Direct Marketing Observations

JULY 6, 2010

Let’s say you’re a consultant, which social media solution would you suggest and why? Which one is going to have the largest impact on your company? Just because a company can set up a Facebook fan page for example- does that mean that it will give them the biggest bang for their efforts? Social Bookmarking.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 21, 2011

Social bookmarking – Bookmark and share all of your content at two or three social bookmarking sites daily. Social networking – Pick two or three social networks and be active on those networks about an hour every day. About Us What’s a Maverick? Is this hard?

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Small Business Press Release Social Bookmarking How To 161

Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

In today’s competitive environment, it takes a fierce marketing strategy to position your company and communities ahead of the competition; and this session will equip you to make-over your existing marketing plan into a Super Model of success. We look forward to seeing you in Dallas!

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Social Media Paid Search Reputation SMS 190

Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 24, 2010

No longer are individuals passively listening and viewing advertisements; now they’re “twittering&# and posting their opinions on Facebook along with other social media sites. For little companies, social media’s ever-emerging presence is really a dramatic game-changer that can have a large impact on their bottom line.

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Social Media Social Bookmarking Construction Technorati 128

Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Inside a company, same rules apply. The power users will be unusually good at building their Connectbeam Social Profiles with key words, along the lines of search engine optimization techniques. There are two benefits to developing your own community: You can learn a variety of information and viewpoints from others. Search 2.0.

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Social Bookmarking Wiki Applications Web 2.0 109

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

After all, spending time, money, and other precious resources on social media marketing before you have an understanding of what it can do for you is kind of like putting the cart before the horse (not advisable). It finds your customers Companies using traditional marketing methods (e.g. It introduces your brand Is your company new?

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Firebelly

AUGUST 18, 2010

Youll learn how to identify your content assets, use a push and pull approach, the social platforms that can work for you, a review of the monitoring tools, and see case studies of companies doing it right. You can find Firebelly speaking at the following sessions. We look forward to seeing you this weekend!

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Paid Search Reputation SMS Conference 135

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. One of the ways that Twitter has been used (other than listed above) has been by conferences like South by Southwest (SXSW) and Gnomedex. GetSatisfaction provides a way for companies to do that.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read | Main | Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs » February 02, 2010 Social Media & The Super Bowl Companies love to entertain us with their 30 second spots during the Super Bowl.

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Firebelly

JULY 22, 2010

Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. Posted by: Tonytellez | July 23, 2010 at 10:15 AM This reminds me of my Firestone story posted on Get Social PR. In my instance the company's policy, which is special to Firestone and not to the industry as a whole, stood in the way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Many companies partake in this “shiny toy syndrome&# and do it all without a plan or strategy in place. Just do it while giving back to the community as well. Meanwhile, this agency contracted one of the biggest social media rockstars in the space, a guy who has a stellar social media record. Want to self promote?

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Facebook Secures Patent for News Feed By Ben Parr A new patent awarded to Facebook this week could have some big implications for the entire social media industry. The world’s largest social network now own the patent for the news feed. Below, we discuss ten important Social Metrics for companies. But now what?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Massive list posts ("50+ Ways to Use Flickr," "100 Social Media Resources", etc.) I know that I myself am attracted to them, bookmarking almost every one I see because the sheer quantity of items seems to indicate that it must be useful. No massive lists of resources or tools. Comments (0). |.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Companies that didnâ??t Facebook or LinkedIn) or other communities of practiceâ?? I heard the same thing from the Gen Y folks at my Social Media Game workshop). The investment these companies will make in blogs, social networks, and communities will â??stimulate Gender and Blogging and Top 25 Lists, Oh My!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

Social Bookmarking For Enterprise Knowledge Management. Social Bookmarking as a Knowledge Management Strategyâ?? In that article, though I also discussed how certain free, public social bookmarking sites could also be suitable for enterprise useâ??IFâ??they Periodicals. Conferences. Buyers Guides.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

You see, the current state of the social media blogosphere is very much like an echo chamber , in that a bunch of social media evangelists, strategists, gurus, and other experts are talking to and amongst one another. For now though, here’s a list of reasons of why I hope this blog will prove valuable to you. link] Meg Ahhh!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

As a top Digg submitter, it worked like this: at first, people noticed my heavy community involvement and my participation , and consequently, my submitted stories easily front-paged. The community had to react. They need to make it impossible for the Top 100/1000 list to exist entirely. How are you getting that data?&#

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ProBlogger

APRIL 6, 2011

Most recently, I’ve been working with Kleenex Mums to help build a blogger-centric online community. I started listing all the benefits that I see available from working with bloggers, and they fell politely into these four buckets. Some of the things you know that you can package: what topics are hot-button topics in your community.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

The community of del.icio.us However, many people are unaware of it’s complete list of features and valuable add-ons. tool on your list. This moves them up to the very top of my tag list. This simple trick allows me to place my most important tags at the very top of the tag list. The power of del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Here’s my list for 2008. Despite the changing landscape, the articles I list here are typically those that I feel are “timeless&# in that they could be referenced in the future and still have utility. Like last year, I enlisted in help from my followers on Twitter, many of whom gave me some great posts to add to this list.

