Social Media Marketing

MAY 22, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

Social Media 167

Social Media Yahoo Privacy Flipboard 167

Direct Marketing Observations

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

What’s right in social media? It was cool, different and most of all it was viral which is the holy grail for all digital marketers. As much as some people are apt to point out the #FAILS in social media, this was the big win of 2010. What’s wrong with social media? For me it was a mashup.

Social Media 201

Social Media Mashup Yahoo Mobile 201

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 27, 2011

Unloads Delicious » The Perfect Website For Off-Line Marketing Ever wonder how you can use online sources for off-line marketing? Any way you look at it, Meetup is a great way to use the Internet for your off-line marketing efforts. It’s called Meetup. Meetup allows you to create groups on any topic.

Marketing 150

Marketing Case Study Press Release Groups 150

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 5, 2011

1 most important thing for any local small business to do is to claim their listing in Google Places (and in Bing’s and Yahoo!’s That should be your starting place for online local marketing. J Log in to Reply Caroline Melberg says: May 6, 2011 at 5:25 pm Thanks 4 the RT! This is why I think the No.

Small Business 170

Small Business Google Case Study Press Release 170

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Because I decided the night before, until 2:30am in the morning, was a great time to update my blog with new pages for my favorite subjects ( blogging , business , SEO , and social media ) and my new services. I cannot even express how honored I am to be mentioned in her list of fellow professionals in the online marketing world.

Hotels 153

Hotels iPad eBook Screencast 153

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 1, 2011

If you’ve claimed your business listing in Google Places, Bing Local, and Yahoo! Larry King says: May 1, 2011 at 12:09 pm "What Factors Affect Local Search Rankings? &# Larry King says: May 1, 2011 at 12:09 pm "What Factors Affect Local Search Rankings?" So how can a non-link affect your search rankings?

Small Business 173

Small Business Real Estate Hubpages Case Study 173

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 29, 2011

This includes your static content, blog content, and maybe even your social media content. About the Mavericks | Services | Social Media | Proffessional Speaking | Resources | Case Studies | Why Small Business Mavericks? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

Content 156

Content Hubpages Case Study Press Release 156

Writtent Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

2011 was the year of social media. 2012 was the year companies began to realize the value of content marketing. That was when these seemingly disparate marketing practices began to convene. We’ve compiled some of the latest research-based reasons why blogging and social media go together are a match made in heaven.

Social Media 93

Social Media Metrics SEO Yahoo 93

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 9, 2011

Android Marketing For Local Small Businesses » Bad Reviews Can Help You Rank Better No one likes to receive bad reviews, but did you know that bad reviews can actually help you? Google Places, Yahoo! About the Mavericks | Services | Social Media | Proffessional Speaking | Resources | Case Studies | Why Small Business Mavericks?

Small Business 156

Small Business Review Case Study Press Release 156

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 11, 2011

I mean content that can be used for Inbound Marketing (hat tip to HubSpot who created the term) things that can be shared socially like blog posts, eBooks, videos, podcasts, research reports. Remember the days back in 1999-2000 when everyone was trying to get a banner ad on the homepage of Yahoo!

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Feed Feedly News SEO 264

Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

While economists argue about whether we are now through the recession or whether we’re headed for a double dip, the Labor Market Outlook Report by the Society of Human Resource Management reports that 56% of their respondents expect job growth for the third quarter of 2010. 98% of U.S. How is PR faring?

Social Media 91

Social Media Telecommunications Automotive Microblogging 91

Writtent Blog

MAY 20, 2014

Content marketing — like any other type of online marketing — is continually changing and evolving. Example: one of my Internet marketing buddies’ content marketing campaign was built heavily around article directory submissions (think Ezine Articles ). Social Media Reigns King. Image source.

Trends 95

Trends Content Marketing Curation 95

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 26, 2014

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? How can the respective histories and behaviors of these two companies inform the best practices for B2B marketers? My answer is certainly–yes!

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B2B MySpace Startup Social Networking 190

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. My First Guest Blog for @Shonali on Digital Marketing for Nonprofits! received 13 percent.

Google 254

Google Class Creative Commons Yahoo 254

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 13, 2011

Well, unless you’re one of them, you might want to figure out how to use Zynga games to market to them. Whichever Zynga game it is that is most popular right now, creative and savvy marketers are going to find a way to break in and use it as a marketing tool. Are you ready for Marketing 101? I guess Grandma is out.

Small Business 87

Small Business Case Study Press Release Delicious 87

Social Media Marketing

APRIL 28, 2011

Great news for Delicious users: the service has been acquired from Yahoo! As you may recall, in December I reported that Yahoo! was sunsetting Delicious , the social bookmarking service, surprising many people and leaving them in a tenuous position. Why has Yahoo! by none other than the founders of YouTube.

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News Delicious Yahoo Social Bookmarking 160

Direct Marketing Observations

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In 2000 Google was a 2 year old start-up still trying to create an identity and compete with Yahoo and MSN. Tags: social media mobile predictions 2011 Search. We’ve definitely evolved and rightly or wrongly so depending on your point of view. Take for example search. So what does this all mean?

Mobile 177

Mobile MySpace SMS Yahoo 177

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. 6 Ways To Tell If You’re Social Media-Ready – Some companies would fare better to run like hell from social media than use 2012 to join the conversation.

Mashup 115

Mashup Resources Quantcast Yahoo 115

Twist Image

JULY 12, 2011

According to the Wikipedia entry for Myspace , the company had a 2009 estimated revenue of $395 million with over 30 million users as of June 2011. They were able to live and breathe not only the excitement of the new consumer, but the innovation, insights and new media strategies that were required to get it to number one and keep it there.

