ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Social media sites have exploded onto the online publishing scene over the last couple of years and can generally be divided into two types of site: Social Networking Sites – where the primary activity of the site is ‘connecting’ with others.

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Social Media Digg How To Social Bookmarking 26

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Social networking sites (SNS). 73 percent of teens and 72 percent of Gen Y are now active on at least one SNS. 71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace. The survey also showed that teens are significantly less likely that Gen Y and adults to use Twitter.

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Facebook MySpace Paid Search Survey 103

Firebelly

MAY 21, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Two Easy Ways To Still Get People To Your Facebook Landing Tab | Main | YouTube Tuesday: Im A Social Media Guru! Can you really send grandma a printed newsletter of your Facebook updates? How easy is it make your blog or website mobile friendly?

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Social Media Facebook Mobile Newsletter 101

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Facebook Stories From This Week You Need To Read | Main | Firebelly Work: J.C. 35% (173) of the Fortune 500 have active Twitter accounts (a post within the past thirty days); and nearly 50% of the top 100 companies (47) have a Twitter account.

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Social Media Twitter Paid Search Study 165

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 25, 2010

social networking profiles, social bookmarking sites, other bloggers). So, having recently completed a submission campaign for a client, here is an updated list of blog directories and RSS syndication sites that remain active and free. Share this on Facebook. charging for inclusion). Blogbunch blog+rss. Weblogalot.

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Directory RSS Sites Syndication 189

Firebelly

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Allow your listening activities to determine what forms of social media you will use.  Below are there suggestions: 1. What is your overall marketing strategy? Choose the right outlets. Good advice, however, I would move question #5 to above #3.

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Social Media Marketing Paid Search SMS 133

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.). Social Events (e.g., Rich Meyer.

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Review Social Media Marketing Handbook 152

Firebelly

JANUARY 22, 2010

Social Media Contests - Participation Is Not Always Easy To Come By By Mike Kornacki Give away something for nothing and people will say “yes please.” By nature, people do not want to do a whole lot to get something especially if the activity will step outside the bounds of their normal daily routine. Let’s talk about your farmer list.

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Social Media Syndication Feed Reader Paid Search 140

Social Media Marketing

FEBRUARY 25, 2012

Simply stated, the site is a visual bookmarking tool. Neiman Marcus and Whole Foods do this particularly well: Pinterest is bound to become a powerful engine for e-commerce, more so than the promise of "F-commerce" from Facebook, I think. Why It Works And really, this approach is parallel to the way I think Pinterest is different.

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Apparel comScore Delicious Posterous 167

Firebelly

JANUARY 20, 2010

When did Twitter become the dumping ground for all of your online and mobile activity? Its okay to supplement your Twitter activity with some syndicated content, but like I said in Part 1 , its important to not overdo it and run the risk of becoming a robot. Now, Im sure you are an interesting person, but not everything you do is.

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Syndication Aggregator Paid Search SMS 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. If you use Twitter regularly, you’d see that it wins as a social news site that provides instantaneous news — at least of that caliber. If you’re not actively engaged, the news won’t come at you. Seven minutes after that, it had 2661 Diggs.

Social Networking 101

Social Networking Digg StumbleUpon Social Bookmarking 101

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

A handy way to supplement your email contact list with information about those prospects from the most popular social networks. Check dozens of popular social networking and social bookmarking websites to see if the username or vanity url you want to use is still available. Social and Alternative Search Engines.

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Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Firebelly

MARCH 11, 2010

Students that participated actively were invited to have lunchwith Professor Brian Benedict and Duncan at Firebelly client (of course) YATSon Massachusetts Ave. As part of the presentation, he presented the concept ofpersonal branding, and finding a path in life that works with your values, interests,and lifestyle.

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Conversation Paid Search SMS Class 100

Kikolani

JULY 28, 2010

If you haven’t already, don’t forget to add your blog to your social profiles on any network you belong to. Some that I am particularly fond of are Blog Engage (blogger’s social bookmarking site), Blogger Den (the alternative to Digg for bloggers), and BloggerLuv. Guest Blogging. Forum Signatures.

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List Alltop Forums Technorati 144

Firebelly

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Microsoft's game console, the Xbox 360 , has announced that it will be officially rolling out its latest Dashboard update, which includes Facebook , Twitter , and Last.fm. The PS3 has also announced it will be officially rolling out its latest Dashboard update, which includes Facebook. all through your console. . 

Social Networking 101

Social Networking Meeting Paid Search SMS 101

Firebelly

JANUARY 29, 2010

Using a database of over 30,000 accounts that have been analyzed with TweetPsych, the first dimension I’ve looked at is “Social Behavior”. However, we believe that one of the major reasons for this decline is Facebook’s gradual Twitterfication. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Marketing Feed Reader Paid Search SMS 100

Firebelly

JANUARY 15, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 4 Ways To Celebrate MLK Day With Social Media | Main | Youtube Tuesday: ESCP Europe Human Experience » January 15, 2010 Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/11-1/15 Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.