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

Analytics & Research In a survey across thousands of large companies who actively monitor their stats online, only 35% stated that they actually changed their website based on what they saw. I created a Twitter list which currently has about 80 people in it, and I usually only monitor the tweets from these people.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 29, 2011

Blogs for business are an outstanding tool for business, they can build community, be the backbone of your social media program, and drive traffic to your website, just for starters. Are you trying to create community? Speaking of Writers.What IS your company’s voice? But where do you start? Then live it.

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Press Release Technorati Klout Metrics 238

yMarketingMatters

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

In Social Media Examiner’s 2013 End of Year Report, marketers now place very high value on social media marketing: 86% of marketers stated that social media is important for their business. 89% of marketers stated that increased exposure was the number one benefit of social media marketing. Build a community.

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Social Media Mobile YouTube Social Networking 279

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Gmail does not have a to-do list feature - yet. All you need to do is add IMified to your Google Talk contact list and you can not only view your calendar and to-dos but add to them and delete items as well. inside Gmail) to read my orkut scraps and community topics without logging into orkut account. Read More]. Advergaming.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 22, 2012

.” Old friends may include, among others: • Current customers (for example, clicking on a bookmarked link to your support page or user community area). Media and analysts already familiar with your company. Partners (channel, technology, implementation services, etc.). ’ Online Direct Traffic Sources.

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How To Conference Analytics Social Bookmarking 170

Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

The 33 most important moments in the history of social media The first social media site was born (1997) On one of the first true social media sites, SixDegrees.com , you could set up a profile page, create lists of connections, and send messages within networks.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 3, 2011

use automated social bookmarking tools like IMAutomater and Shareaholic tips for increasing traffic to your blog. How To Optimise Your WordPress Ping List by Pimp My WordPress. A colossal list of more than 120 sites to add to your ping list for automatic notification each time you publish a new post.

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Tips Sysomos SEO WordPress 177

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Company blogs have become virtually essential, and very powerful, component of digital marketing. Is it still worthwhile to get listed in blog directories, and if so, which ones? Active RSS and Blog Directories List by Buzzkeep. Which blog post promotion tactics are most effective? 25 Easy Ways to Promote Your Blog by Kim Garst.

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Directory How To Forums Social Bookmarking 206

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Choose from over 240 products from companies such as Microsoft, Adobe, and Symantec. Full list of partners and products. To get started, visit the popular social bookmarks manager del.icio.us  or another social bookmarking Web site and pick a tag that for your organization or cause. Jump to Content.

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Tips Drupal Open Source Social Bookmarking 174

Kikolani

APRIL 7, 2010

Here are eight ways that businesses can use social media to learn more about themselves and their industry as well as get more involved with their clients and communities interested in what they have to offer. Include searches for your company, business owner, or unique product name. Social media can be a great research tool.

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Social Media Social Bookmarking Hotels Social Networking 165

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. Maybe next year, folks!

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Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

To get a feel for what students are studying in Social Media U, you only need to do a web search because many of the students arent just learning how to, theyre blogging about it too. Of course, the entirety of social media cant be summed up in one blog post, so these are just a handful of subjects listed below.

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Class Social Media Web 2.0 Wiki 274

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 31, 2015

Why the Company Blog is More Important Than You Think by Business2Community. ” As if that isn’t enough, this post details four more “benefits an authentic company blog can deliver to the organization, beyond the top line” that make the effort required to maintain a high-quality, relevant blog presence worthwhile.

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Kikolani

AUGUST 5, 2010

Why leadership and team building exercises should not be ignored by small businesses – it’s not just Intel that gets great benefits from these – any company should use these today! How to use social media to get a job – simple things to do and to avoid if you are job hunting and easily searchable.

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Mashup Resources Facebook Engineering 121

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

500 companies now call social media “very&# or “somewhat&# important to their marketing or business strategy. The Social Media Marketing List: 45 things you should be doing but probably aren’t by Conversation Marketing. 6 Basic Questions For Social-Optimizing Your Company Website by BlueGlass.

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Social Media Tools Tips ROI 199

ProBlogger

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Today we’ll talk about integrating your community into your design. Since a blog is a form of social media, even if—or especially if—it’s a business blog, it only makes sense to design the blog in a way that will maximize interaction. ” Heck, giving attention to others may attract trolls and other negative behaviour!

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 4, 2012

How can you make sure your company’s social media policy doesn’t run afoul of employment law? What under-utilized site has been called a “social media powerhouse,” and which highly popular social bookmarking site is frequently overlooked by marketers?

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