Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2010

In the last few months, I have had the privilege of becoming a regular contributor on several multi-author blogs such as Search Engine Journal , Famous Bloggers , Social Media Examiner , Search Engine Watch , and Stay on Search. For example, if I were to have a list for promoting posts on my own site, it would look like this.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

You can post your email address, use a WordPress contact form plugin , or incorporate an interactive business card (see the upper-right of this blog for an example) on your blog. Blogging is a social activity. Links are good things; they drive direct traffic to your blog as well as helping improve your rank in the search engines.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 20, 2022

Read to the bottom of this post for an example of how I used the same content three times in 18 months to generate 50,000 page views on one post. The web is a fairly rhythmic place and every year there are waves of activity across search engines and other websites that are quite predictable. Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2010

Can the financial return on expenditures for social media business activities– in marketing, PR, customer support, HR, product development or other areas — be accurately measured? For example, if John Doe clicks through to your website from a tweet and buys something, that’s easy to measure.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Social and Alternative Search Engines. A realtime social search engine that pulls current and recent results for any term from Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Digg and Delicious. Granted, the web is littered with “Google killer&# alternative search engines, but Blekko , created by Rich Skrenta and Mike Markson, is really cool.

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Idaconcpts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Keyword research is essential to any plans to increase website traffic because it is estimated that 80% or more of all website visits being from a search engine. Share this on Technorati. Are you Using the Correct Keywords? As millions of people (e.g. However, website owners often forget that the medium is not the message.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 27, 2009

For example, I recently used the tool to search for the keyword phrase, “search engine optimization&# : I clicked on the “news&# button for all of the latest news on search engine optimization. Let’s say that we really do have a search engine optimization blog and want to write about that topic.

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Idaconcpts

AUGUST 18, 2010

It’s called Twitter search and it is essentially a search engine giving results taken from every tweet sent. Take iPhone coupons questions, for example. Share this on Technorati. Just search for your keyword, with a question mark following it and you’ll receive relevant results. You can search for ‘ iPhone coupons ? ’

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Maybe you’ve set up a blog to run AdSense and earn money from the search engines. That doesn’t mean they can’t be search engine friendly too. A peppering of keywords here and there will help your blog be more visible to search engines. Schedule those important activities in your weekly calendar. Bit you are the exception!

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 12, 2010

There were a few hundred and “subject specific&# for the most part with it and my current active website. Here’s an example: [link]. One week is usually not long enough for the site to get crawled and the search engines to give you “credit&# for the redirect. That link does not redirect properly.

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The Marketing Blog

JANUARY 28, 2008

He has also quoted Parachute’s example which is perhaps the best demo. When you are thinking of product as a whole, smart packaging does play an important role in the product purchase activities. Take an example of shifting your scooter from one place to another by some of the courier companies. But, not to a large extent.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Pre-Congress Activities. The questions are, first, how predictable, or structured, are the outcomes of the work activity; and, second, how structured, or well-defined are the activities or processes that produce those outcomes? For example, a majority of technical support jobs involve a high degree of problem-solving.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

One great example this year has been Blame Drew’s Cancer. It seems the activity level has fallen off. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! I think SU has lost some of its swagger the last six months.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

On a particular forum I am active on (yes, I still use them!), Some advice I give to my Social Media students is to be careful following the example of some large brands who are relatively new to Social Media but seem to be successful. Small businesses can’t always follow by example, unfortunately. Answers Yahoo!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 21, 2008

But as I started to think about the processes of KM, I realized that we have been looking at it all wrong, from above , from a systems perspective, instead of from ground level, from an activity. They just dont describe in a meaningful way what people do -- their knowledge activities. to a couple of words?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

When searching for new and interesting websites, it is much preferable to visit a website on a friend’s recommendation than it is to use classic search engines. The examples you gave of people copying full text of a story somewhere else is in the very slim minority from my experience. Sometimes I’m incredibly active.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Take my own situation as an example. For example, when I first started making money online, I was 16 years old. I get the same e-mails, only they are about getting a #1 ranking in Google Reply Ian February 2, 2010 at 10:59 am This post is a prime example of how to be a true social media expert. The first is personal.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

For example, if you go create an external facing idea portal but don’t do the hard work to drive process change internally with the functions that own the changes your users want - your idea engine could do you more harm than good. Had someone shown up and said “join the convo,&# I would have thrown them out. Go join that!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

For example, one of my Friendster aliases is Times Square. Extracurricular programs combine summer programs, vacations, and related activities. The value to me (although I don’t know if a lot of people are actively doing it) is the ability for me to vote on what you think is applicable to you. I couldn’t help it. (By

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 31, 2010

I quickly recalled all of the search engine optimization work I did for a search engine optimization client. One of the most difficult keyword phrases I worked on for a search engine optimization client was “gift baskets&#. What type of search engine optimization techniques do you use to achieve search engine rankings?

