Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 7, 2010

An annual marketing budget survey of business-to-business marketing trends released today is showing that marketing departments are going to increase their budget in Social Media and in Search Engine Marketing in 2011. The study was conducted jointly by Goldstein Group Communications and Hearst Business Media.

Engineering 108

Engineering Survey Social Media Marketing 108

Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

A while back I created a post called – There is no “campaign&# in Social Media because when marketers use the word “campaign,” it tends to suggest an initiative to get a message out to a targeted group of constituents. Related posts: Social Media speeds Onboarding I am officially up and running now in my.

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Campaign Social Media StumbleUpon Digg 213

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Search for a brand name or keyword across all of the most popular social networks at once? Monitor social media discussions of your company or product in real time? Promote events through social media? Cool Social Media Tools. Social and Alternative Search Engines. Create animations?

Tools 206

Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Idaconcpts

APRIL 1, 2011

As social media networks have been assimilated by younger generations, it was only a matter of time until the older generations would catch up. From the table above, it can be clearly seen that there is little room for growth for social media in the Millenial and Generation X age groups. Here are 2 potential causes.

Social Media 161

Social Media Proposal Technorati Sample 161

SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Interest…waning… Google+ hasn’t been able to keep the attention of the public after their fanfare launch in July 2011, so I’m not sure adding cute, cuddly Muppets to their list of endorsers is going to change much. It just doesn’t offer me anything valuable. Share this on Facebook Tweet This!

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Google Tumblr StumbleUpon Digg 255

Firebelly

AUGUST 6, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Ball Memorial Hospitals Facebook Nightmare | Main | Firebelly VP Co-Authors Corporate Blogging for Dummies (Out Now!) » August 06, 2010 Fridays 5 Fun Social Media Finds The Internet is an amazing place. WHAT THE F*CK IS MY SOCIAL MEDIA "STRATEGY"?

Social Media 163

Social Media Paid Search SMS Syndication 163

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? I thought it was interesting that three of my top 10 were related to sports and social media because I write about that only occasionally as a side interest. A version that was republished on SocialTimes ended up being submitted to Digg and things took off from there.

Sports 126

Sports News SEO Press Release 126

Kikolani

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Writing Around the Web is a monthly series highlighting guest posts I’ve written on blogging, business, SEO, social media, and other topics! Featured Post – How to Optimize Social Media Profiles for SEO. Social Media. What’s at stake in this blogging contest? A nice cash prize of $1,000!

Analytics 113

Analytics SEO Social Media Google 113

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 23, 2013

The news of layoffs at StumbleUpon reminded me that in compiling some year-end social media referral data I’d noticed that a number of sites had experienced declines in StumbleUpon traffic. Declines in StumbleUpon Traffic: 2012 vs. 2011. It had; only 10 of the 47 sites saw a YoY decline in 2011, compared to 33 in 2012.

StumbleUpon 172

StumbleUpon Sites Content Survey 172

Idaconcpts

MAY 4, 2011

According to Digg’s top brass, these changes were meant to bring in more revenue to the site, giving corporations and companies more control over content and more exposure for their own content. However, this went against what many people felt was the point of Digg: allowing anyone to potentially make the front page of the site.

Reddit 157

Reddit Digg Aggregator Journal 157

Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Now that we are beginning to feel the relief of the economic uncertainty that has been hanging around us for the past few months, I am beginning to hear a lot about the invention of some new roles inside organizations looking to get “social media”. But wait, social media hasn’t been around that long! Tweet This!

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing StumbleUpon Digg 100

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO. Media Relations Gone Wrong: How Not to Pitch a Journalist (Video). 5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages. 8 Social Media Questions Publishers Should Be Asking Themselves. Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down. Thank you search referrals!

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Press Release SEO Digg Sports 119

Kikolani

AUGUST 2, 2011

Featured Post – Social Media ROI with Google Anlaytics 5. This month’s featured piece just went live today and is part of the 2011 Conversion-Fest Blogging Contest. Search Engines vs. Social Media – Which Matters Most – Three reasons why you shouldn’t be just doing one or the other, but both.

ROI 126

ROI Social Media Google iPad 126

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 18, 2011

The Changing Face Of Article Marketing » UberMedia, Mixx, And Twitter Remember the social media website Mixx ? Mixx is popular, but it’s not as popular as, say, StumbleUpon, Digg, Facebook, or Twitter. There are some big variables there. The question is, does UberMedia have the digital cojones ?

Small Business 156

Small Business Tweetdeck Twitter Case Study 156

SocMed Sean

MARCH 6, 2012

In my day job, I am the Director of Social Media for a digital agency and one of my clients has launched a new challenge to innovators, entrepreneurs, developers, designers…basically anyone with a knack for solving problems. Do you love carving apart a good challenge? M in venture capital due to the exposure their idea received.

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Skills Creative Commons Tumblr StumbleUpon 279

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Because if you are creating content, you are likely distributing and promoting that content in variety of ways, including social media. It also breaks down where engagement events are occurring for the time period (comments, Digg, Twitter). taracoomans Posted February 22, 2011 at 5:24 PM Melanie - Thanks for the reply!

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Postrank Analytics Tools Klout 134

Kikolani

DECEMBER 23, 2010

In 2010, there have been some amazing compilations of bloggers and marketing experts created in order to help you find new sources of information on blogging, business, social media, Internet marketing, and making money online. Blogging and Social Media Goals for 2010. The following are some of my personal favorites.

Blogger 145

Blogger List Marketing Digg 145

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?

