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Tool Tuesday: PostRank Analytics

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As a blogger, there are numerous tools at your disposal to track how your content is doing. A deceptively simple yet dynamic tool for bloggers which measures what it calls “Engagement Events&# such as a comment, a bookmarked link, or a tweet about a particular post. It isn’t that we need a tool that does everything.

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What we can learn from blog firestorms.

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THEN it happens: SLAM BAM a snarky comment or worse, an outright attack. I’ve been watching closely as over the last couple of weeks two incidents on different blogs have caused an outright fury in the blogosphere, dividing a typically supportive group (bloggers) on different sides of the fence. I really admire them both.

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Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile makes appearance in Hawaii | Akamai.

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The Weinermobile is big news for bloggers in the Aloha State and Oahu specifically as moms and Hawaii residents and tourists alike love to see it and write about it. In these markets, they get more visability from TV , radio, newspapers and even bloggers. Put it in perspective. What’s your social currency?

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What's your social currency?

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Stop thinking like a marketer/business owner/blogger- extraordinare for a moment, and pause. Think about it – when you go to a Facebook page or a blog, do you always comment? Share and Enjoy: Tags: small business , social media , strategy No Comments Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this article!

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Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses

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Be disciplined: develop an editorial calendar, leave room for newsy items that your company should be commenting on. This is the blogger as task-master part. Let your talented employees be your bloggers – ask for volunteers to start. Blog regularly 1-3X minimum per week. What have you learned from blogging?

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5 things I’ve learned from failed blog posts

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The conversation took place elsewhere: Sometimes, instead of commenting on a blog post, people will choose to engage on another outpost, Facebook or Twitter for example. If you have a blog post that doesn’t generate comments, you move on to the next post. So, bloggers…do you agree with my lessons learned?

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What makes a social media expert any different from a unicorn?

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That’s why so many people who are considered experts are also speakers and bloggers, writers. They also know that by sharing, they engender conversations, comments and ideas which help them flesh out their ideas and opinions, which takes us back to the fact that most experts are outstanding students.