Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Just like it’s not uncommon for someone to click the “Digg&# button on Digg without ever visiting the site.

Aggregator 151

Aggregator Content Digg Posterous 151

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Choose metrics that make the most sense for the tactics you’re employing, and monitor results to determine which activities to increase and where a change of course may be needed. For example, she devotes six pages to why companies shouldn’t rely on interns for their social media strategy or execution. Rich Meyer.

Review 152

Review Social Media Marketing Handbook 152

Social Media Marketing

FEBRUARY 25, 2012

There are a number of sites and platforms that serve as social bookmarking tools: Delicious is probably the best known one; StumbleUpon, Reddit and Digg are variations on the concept of the merging of discovery, serendipity and search, with tagging as the common thread that runs through each. Shame on you. What do you think?

Apparel 167

Apparel comScore Delicious Posterous 167

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

A realtime social search engine that pulls current and recent results for any term from Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Digg and Delicious. A free service for setting up, promoting and hosting Twitter chats. Social and Alternative Search Engines. Searches can also be filtered by platform. Related Post. 20+ Cool Social Media and Web Tools.

Tools 206

Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Proactive Report

OCTOBER 31, 2009

So what activities count as engagement? A list of social interaction metrics / KPIs. Alerts (register and response rates / by channel / CTR / post click activity). Groups (create / join / total number of groups / group activity). Key page activity (post-activity). Bookmarks (onsite, offsite). Testimonials.

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Engagement Widget Metadata Digg 65

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

To see how Muck Rack stacks up against the competition I checked the volume of activity on some other Twitter press release services, but there aren’t a lot of apples-to-apples comparisons to be made. The answer lies in how much additional value the services can provide in terms of exposure and activity.

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Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

Proactive Report

OCTOBER 31, 2009

So what activities count as engagement? A list of social interaction metrics / KPIs. Alerts (register and response rates / by channel / CTR / post click activity). Groups (create / join / total number of groups / group activity). Key page activity (post-activity). Bookmarks (onsite, offsite). Testimonials.

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Engagement Widget Metadata Digg 49

ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

That’s just one simple example to re-purpose content. It is more about prioritizing your time to get the most out of social sites and activities. Guest blogging, as mentioned above, is just an example. Medium and HubPages are just two examples of social sites that allow everyone to publish their own content and knowledge.

Marketing 35

Marketing Blogger Forums Syndication 35

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

Drive a strategy development process that results in a project vision, objectives, roadmap and success metrics. As I was leaving that brand we looked at sizing the amount of conversation (hard activity), but the best research we had indicated over 2 Billion conversations about product, service and brand. Go join that! Josh: Good point.

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Communities Groups Groups Social Media 117

ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

That’s just one simple example to re-purpose content. It is more about prioritizing your time to get the most out of social sites and activities. Guest blogging, as mentioned above, is just an example. Medium and HubPages are just two examples of social sites that allow everyone to publish their own content and knowledge.

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How To Marketing Blogger Forums 26

ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2012

For example, there’s a bigger demand for articles on social media and blogging than there are for plumbing. For example, how-to and list posts are some of the most common posts you’ll see, because they always work. Take a look at your blog analytics and focus on a few key metrics. Digg : Business (General).

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Patterns Insurance Real Estate Metrics 43

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

In order to provide an assessment of the quality of traffic driven by each network, four site metrics were analyzed: Average page views Time on site Bounce rate Percentage of returning visitors Let’s see what the figures reveal. Users are actively seeking information that will enhance their professional knowledge.

Social Media 100

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 23, 2011

Virtually every social media monitoring tool worthy of the label covers the big social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter), social bookmarking sites (Digg, Reddit) and content sharing sites (YouTube, Flickr). Metrics and reporting. Many include at least the most popular blogs as well. Support and training.

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Tools Social Media Sysomos Vocus 193

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

He also gave a simple example of how to measure Social Media ROI: What you really want to know when measuring Social Media ROI is how much money each incoming warm lead is worth. Here’s a great example: Many Yelp reviews are taken down within a few days of being posted. Put them to good use! Ever wonder why?

