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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Did you know you can use Twitter for research? Here are a few ways to use Twitter for conducting research: Twitter Search - Twitter has a search feature. Create Lists – Twitter allows you to create lists of your favorite Twitter users. Twitter Trends – Look for trending topics.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Rand Fishkin, in his Whiteboard Friday post last Friday, shared eight ways you can build links with Twitter. Only, none of these methods actually provide you with a link from Twitter. Nevertheless, these are all powerful ways to use Twitter to build some inbound links to your website. Can you build links with Twitter?

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APRIL 18, 2011

The Changing Face Of Article Marketing » UberMedia, Mixx, And Twitter Remember the social media website Mixx ? Not long ago Twitter announced that some third party apps weren’t going to work any longer. Mixx is popular, but it’s not as popular as, say, StumbleUpon, Digg, Facebook, or Twitter.

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JUNE 15, 2011

Anyone who has used Twitter knows that you can use it for any number of purposes. Some people are so prolific in using Twitter that you could appropriately call it their soapbox. Then, of course, you have the great mass of Twitter users who fall somewhere in between. They sound off about everything. My take: It’s both.

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JUNE 28, 2011

Todd Mallicoat aka Stuntdubl recently fielded a series of SEO questions on Twitter. Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz picked them up and answered them on his blog. Next year, what will effect (sic) SERP’s (sic) more, Twitter or Facebook? Take a look at Twitter, on the other hand. Directly, he says, it will be Twitter.

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JULY 7, 2012

Don’t sweat it if you have been marketing yourself online and not been using Twitter. There are good solid reasons to use Twitter for marketing and it’s never too late to get started. Here are 5 solid reasons to include Twitter in your online marketing efforts. Twitter now uses autocomplete. Get to know them.

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MAY 3, 2011

The question arises often about how often is often enough when posting to the popular social media sites – particularly Facebook and Twitter. If you manage a Twitter and a Facebook account, that’s one hour per day. When it comes to Twitter and Facebook, moderation is best. Can you post too often or not often enough?

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JULY 3, 2012

Blogging, more than any other kind of marketing, is multi-dimensional. In fact, I’ve identified 5 key dimensions of your blog and they have all equal value. When you blog you should keep each of these 5 dimensions in mind. 1 rankings for your blog alone. 1 rankings for your blog alone.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Current research is showing that corporate blogging is on the wane with businesses preferring the short sharp and punchy content they can throw at both Facebook and Twitter. That’s where a blog has it’s corporate power for businesses of all sizes. Maintaining a blog is only as hard as you make it.

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MAY 10, 2011

» Why Quora Is The New Twitter Quora has become quite popular lately in the Q&A arena. The problem is that Quora will run into some of the same problems that other websites have run into (namely, Twitter). About.Me: A Good Starting Place On The Web? There are good reasons for that. It will become a haven for spammers.

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AUGUST 26, 2011

does is take links sent out through Twitter and curates them into one news source according to the publisher’s preferences. today you send out a tweet that includes a teaser line containing a specific keyword phrase and a link to a blog post at Small Business Mavericks. You should also follow the publisher on Twitter.

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APRIL 5, 2011

» The ONLY Way To Manage Your Twitter Account Leave it to Marketing Pilgrim to think outside of the Twox (Twitter box). The right idea is to manage your Twitter account YOUR WAY. There are so-called Twitter gurus out there who would have you believe that there is only one right way to manage your Twitter account.

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MARCH 23, 2011

» How To Increase Your Twitter Followers So you’ve set yourself up a Twitter account and you’re raring to go. The object of Twitter is to help you connect with people you’d like to do business with so, with that in mind, let’s talk about how to grow your Twitter followers. Good for you!

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MARCH 15, 2011

How Q&A Sites Can Boost Your SEO » Is Twitter Still A Good Marketing Tool? Twitter has posted some impressive numbers about its service and Frank at Marketing Pilgrim has picked up on them, and he’s asking some really pertinent questions. Not every Twitter account holder is active. Many people are.

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

Start a free blog about your business. WordPress, Blogspot and other free blogging platforms offer step-by-step tutorials for setting up your business on a blog. You can post your blog to several websites that will send your blog to many areas of the internet. Start a fan page on Facebook.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

If you need proof that social media continues to improve, just look at the two recent updates from Twitter. So this is a big improvement in my book, as more and more big businesses are letting their employees use Twitter. That’s powerful, and it takes Twitter to the next level right alongside Pinterest, Instagram, and Vine.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

If you need proof that social media continues to improve, just look at the two recent updates from Twitter. So this is a big improvement in my book, as more and more big businesses are letting their employees use Twitter. That’s powerful, and it takes Twitter to the next level right alongside Pinterest, Instagram, and Vine.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

If you’re struggling with how to encourage more tweets and retweets for your blog and website content, then I highly recommend reading these two articles, both of which were written by social media icons and veterans of the field: Twitter Share Buttons Bring 7 Times The Return. 21 Tips To Earn Links And Tweets To Your Blog Post.