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 15, 2012

Penguin, announced in April 2012, decreased search visibility of websites that participated in black-hat SEO, keyword stuffing, cloaking, link schemes , duplicate content, and other activities that violated Google Webmaster Guidelines. See the first paragraph of this post as an example. For example….

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Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

They need the most active friends as possible, so expect people who currently are, or want to be, power users to be more social from day one. Visionaryies (The “Engineers&# ). For example, open public broadcasting sites like YouTube rarely get cries of “OMG My Privacy!&# Politicians. Traditional Media. Celebrities.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Search Engine Optimization , Social Media > The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks? And as most would have guessed, the mighty engines prevailed as the superior source of traffic.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

At the end of the day, we know most people are active on social networks because they have some reason for being there (be it to make a sale or to establish authority, for example), but through your regular interactions, you need to recognize that these are byproducts of your genuine and authentic involvement. Answers Yahoo!

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

If you’re not actively engaged, the news won’t come at you. Touted as more of a “content discovery&# engine than a news engine, StumbleUpon lets you discover news, but not necessarily in a timely manner. For example, just the other day I stumbled upon an Apple press release from 2003. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

To take two examples: people complain about an issue to an important newspaper prompting them to push the issue into the mainstream, or if a TV station covers an event, that becomes an important topic. A great example, one that recently affected me: A mobile phone manufacturer, called HTC, released a phone that had sub-par video performance.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

You may have stumbled upon a site a few hours ago, and now you’re actively Tweeting. As an example, let’s take a look at Robert Scoble’s FriendFeed (click the image for a larger view): In this screenshot, Robert utilized both Google Reader and Twitter, and the comments spread to his feed where an ongoing discussion ensued.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

As long as there’s a healthy balance in their activities, I don’t see a problem. COPPA laws protect children under the age of 13, and that’s why Ani’s blog, for example, is protected (by her mother’s request). Side note: The free flow of information on the web is a part of our modern world. Answers Yahoo!

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The Way of the Web

APRIL 7, 2011

You may or may not have heard about a relatively new search engine named Blekko – and fortunately it doesn’t matter hugely in the context of this post. And from online and offline interactions, those people will probably spread the word to say 100 people (Average number of Facebook friends is 150 as an example).

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Then, listen to their social media activity and determine what content would meet their needs… not yours. If you’re going to launch a Facebook page, be prepared to actively monitor it and respond to those who take the time to leave you feedback. 49) Blogging is what is known as a “long-tail” activity.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The article has examples of how social media worked too. How to Make Social Media Work for Non-Consumer Brands (Mashable): This is a good B2B social media article which is chock full of examples. David Armano suggests to study out the candidate first; they shouldn’t just be focused on Twitter, for example.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 14, 2011

Steve is one of the most brilliant marketing strategists I know, and co-author of a new book, Revenue Engine. Online buyers discover information in three ways, which require three different approaches to capitalize on: active search (use SEM), passive search (use content marketing and SEO), and influence (social media). •

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

If a forum exists for your industry, you should very well be active: you should participate and follow the discussion closely to know exactly what is being said and what kind of feedback you can take back to your executive and development team to enhance your product and to make it better than your competition. It’s a brave (???)

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Viper Chill

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

After that I’m going to give two examples in different industries showing how you can use these services – and the information they generate – to your advantage. First I’ve highlighted a huge list of tools that serve various different functions and can be great resources to add to your marketing arsenal.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Mark Thompson of Search Engine Journal has a great article entitled How To Find Industry Influencers. 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. Check it out! Put them to good use! Ever wonder why?

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 1, 2009

I would have liked to point this campaign to my San Francisco friends, who also happen to be active web users, who themselves have a large “following&# via blogs, social networks, Twitter, et al. But why is all the info stuffed into a flash file – not indexable by search engines or easily bookmarked much less read by humans?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

For example, by looking at ProBlogger, we are being told that the owner is not an amateur but a pro blogger. Let’s take Techipedia for example. For example, if I’m blogging to tell you the importance of traffic then I should also tell you how to get traffic in the same post. For example, my blog is three months old.

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