few sure bets. One thing’s certain, however: people go nuts for new stuff. Show someone the latest gizmo, doodad, or whatchamacallit dubbed the “Next Big Thing,” and it will be very difficult for him or her to resist the urge to jump aboard. There’s something a little crazy, however, about this lust for what’s new.

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Boost Conversions Step 1: Review Your Offer

ProBlogger

This guest post is by the Blog Tyrant. A few weeks ago I was sitting down to dinner with my big sister, and talking about one of my web businesses. “What’s your quotation success rate?” she asked me with a face full of pizza. “Pretty good,” I replied, sounding—I admit—pretty stupid. “Find out exactly what it is,” she came back.

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Unmasking the Biggest Tyrant in Blogging

Viper Chill

Note from Glen : This is the first post in ViperChill history that isn’t written by me. That’s all I need to say for now… In the early 90′s my recently divorced mother started dating a man with a horrible son who wore sweater vests and would trash the kitchen in his sleep. Soon our parents fell in love, got married and Mom and I moved on over to their house; a house of learned doctors.

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.