Convince & Convert

MAY 14, 2013

It’s an idea shared first by Steve Rubel , though I’m not sure he meant to take it as far and as literal as I’m going to here, but the basic gist is that your website is your homeland and your social networking accounts are your embassies. Or do they need to socialize their homeland as well? The same is true of social networks.

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Social Media Strategy How To Training 148

Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

So, I peeked at YouTube. 213 videos on YouTube , the most recent just five days ago. The Facebook page has a not-too-shabby 13,000+ fans, but most of the YouTube videos have just a few dozen views. The YouTube channel is barely mentioned on Facebook. The team has a lot of photographs on Facebook (and also some on Flickr).

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Social Media Content Analysis Sports 120

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 23, 2011

Virtually every social media monitoring tool worthy of the label covers the big social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter), social bookmarking sites (Digg, Reddit) and content sharing sites (YouTube, Flickr). Many include at least the most popular blogs as well. Integration with other applications.

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Social Media Tools Sysomos Vocus 193

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

10 Ethical Ways to Buy Links : While some may argue that you need to nofollow links purchased via paid reviews (which is suggested here), link buying isn’t over and is a great way for many people to get the visibility they feel they deserve and the SEO value that may come from it. Should You Buy PPC Ads for Your Brand Keywords?

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Marketing SEO Case Study Small Business 264

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). The genius of this plug-in (and the reason it’s named after Seth Godin) is that you can set one message for first-time visitors, and a second message for repeat visitors.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167

Viper Chill

APRIL 26, 2010

Facebook for me is a lot of work, for a small audience of people who are not in the learn, buy or convert mode. Twitter is the one social network where you can really be someone’s “friend”, as cheesy and rainbow-filled as that sounds. Forums Message boards are really the first internet form of social media, after IRC.

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Social Media Strategy Digg Forums 80

Twist Image

JUNE 12, 2012

When people got more comfortable with the Web and browsing on their own, the beginning of blogs and message boards (which happened in parallel) were an indie-like fairground for independence. By forcing websites to build in-Facebook apps, the online social network is able to keep consumers locked in on Facebook, without ever leaving.

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