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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

As she notes in her introduction, Li’s book is organized around four main themes: Research: start by using search and social media monitoring tools to discover where your customers and prospects are congregating. Li really “gets&# social media from the social, search and business perspectives, and this shows throughout the book.

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Use Forums to Boost Your Blog’s Value

ProBlogger

Most bloggers are appreciative of their readership, but many rarely consider that their existing audience can do more than promote content and keep the comments active. For successful bloggers, it’s quite probable that your readers have more to say than they post in the comments. How forums add value. It worked for Dooce.

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The Importance of Building Community on Your Blog

ProBlogger

While it’s difficult to measure the anecdotal evidence that I’m seeing is that it’s improving the quality of comments being left on DPS. While it’s still early days on the ProBlogger.com forums a similar thing has happened there with a thread asking members to share their Twitter accounts.

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5 essential books for geeks…

The Way of the Web

Having seen some recommendations for what Wired considered the essential books for any geek, and found it a bit esoteric in recommending the original Dungeons & Dragons manual, for example, I thought I’d recommend the five books I have read, owned, re-read and recommended on numerous occasions as the core of my own geek libary.

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Social Media Intelligence: What It Is & Why You Need It

Hootsuite

You might also learn their dislikes, like how poor website experiences ruin their day, or their frustrations around booking hotels and flights. Track blogs, discussion forums, review sites, and more to stay ahead of the competition. Monitor blogs, discussion forums, reviews, and more. Comprehensive view of any brand or topic.

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19 Ideas That Will Inspire a Years Worth of Blog Post Topics

Rebekah Radice

A list of your favorite industry-related books. Ask a question, comment, or scenario that will elicit a debate. Ideas for reviews: Industry-related books and movies. Browse Quora and Forums. You can also look in other industry-related forums of syndication sites. What posts are getting the most comments?

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15 List Post Ideas When You Get Writer’s Block

Kikolani

This can be best Twitter posts, best forum posts, best blog posts, or best news items. This can include blog posts you’d like to see, ebooks you’d like to buy, books you’d definitely read, and blogs you’d certainly subscribe to. Be sure to ask for readers to tell in the comments about their favorite videos. Useful Niche Forums.

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