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Sure, I pay attention to where I’m ranked in the AdAge Power 150 (a broader ranking of all marketing blogs), and I look at my search rankings, etc. But I am incredibly delighted to top the list of content marketing blogs, because for me content marketing is becoming fundamental to business success at every level.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Participate in the Q&A function to share your expertise (it’s like free advertising, when done tastefully). I actually launched my copywriting business using LinkedIn & recently wrote a couple of blog posts about how independent consultants can use it to market ourselves. marketing has gone. Your role has changed.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Wouldn’t the most logical approach be creating a metric that counts a resources popularity by the number of people who actually click on the link, as opposed to click a “like&# button? 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Answers Yahoo!

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Each of these strategies requires different tactics, resources and success metrics. This helps me keep this blog totally advertising-free. More from Convince and Convert You Are Pissed Off at the Wrong Guy Taking Consumer Reviews Viral with Facebook Are you spending enough on digital marketing?

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JUNE 22, 2010

Unlike every other form of marketing and communication ever devised, you can’t treat social media like taking medicine – something that you do when you have to, and only because someone told you so. Too many companies are “experimenting&# with social media because they feel they have to, not because they want to do so.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. And every year, I hand pick the best articles that I’ve read and compile them in a resource that I hope will last a long time. I try to keep this as exhaustive as possible, but even so, I don’t know every great resource.

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JULY 15, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing > 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins by Tamar Weinberg on July 15, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Frank Lee. Maybe you’ve set up a blog to advertise your business. Your blog has to be excellent.

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JULY 20, 2010

The post explored the topic of utilizing common interactive marketing tools in unintended ways to tap into consumer demand. It’s Time to Put Content Strategy First, Shiny Objects Second Until recently, interactive marketing tactics and techniques, bells and whistles, and new online tools often outshone smart, targeted messaging.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Thanks for sharing such a superfantastic resource. Thanks for sharing such a superfantastic resource. Thanks for sharing such a superfantastic resource. Download it: [link] [link] Marketing Cloud RT @jerrykfreeman: Have you scored a free copy of @jaybaer's Staggering Social Media Insights – The Best of #Twitter 20?

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Social Media » The GAP, ROI, and Awareness The GAP, ROI, and Awareness Written on September 18, 2009 by Josh Peters in Social Media 5 Comments - Leave a comment! 4 basic types of marketing campaigns 1.

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JULY 28, 2010

Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. It’s a Bird.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social Media is “Viral Marketing&# False, in the same way that a square is also a rectangle, but a rectangle isn’t a square. You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform. Can a social media program go viral? Absolutely. Be where your customers are.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Let’s just take a look at the potential of Facebook for business for a moment here and review the various options business owners have in order to be effective with Facebook business marketing. You can do many things to market your business, add value, and empower your customers. I am one of those users.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. It’s in our DNA.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Also, don’t be afraid to link to other posts or resources from within your posts. If you have complementary resources like an Ebook, email newsletter, events or otherwise, make sure those are easy for first-time visitors to find as well. Incidentally, these internal links are also a SEO positive) 4.

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MAY 27, 2010

Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here. The way Donovan McNabb hates T.O. agencies, you should be experimenting with this too). These are exciting times at Bulb HQ! into their friends' news feeds) and not the brand's wall.

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APRIL 1, 2010

Doing so reveals finely honed, groan-inducing marketing copy that clumsily tries to build a bond via forced humor and shared humiliation. What is surprising is the lack of utilizing each resource to its capacity. The chronically bad Minnesota Timberwolves NBA franchise has this sign in the Twin Cities airport: Bravo.

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JULY 8, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Websites > What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer? What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

link to post] – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] telleni (Trina Isakson) Twitter Comment RT @impactmax: Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps | Social Media Marketing [link to post] – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] ernstschipper (Ernst Schipper) Twitter Comment Now that’s a great post!

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APRIL 28, 2010

But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. Fly more miles, get priority seating on an airline. Eat 10 sandwiches, get the 11th free.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences. How can we find the most influential bloggers and get them to write about our client?

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MARCH 10, 2010

She told me she worked in Internet Marketing, which I was quite excited to hear given that there was no marketing discipline taught at all in our alma mater. With Internet Marketing, there are many ways to go, from affiliate marketing to SEO to social media to email marketing. What was she doing?

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MAY 26, 2010

Content creation and content marketing will continue to allow companies to capitalize on the fact that every customer is now a reporter. link] [link] Hot In Marketing 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media | Blogging and Content Creation | Social Media Consulting – Convi.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on April 8, 2010 Share Even though social media isn’t new to many of us, the world is waking up to this new shiny toy.

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JULY 14, 2010

This resonates with me, since I've been saying for a while now, “Stripped down to its essentials, new media marketing is about participating in the conversations that will go on with or without us.&# There is nothing new about social media; it's just modern WoM.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Perhaps Darren’s advice resonated with his readers?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Fourth – what are the operational/resource concerns? How easy is it to pull a quick dashboard without a lot of work on your part? What’s the client/competitor/industry name(s)? How hard will it be to filter? What’s the budget? How much can you afford to spend on the tool? • How much volume do you expect to get?

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APRIL 14, 2010

It’s about marketing sideways , not marketing head-on. Or do you think that reputation through relationships is enough to expand your market? jmctigue Jay, you're dead-on (not head-on) about removing friction as the key to new marketing strategy, but at some point we need to expand our reach to find new customers, no?

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JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing , Social Media > Top 6 Ideas for Incredible Viral Content Top 6 Ideas for Incredible Viral Content by Tamar Weinberg on October 29, 2007 Share As many of us alluded to earlier this month at SMX Social Media , viral content is king.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Last week, I was on a content marketing discussion panel (moderated by Jeff Rohrs ) at the ExactTarget Connections conference. I was joined by Joe Pulizzi from Junta42 , Ann Handley from MarketingProfs , and Brad Kleinman from Online Marketing Connect. Extra resources are important. Longer headlines, eh? Longer headlines, eh?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Approximately 10 years after having 67% of the search market, Yahoo! I remember quite clearly being told that one of my regional clients couldn’t advertise on MySpace.com because we didn’t have a budget of at least $25,000/month. And they never really pushed into the huge Asian market either. But back to MySpace.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

There’s a huge gap between the perception of social media as an instant, free, can’t miss marketing opportunity and the reality of social media as a long-term, time-intensive customer loyalty and brand advocacy opportunity. Resources deployed. Early in my online career I did a lot of website strategy and online advertising.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Now let’s assume one of the bloggers responds with, “I have read your email carefully and it would appear that you have omitted the part where you request my advertising rate card.&# (Yes, forget about organic promotion. You say, “this is merely a story idea as there’s no advertising budget.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > Is Social Media Becoming Boring? That’s because social media marketing experts found success early on since social media relationship building was simply easier. Is Social Media Becoming Boring?

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JUNE 15, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Build Your Brand a Social Content Ladder in 5 Steps Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter [link] Danny Brown Great tips, Mr Baer.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Social Conversation a Myth?

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