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JANUARY 17, 2014

Your Blog – Add a blog to your website and update it every day, or as often as you can publish valuable content. Third-Party Niche Websites – Guest blogging and writing guest articles for other sites within your niche allow you opportunities to reach your target audience where they are already hanging out.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Follow your Twitter stream - Take a look at your Twitter stream. It can be something that you cross-post from Twitter or something that makes you think of something else. As a content marketer , you should always be looking for new ways to find content to post on your blog or website. What’s popular?

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MARCH 11, 2012

Twitter – while Twitter continues to have its knockers, it is a great tool for blasting out short messages. Facebook - where Twitter is for short messages, Facebook is for real discussions. Blog – the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle. People can follow those who publish videos that interest them.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Company and third-party blogs are considered less risky than Twitter or Facebook, which indicates that businesses are warming up to blogging. LinkedIn is considered slightly risky by 43% of businesses and not risky by 35%, making it more trusted than Facebook, Twitter, video sharing sites, or blogs.

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MAY 21, 2012

When it comes to meaningful comments, and deep discussions, forget Facebook and Twitter. If you do go the Facebook and Twitter route, you need to maintain a lot of control over what you do and don’t become involved in. If anything, they can flood you with banal comments that take a lot of time yet deliver little in results.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

But if you insist, here are 23 ways to link your social media accounts: Send Google+ to Twitter. Send Facebook to Twitter. Send Tumblr to Twitter. Send your WordPress blog posts to Twitter. Send Twitter to Facebook. Send your WordPress blog posts to Facebook. Send Google+ to your WordPress blog.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

I recently noticed that the service has added several other social media services to its metrics, which increases its value a hundred-fold (though I’d still say it’s overly weighted toward Twitter). Among the services that Klout now tracks are: Tumblr – A blogging platform somewhat like a cross between Twitter and Blogger.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

If you have a business blog or you need website content, or even if you do any guest blogging or publish articles at various places around the Web, you need a way to come up with constant content ideas. The next time you write an article or blog post, answer a question you’ve heard from one of your customers.

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MARCH 18, 2013

If you’re concerned that the demise of Google Reader will kill your blog, rest your eyes. In fact, I’m confident that it won’t – especially if you do these three things to increase your blog readership right now. These are not the only means you have of promoting your blog, but they are a good start.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Retweet their tweets - It’s nice that you follow your followers back on Twitter, but do you retweet their tweets? Respond to their comments on your blog – Respond to comments. Respond to their comments on your blog – Respond to comments. That includes on your blog, on your Facebook wall, and even on Twitter.

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MAY 5, 2014

You may have seen Twitter’s recent study called “Discovering the Value of Earned Audiences — How Twitter Expressions Activate Consumers.” There should be that mix of controlled content and open-ended feedback in order to get the mix Twitter has found effective in their study.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Google will notify you when those keywords are mentioned online – in a blog post, on a website, in social media, or wherever. With Google Reader you can keep track of certain blogs in your niche – competitor blogs as well as third-party news blogs that report on important news. TweetDeck is owned by Twitter.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

Share to LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook, and Twitter. After that, start blogging. Blog every day for the first 30 days of your website’s life. But it could take longer, so make sure you blog. As you blog, share your blog posts once daily to your Facebook and Google+ pages.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

I think the most fascinating part of this blog post at Search Engine Journal is that the best time to send out your e-mail newsletter depends on what you are writing about. Weekends seem to be optimal times to post to Facebook and Twitter. But what about blogging? People comment more on blog posts on Saturday, however.

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APRIL 30, 2012

All to often a business will focus on one or two social media platforms, particularly Facebook and Twitter since they receive the most mentions. At the very least you gain an insight into what people are talking about, and that’s a great source of fodder for your blog (if you have one).

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Post snippets of your e-book on your Facebook page and LinkedIn Pulse blog–just long enough to be blog posts–and drive people back to your landing page for the e-book. Start a Pinterest Blog – Pinterest is a highly visual platform. Offer something for your readers when they land on your blog.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Post snippets of your e-book on your Facebook page and LinkedIn Pulse blog–just long enough to be blog posts–and drive people back to your landing page for the e-book. Start a Pinterest Blog - Pinterest is a highly visual platform. Offer something for your readers when they land on your blog. Even Pinterest.

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JANUARY 10, 2012

I see ‘gurus’ insisting that every online business should be active on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and, in some instances, specialist social media sites such as LinkedIn. Add in a blog and you have a fairly active social media approach. Blogs are slightly different. However, even a blog requires planning.

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MARCH 30, 2011

People are buying on their phones, reading blogs on their phones, and updating their social media on their phones. Facebook and Twitter – If you thought social media was a trend that would go away, you’d better face it. Blog Marketing – Blog marketing came on strong, then it dipped.

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