The Social Media Incubator

APRIL 19, 2011

Social media is a means for business owners to convey their unique voice, to differentiate themselves from their competitors, and to stand out in a crowded marketplace by increasing top of mind awareness with their ideal clients and customers. Public Relations Small Business Mavericks Loading Quotes. Tagged as: branding , C.E.L. ,

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 15, 2011

In social media , provide value over the long term and you’ll find yourself winning friends, fans, and customers. Why are the search engines and social media sites so full of spam. It could just as well be “The Surest Way To Earn Fans.&# Truly, that’s what the goal is – to earn your fans.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Here’s another caveat: If you are not at least engaged in social media and search engine optimization, then you are likely not being effective. Ken Shimizu says: February 4, 2011 at 8:40 pm Are Small Businesses Effective Online? &# Ken Shimizu says: February 4, 2011 at 8:40 pm Are Small Businesses Effective Online?

Small Business 115

Small Business Press Release Case Study Adwords 115

Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In January I started on a product with the Avaya Labs (formerly Bell Labs) team to create what is now known as the Avaya Social Media Manager. In the process I found that this was the BEST place to get an ROI in Social Media. With the year rapidly winding down I am almost afraid to set any goals for next year!

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B2B Hubspot Class Forums 177

Kikolani

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Writing Around the Web is a monthly series highlighting guest posts I’ve written on blogging, business, SEO, social media, and other topics! Part III: 40 Top Keyword Research Posts of 2011 – 40 of the top posts on keyword research tools, strategies, and optimization. Social Media. Social Media.

Analytics 118

Analytics Research Real Estate Google 118

Writtent Blog

MAY 20, 2014

Another fellow marketeer heavily invests in an up-to-date, regularly updated blog and complementary social media; and his traffic and brand authority are skyrocketing. Social Media Reigns King. Social media marketing is the most popular content promotion tactic by a mile. Image source. After Yahoo!

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 23, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Before we jump into the goodies from the week, I wanted to take a moment to let everyone know this is the last Fetching Friday post for 2011. Happy Holidays.

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Kikolani

APRIL 27, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. My Blog Made Over 2 Million Dollars in Sales: How’s that for ROI – Some people say blogs don’t have a strong ROI. Search Engines / SEO.

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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. In the past, we counted outputs and media clips as the ROI of a press release, but in the digital age there is so much more we can track.

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News Press Release URL Analytics 40

Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

This session included much of what Indra and her partner Jon Bailey have been able to accomplish in the last two years, moving from a primarily traditional agency to a new media powerhouse. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Direct mail?

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Marketing Social CRM Conference Social Media 123

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 3, 2012

Social media, content aggregation and curation , user-generated content and other developments have dramatically changed the B2B buying cycle over the past few years. The Top-10 B2B Marketing Trends for 2011 by Everything Technology Marketing. Holger Schulze laid out these ten predictions in January 2011.

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B2B Strategy Marketing Buy 190

ProBlogger

MARCH 31, 2011

Email and searches continue to dominate the online market, so you have to be equipped with the best ROI-producing tool available. Compendium’s blogging platform targets organic keywords in search engines, helps businesses acquire new customers, and serves as a hub for your social media strategy. Social Networking.

Platform 41

Platform WordPress Engineering Open Source 41

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. The article has examples of how social media worked too. In it, he offers some thought-provoking insights into what must be understood before going into social media marketing.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

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 !: Does Google PageRank Really Matter? :

Marketing 264

Marketing SEO Case Study Small Business 264

Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In it, I’ll walk you through what are widely considered the key metrics to track when it comes to measuring your content marketing ROI (return on investment) , KPIs (key performance indicators), and all the other acronyms business leaders love.   That’s where this article comes in.

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Metrics Content Marketing Newsletter 98

Rebekah Radice

APRIL 11, 2016

If you’ve wondered which social media site is right for your business , it’s no surprise. So, what social media platform matters most to your business? What’s their social media engagement and conversational style? Here’s everything you need to know about the top 7 social networks.

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Sites Social Media How To LinkedIn 114

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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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If 2009 was the year many marketers puzzled over, poked at and pondered incorporating social media into their marketing mix, 2010 was the year of diving in. 500 companies now call social media “very&# or “somewhat&# important to their marketing or business strategy. Social Media Tips, Tactics and Techniques.

