Small Business Mavericks

JULY 1, 2011

When it comes to blogging, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy. With that in mind, here are 4 viable blog strategies that work. SEO Blogging – With SEO blogging, the idea is to produce content that gains search engine traction. This type of blogging has a bad name in some circles.

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Firebelly

JUNE 22, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Social Media Weekly: 5 Stories You Need to Read | Main | Jakes Take: A Slew of Social Network Ideas » June 22, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: What The HELL Is Social Media? Your comment has not yet been posted. Your comment could not be posted.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 17, 2011

» What’s The Best Discovery Engine? Until Bing called itself a “decision engine,&# not many people had heard that term. And I’d wager to say the same thing about “discovery engine,&# though I like that term. Social bookmarking has become a very popular way for many people to find new websites.

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Firebelly

JUNE 30, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Are We Addicted To Social Media? Main | Jakes Take: TV On The Internet » June 30, 2010 Happy Social Media Day - June 30th Today is the first-ever Social Media Day , an unofficial holiday created by Mashable to "celebrate the revolution of media becoming social."

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Firebelly

AUGUST 6, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Ball Memorial Hospitals Facebook Nightmare | Main | Firebelly VP Co-Authors Corporate Blogging for Dummies (Out Now!) » August 06, 2010 Fridays 5 Fun Social Media Finds The Internet is an amazing place. WHAT THE F*CK IS MY SOCIAL MEDIA "STRATEGY"?

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Helpful Facebook Places for Business Articles | Main | 5 Helpful Social Search Articles » September 02, 2010 Firebelly at Brainstorming & Social Media Optimization Summits Brainstorming and Social Media Optimization Summits run simultaneously in Dallas, TX from September 15-17.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials 12 Reasons Your Business Needs a Social Media Marketing Program YESTERDAY 1. It’s important to claim your brand name across all the major social media platforms.

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Firebelly

JULY 23, 2010

Heres a simple primer, a list of do-nots that will help you to avoid some of social medias most perilous pitfalls. How to Use Social Media to Rank on Google Now that Google is indexing social media content in real-time, how can you leverage blogs and social networks to rank on Google?

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Firebelly

JULY 30, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « YouTube Tuesday: The Social Network Trailer | Main | Ball Memorial Hospitals Facebook Nightmare » July 30, 2010 3 Stories That Rocked The Social Media World This Week Below are the top 3 stories that rocked the social media world this week.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Search for a brand name or keyword across all of the most popular social networks at once? Monitor social media discussions of your company or product in real time? Promote events through social media? Cool Social Media Tools. Social and Alternative Search Engines. Create animations?

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Over time, the top source of traffic for most blogs is search. social networking profiles, social bookmarking sites, other bloggers). But two great sources are blog directories and RSS syndication sites. Webbiquity B2B Marketing Blog). Blog URL (e.g., 100+ Blog Directories and RSS Submission Sites.

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Directory RSS Sites Syndication 189

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Facebook Stories From This Week You Need To Read | Main | Firebelly Work: J.C. The study’s key findings include: 22% (108) of the primary corporations listed in the 2009 Fortune 500 have a public-facing corporate blog. Your comment has not yet been posted.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 18, 2010

Youll learn how to identify your content assets, use a push and pull approach, the social platforms that can work for you, a review of the monitoring tools, and see case studies of companies doing it right. Firebelly Vice President Chantelle Flannery will also be at the conference signing copies of her book Corporate Blogging for Dummies.

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Firebelly

JUNE 10, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « YouTube Tuesday: I Can Make You Go Viral!   The article, Appealing to Community , focused on how not-for-profits are reaching out to younger donors with social media while keeping older supporters in the fold.  Your comment has not yet been posted.

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Firebelly

JULY 16, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Coleman Campsite: The Original Social Networking Site | Main | How One Unhappy Customer Multiplies Across Social Media » July 16, 2010 What the F**k is Social Media NOW? Its a sequel to the original What the F**k is Social Media?

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Firebelly

AUGUST 11, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Fridays 5 Fun Social Media Finds | Main | 5 Helpful Social Media Must Reads » August 11, 2010 Firebelly VP Co-Authors Corporate Blogging for Dummies (Out Now!) Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

Paid Search 159

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 24, 2010

The explosion of the internet and social media may be the fastest change in human history. No longer are individuals passively listening and viewing advertisements; now they’re “twittering&# and posting their opinions on Facebook along with other social media sites. “The stats document a revolution.

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Social Media Social Bookmarking Construction Technorati 128

Firebelly

JULY 22, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « What the F**k is Social Media NOW? The company was arrogant -- all but the social media manager who chimed in on my post. That will certainly teach "Todd" a lesson. The service was questionable.

