Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 30, 2011

I analyzed my Top 6 blog posts for 2011 by total page views, and am re-running them this week as a “greatest hits” compilation. Since I originally published this post, you’re seeing Google do a lot of the things I predicted. (Happy Holidays! This is #1. This is probably my favorite post of the year. – Jay).

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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 65

Proactive Report

JANUARY 2, 2011

Just this week Facebook surpassed Google and is now the number one site visited on the Internet. Facebook drives 3x more traffic to news sites than Google News. Tip: Since Google News and Yahoo News only index around 70 characters in the headline of a release, aim for that length and you will be good to go in Twitter too.

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News Content Hitwise Smart Phone 95

Convince & Convert

JULY 3, 2011

I won’t break down all the features and how-tos and what-ifs, as other folks are better at that, including Jason Falls and Chris Brogan. My initial, abbreviated take is that Google’s new social toy is essentially a Facebook Twitter hybrid with outstanding ease-of-use and eye-popping potential. But enough about that.

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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

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Tweeting Can Lead To Short-Term Traffic Gains » Facebook Changes Page Layout Features It used to be that Facebook fan pages weren’t allowed to interact with other pages or with Facebook profile walls. Now, that’s no longer the case. You can interact with others on Facebook as your branded Facebook page.

Small Business 87

Small Business Features Facebook Case Study 87

Kikolani

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Featured Post – How to Optimize Social Media Profiles for SEO. This month’s featured piece just went live today and is part of the 2011 Bad-Ass SEO Blogging Contest. How to Set Up Google Analytics on Your Website – This post will help you set up Google Analytics in a few simple steps.

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Analytics SEO Social Media Google 113

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

» Who’s The Bad Guy, Google Or Bing? Google claims Bing is copying its search results. Bing responds: “We use over 1,000 different signals and features in our ranking algorithm,&# Bing vice president Harry Shum said Tuesday, referring to the mathematical code that search engines use to choose their results.

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Google Press Release Case Study Small Business 79

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. Google Trends shows how searches for Scribd took off in 2009 and stayed high through 2010.

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scribd Trends Content Engineering 68

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 24, 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. This is where Google Analytics Advanced Segments come into play. Is Google+ Imperative For SEO? Google stuff. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing.

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Mashup Resources Press Release Adsense 146

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

What Makes Your Facebook Page Post Feature On Feeds? By Pervara Kapadia While Google’s search algorithms are well kept secrets Facebook is transparent about the algorithms that it uses for Posts of Pages to appear on the Feeds of the Fans / Community Members. Big Time Internet Usage Stats From 2011.

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Social Media Feed Feedly Resources 180

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. How to Get Started with Google+ – I wrote this post based on my first day on Google+ experience. Social Media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Its stock has been almost cut in half, GM dropped a $10M ad deal, and Google is nipping at its heels with the purchase of Wildfire. Unlike Google, I am not on Facebook to look for products, hence I’ve never clicked on a Facebook ad. If you enjoyed it, be sure to connect with Shonali on Twitter , Facebook , or Google+.

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Sites Facebook Aggregator Mobile 256

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits January 24th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt These are frugal days, and everyone loves getting and writing about free stuff. What do you think?

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Tools Adwords Marketing Class 247

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Display a feed of brand-related comments from a variety of social networks on your website? Display a feed of brand-related comments from a variety of social networks on your website. A realtime social search engine that pulls current and recent results for any term from Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Digg and Delicious.

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Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

2005-2011: Clicks & views. YouTube has features like playlists, links, cards, end screens and call-to-action buttons to help you guide the viewer to another of your videos. After all, the platform is owned by Google. Restricted mode is an optional feature on YouTube you can use to filter out potentially mature content.

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YouTube Notification Video Trends 120

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 7, 2011

fully entrenched and almost every website these days taking on social features, these content categories will likely become more widely used as HTML 5 makes it easier for web developers to incorporate them into their site designs. With Web 2.0 You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

Small Business 150

Small Business Types Content Embedding 150

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Last week, I discussed Facebook’s new Page layout features , which I think are generally a good thing. Facebook may have to do some tweaking of its features and give Page admins greater control. Instead of dictating the features, why not allow Page admins to choose the features that are most important to them?

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Facebook Case Study Press Release Small Business 96

Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 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. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Make good use of the List feature!

