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8 Marketing Trends to Implement in Your 2012 Marketing Plan

yMarketingMatters

What a year was 2011 for social media and marketing! I think these marketing trends are a must for your SMB this year, following how the landscape “ended” in 2011 and are going to be very powerful in 2012. Cell phones subscriptions will top 5 billion globally before 2011 (Source: International Telecommunication Union).

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Writing Around the Web – Social Media SEO, Google Analytics, and Social Proof

Kikolani

This month’s featured piece just went live today and is part of the 2011 Bad-Ass SEO Blogging Contest. This post will guide you to the right fields to optimize for the best possible search optimization of your social media profiles on Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more! What’s at stake in this blogging contest?

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7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks

Waxing UnLyrical

so that they’re alerted to those posts, using hashtags to call out and index conversations, a widget that you can add to your blog, posting to multiple “Amplogs&# (the sites you set up on Amplify, though as of now, you can’t do this at one go), and more. It really is a community. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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The Status of Search Engine Optimization: April 2011 Edition

Bill Hartzer

So, right now, in April 2011, what is the status of Search Engine Optimization? So, what should you focus on right now, today, in April 2011? – Too many external named links “widget keyword&# instead of “more…&# (eg) cause penalties. Share this on LinkedIn. Search Engine Optimization. Tweet This!

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Eight Factors to Consider When (Re)Launching a Business Blog

Webbiquity SMM

According to Small Business Trends and HubSpot , the percentage of businesses with blogs has increased from less than half in 2009 to nearly two out of three in 2011. Digg, Facebook, LinkedIn), even create an e-commerce store. Why are so many companies now embracing blogging?

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, ASW11 & Productivity Systems

Kikolani

7 ways to market yourself on LinkedIn – no matter what you want to do, from getting a job to selling your own product, you need to take advantage of this network. How to really use LinkedIn to market your freelance business – guide for everyone, but especially geared toward freelancers. Social Media / Social Networking.

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38+ Cool Social Media and Web Tools and Reviews

Webbiquity SMM

A slick service that enables you to easily add a QR code to your business card which links to your LinkedIn profile and contact information. Buffer is a tool for automatically posting content to Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. “Greplin social media search can access more than just your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts.

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