MySpace 97

MySpace Wikipedia Yahoo iPad 97

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 11, 2011

Whether you have an idea for a small business video show or a new form of YouTube entertainment, you can learn all about camera angles, lighting, storytelling, promotion, and pick up a whole host of skills necessary for running a new media hit. YouTube is one of the top video marketing and video sharing websites online.

YouTube 79

YouTube Case Study Press Release Small Business 79

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 26, 2011

The social network is now the most trafficked website online. The alternatives were Yahoo!, But then Facebook became the popular social network and introduced its own PPC advertising model. About the Mavericks | Services | Social Media | Proffessional Speaking | Resources | Case Studies | Why Small Business Mavericks?

Small Business 79

Small Business Advertising Facebook Case Study 79

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 16, 2011

Secondly, I think it’s important to point out that Pavel Israelsky classifies four different types of Q&A sites: Social Q&A – Includes sites like Quora, Aardvark, Formspring, and Facebook Answers. Standard Q&A – Yahoo! What’s The Best Discovery Engine? Answers, AOL Answers, and Stackexchange.

Small Business 79

Small Business SEO Sites Case Study 79

Kikolani

JUNE 27, 2011

When I came to the realization that I wanted this type of an RSS feed, I thought “Super, I’ll use Yahoo Pipes.&# <description>Blog posts and articles by Kristi Hines on social media, blogging, search optimization, and online marketing.</description> Of course, that is a challenge in of itself.

RSS 142

RSS Feed Feedly FeedBurner 142

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. Increase use of video marketing? What will likely be the hot trends in social media over the next couple of years? Social Media Stats and Demographics. MediaPost ).

Social Media 229

Social Media Hubspot B2B Marketing 229

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. They are strategic guides that hopefully will enhance your internet marketing experiences in the future. Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 26, 2012

Oh well, whatever you call the discipline of maximizing a company’s online visibility in a world where search is much more than Google-Yahoo-Bing and where web presence is much more than a corporate website, here are 18 of the best blog posts and articles from the past year on how to do it well. Likelihood to Click by The Daily Numbers.

Tips 183

Tips Reputation SEO B2B 183

Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

This is Episode 25 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Eric Boss & DJ Waldow’s Social Media Stat of the Week ( This week : The Wall Street Journal reports more people are turning to YouTube as their news source). Listen Now.

Digg 113

Digg Communities MySpace YouTube 113

Social Media Marketing

MAY 29, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

Social Media 164

Social Media Yahoo Storify Flipboard 164

Mindjumpers

AUGUST 30, 2012

social marketing software company, released a new report: “ 6 Mind-Blowing Social Media Stats – And What They Mean for Marketers ”. Awareness has sourced the Internet to bring up some of the most interesting metrics to give brands a chance to boost their current marketing strategy. Recently, Awareness, Inc.

Social Media 224

Social Media Brands Telecommunications Airlines 224

Hootsuite

APRIL 29, 2021

In the 10 years since its launch, Line has become the leading social platform in the country, with roughly 68% of the population on the app. Apart from YouTube, no other social network has been able to rival Line’s hold on the Japanese market. Line is a Japanese social media app. What is the Line app? Source: Line.

Brands 119

Brands HootSuite Yahoo Survey 119

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

This year, colleague Cheryl Burgess and I changed things up a bit, opening the award to nominations but focusing specifically on outstanding men and women who work for technology companies and are active on social media. Stacey is flat-out awesome: Social Media Manager for Vocus/PRWeb as well as serving her country as a U.S.

Twitter 257

Twitter Bazaarvoice B2B Microsoft 257

ProBlogger

MAY 3, 2013

I did meet Darren Rowse, Sonia Simone, Chris Garrett, Tim Ferris and Annabel Candy at the Problogger Conference in 2011 but I was so new that I was too scared to even introduce myself properly. Derek Halpern teaches you marketing based on research findings. And no, I am not snubbing social media. So what does? Your offer.

How To 55

How To Blogger Tag Cloud eBook 55

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

For anyone in marketing or PR being asked to make “data-driven&# decisions “based on the numbers&# (and doesn’t that include pretty much everyone in marketing and PR these days?), the sources below provide a vast wealth of data, statistics and research results, as well as a bit of interesting social media trivia.

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Research Social Media B2B Marketing 210

Rebekah Radice

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The social media landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, but then, you already know that. You’ve watched the surge in video marketing and probably even felt the tug to get involved. Heck, in 2015 alone, Twitter launched video autoplay, Blab rose to social stardom and Periscope grew to 1.85 It also got me thinking.

Trends 114

Trends Social Media Survey Mobile 114

ProBlogger

AUGUST 15, 2012

In February of 2011, Google released the Panda update that took rankings away from websites with low-quality content and sites with more advertising than content. Complete your social network and forum profiles. Check out lists like the 202+ High Quality Internet Marketing PR3 – PR8 Blogs That Accept Guest Posts. For example….

Blogger 42

Blogger Tools Tips Hubpages 42

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Like Stuff On Facebook? Apparently there are four ways marketers and brands can turn your Facebook activity into ads, as Ad Age tells us: 1. This could backfire on marketers.

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Class Facebook Privacy Public Domain 268

Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

As each year passes, blog marketing techniques evolve. What worked in 2011 may or may not be as effective in 2012. I receive a lot of questions on a regular basis about blogging, online marketing, and traffic generation, so I thought I would share my answers in this post. Photo Credit: Alexander Henning Drachmann on Flickr.

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Questions Adsense Marketing SEO 167