Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

That’s like saying the first time you meet someone you should buy them a bottle of wine. Lots of businesses think that the only thing interesting to their “fans&# are discounts or promotions. Friendships, real friendships don’t start at the wallet and neither do truly engaged fan-business relationships.

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Firebelly

MARCH 16, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 2 Social SEO Stories You Need To Read This Week | Main | Facebook Fans Mean Business (And Are More Likely to Buy) » March 16, 2010 Firebelly Marketings Upcoming Speaking Engagements I wanted let everyone know about some speaking engagements that Duncan Alney and I have coming up over the (..)

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Firebelly

JANUARY 7, 2010

Many companies now include Facebook and/or Twitter URLs in their ads, but Temper-Pedics latest Ask Me commercial is the first one that I have seen that tells people to ask their friends on Facebook and Twitter about their product before making a decision to buy. Thats a bold and brave move in my opinion.

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Firebelly

JULY 22, 2010

I followed closely behind - buying my tires at another store a mile down the road. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. " A look of fear washed over Todd's face as a tiny smile washed over mine. I loved that this woman felt empowered by her online network! She turned and walked out the door.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 29, 2010

After Facebook’s failed attempt to buy Twitter, Facebook has embarked on a policy of “If you cant buy them, destroy them” and has slowly but surely copied the features offered by Twitter. However, we believe that one of the major reasons for this decline is Facebook’s gradual Twitterfication.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 27, 2010

In my Social Search: Tempur-Pedic "Ask Me" Commercial post a few weeks back I shared Tempur-Pedics commercial in which they suggest viewers ask their friends on Facebook and Twitter what they think of their mattresses before buying. Now another commercial has caught my eye. This one is from Dentyne.

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 28, 2009

And believe me, no one buys that you're thinner since yesterday. Perhaps, you can thank Oprah and Ashton Kutchner for that - I personally will not thank Ashton for anything and find him as substantial and interesting as a baked potato chip, but thats another story. If we've seen one photo of you on twitter, that is probably good.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Google buys social search startup Aardvark By Bobbie Johnson Google has acquired search startup Aardvark in its latest attempt to improve its standing in the growing social search market.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 29, 2010

What every bloggers should know about design before buying a theme. Unleashing the power of website analytics. Social Media. Since I didn’t get to my post on using social bookmarking networks for information collecting in lieu of my recap of SMAZ, it is on the agenda for next week. Graphic / Web Design.

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Firebelly

MARCH 5, 2010

Several of Sunday nights Oscars advertisers have added strong social-media components to their efforts. The Oscar buy is also about leveraging the investment on Facebook and Twitter. percent of smartphone users accessed social networking sites via their mobile browser in January 2010, up 8.3 points from 22.5

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

It's fast, it's got full offline powers. It's not perfect, but it's the closest yet.

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Josh S Peters

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Work on building outposts for your content on social bookmarking sites like Digg and Delicious to help get more exposure for it. Make sure that you have Google Analytics or some other web analytics tool running so that you will be able to monitor the traffic coming in and where it’s coming from.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Grace reads dPS for two reasons - firstly to help make a decision about which camera to buy. You can use Google Analytics not only to see how many readers are coming from which countries, but also to see how your readers fall into different age categories, and what the balance of genders is. Now it’s over to you.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Where are the people most likely to buy your products and services? Establishing a social media strategy will help you see where potential customers are hanging out. Reply Jayesh Paul May 19, 2010 at 10:54 am Powerful points, social media tools are making more easier to check your SMO efforts via social stats with google analytics.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Focus on primarily social traffic. Traffic from other blogs within the niche… traffic from social bookmarking sites and other Web 2.0 Social Traffic doesn’t convert well, but it does convert sometimes. properties. Usually, the traffic is reciprocated by other blogs whom the blogger commented on.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 6, 2011

My perception of Bugaboo strollers is that they look and work great but they’re too expensive, so I wouldn’t buy one. It depends on the speed of turnaround required, the number of people they need, and the dashboard/tools and analytics you’re offering. analytics, PostRank, Twitter, social bookmarking websites, and so on.

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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. Google Analytics Before Google Analytics came along there weren’t really that many decent tracking tools available.