Klout 33

Klout Embedding Loyalty Vimeo 33

Proactive Report

JULY 3, 2011

Social media has extended the reach and influence of your stakeholders – they’re on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and they’re connecting to each other. The Social Graph is the representation of our relationships. Source: Facebook, April 2011). Source: AdAge/ Ipsos, February 2011).

Social Graph 104

Social Graph Hubspot StumbleUpon Digg 104

Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2013

The rise of Twitter was accompanied by the slow demise of RSS and Digg, as the surging popularity of the 140-character kid made many previous pointing and info-gathering technologies unnecessary. Jay Baer is a hype-free social media and content strategist & speaker, and co-author of The NOW Revolution.

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Twitter Nielsen Forums Digg 167

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

14 social media experts react to Facebook’s new message system – a look at how influencers feel about the change. Facebook Pages for B2B social media marketing – a look at the elements of three successful B2B pages. 7 social link building tips – how engagement can build links.

Mashup 128

Mashup Resources Digg Social Bookmarking 128

Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

This is Episode 25 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Eric Boss & DJ Waldow’s Social Media Stat of the Week ( This week : The Wall Street Journal reports more people are turning to YouTube as their news source). Listen Now. Why did it fail?

Digg 113

Digg Communities MySpace YouTube 113

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. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Press Release 126

Press Release Digg News SEO 126

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Related posts: Social Search: Tempur-Pedic "Ask Me" Commercial Dentyne "Friend Request" Commercial: 60 Connections In Every Bottle Motorola Backflip Commercial And Social News TurboTax: Taxes Social Media Style Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

YouTube 129

YouTube Campaign URL Paid Search 129

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

It is somewhat surprising how many have only a few hundred followers, despite being social media managers, practitioners and strategists at large corporations. List of Corporate Social Strategists for 2011. Serious disconnect there.). Followers range from less than 10 (no, that’s not a typo) to more than 10,000.

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List Twitter Brands Microsoft 155

Proactive Report

OCTOBER 25, 2011

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. And we certainly saw that as the Arab Spring of 2011 was tweeted and streamed live online, even as the authorities tried to clamp down on the media.

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Journal News Digg Sports 99

SocMed Sean

JANUARY 1, 2012

Or… Maybe it’s time to take a look back at 2011 and figure out why your blog hasn’t taken off. In fact, you find yourself a bit embarrassed to even mention to friends and colleagues that you have a blog, since you’re not quite sure you’d want them reading your posts anyway. Cheers, and Happy New Year to you all!

Creative Commons 279

Creative Commons Flickr Adwords Tumblr 279

Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 14, 2011

A view of the actual cached version of the page shows that Google appears to be ranking the web page only because of links to the web page: This is Google’s cache of [link] It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on Jan 7, 2011 03:07:38 GMT. The current page could have changed in the meantime. Learn more. What do you think?

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Google URL Technorati Yahoo 97

Proactive Report

JULY 24, 2011

In the State of the Media 2011 Pew Research stated that search is the one factor that most affected the news business in the past decade. Since news is a vital part of PR, perhaps we should examine how search plays a part in PR and media relations. They evaluate inbound links from other sites that refer people to your content.

Reputation 85

Reputation StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 85

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

My friend (and client, but he’s a friend first) Shashi Bellamkonda is, I think, genetically-wired to try and talk about new things – no doubt why he’s Network Solutions’ “social media swami,&# and he mentioned it. So of course I checked it out. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

Social Networking 270

Social Networking Class Comments Conversation 270

Bill Hartzer

JULY 15, 2010

Her personal integrity, philanthropic efforts and ability to connect with the masses will help her stay one of America’s favorite trendsetters long after her talk show ends in 2011. Related posts: Report: Half of Americans Have Social Media Profiles A new study released today shows that consumer use of. Post this on Diigo.

Buy 113

Buy Influencer Web 2.0 Survey 113

Myrland Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Mike asked author, visionary and Social Media strategist Brian Solis to keynote the kickoff of the Summit yesterday. He is the author of the best-selling book about Social Media titled Engage !, 3) &# In 2011, we have to look at how to diversity you as a brand.&# 15) “Social Media is not owned. .&#

Facebook 88

Facebook Social Media WordPress Syndication 88

ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Keep in mind I had no experience whatsoever with blogging, social media, or technology. Keep in mind that I was new to social media and blogging, so I was working by trial and error. Digg and StumbleUpon are great if you already have some time put in. In the week that we’ve been up, the site rose over 2.4

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Reddit Blogosphere StumbleUpon Digg 39

Myrland Marketing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense THESE ARE JUST TOOLS by Nancy Myrland on September 24, 2010 ????This Many, including me, are excited and passionate about Social Media.

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Tools Chemicals ROI WordPress 75

Firebelly

JULY 29, 2011

The abundance of social media sharing buttons is becoming ridiculous. At least, that’s how @ NiallHarbison feels in his article “The Ridiculous Abundance Of Social Sharing Buttons.&# More techy crowds will appreciate a Digg button. An average Blogger website.

Social Media 227

Social Media MySpace Widget StumbleUpon 227

Adam Sherk

APRIL 3, 2012

However in drilling down it was clear that some of the home sites were already doing pretty well in Q4 2011. Among the 25 sites that were examined: In Q4 2011 the most visits that any site got from Pinterest in a single month was 240K+. In Q4 2011 Pinterest was a top 10 referring domain for 4 out of 25 sites.

Sites 157

Sites Digg Reddit Fashion 157

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

How widespread, really, is the use of social media for marketing? How are B2B marketers using social media differently from their B2C counterparts? How are marketers measuring social media success? General Social Media Statistics. Infographic: Social Media ROI Statistics by Digital Buzz.

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Statistics Research Social Media B2B 190