Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 17, 2011

Steve Rubel, who is a bit of an Internet pioneer, has an interesting take on marketing in this global Internet economy. These include forums, blogs, community websites where industry news can be published, wikis, etc. GrassRoots says: April 17, 2011 at 6:24 pm #dm2 Are You A Business Or A Media Company? And I fully agree.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 22, 2013

Thesis (and the user community forums) saved me headaches. But since mid-2011 I saw myself using less thematic features and creating more customized functions. When he's not blogging, Ari works with people and brands to improve their digital marketing. The first two years were a godsend. For now, I am savoring the change.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2013

Fueled by the need to go IPO to produce returns for a lengthening list of investors (Twitter raised $800 in its 2011 financing round alone ), the company seeks to become a platform not a tool. Twitter as Conversation Forum. But now, the Twitter you know (and presumably, love) is morphing again.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 12, 2011

Welcome to the 2011 list of bloggers to watch. Based on many conversations over coffee, fries, and ice-cream, I was able to ascertain that the following people will have a lot to contribute to the wider blogging community. He positions himself as a comedian who has an irreverent outlook at blogging, social media, and marketing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

To date, how does it remain the only event of its kind that brings together diverse communications professionals from across the sub-continent for a slick, power packed couple of days of learning and fun? I got lucky in 2011 when the world’s largest PR firm offered me a two-year stint in their global co-headquarters.

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

We helped them experiment with a private whitelabel community for their members. Omnipress/Engage365 –Omnipress came to us in 2009 with an idea for starting an online community for event professionals who want to talk social media. We helped them launch and build Engage365 into a thriving online community. FORUM magazine.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Why: A great take on the quality of modern communication because of the speed at which we can now communicate. John Cleese’s talk at the 2009 Creativity World Forum on creativity. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Wanna Subscribe?

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 3, 2012

The year was 2009 when I started walking down the road toward self-employment as a digital media auditor, marketer, and trainer. Eight years after building my first website, I began blogging 2004 on a now-deleted LiveJournal community. When he's not blogging, Ari helps brands improve their digital media marketing.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 13, 2011

I updated my WiseStamp email signature, a few forum profiles, and my freelance portfolio. If you’re just getting started with Facebook fan pages for yourself or your business, or you want to learn more ways to get your fan page more community, fans, and engagement, be sure to check out these resources.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

But they were all remarkable in the way they provided a forum to express great care and concern. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? And if that’s not love, what is? Today, I hope your Thanksgiving is remarkable. Wanna Subscribe? Shall We Tweet?

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agora pulse

JANUARY 25, 2021

What’s a community manager? And why should community managers have their own special day? Find out more about this special social media role and tips for celebrating Community Manager Day. We’ll look at the role of the community manager throughout history and how it has evolved. Pre-Internet.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

We want to be great writers, be great artists, take amazing photographs and build an engaging community. A lot like a Lernaean Hydra from Greek Myth, marketing people have gone mad applying the term to just about anything that isn’t the drive in your desktop PC or laptop. A support forum. But What Is It? An email address.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 21, 2010

community from 3,000 miles away? I do Web, marketing and social media consulting ( [link] ), but put a lot of effort into GovFresh. Even though we’re not a social network, I get lot of feedback on the sense of community it brings to the open gov, Gov 2.0 They’re different communities. How do you fit it all in?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 7, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Kill Relationships With A Slap In The Face January 7th, 2011 Tweet Tell me when Last April, I was approached to speak at a PR conference targeted to health care professionals by a former vendor.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

In January of 2011, I said that I’d make our Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 subscriber only. This year, I am pleased to bring back our Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 thanks to an excellent sponsor, HubSpot. New Edition of the Ranking Factors for 2011 is Now Live !: This data is compiled here.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 9, 2012

In just a few short years, Twitter has transformed from an odd little sort of public IM service where people posted what they just ate for lunch or what their cat was doing at the moment into one of the big four social networks and a significant channel for news, PR & marketing, politics and more. More than 80% of U.S.

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Laurel Papworth

AUGUST 3, 2010

That’s how it works. You get a new government and a new archive of information. . :) Technorati Tags: Australia , election , getup , Politics , social media , social networks , tony abbott , women , youtube Related posts Web 2.0 Facebook talks like a pirate.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. They are strategic guides that hopefully will enhance your internet marketing experiences in the future. Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009. Here’s my list for 2008.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 15, 2012

In February of 2011, Google released the Panda update that took rankings away from websites with low-quality content and sites with more advertising than content. Complete your social network and forum profiles. Check out lists like the 202+ High Quality Internet Marketing PR3 – PR8 Blogs That Accept Guest Posts. For example….

