Jason Yormark

MARCH 29, 2012

Yesterday was the day I broke my long standing one day traffic record on my blog. At the very least, it’s an interesting look into the steps I take when I typically post to my blog, and I thought it would be a useful post to share. Back in May of 2009 before I took my blogging seriously, I was laid off of Microsoft.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

There are incredible tools and services at your disposal, most of which don’t cost a dime. I won’t dive into the tactics of how to use these tools in this post, but below I reference the ways any person or business can build a community on a limited budget. Blogging Hands down, WordPress is THE blogging solution.

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 20, 2009

jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Wordpress / Mobilize Your Wordpress Blog! Subcribe via RSS Mobilize Your WordPress Blog! So is your WordPress blog mobilized? So I took an hour or so using some incredible free tools and like magic, I’m good to go.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 25, 2010

Like many bloggers, I’ve gone in and out of writing, and that doesn’t help with maintaining a consistent flow of traffic to your blog. At the end of the day, driving eyeballs to my blog isn’t really the ultimate goal, writing useful and appreciated content is. 9 of my top 10 blog articles are social media related.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 27, 2010

Tweets, blog posts, and articles are peppered with how to-s, trends, and best practices. But what I have done is taken the time to understand how to use certain tools and strategies to leverage social media successfully for building my personal brand, as well as for small to medium sized businesses to get up and running from nowhere.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 27, 2010

Tweets, blog posts, and articles are peppered with how to-s, trends, and best practices. But what I have done is taken the time to understand how to use certain tools and strategies to leverage social media successfully for building my personal brand, as well as for small to medium sized businesses to get up and running from nowhere.

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Jason Yormark

APRIL 4, 2011

Personal Blog – I can’t say enough about how having a personal blog that you contribute to regularly can stand you out from the crowd. Make the commitment to creating and writing to a personal blog 1-2 times a week, and you’ll be amazed at what doors can open up for you. Social Media Friendly Blogging.

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Looking back, I probably would have been better off not announcing it on my blog, but I’ve always been transparent with my actions, and simply thought it would be useful to others to document what I would be experiencing. Let’s recap some of the backlash that’s actually good reading: A handful of comments on the blog article announcement.

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Looking back, I probably would have been better off not announcing it on my blog, but I’ve always been transparent with my actions, and simply thought it would be useful to others to document what I would be experiencing. Let’s recap some of the backlash that’s actually good reading: A handful of comments on the blog article announcement.

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Jason Yormark

MAY 2, 2011

A few weeks ago I stumbled across a very interesting tool called Triberr. But after digging in a bit, I realized that what founders Dan Cristo and Dino Dogan have created is actually a very interesting and useful tool to increase your reach authentically.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 8, 2012

I’ve always been a straight shooter on my blog regardless of whether my opinions or recommendations directly benefit me. Do I have the necessary tools & resources in place to ensure we can be successful? For measurement you can’t go wrong with starting with something like Simply Measured , Sprout Social or Raven Tools.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 15, 2011

Boy it can be a challenge to consistently come up with compelling blog articles, and luckily today, I stumbled across a few real gems I just had to share. My true north is always trying to write things that I feel are helpful and not just blogging to blog. Social Media Friendly Blogging. They’re fantastic.

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Jason Yormark

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Whether you wanted to launch a business, start a blog, or claim yourself an expert in whichever matter you choose, the web gave just about every person with an internet connection new opportunities. Tools such as Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, etc. 9 Great Social Media, Digital Marketing & Productivity Tools.

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Jason Yormark

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Imagine you come up with a great idea for a blog, or business idea. Twitter will help you if you own the trademark or copyright, but let’s be honest, most of us aren’t shelling out those kinds of dollars either for a blog or small business. A great free tool to help track when (and if) those Twitter usernames ever get released: [link].

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Jason Yormark

MAY 5, 2011

MA has established themselves as a leader in brands using social, and I was lucky enough to be a part of that team in the early stages as social media tools like Facebook and Twitter began to take off. Anyone with an internet connection can easily build sizeable networks, launch a blog or make a video. And they have. Don’t believe me?

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Jason Yormark

JULY 20, 2009

In fact roughly 60% of users fail to return (Nielson Wire), so it’s clearly a tool that only web savvy users are sticking with. It’s not so much because Twitter is a difficult tool to use, it’s just that for most normal, every day people, it’s a useless distraction. However that does not mean that Twitter cannot be a useful tool.

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 6, 2009

These add ons turn what essentially is a blogging platform, into just about any type of site you want from community to content management systems to storefronts. If you are running a hosted WordPress blog you should definitely check these out. It truly is amazing. A unique design, simple to use, and…well sexy. Very cool stuff.

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Jason Yormark

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Whether you wanted to launch a business, start a blog, or claim yourself an expert in whichever matter you choose, the web gave just about every person with an internet connection new opportunities. Tools such as Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, etc. The social media explosion has had a similar effect.

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Jason Yormark

APRIL 8, 2011

Below is the list that I use regularly that cover using Twitter, Facebook, blogging, news consumption and social/web stats. WordPress (free) – Invaluable app to manage your WordPress blog to manage posts, comments and pages. 9 Great Social Media, Digital Marketing & Productivity Tools.

