Sherrilynne Starkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

Here’s one I wrote in January 2011 that continues to attract readers. It’s based on how I helped one company start its journey into social media by creating a Facebook secret group. The plan was that once we’d gained trust and confidence, we’d look at expanding activity across other social platforms.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Supplement your email list with your contacts’ social network info? Find out if the username or vanity URL you want is still available across dozens of social sites? Display a feed of brand-related comments from a variety of social networks on your website? Promote events through social media?

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Likeable

APRIL 5, 2021

It was the summer of 2007, and Facebook had recently opened up beyond college students, to welcome everyone to its platform. We renamed the company Likeable, and then I had the privilege of writing one of the first big books on social media, Likeable Social Media. Social media was evolving as well.

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Mindjumpers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Lately there have been many innovative uses of Youtube that shows the potential of their platform. The film will premiere at the Sundance Festival and on Youtube in January 2011. Also you there are different ways to display the videos in the gallery – you can see them as a sphere, a matrix or by geo-tags.

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Social Media Marketing

JULY 13, 2011

Prior to the rise of social networks, online brand management solely focused on common SEO techniques such as keywords, content, and proper HTML code. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn have opened up completely new audiences to companies, which would have otherwise not been able to be reached. Guest post by Matt Polsky.

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Twist Image

JULY 12, 2012

It seems like a question rooted in 2008, but now that blogging could include things like tweeting, creating videos on YouTube , updating a Facebook profile or taking part in LinkedIn , it may well be high time to start asking these questions all over again. " Social media and online social networking force individuals to become public.

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 22, 2013

Not all social media is created equal - men and women use it at different rates and are present in different proportions on platforms. 62% of men use social networks, while 71% of women do. The Platforms Yahoo has had a big week. In 2011, it was at 56%, with 57% using it in 2012 and back down to 56% this year.

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Idaconcpts

APRIL 1, 2011

The rise of the social games industry has been partly fueled by their increased used of the Internet and social networks. This would make sense why social gaming sites that highlight collaboration and social interaction such as Winster.com are gaining a strong following of baby boomers. Share this on LinkedIn.

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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. 5 Essential WordPress Plugins For Comments – One of the best things about using the self-hosted version of the WordPress platform (i.e.

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Twist Image

JANUARY 17, 2012

Back in July, I Blogged about Google 's foray into online social networking, Google+ (more here: Co-dependency In The Age of Facebook ). The mistake would be to simply stack that dataset up against Facebook (or Twitter or LinkedIn ) to see how it compares in terms of growth, but that's really for the tech nerds to analyze.

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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).

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Twist Image

JUNE 5, 2012

Digital Vertigo is about both narcissism and voyeurism and less about the network becoming a next generation media platform for the distribution of information. Prior to online social networks and social media, the majority of us would start off our online journey at a destination or a portal (think Yahoo! ,

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ProBlogger

MARCH 31, 2011

If you’re considering blogging, or if you are blogging and it’s not doing what you want it to do, then you might look into a different blogging platform to help you achieve your online goals— Compendium. As of March 2011, Compendium’s pricing ranges from $3,500 to upwards of $50,000 a year, based on the needs of the client.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

For example, the PLATO system, developed by the University of Illinois in 1970, had many features of an early social media network but was largely used in academia. So, how old is social media? LinkedIn “in the Black” (2006) In sharp contrast to other networks, LinkedIn was the first to offer users paid premium packages.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

It’s an outstanding list, categorized by industry including Automotive, Chemicals, Electronics, Telecommunications, and a dozen other sectors, but all of the names were linked to the individuals’ LinkedIn profiles—no Twitter links! List of Corporate Social Strategists for 2011. Share this on LinkedIn.

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Kikolani

JUNE 27, 2011

I’m sure there is something similar for Mac and other platforms, but I’ll leave that to my commenters to share those with you as I’m a PC gal. <description>Blog posts and articles by Kristi Hines on social media, blogging, search optimization, and online marketing.</description> On LinkedIn.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 21, 2012

While B2C marketers focus on Facebook, LinkedIn is consistently cited as the top social network for B2B marketing. Part of the reasoning is that while Facebook is good for sharing coupons, promoting events, and showcasing corporate culture to potential employees, LinkedIn is powerful at generating web traffic and leads.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

It was Robin Ferrier’s Social is as Social Does , where she asked, point-blank: You know the difference between Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogs. You know the standard refrain: Social media is about talking with – not talking to – your audience. I like to think that I’m pretty social.