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Rebecca Kelley , Search Marketing and Social Media Consultant : A social media marketer needs to be an active participant in the social media sphere. Also, one story on the Digg home page does not an expert make. For example, what plays well on Digg versus what plays well on Propeller.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? Lots of ways to measure social media success, so make sure you determine your key metrics BEFORE you get started. I recommend picking three solid metrics to track. Then this is the blog post for you.

Social Media 167

Social Media Strategy Consultant Conference 167

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

you have a tiny customer base and they are all in top-secret military installations) and what groundwork needs to be laid before embracing social media in your marketing practices, then delves into how to use content for lead generation and integrate social with other marketing activities like email. Social Media Metrics and ROI.

Social Media 198

Social Media Tools Tips ROI 198

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. Many social media software packages (great ebook analysis of them here) can provide highly detailed reports on the impact of social media programs.

Social Media 149

Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 149

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 2, 2010

This report highlights five tips, 15 examples of winning b2b Facebook pages, and eight additional resources on using Facebook for business. Among the tips: build an active wall by encouraging “likes,&# posting useful content on a regular basis, and monitoring and responding to wall comments. How are they doing it?

Report 174

Report Social Media B2B GPS 174

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The article has examples of how social media worked too. Creating Your Social Media Plan (Outspoken Media): This good primer talks about securing your brand, setting metrics, knowing who you are, setting a presence, engaging, and assessing success. Which approach best suits you? So what are they to do? How omnipresent is he?

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 3, 2011

In another guest post, Pat Flynn details five benefits of actively responding to comments on your blog, such as the fact that doing so encourages more comments: “People don’t leave comments just so they can be left unread. 7 Ways to Promote Your Blog Posts for Maximum Exposure by Quick Online Tips. by MarketingSherpa.

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Tips Sysomos SEO WordPress 176

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Looking for a way to monitor social media activities and results on a tight budget? blogs, microblogging sites, social bookmarking, images, video), and shows associated metrics like sentiment, top keywords, top users (who’s talking about this topic most actively) and sources. Social Website Analyzer. Share this on Bebo.

Tools 188

Tools Social Media Radian6 CoTweet 188

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. For example, Rule #1 is “Thou Shalt Be Honest.&#

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 16, 2010

Todd Heim supplies a helpful guide to best practices for building a following on and generating traffic from social bookmarking sites like Digg, Reddit, Mixx and Propeller. 4 Social Media Mining Metrics by iMedia Connection. Building Social Bookmarking Networks 101 by Search Engine Journal. by Kuno Creative.

Social Media 200

Social Media Tools Strategy Tips 200

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

Here are other examples about how to leverage the popular video sharing site to get a job. Pam’s post has some great examples of how to find those “social media experts&# who just don’t deserve to be hired. 20 LinkedIn Case Studies and Examples for Professionals (Kyle Lacy): How are YOU using LinkedIn?

Marketing 279

Marketing Affiliate marketing Small Business SEO 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Considering the above example, I pose a question on Facebook etiquette: Is it appropriate to let these requests sit in pending mode or to reject the friends outright?? Then, you use that number as a success metric for influence. Once upon a time, I stumbled upon a Digg submission of a Sphinn submission of a blog post.

Handbook 279

Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The two most important criteria when hiring a social media consultant are examples of previous work and recommendations; number of Twitter followers is the 12th-most important factor. Digg is the most technical; 12% of its outbound traffic goes to technology sites, vs. 10% from Twitter and 7% from Facebook.

Research 191

Research Social Media B2B Statistics 191

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. A List of Social Media Marketing Examples : Peter Kim has an exhaustive list of companies engaging in social media. 10 of the Best Alternative Social Media Sites because not everything social media is Digg, Mixx, and Reddit. Scared of Social Media?

SEO 162

SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Social media marketing is a tremendous challenge, especially now that the market has become saturated with experts who clearly think that bringing their Digg front page success means that they’ve just launched a successful consulting business and can immediately sell their services to the highest (lowest?) My response: WRONG.

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SEO Social Media Marketing Digg 178

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Weve also taken a look in the past at automatic filters such as Feedhub ( our coverage ) which learns from your behavior to suggest posts, or AideRSS ( our coverage and here ), which uses outside metrics to determine which items in an RSS feed are the "best." As of today I have 82 active feeds and more get added every week, Five feeds??

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RSS Feed Feedly FeedBurner 270