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Hawaii Social Media Trends 2011 – SMCHI, Jan 18

Bare Feet Studios

Mobile Interactivity and Smart Phone Apps. Have you upgraded your phone recently? Does your company support smart phone usage? IT, it might be said, now has some fun stuff to support in terms of unblocking access to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and adding blogs to the company’s IT assets.

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The Evolution of SEO in New Zealand

Bill Hartzer

Many people assume that Google began cracking down on spammy linking practices and low quality content when it introduced the Panda update in 2011, followed by the Penguin update in 2012. For this reason, many people who hired New Zealand SEO companies even prior to 2011 ended up getting disappointing, if not catastrophic results.

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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Read on for answers to these questions and more from some of the best minds in social media in some of their best blog posts and articles of 2011 so far. Beyond the obvious (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube), Cara Friedman makes the case for adding social networks like Flickr , Tumblr and Meetup to your social media marketing mix.

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What’s the Secret to Monetizing Social Media?

ProBlogger

Has your effort and time on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and your own blog paid off? According to the 2011 Technorati State of the Blogosphere , of the bloggers who put advertising on their blogs, 60% use self-serve tools, while 50% have affiliate advertising links on their site. People will come to your site to use them.

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The Ultimate Guide The 10 Key Steps on How To Start a Blog That Makes Money

Your Escape From 9 to 5

The tale doesn’t stop there because the blog hit a tipping point in 2011 when Arianna Huffington sold her “super blog” to AOL for $315 million. The speed of the internet has increased, the audience has become larger and smart phones and tablets have become ever present. Social media and smart phones.

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79 Remarkable Social Media Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

LinkedIn generates more leads for b2b companies than Facebook, Twitter or blogs. Yet only 47% of b2b marketers say they are actively using LinkedIn vs. 90% on Facebook. Between mid-2009 and late 2011, “messaging friends declined 12%, searching for new contacts fell 17% and joining a group of Facebook users dropped 19% in the U.S.”

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79 Remarkable Social Media Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

LinkedIn generates more leads for b2b companies than Facebook, Twitter or blogs. Yet only 47% of b2b marketers say they are actively using LinkedIn vs. 90% on Facebook. Between mid-2009 and late 2011, “messaging friends declined 12%, searching for new contacts fell 17% and joining a group of Facebook users dropped 19% in the U.S.”