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Jason Yormark

MARCH 31, 2011

Much of what I covered was pulled from many of the blog posts I’ve written over the years here. Concepts such as using Linked In Groups to drive blog traffic , tools such as Hootsuite , SocialMention.com & Sprout Social all were covered in my presentation.

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Jason Yormark

DECEMBER 28, 2009

But really, it falls on those that really want to make a career out of social media marketing through learning the craft, and getting familiar with as many tools as possible. I’ve found getting familiar with reporting tools such as Radian 6 and Social Radar a good start. However those can be expensive tools to get access to.

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Jason Yormark

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Imagine you come up with a great idea for a blog, or business idea. Twitter will help you if you own the trademark or copyright, but let’s be honest, most of us aren’t shelling out those kinds of dollars either for a blog or small business. Or maybe you just are helping a good friend out with getting them their website up finally.

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Jason Yormark

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

It has practically made Twitter DM a useless tool for me. What I’m saying is that as an end user, I should have access to tools that allow me to control whether I see those messages or not. Leave a Reply blog comments powered by Disqus 105 SUBSCRIBERS 50161 FOLLOWERS Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me

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Jason Yormark

JANUARY 6, 2011

continue to use my personal blog to share my experiences in these. 9 Great Social Media, Digital Marketing & Productivity Tools. I really look forward to working with. clients outside the normal b2b and b2c environments I have. traditionally worked with, and nothing is more exciting to me then. here , href="[link]. href="[link].

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Jason Yormark

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I don’t really blog with the app, but monitoring comments is very useful on the fly. Synchs with Google Reader seamlessly, and I can easily stay up to date on my fav blogs. Leave a Reply blog comments powered by Disqus 105 SUBSCRIBERS 50161 FOLLOWERS Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me

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Jason Yormark

APRIL 1, 2010

An invitation from those that you’ve never met, to share your deepest, darkest secrets and happenings (I know, sentence fragment, but it’s my blog!). This one has proponents on both sides, but with new tools like Tweetdeck , Seesmic and Hootsuite , it’s easier then ever to organize who you follow so no need to be elitist here.

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Jason Yormark

APRIL 1, 2010

An invitation from those that you’ve never met, to share your deepest, darkest secrets and happenings (I know, sentence fragment, but it’s my blog!). This one has proponents on both sides, but with new tools like Tweetdeck , Seesmic and Hootsuite , it’s easier then ever to organize who you follow so no need to be elitist here.

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Jason Yormark

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

I keep my tweets to a minimum only sharing my 1-2 blog posts a week, very interesting/entertaining articles and retweets. I have been using TweetAdder for the past few months, and it’s been a fantastic tool. That’s not me. I imagine this accomplishes two things. I DO NOT recommend anything that I don’t stand behind.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 13, 2009

FROST has been able to drive significant buzz, awareness and business using tools that cost nothing but time thus far. Ola Ayeni Mobile Dialog [link] Leave a Reply blog comments powered by Disqus 105 SUBSCRIBERS 50161 FOLLOWERS Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me

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Jason Yormark

JULY 25, 2011

In addition, many social media CRM & reporting tools are still evolving allowing agencies to manage multiple clients more efficiently. From editorial calenders to blog articles to reviewing social media engagement, having a communication team to partner with has been invaluable.

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Jason Yormark

APRIL 11, 2011

Related posts: Social Media Friendly Blogging. 9 Great Social Media, Digital Marketing & Productivity Tools. RockMelt is now in open beta, so click here if you’d like to check it out. The New Gig: VP of Marketing & Social Media @ Strategies 360.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 11, 2010

If Twitter truly wants to become a true communication powerhouse, users need better tools to manage these things. Leave a Reply blog comments powered by Disqus 105 SUBSCRIBERS 50161 FOLLOWERS Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Maybe another checkbox to block DMs with links. Related posts: Twitter Auto DM: Just Say No!

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 11, 2010

If Twitter truly wants to become a true communication powerhouse, users need better tools to manage these things. Leave a Reply blog comments powered by Disqus 105 SUBSCRIBERS 50161 FOLLOWERS Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Maybe another checkbox to block DMs with links. Related posts: Twitter Auto DM: Just Say No!

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Jason Yormark

JANUARY 19, 2010

I immediately raced home and started my plans to re-think my blog design, but more importantly, creating a compelling business card that I could always have at my disposal. Related posts: 9 Great Social Media, Digital Marketing & Productivity Tools This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 12:35 pm and is filed under Misc.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 26, 2009

Since using Twitter more strategically, traffic to my blog from Twitter has increased to 14% (up 10%), and continues to grow. In your case, you're using it as an engagement tool thus it's more important for you to ensure the updates you receive are very relevant to you. So this method works for me.

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Jason Yormark

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Bonnie Cranmer Says: December 9th, 2009 at 6:41 am Facebook is such an interesting tool, a place where I too have invested substantial time yet with extreme skepticism over rights issues and sustainability. All new media is just too new to depend on, and backing up data as well as using multiple tools remains best policy.

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Jason Yormark

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Twittercounter – My 2nd favorite as it acts as a statistical tool as well. Leave a Reply blog comments powered by Disqus 105 SUBSCRIBERS 50161 FOLLOWERS Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Wefollow – My personal favorite for the simple design and usability. Built by Digg co-founder Kevin Rose.

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