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Social Media Tools Tips ROI 198

Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 4, 2012

How can you make sure your company’s social media policy doesn’t run afoul of employment law? What under-utilized site has been called a “social media powerhouse,” and which highly popular social bookmarking site is frequently overlooked by marketers? Social Media Marketing Guides and Tips.

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Social Media Resources Tips Policies 213

Keyhole.co

APRIL 20, 2023

The term newsjacking was first used by David Meerman Scott in 2011. His book “Newsjacking” defines the term as a strategy of incorporating one’s insights or opinions into news and significant media information. However, if you are a startup business, a simple and direct social media post would be your newsjacking path.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

, the sources below provide a vast wealth of data, statistics and research results, as well as a bit of interesting social media trivia. How are consumers and b2b decision makers using social media in their buying processes? Which social media platforms are most effective at influencing buyer behavior?

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 7, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. 11 Hottest Blogging Tips So Far in 2011 – These are the best blogging tips the author has found and used so far in 2011. Search Engines / SEO.

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Mashup Resources Digg RSS 128

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. Alexa is a social media, web, and ecommerce content curator who strives to cut through the noise while having fun. And it’s no surprise they notice. Alexa Samuels.

Blogger 168

Blogger SEO Consultant WordPress 168

Hootsuite

JULY 21, 2020

Bonus: Get a free social media analytics report template that shows you the most important metrics to track for each network. Social video metrics for every platform. The social video metrics you need to track are: Watch time. Gives you an idea of your ROI if you spent money to promote your video. Views at 25%.

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Metrics Platform Video HootSuite 144

Writtent Blog

MAY 6, 2013

While Google’s Authorship markup has been available to content creators since June 2011, adoption rates remain low. While it’s challenging to develop an accurate gauge of engagement on Google+, studies indicate that user engagement with the platform is weak, especially compared with social media giants Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.

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Google SEO Reputation Case Study 90

Kikolani

MARCH 31, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The 2011 trend report – the color for this spring is white. 100 unique Tumblr themes for 2011 – huge collection for bloggers on Tumblr.

Mashup 130

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

Here’s how I do it : I read and review hundreds — thousands — of articles yearly, on all Internet Marketing topics from SEO to social media to general entrepreneurship (new for 2010!), also gathering intelligence via their rankings on top social sites and by stumbling upon new items in my feed reader.

Marketing 279

Marketing Affiliate marketing Small Business SEO 279

Kikolani

JULY 15, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Search Engines / SEO. Social Media / Social Networking. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing. Start with these little things.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 5, 2013

Okay, that statistic was made up (though probably not far off the mark), but the social media and digital marketing facts and statistics below are real (or at least from generally reliable sources). For example, 93% of marketers use social media for business. How do top executives use social media?

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Statistics Social Media B2B SEO 214

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2012

The notion of using social media for business has gone from cutting edge to commonplace in an amazingly short time. And for those laggard firms still resisting social media, recent changes by Google now make it all but imperative. While certain aspects of social media have stabilized (e.g.,

Social Media 190

Social Media Tips ROI Nielsen 190

Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2011

Today, Tom Pick ( @TomPick ), Online Marketing Executive at KC Associates , who blogs at his award winning B2B Webbiquity , and I ( @ckburgess – Blue Focus Marketing @BlueFocus360 ) present 50 remarkable men on our 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men list. Should there be an ROI on relationships? You expand it.”

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Twitter B2B Crowdsourcing Hubspot 196

Hootsuite

MARCH 31, 2020

Social media is a constantly evolving field. It can be difficult to keep up with all the new social media definitions that seem to emerge almost every month. That’s why we’ve created this comprehensive glossary of social media terms. Bookmark this page! AMA (Ask Me Anything).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

So I spent the better part of January looking at every social media listening, monitoring, analytics, intelligence and insights firm I could get my hands on. Collective Intellect – They started out as a “listening engine” but they are now positioning themselves as a “text monitoring and analytics leader”.

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Crimson Hexagon Analytics Sysomos Radian6 275

SocialFish

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The list below is for serendipity ; if you prefer our “Must Read&# shares about important stuff for association social media, please click here to subscribe , or click here to browse. The Social Media Marketer’s SEO Checklist – SEOmoz. created the social media bubble – Geoff Livingston.

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comScore Journal Analysis Proposal 172

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

companies now use social media for marketing (though the figure varies widely based on size of company)? Or that a third (or more, depending on which study you believe) of all clicks go to the top result on a search engine query? Social Media Stats, Facts and Research Does Facebook Need To Build A Search Engine?

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