SocialFish

APRIL 5, 2011

Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the first quarter of 2011. 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference –We volunteered at 11NTC to help run their on-site media lounge. Our first quarter of 2011 in a nutshell. It’s time for our quarterly recap of what we’ve been working on. Busy as usual!

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Social Media Marketing

APRIL 28, 2011

Great news for Delicious users: the service has been acquired from Yahoo! We anticipate Delicious in its current form will be available until approximately July 2011. There may be a time of adjustment as AVOS re-launches Delicious, but the company's intention is to add new features and grow the service overall.

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Visually SM

JANUARY 29, 2015

The marketing world has exploded with social content initiatives in the last few years, and when combined with the urgency and real-time expectations of audience and customers, and new marketing discipline has emerged, one that call “real time content marketing.” Content promotion. Social-network distribution.

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Proactive Report

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Another 2011 trend predicted by ClickThrough has PR implications: Many companies have excellent existing content in PDFs, brochures, PowerPoints and offline video that can be converted to digital assets, put online and filtered into the social web. Slideshare is the next best bet in terms of web search and news search.

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Twist Image

JANUARY 6, 2011

Over the holiday break, Facebook was named the most visited site in 2010. It's the beginning of January, so before things start to pick up and all of your New Year's Resolutions for 2011 become things you'll think about (once again) this coming December, why not commit to a Digital Marketing Reboot? Is your content up-to-date?

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 12, 2012

And some multi-author blogs have morphed into hybrid portal/news/blog sites that are difficult to categorize. What are the best practices for pitching journalists in this new environment? send generic pitches) for successfully getting others to write about your product / service / news / client etc. by Blogging PRWeb.

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Proactive Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Once you’ve written a news release, distributed it, and posted it to your newsroom and social media accounts, you have to track results and be able to report ROI. Do they click a link, visit your site or blog, download content or buy the product? What News Release Measurement Used to Be. 7 percent – other.

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Visually SM

JANUARY 29, 2015

The marketing world has exploded with social content initiatives in the last few years, and when combined with the urgency and real-time expectations of audience and customers, and new marketing discipline has emerged, one that call “real time content marketing.” Content promotion. Social-network distribution.

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Dave Fleet

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Yesterday I was privileged to attend the Toronto launch of the Canadian results of Edelman’s 2011 Trust Barometer survey with my employer, Richard Edelman. Trust in 2011. The credibility of online news. Online search engines are Canadians’ number one source for news and information about a company.

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Absolute PA

DECEMBER 17, 2011

2011 was a busy year for me: As I approached my third year in business I changed direction, practically starting from scratch and re-branded. Before I head off, I wanted to reflect on the year with a walk down memory lane with you, and share the most popular posts of 2011. 7 Steps to setting up Your Twitter account (November 2011).

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 25, 2012

Has this translated into a significant change in social news referrals for publishers? So I pulled the 2009-2011 Reddit and Digg referral figures for selection of 12 major magazine and Web-only content sites. To anonymize the data I combined each site’s figures into a total number for the group. million 2011.

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Dave Fleet

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Twitter sent an email around to users yesterday, giving four suggestions for getting the most out of Twitter in 2011: Follow your interests: Follow the people who share your passions. Bonus: you’ll find stories from sites you don’t normally check. Get specific: Follow your favourite leagues, teams, players, writers etc.

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Absolute PA

DECEMBER 17, 2011

2011 was a busy year for me: As I approached my third year in business I changed direction, practically starting from scratch and re-branded. Before I head off, I wanted to reflect on the year with a walk down memory lane with you, and share the most popular posts of 2011. 7 Steps to setting up Your Twitter account (November 2011).

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Twitter Hashtag Facebook Features 58

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2013

So as I stumble across the finish line, here are my top posts of 2013 by pageviews: The Most Common Google News Errors and How to Avoid Them. SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links. Google+ Engagement for News Sites: Top Performers and One-Year Growth Rates. The Google News Standout Tag: Does it Work?

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 9, 2011

Widgets and tools that allow for embedded content have been around for years. WordPress has plugins that do the same thing so it’s really nothing new. But I have yet to see a really good tool that allows you to embed Facebook content. Ditto your tweets in the new or old Twitter formats! Just take a look at the page.

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Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

A Dramatically Different Approach to Social Media Metrics in 2011. Conversion jumps from eighth place last year to the number two spot for 2011. Read the article>> Companies Need to Prepare for Being Asked to Provide Content for E-Discovery. In 2010 58 million people in the U.S.

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Social Media Bazaarvoice Strategy News 73

Adam Sherk

MARCH 8, 2012

It comes down to effective selection, placement and formatting of social buttons on all key templates, and customizing those elements for different types of content. One interesting takeaway was the user base and types of content that do well in Social Reader can be quite different from the main site.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 28, 2011

But unless you’ve heard the news, you might not guess who the buyers were. Users of Delicious have until July 2011 to accept AVOSs terms of service and to transfer their bookmarks. Its current life will expire at that time and the new Delicious will be born. Are you as excited about this news as I am?

