Share the 10OFF discount code for everyone, for example. Better yet, to show that the page is active, give the users control by letting their Fan posts show up on the front page. As a result, engagement goes up as the page appears very active. The page should appear active but it should also appear like you’re not neglecting your community. Based on this information, fresh content with actively engaged brand adopters are is key. Give them a reason to be actively engaged. The rushIMPRINT example is a tab, not the first page you see. Go here. MORE >>

First, plug-ins can add load time to your blog, so only use ones that you really want (says he with 17 active plug-ins at present). Hover your mouse over this link to my Twitter profile or this one for the 12for12k video on YouTube as an example. That floating share box on the left of this post is an example of how Digg Digg works. Lijit Search. Lijit offers a third-party option to the normal search bar that takes search to the next level. Check out my Archives Page for an example. couple of things. So… on with the list. Akismet. Align RSS Images. MORE >>

As you know, in social media, it is not the size of the network but the number of people actively participating within the network. sure is interesting to observe the evolution of ROI metrics in social media.Take Facebook for example: Ive noticed that since Facebook is offering insights on impressions, marketers are now using use those impressions to compare to industry CPMs in order to justify social media expenses.Although thats a reasonable part of the equation, Id say it misses the bigger picture (and therein lies the paradigm shift of social media marketing).Sticking Sue New! MORE >>

Social Networks Active Rain – A social network for real estate professionals to gather and tell their war stories, start conversations, get advice, and connect with each other. While researching, every successful example of real estate agents making deals and contacts via social media was through first building a realtionship with people. Think about buildings. Dull, beautiful, lifeless, warm, inviting, scary, haunted. We love to tell stories about them, describe who has lived in them and we mark them with plaques to signify what’s so important about them. MORE >>

I'll start with some real examples. For individual blogs, we have to hope they have integrated blog search tools, such as that from Lijit , or Google's Custom Search Engine (CSE), a subset of results from one domain. searched his own site, using Lijit, but there is no sort by date. By that point, MG was very active on Twitter and had no doubt mentioned FriendFeed several times. Our attention spans are getting shorter. Scads of sites are helping us find out what is trending in real time, and deliver us the "now". What's hot now. What's peaking now. MG Siegler or me? MORE >>