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

And more important, are you SHARING other people’s status updates with your community? on social media and in normal networking forums and backyard fences. A Naughty or Nice Checklist | Marketing, Public Relations and Social Media Blog | Atlanta, GA says: December 22, 2010 at 2:01 pm [.] Are you RT’ing other people’s messages?

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ProBlogger

MAY 7, 2012

I started the company in 2011, after having been immersed in the blogosphere and social media for years. When they need it repaired, our service is an exact market fit. Our iPhone service is now nationwide, and we’ve been able to penetrate new markets, through the use of video blogging and social media. All (almost!)

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The Way of the Web

MARCH 27, 2011

Each one was from a product manufacturer or retailer who had received a negative review or forum post and wanted to know what they could, and should, do about it. If only I’d had the 2011 ‘The Retail Consumer Report’ from Harris available at the time. (h/t Photo courtesy Lars Plougmann on Flickr (CC Licence).

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I launched the Personal Trainer Development Center (PTDC) in April of 2011 and it has become a main resource for personal trainers passionate about getting better. It already brings in a nice monthly passive income and will provide a great forum for me to sell my book in April of 2012.

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Viper Chill

MAY 30, 2011

The above picture shows the money Heather received in May 2011 for one affiliate product she promoted. Though Justine makes most of her money from a process I’m about to go into, she also makes money from freelance jobs, and as a community manager for a Canadian company as well as writing for a few online websites.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

As each year passes, blog marketing techniques evolve. What worked in 2011 may or may not be as effective in 2012. I receive a lot of questions on a regular basis about blogging, online marketing, and traffic generation, so I thought I would share my answers in this post. Comments are the life of your blogging community.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2015

There are many lessons that marketers can learn about the new class of creators. We can certainly learn a lot about the type of content that is created, interacting with a community, and monetizing attention. For me, it ultimately comes down to these four principles: Authenticity, Earned Trust, Network Economics, and Community First.

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

What if I told you that LinkedIn, a social media platform that is now 14 years old, is the next big opportunity for marketers and brands? While much of the focus over the last few years has been on perfecting our Facebook and Instagram marketing strategies, LinkedIn has been silently growing their user base to more than 500 million users.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali WOM: What’s Really Behind The Buzz November 24th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Bryce Keane What’s the buzz? I hate to admit it (and thus be accused of professional treason), but he kind of made sense. .&#

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Whether you are a seasoned social media marketer , a marketer looking to venture into social media marketing, or a business owner looking to leverage on social media, it’s helpful to know the most popular social media sites around. Here are some stories of how businesses have been using WhatsApp. Messenger – 1.3

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, some tidbits on Affiliate Summit West, and a free ticket to Social Media Marketing Las Vegas on kikolani.com. Save money and time by avoiding newbie traps – don’t get sucked into these make money online / affiliate marketing traps.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I took a look at 14 lists that have come out over the last year for the top bloggers, social media marketers, search marketers, and entrepreneurs. Her latest posts include Conundrum , You Aren’t As Healthy As You Think , and Is Your Marketing Making Your Customer Think Too Much. And it’s no surprise they notice.

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Unmetric

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

PlayStation’s strategy on Twitter is to be at the beck and call of its gaming community. One such campaign from 2018 was the #PlayStationClassic, a comeback collection of PlayStation’s classic games, which garnered the most engagement from the gaming community. Xbox uses Twitter as its dedicated customer support forum.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 26, 2011

What does it really take to build a hustling and bustling blog with a thriving and active community around it? Besides her numerous guest posts all around the blogosphere, several prestigious awards like Finalists: Top 10 Social Media Blogs 2011 , and being an all around nice gal, Kristi is always about GIVING to her readers.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 31, 2012

B2B Magazine, which also has a website, B2B Online, put out a little research this week that said that amongst B2B companies, 33% of them have “fully embraced social media marketing.” Your use of social really becomes more of a content marketing play than a social marketing play. To which I say, “Bull.”

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Viper Chill

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Gotta love those marketing cliches…game changer. The feedback so far has been amazing , with one of the biggest bloggers on the web telling me after using it for just one day “the community has needed this for a really long time.” They’re even looking to put their company on the stock market.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

I became a big fan of playing games (bingo especially) at a little hub on AOL called RabbitJack’s Casino , which was considered a unique community within the AOL borders with a close-knit group of people from all walks of life. Forums existed well before I was born, after all. My first social “network&# was also on AOL.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2011

Note: This post, a joint effort between Cheryl Burgess and me, originally appeared on the Blue Focus Marketing Blog last month. So, as promised in Tom Pick’s blog, “ 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Women ”, in honor of mothers, our 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men now honors fathers. It takes a community to build a community.

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