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Delicious Yahoo Social Bookmarking Case Study 156

Proactive Report

OCTOBER 26, 2011

More and more people are using online news sources to find information on products, services, companies and ideas. There are some distinct advantages to having your news releases found via search engines: You know they are interested in that subject because they asked for it by keyword. Why would search engines affect news consumption?

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Proactive Report

JUNE 2, 2014

Join us for the webinar June18, 2014 at 10 am Pacific, 1 pm Eastern and get all the insider tips on how Panda is affecting your news content. The goal of this update is to remove what Google calls “thin content” from the search rankings. Whether your news content ranks in search is important.

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 3, 2013

According to this unclassified report, in 2011 the Bureau of International Information Programs tried to increase their presence on social media site: After the 2011 reorganization, the coordinator initiated a push to expand the bureau’s presence on social media and other digital platforms.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Good content matters. That means you can’t rely on SEO tricks anymore, like a blog post that pulls the first 100 words of a news article and includes a link forwarding it to the original article. (Or This has created some interesting problems in the content marketing world. It means you actually need content.

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Idaconcpts

MAY 4, 2011

Way back in August 2010, the social news website Digg.com updated to version 4 – more or less sealing its doom. The site was down for most of the day, leaving people unable to either search it or use it, and very few of the site’s visitors enjoyed the interface and feature changes which came along with the update. An Example.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 26, 2014

Background on the two social media sites. The two companies were created six months apart; Myspace was founded in August 2003 and by July 2005 was bought by News Corp for 580 million dollars. social web site, surpassing Google in site visits. million dollars from Accel Partners in May 2005.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 6, 2011

This is important news for a number of reasons: First and foremost, a slow loading website or landing page can affect your conversion rate. You can check your site’s load time across multiple browsers. Your site visitors expect it. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 17, 2011

These include forums, blogs, community websites where industry news can be published, wikis, etc. It could be an industry social networking website, it could be an industry wiki or encyclopedia site, or it could be a simple blog. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. The Internet is a huge place.

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. This is all about content. I know I have a LOT of lurkers on my site. If all you do is push content, then that’s a pretty one-sided relationship don’t you think?

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Proactive Report

OCTOBER 25, 2011

People today are always on the look out for new and faster ways to get their news. According the 2011 State of the Media report, not only do they want to be able to find it and get it fast, they also want to contribute to, and participate in, reporting the news. We analyze news and craft news releases every day.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Find out if the username or vanity URL you want is still available across dozens of social sites? that are irrelevant or profane), and enable site visitors to share comments back to their social networks without leaving your website. Another Cool Tool To Optimize Your Site Loading Speed by Daily Blog Tips. Create video emails?

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 31, 2011

Now, recent news gives us empirical evidence about the opportunities businesses have with complainers. My favorite tidbit of info: 68% of consumers who posted a complaint or negative review on a social networking or ratings/reviews site got a response. They complain because they care!

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Social Media Klout Policies Forums 188

agora pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Table of Contents. Sharing content. back in February 2011. Share Your Content to the Most Popular Groups on LinkedIn. By sharing high-level thought leadership articles from Linkedin or industry news from your blog into key Linkedin groups, you are accessing the exact people you want to reach. Collaborations.

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The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 24, 2011

There’s still a week to go, but unless something radical happens, here’s a quick run-down of the most read posts I’ve written on this site in 2011. How do you work on a tiny marketing business when the ‘big boys’ are constantly unveiling new social media units? 2012 The Year of 3D Printing?

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall by Adam Sherk on January 20, 2010 Today The New York Times made it official that they will be introducing a metered model starting in 2011. But paying to read the news online will be a disaster.

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Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 21, 2011

Why in 2011 have some waited this long to do anything with social media? Funny thing though, it really doesn’t matter what your background is in 2011. YourVersion [link] - YourVersion is a tool for delivering the latest news, blogs, tweets, and videos on content that matters to you, all in one place. What is the reality?

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 3, 2012

Consumers are growing fonder of their smartphones and tablets, using them to access content and make online purchases in staggering numbers. Internet users will access the web through smartphones than through PCs, according to technology site Mashable.com. In fact, by 2015 more U.S. Still not convinced?

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The Way of the Web

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Content is an amazing way of building up a business, but there are certain requirements you need to meet for it to be successful. I wrote a while ago about the time it can take to build up a content site organically , and a key part of that is adding content on a regular and consistent basis.

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Buffer Social

JUNE 30, 2017

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey told CNBC in 2013 how that changed Twitter and the way people get news. Suddenly the world turned its attention because we were the source of news—and it wasn’t us, it was this person in the boat using the service, which is even more amazing. It changed everything. Arab Spring.

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