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Social Media Feed Reader Paid Search SMS 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it. You can use the many applications that Facebook offers, so that others can answer questions on a survey, have discussions on the forums, and/or have notes to bring awareness to a topic. It seems the activity level has fallen off.

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Crowdsourcing scribd Ustream Social Media 192

Firebelly

JUNE 11, 2010

Facebook Page Admins Can Now Remove Other Admins (Including the Original Page Creator) By nonprofitorgs A really simple, but crucial upgrade… but also potentially problematic. Facebook Page Admins can now remove other Admins – including the Page’s original creator. Be sure to read this so youre not caught off guard.

Social Media 100

Social Media News Paid Search Microblogging 100

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

It also breaks down where engagement events are occurring for the time period (comments, Digg, Twitter). While most of this isn’t a surprise if you are monitoring your social media efforts, it is helpful to see it so cleanly laid out and including other sources besides Twitter. Removing one’s own activities (e.g.

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Postrank Analytics Tools Klout 134

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

It’s about time that I bring the dialogue here since it’s evident that I’m already starting to grow fond of the brand new social network. It’s about time that I bring the dialogue here since it’s evident that I’m already starting to grow fond of the brand new social network. It’s instant.

Review 102

Review Digg StumbleUpon Web 2.0 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

On a particular forum I am active on (yes, I still use them!), Don’t make your social media efforts half-assed. Don’t check in on Twitter and Facebook once or twice a week and only for 10 minutes. I understand that some people may have other responsibilities on top of social media. Don’t self promote.

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Social Media Engagement Forums Policies 272

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

Plaxo 103

Plaxo Picasa StumbleUpon Netvibes 103

Josh S Peters

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Facebook – Your greatest asset here is going to be your Fan Page. With FaceBook you will want to befriend your fans on your profile (if done for your personal business & not a corporate one) and when you add them create a group that is just for your fans so you can easily look at just their updates and interact with your fans.

Campaign 105

Campaign Social Media Radian6 Disqus 105

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

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. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Go join that!

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Communities Groups Groups Social Media 117

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Let the Social Media Traffic Quality Analysis Begin In order to answer the question of whether niche social media drives higher quality traffic, two social networks were chosen for analysis — one generic and one niche. Users are actively seeking information that will enhance their professional knowledge.

Social Media 100

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

yMarketingMatters

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

It’s obvious that social media will continue to have a significant impact in 2014 on marketers and business owners: They now have the ability to reach out and communicate on a personal level with their target audience on a daily basis. Here are the latest facts and figures : Facebook now has 1.26 Facebook averages 1.23

Social Media 279

Social Media Mobile YouTube Social Networking 279

Webbiquity SMM

JULY 12, 2010

Without a strategy, there may be no clear ownership, or definition of success, or measurement, or integration with other marketing and PR efforts—all of which can lead eventually to wasted time and effort, abandoned blogs and Facebook pages, and even the erroneous conclusion that social media doesn’t work for us.

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Report Social Media Strategy Policies 191

SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

I get a lot of questions via Facebook , Twitter and my email contact form and many of the items listed below come straight from those questions, my experience in social media strategy, years of researching platforms and best practices and…well…tinkering with social media. Don’t be that business.

Social Media 279

Social Media Klout YouTube Foursquare 279

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). News can travel extremely fast through social media. Monitoring beyond social media.

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Tools Social Media Sysomos Vocus 193

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Half of all Americans are now members of at least one social network, and that figure rises to 67% for 25- to 34-year olds. Social media sites include the following: • Social networking sites (e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook, Plaxo, Hi5, etc.). Social sharing sites (e.g. Social bookmarking sites (e.g.

Policies 180

Policies Social Media Guidelines Plaxo 180

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 19, 2011

But fundamentally, 1) there are now far more online venues than just your website or blog where you and/or your company be found (social media pages and profiles, articles, videos, etc.), Andy Komack explains why business marketers should use Flickr, the social photo-sharing platform, what types of images to upload (e.g.,

Tips 179

Tips Press Release Reputation B2B 179

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Says the Future Will be Modeled on Facebook from Read/WriteWeb. I love gmail, it has become the center of my Internet activity. It also allows a user to then tag and save the page in Furl and del.icio.us (among other social bookmarking options) when they read it in their e-mail. Digg: srubel. Facebook: 500028774.

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Bookmarklet Yahoo RSS Feed 238

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. Maybe next year, folks!

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

Analytics & Research In a survey across thousands of large companies who actively monitor their stats online, only 35% stated that they actually changed their website based on what they saw. When activated, it adds a little blue box to any form fields that you see online. As usual, a totally cool and helpful post.

Resources 77

Resources Netvibes Marketing Delicious 77

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. promote via Twitter and Facebook) and not-so-obvious (e.g., promote via Twitter and Facebook) and not-so-.

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Tips Sysomos SEO WordPress 176

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

But with all other social networks, there are rules of engagement that are determined by the community. Brief Overview of StumbleUpon Since everyone is mostly raving about Twitter and Facebook as of late, I’m going to briefly define StumbleUpon and explain how it works. Great, now we have that out of the way. Seriously?!

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StumbleUpon Digg Social Networking Review 181