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Mashup Resources Directory Remix 124

Kikolani

JULY 8, 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. 7 ways to drive traffic to your blog from LinkedIn – from the bare minimum you need to do on LinkedIn to some advanced features. The Resources Mashup.

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Mashup Resources RSS SEO 142

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. Related Posts.

Mashup 119

Mashup Resources Remix Handbook 119

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2012

In the Spotify player there are animated banners featuring the same characters from these ads. Take a look at their 2011 video showing how Facebook integrates with the Spotify player. Amazon and Google both have animated web videos that explain their individual “clouds”. They can help create a memorable brand identity.

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Airlines Marketing Statistics comScore 210

Twist Image

MARCH 29, 2011

Social 2011. On April 7th and 8th, the company will be hosting an event in Boston titled Social 2011 - their first-ever user conference that features marketing professionals from companies like Dell , PepsiCo , the American Red Cross and hundreds more. google alerts. social 2011. brand reputation. business column.

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Radian6 Findability RSS Sentiment 102

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Most obvious of these is Google Analytics. There is even a feature to add additional pages, great for blog-specific campaigns and funnel analysis and comparing it to Engagement Events. But without export features, I fear that eventually this tool will lose my attention. It isn’t that we need a tool that does everything.

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Postrank Analytics Tools Klout 134

Kikolani

JANUARY 13, 2012

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. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing.

Mashup 115

Mashup Resources Quantcast Yahoo 115

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 18, 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. 70+ Brilliant Bloggers Talk About #BWELA 2011 – If you feel like you missed anything at BlogWorld, fear not. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing. Lovely Owl.

Mashup 113

Mashup Resources Klout SEO 113

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Google, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Amplify, are the here and now. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. calendars – Google Blog Search [.] may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or Subscribe by Email. When clocks and calendars collide. Thanks for visiting!Time,

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Postrank Tourism RSS Blogroll 129

Kikolani

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

For those of you unfamiliar with Danny, he started his blog Firepole Marketing at the beginning of 2011 and managed to not only build a name for himself, but also produce one of the Year’s best works (IMO) with his excellent book, Engagement From Scratch , a must read for any blogger. Think Wayyyyy Outside the [Opt-in] Box.

Blogger 167

Blogger Blogosphere Training Industry 167

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 25, 2011

Facebook Experiments With Real-Time Advertising » Facebook Is Entering The Q&A Market Facebook has decided it’s time to start a Questions feature based on an astute observation: Like many of our products, Questions originated as people began using Facebook in a new and unexpected way. Are you buying it because I’m not.

Small Business 104

Small Business Facebook Case Study Press Release 104

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The Gerald Durrell Edition February 6th, 2011 Tweet I don’t know if you’ve read My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell ; almost everyone I’ve asked in the States hasn’t.

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Class Postrank Tourism Survey 144

Kikolani

FEBRUARY 3, 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. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing.

Mashup 113

Mashup Resources RSS SEO 113

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

Now they’re offering a direct sync with Google (beta) if you’re a premium user (read, give them money, currently just under US $60 a year). I am, which means I can keep my contacts current in both places, which will be useful should I ever stop using Google Contacts. I don’t. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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Plaxo Products Tools Class 251

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. You’ve reflected. You’ve steadied your nerves.

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Project How To Class Posterous 170

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 11, 2011

is its robust analytics features. Tags: About.Me , internet marketing , website This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 at 8:32 am and is filed under Social Media. Another thing I like about About.Me That makes it infinitely more valuable than most free web hosts. Bottom line: I wouldn’t rely on About.Me

Small Business 150

Small Business Domain Name Case Study Press Release 150

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 23, 2011

If you use the auto-DM features of these sites, be sure that you keep your message simple and don’t include links. Tags: business , Local Internet Marketing , small business , Social Media , Twitter This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 9:56 am and is filed under Social Media.

Small Business 93

Small Business Twitter How To Case Study 93

Kikolani

MAY 11, 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. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing.

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Mashup Resources SEO RSS 113

Convince & Convert

JUNE 19, 2012

Some others have figured out how to manipulate Google Analytics in a way that helps determine assisted conversion value, providing an ‘apples to apples’ benchmark against other, more traditional digital marketing activities. Converting Delivery to Dollars.

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Facebook Study Apple Consultant 157