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5 Reasons Social Media Measurement is Making You Lie to Yourself

Convince & Convert

Social media measurement causes unsavory (and ineffective) marketing behavior because unlike the rest of our marketing key performance indicators, social media metrics are out there for anyone to see. Visibility of Social Media Metrics Drives Behavior. I see five. they are of course correct. Guess what?

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How Bloggers and Webmasters Violate Your Privacy With Google Analytics

Ari Herzog

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Tags: Social Media Google law privacy. Related posts: Why I Disabled Google Buzz.

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The New Writer’s Guide to Evaluating Websites for Guest Posting Opportunities

ProBlogger

Look for social signals. Check for the website’s presence on social media sites. For instance, it should have an active Facebook page with a decent number of Likes, and the owner should have a respectable number of Followers on Twitter and/or G+, and/or have an active LinkedIn profile.

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20+ Cool Social Media and Web Tools

Webbiquity SMM

Looking for a way to monitor social media activities and results on a tight budget? Want to show the world how social you are with a cool widget on your website or blog? Social Mention. ** 5 stars. A social media monitoring tool that combines powerful features (e.g., Social Website Analyzer.

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Data Mining: The Ultimate Guide to Niche Analysis

Viper Chill

Quantcast Visitor Demographics. I ran the social news site Reddit through the tool as an example and I’m told that around 55% of visitors are male (though I expect this to be a little lower than reality) and 24% of the audience are over 50 years old. Not all niche activity happens on the big social networks, of course.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Think instead about social media traffic, good content, a cleanly coded website, slow progressive growth, and your site’s authority. How Social Media Affects Content Relevance in Search : Why is social media so important? Breadcrumbs, navigation, and related pages are a great way to start.

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38+ Cool Social Media and Web Tools and Reviews

Webbiquity SMM

Manage all of your social media accounts from a single login on your iPhone? Make more productive use of your time on social networking sites? Find tools to do all of the above and much more in this collection of helpful business, online and social media tools, apps and reviews. Cool Social Media Tools.

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