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Social Media Paid Search SMS Syndication 188

Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

A while back, I took a long hard look at Google’s first version of the Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. Google has now updated their Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide, along with some interesting information: interesting if you read between the lines ,so to speak, in the document. quality content.

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Engineering Reputation NoFollow Social Bookmarking 113

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on May 18, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Beth Hrusch.

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Firebelly

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Cyber Monday Is Here! What are your marketing/business goals for your social media marketing? What forms of social media will you use and why? What dedicated resources will you allocate for your social media programs - both financial and headcount?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

With social media, an abundance of resources are at your fingertips. However, without a successful plan and any adequate preparation, your social media efforts will fail. Don’t make your social media efforts half-assed. If you’re going to engage in social media, do it!

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Social Media Engagement Forums Policies 272

Kikolani

AUGUST 2, 2011

Featured Post – Social Media ROI with Google Anlaytics 5. This month’s featured piece just went live today and is part of the 2011 Conversion-Fest Blogging Contest. What’s at stake in this blogging contest? My must have piece of techie gear for Blog World Expo, traveling, and photography!

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ROI Social Media Google iPad 126

Firebelly

JANUARY 22, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 2) | Main | Youtube Tuesday: Lost Generation » January 22, 2010 Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/18-1/22 Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.

Social Media 140

Social Media Syndication Feed Reader Paid Search 140

Bill Hartzer

MARCH 3, 2010

Recently, there has been a lot of debate in the search engine marketing community about some of the more simple or basic elements of search engine optimization, a web page's meta tags. The search engines did not look at the content of the entire web page. Let me explain. But now, in 2010, we are way past that.

Engineering 111

Engineering Widget Social Bookmarking RSS 111

Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 12, 2012

MemoLane is a “virtual scrapbook” generated by a user’s social media history. It also allows users to search their social history across multiple networks. PinBoard is a really smart, user-centric, privacy-focused social bookmarking platform.

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Tools Social Bookmarking Aggregator Disqus 215

Firebelly

MARCH 19, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Facebook Fans Mean Business (And Are More Likely to Buy) | Main | Hook A Facebook Fan Up: Theyre Looking For Discounts » March 19, 2010 Social Media Marketing Madness [Cartoon] It has been uber busy in the Firebelly office this week.

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Firebelly

MARCH 3, 2010

Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Social Media Bootcamp: Facebook For Business : Comments Sweet Jesus! That's a rock'n slide show.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 28, 2010

To keep up with changes on the SEO landscape and make sure I’m consistently utilizing the most effective techniques on behalf of clients, I read a lot of articles and blog posts about SEO. Blogs are a source of fresh content, which search engines love. Blogs are a source of fresh content, which search engines love.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 14, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 1) | Main | Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/11-1/15 » January 14, 2010 4 Ways To Celebrate MLK Day With Social Media Originally posted on January 16, 2009. Details have been updated for 2010.

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Firebelly

JUNE 11, 2010

What are the 5 biggest risks for businesses in the social media space? Find out below in this weeks 5 social media stories I wouldnt want you to miss: 1. In addition to documenting the ubiquity of social media, Harris found that a significant proportion of U.S. Your comment has not yet been posted.

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Social Media News Paid Search Microblogging 100

Firebelly

MAY 25, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « How Grandma Reads Your Facebook Updates & 4 Other Social Media Stories | Main | BP Facebook Sentiment » May 25, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: Im A Social Media Guru! Comments Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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YouTube Social Media Paid Search SMS 100

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Create a promotional video for their inaugural Social Media Optimization Summits where people can See It. With The Rock Stars of Social Media on March 23rd and 24th in Dallas, TX. The Social Media Optimization Summits are different than many other conferences in the fact that they are "hands on."

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 21, 2011

3 Ways A Blog Helps You SEO-Wise » How To Promote Your Business In 2011 When it comes to promoting a small business, you have to prepare for changes. Search engine optimization – First, build a website. Search engine optimization – First, build a website. Update your blog daily. Is this hard?

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Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2010

In the last few months, I have had the privilege of becoming a regular contributor on several multi-author blogs such as Search Engine Journal , Famous Bloggers , Social Media Examiner , Search Engine Watch , and Stay on Search. This should be the most obvious and important use of a private blog group.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Twitterese — The new way to speak online | Main | Too much flash turns google off » November 13, 2009 social media marketings good news Interview with Dave Evan, Digital Voodoo and author of social media marketing, one hour a day Here's a quick recap of the video.

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News Social Media Marketing Paid Search 100

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Blogging by teens (ages 12-17) has been cut in half - from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2009. Social networking sites (SNS). Where did they go? 73 percent of teens and 72 percent of Gen Y are now active on at least one SNS. 71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace.

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