Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Find out if the username or vanity URL you want is still available across dozens of social sites? that are irrelevant or profane), and enable site visitors to share comments back to their social networks without leaving your website. Another Cool Tool To Optimize Your Site Loading Speed by Daily Blog Tips. twebevent.

Tools 206

Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Webbiquity SMM

JULY 25, 2011

So I figured it was time to update my inaugural post on this blog, What is Webbiquity? And finally, your website and blog are no longer the only places that buyers may find you. Social media, online PR and user-generated content sites open up a new world of places to be “found.&#. Where do I start? •

Reputation 173

Reputation Directory Social Bookmarking Diagrams 173

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Read on to learn how social media is changing PR, how pitching bloggers is different from traditional media outreach, how to optimize press releases for search and online distribution, which tools should be in your social PR toolbox and more here in some of the best articles and blog posts on social PR of 2010 so far. Share this on Bebo.

Press Release 200

Press Release Tips HootSuite Alltop 200

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Other than your company’s website, most mentions were likely in well-known online news sites or trade industry publication sites. I’ve used this tool on behalf of small clients for finding hundreds of key influencers on Twitter, blogs and various other social networking sites and forums. Social Mention.

SM2 202

SM2 Vocus Alterian Radian6 202

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

to topic-focused niche sites such as (using social media as an example) Social Media Today and Social Media Informer. The site also makes it easy to promote your newspaper through Twitter and Facebook. Apple could create an aggregation site to pull in blog posts and reviews about the product.

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Aggregator Paper.li B2B Content 187

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Explain your goals and establish clear guidelines for any mention of the company on social media sites. “Participating in social media isn’t just about creating a page, making a blog post, posing a question, or tweeting. Social Bookmarking (Delicious, Diigo, Bmaccess; the distinction from social news sites is s bit blurry).

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Review Social Media Marketing Handbook 152

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Social Mention , Alterian’s SM2 Freemium and Google blog search are helpful free tools, and a growing number of commercial suites are available. Tag them on social bookmarking sites. Thoughtfully and non-promotionally comment on your influencers’ blogs and/or LinkedIn discussions. Retweet them. Post on Google Buzz.

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SM2 Alterian Social Media Influencer 189

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 9, 2010

Measuring the ROI of social media is challenging for several reasons, the most significant of which is the problem of “last click attribution;&# just because a sale or lead “came from&# Twitter or Facebook as the last click doesn’t necessarily mean that site deserves all the credit. Anything that measures social interaction.

SM2 187

SM2 Alterian Vocus Social Media 187

Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Since you don’t want to take the chance of buying a sleeper however, or a book that’s inappropriate for the recipient, here are nine ideas—books reviewed on the Webbiquity blog this year. Author Andrew King, president of Internet marketing firm Web Site Opimization, LLC has really done it. Happy shopping!

Social Media 188

Social Media Marketing Handbook Engineering 188

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 12, 2011

Rachel Hunt supplies valuable guidance on how to use social networking, award submissions, guest blogging, speaking opportunities and original research to maximize the impact of PR efforts. Even bloggers with less traffic to their site are still being pitched on a regular basis. .&# Go ahead, works for anything.

Press Release 194

Press Release Tools Tips Vocus 194

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 24, 2010

True, there are guidelines as to what works well (being sincere, helpful and knowledgeable) and what doesn’t (trying to use social media sites as one-way broadcasts of your marketing brochures), but the field is new enough that many of the “rules&# are still being written. Not really. Social media marketing is new. Not really.

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Social Media Marketing Cost Guidelines 220

Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn groups, community sites (e.g. People want to buy from companies that are smart, helpful and responsive. Social media provides the mechanism to demonstrate those qualities. Share this on Bebo. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Facebook. Share this on FriendFeed.

Social Media 191

Social Media Research ROI Technorati 191

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Blogs represent 50%, Facebook 47% and…Twitter scores 41%.”. Stephanie Frasco recommends having an SEO keyword-heavy profile, blogging, using applications and engaging in conversation among other practices for maximizing your impact through LinkedIn. Guide to Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile by Site Reference.

LinkedIn 189

LinkedIn Tips B2B Findability 189

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2010

determining which topics generate the highest traffic and comment activity on a company blog, what time of day is most productive for tweeting, etc.). You can find more of Eric’s insights on his Socialnomics blog. Is the Wrong Question by Golden Practices Blog. “What’s the ROI of Social Media?&#

ROI 193

ROI Social Media Vocus Metrics 193

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Over the last decade, business blogs have gone from being a novelty to a leading-edge practice to an essential element for any company seeking to optimize its presence on the web. Why are so many companies now embracing blogging? Why are so many companies now embracing blogging?

WordPress 185

WordPress Hubspot URL Widget 185

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 3, 2011

How can you improve your blog’s position in search engines? Discover the answers to all of these questions and more here in the final selection of the best guides and tips for business blogging from the past year. Blogging Guides, Tips and Techniques. The Step-by-Step Guide to Guest Blogging by 2 Create a Website.