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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. Do they take the action you want them to like signup for your rss, email subscribe or buy from you?

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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). Salesforce.com ), marketing automation tools and web analytics packages. Monitoring beyond social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media (Search Engine Journal): I love how Jennifer Horowitz equates social media with the 7 sins. Breakdown: 4 Ways Brands are Earning — and Buying — Followers on Twitter (Web Strategist): Jeremiah Owyang explores the Twitter space to see how followers are being earned (or not) on Twitter.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 19, 2011

Great content naturally attracts links, but Matt Malden points out ways to go beyond that by blogging, sending a regular email newsletter, using Twitter, social networks, YouTube and other sites to expand your online presence. Social Media Affecting BtoB Buying Behavior by The Proactive Report.

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Kikolani

APRIL 7, 2010

Social media can certainly help boost the traffic going to your website in a variety of ways. If you have a regularly updated corporate blog , you can post your blog articles on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and social bookmarking sites, which should help drive visitors to your post and then onward to your main site for products and services.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 1, 2010

How to use referrers to track link building efforts – what are the important analytics for referrers and 5 things to keep in mind when analyzing them. 11 ways to convicne readers to buy your ebook – great tips to make more ebook sales. Top social bookmarking plugins for WordPress – including new ones that are 3.0

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Kikolani

AUGUST 27, 2010

Search Engines / SEO / Analytics. Selling SEO services : a consultative approach – understanding the buyers buying process vs. their buy process and screening bad opportunities. An open letter to social media abusers – what social media is and is not about. It is only $9.97 on September 1st.

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Kikolani

JUNE 18, 2010

The big bad social bookmarking scam – why you shouldn’t pay spammers to spam your site on social bookmarking sites. Create a product that people love to buy – tips from successful online entrepreneurs. Search Engines / SEO / Analytics. A good list! Personal Development / Self Improvement.

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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!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

such as Google Analytics). Limit the number of social bookmarking buttons. Respond to blog comments and establish relationship with readers. Pay attention to readers by closely monitoring popular blog post and keywords search (using tools. Blogging habits. Blog regularly and develop a time budget for blogging. Technical Stuff.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

10 Indicators Your Business Should Rethink Its Twitter Strategy (Klout): Megan Berry of influence analytics provider Klout provides some best practices on how to build loyal Twitter followings. 62 Streps to the Definitive Link Building Campaign (WordTracker): WordTracker wants you to buy an eBook. Content Development/Marketing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Having hands-on experience — the much-needed application of your learned skills — is incredible, especially when working alongside brilliant minds and analytical thinkers. Not just a number cruncher but someone who can analyze Google Analytics data and other data to suggest profitable solutions. Creative quant.

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Kikolani

JUNE 4, 2010

Search Engines / SEO / Analytics. Zoomit Canada, a site of social bookmarking just for Canada. Buy Amsoil Motor Oil from Lube Oil Sales. Breathtaking closeups of animals – beautiful, but some are not necessarily great for the squeamish. Free Gifts – get free gifts via signing up for other incentives.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 26, 2013

Prompt readers to buy one of your products. Get lots of shares on social media. For instance, let’s say you blog about parenting, and your goal is to encourage readers to buy your ebook Help Your Teen Pass Any Exam. Check in Google Analytics to see which of your older pieces are getting the most search engine traffic.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 16, 2010

Here’s a modest contribution to help with that effort; more than six dozen of the best, most bookmark-able articles and blog posts about social media tactics, tools and strategies written so far this year, by leading writers like John Jantsch , Lori Dicker , Lee Odden , Lisa Barone , Jay Baer and many more.

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Kikolani

JUNE 25, 2010

Whiteboard Friday: we bought links and it worked – how the supposedly evil practice of buying links can work for you with the results of 3 experiments. Search Engines / SEO / Analytics. Social Media. Social bookmarking for SEO – great guide to social bookmarking, including tips on the “social&# aspect.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 4, 2010

Flippa is a place for people to buy and sell websites and has a very interactive community. Even if you’re not looking to buy or sell sites though, it can be a great way to find links. I personally like to buy templates from the likes of Theme Forest and customise them heavily (like I did with ViperChill). This is so key.

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