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Koka Sexton

APRIL 6, 2015

Once a salesperson has a clear idea about the client through his social profiles, such as those on LinkedIn or Twitter , he can time his communication perfectly, even through other mediums such as E-mail or telephone. But why should you, as a B2B sales executive, take such a keen interest in social selling?

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Koka Sexton

APRIL 6, 2015

Once a salesperson has a clear idea about the client through his social profiles, such as those on LinkedIn or Twitter , he can time his communication perfectly, even through other mediums such as E-mail or telephone. But why should you, as a B2B sales executive, take such a keen interest in social selling?

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Kikolani

MAY 11, 2012

Your Blog, Your Rules – Why Marketing Should Always Begin at Home – Don’t rely solely on social platforms for housing your content. Read the benefits of having your own blog and using social media to market it. Social Media / Social Networking. Business / Career.

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Jeff Esposito

JUNE 27, 2011

Below are 30 of the top stats I have seen over the past few months that can help you either sell social media to the higher ups in your company or help you in securing additional resources for your company’s social program. 5 percent of online shoppers note that social media influenced them to visit a retailer’s website ( Foresee ).

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The Social Media Hat

JULY 13, 2016

Since moving into our home in 2011, our basement has never been anything more than a convenient storage unit. But as I went through those posts, some from as far back as 2011 when I moved into this house, I discovered just how blissfully ignorant (or plain lazy) I had been. It's one of my favorite, most relaxing times of the week.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 25, 2012

On August 16, 2011, Time magazine named Pinterest among the “50 Best Websites of 2011”. Pinterest is a visual social network. Shareaholic compiled a Referral Traffic Rrport that looks into various social media platforms, such as Facebook, Youtube, and so forth. The world seems to be going Pintereset crazy.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

10 Places to Find Potential Clients that You can Engage with Online – To save you time looking everywhere, Alex put together a list of great places where you can look for prospects in your target market, before adding them somewhere like LinkedIn or Google+. Social Media / Social Networking. Freelancing.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 11, 2013

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. LinkedIn: 200 million active users. via LinkedIn. Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. LinkedIn Tops 200 Million Users. via Facebook.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Influential voices like Olivier Blanchard and Jacquie McCarnan present formulas and methods for ROI calculation, while Steve Goldman contends that social media ROI can’t be measured in isolation, and Jackie Cohen reports that more than a third of CMOs still have no idea whether or not social media marketing is producing any ROI.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Though social media marketing is now used in about 90% of companies, techniques, platforms and best practices continue to evolve. What will likely be the hot trends in social media over the next couple of years? 56% of Americans have a profile on at least one social networking site. Increase use of video marketing?

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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 !: It’s pretty exhaustive too.

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Myrland Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2010

3) &# In 2011, we have to look at how to diversity you as a brand.&# 10) “Recent study… 72% of businesses stated they had a [so-called] ‘Social Media strategy’ in place.&# 11) @briansolis is talking about the fallacy of Social Syndication…posting across platforms. It is shared.

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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? LinkedIn is no longer known only for their résumé and job searching capabilities. The silent rise of LinkedIn: What marketers need to know. The LinkedIn journey to 500M members.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2012

In November of 2011 David Hsieh, VP of Marketing at Cisco famously stuck his neck out by proclaiming that 90% of internet traffic will be viewing video in three years’ time. <iframe If you use Screenflow to make a screencast video then you can publish straight from the platform to your YouTube channel.

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Rebekah Radice

APRIL 11, 2016

Does it feel like a new social network pops up almost daily? If you’ve wondered which social media site is right for your business , it’s no surprise. With a variety of platforms to choose from, knowing where to spend your time can be difficult. So, what social media platform matters most to your business?

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Ignite Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Also, take the time to look at your messaging and consider testing different variations (leveraging A/B testing on your platforms). It was at this time that every brand’s priority was gaining fans/followers, and the options to be able to buy these fan/followers emerged so that the networks could then make money.

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Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We put the question to our LinkedIn community and based on the responses one thing is clear: There’s a lot of people out there who don’t know what social media marketers do. Can social media really be a full-time job? How do I update my LinkedIn photo? Here are 11 important skills for a social media manager to have.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

At one point, Digg was the poster child for Social Media and Web 2.0 I guess Washington Post acquired the team for $12 million, LinkedIn acquired some patents for $4 million, and Beta Works acquired the, I think, the website and the brand for $500,000. Eric: A very cool platform it is, Alison. It’s not your blog.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Reports, surveys, studies and infographics are among the most popular content posted and shared across social networks. But which networks are most effective for spreading the content produced? How widespread, really, is the use of social media for marketing? Infographic: Social Media ROI Statistics by Digital Buzz.

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