Tips 176

Tips Sysomos SEO WordPress 176

Webbiquity SMM

JULY 12, 2010

Without a strategy, there may be no clear ownership, or definition of success, or measurement, or integration with other marketing and PR efforts—all of which can lead eventually to wasted time and effort, abandoned blogs and Facebook pages, and even the erroneous conclusion that social media doesn’t work for us.

Report 191

Report Social Media Strategy Policies 191

Webbiquity SMM

JULY 18, 2012

You’d probably rip the place on every review site you can think of and then never return to that establishment. Yet we tolerate exactly that type of behavior from leading search and social media sites every day, and even reward them with growing traffic and more of our precious time.

Google 181

Google Facebook MySpace Privacy 181

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Social media sites include the following: • Social networking sites (e.g. Social sharing sites (e.g. Microblogging sites (e.g. Social bookmarking sites (e.g. Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, etc.). Review sites (Epinions, Yelp, ChoiceVendor, etc.). Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, etc.).

Policies 180

Policies Social Media Guidelines Plaxo 180

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

You can test banner advertising on an industry publication site for a month or two before deciding to commit to a longer run. Key point #3: A blog should be at the center of social media efforts. Blogging makes you and/or you company more interesting online. Social media is different, however. For example, poor customer service?

Social Media 176

Social Media Hubspot SEO Diagrams 176

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 19, 2011

Web presence optimization (WPO)—using tactics like SEO, PPC, online PR, social media, content marketing and reputation management in a coordinated fashion to maximize your online visibility and business results—is the core theme of this blog. Or maybe it just hasn’t caught on. Don’t say those words!) of the past year.

Tips 179

Tips Press Release Reputation B2B 179

Webbiquity SMM

JULY 18, 2012

You’d probably rip the place on every review site you can think of and then never return to that establishment. Yet we tolerate exactly that type of behavior from leading search and social media sites every day, and even reward them with growing traffic and more of our precious time.

Google 103

Google Facebook Adwords Privacy 103

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). Many include at least the most popular blogs as well.

Tools 193

Tools Social Media Sysomos Vocus 193

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Dirk Singer uses data from an ExactTarget study to show that “US Twitter users in April 2010 were far more likely than general Internet users to post to forums (75% vs 25%), blog (72% vs 14%), comment on blogs (70% vs 23%) and post ratings / reviews (61% vs 20%). Top 20 Sites to Improve Your Twitter Experience by Mashable.

Tools 207

Tools Twitter Tips Statistics 207

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Dan Neely discusses which social networking sites get the most attention from marketers (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, no surprises there), how marketers can best use social media for branding and business development, and concerns about the use of social media in brand planning. by Served Fresh Media. Social Media Strategy Guides.

Social Media 198

Social Media Tools Tips ROI 198

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Want to show the world how social you are with a cool widget on your website or blog? blogs, microblogging sites, social bookmarking, images, video), and shows associated metrics like sentiment, top keywords, top users (who’s talking about this topic most actively) and sources. Twitter) and social content sharing sites.

Tools 188

Tools Social Media Radian6 CoTweet 188

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This can be measured in a variety of ways such as number of “mentions&# of your company across social media channels, traffic driven directly from social media sites, and increases in branded search traffic (often the result of exposure through social media or traditional PR activities). Open, public social networks (e.g.,

B2B 175

B2B Social Media Marketing Microblogging 175

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

Social media networks and blogs consume nearly 25% of people’s time online. The number of people who are visiting social media sites has increased by 24% over the last year. The average visitor spends 66% more time on these sites than they did a year ago. Social Media Facts and Stats. And much more. 40 percent of U.S.

Research 210

Research Social Media B2B Marketing 210

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 10, 2011

A Blog App for Your Fan Page by Trailblaze Social Media with Josh. Joshua Lyons explains how the Networkedblogs app makes it easy to automatically feed your blog posts through a Facebook fan page tab, and easy for your fans to follow your blog. 5 Fascinating Facebook Infographics by Rhino SEO Blog. population, 13.2

Facebook 210

Facebook B2B Privacy MySpace 210

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

59% are on Twitter, and 43% use a company blog for marketing. Dan Nelms dives into a Comscore report which found that although Facebook engagement is increasing (the average time spent on the site per user per month increased from 4.6 by bitly blog. ** 5 STARS. 71% of companies now have a presence on Facebook. hours to 6.3

Statistics 190

Statistics Research Social Media B2B 190

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 14, 2013

Despite the occasional “death of blogging” pronouncements (often made, ironically, in blog posts), blogs remain the core of a robust social media strategy. more here in 30 of the best business blogging guides and resources of the past year. Why You Want To Be the Last Blog Standing by Outspoken Media.

Resources 195

Resources Tips Syndication SEO 195

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.

Social Media 200

Social Media Tools Strategy Tips 200

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. Which social networking site is used by 92% of senior marketing executives? How many journalists also maintain blogs?

Research 191

Research Social Media B2B Statistics 191

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 26, 2010

Depending on the day, it’s either the #1 or #2 most-visited site on the web. How to set up a Facebook fan page that works by Direct Creative Blog. Facebook Marketing Tips: Make the Most of Your Fan Page by TopRank Online Marketing Blog. 10 Ways to Create a More Engaging Facebook Page by TopRank Online Marketing Blog.

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Advertising Facebook Marketing B2B 215