The Marketing Blog

APRIL 7, 2010

50 am Search Engine Statistics:: Google’s share dips Jump to Comments Although, Google continues to dominate the search market in U.S. Sector wise trends : If we look at vertical searches, all is not lost for Google as they continue to rise in Automotive, Shopping and travel verticals. Reference Links 1. searches 2.

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The Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Home About In the Media Building a People Centric Organization A Study on How Business Entities in India are Using Facebook September 7, 2010.5:43 When it comes to Facebook, the social networking platform is no different. Your brand has a Facebook fan page and you have a bunch of folks who like your company’s official ‘Facebook’ page.

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The Marketing Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

02 am Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison) Jump to Comments With over 40,000 tweets per minute and new-user registration growth rate of 1500%, you would expect Twitter to give a close fight to the social networking giant Facebook. Distribution Platform :: Facebook Facebook dominates on its own platform with about 72k (92.6%) reactions.

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 5, 2008

19 am Recruiting Lessons from Google Jump to Comments How does Google manage to be different everytime Their recruitment advertisement in today’s Times of India Ascent is another example that ! Read the original here: Recruiting Lessons from Google [.] Read the original here: Recruiting Lessons from Google [.]

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

47 pm Facebook and India Jump to Comments Our team recently made a visual presentation which talks about ‘Facebook’ and its penetration in India. Alltop Social Media said: Facebook and India [link] Social-Media.alltop [.] We have tried to cover some interesting insights via the presentation. We would be glad to help.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Up until yesterday, my main Facebook entities included my personal profile and my fan page for Kikolani. So the solution was creating a new Facebook page. It took under two hours to set up, and since it’s been a while since I’ve set up a Facebook fan page, I thought I’d share some things I learned along the way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 11, 2010

Here’s the real Facebook, long before I joined the social network myself: Truthfully, it doesn’t matter who invented Facebook. Here’s the real Facebook, long before I joined the social network myself: Truthfully, it doesn’t matter who invented Facebook. Facebook is like Classmates.com.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, a great discount code for November, and life on Facebook on kikolani.com. Is Facebook missing 370 million users ? Learn what your Facebook profile looks like to others – make sure your private information is really private.

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The Marketing Blog

APRIL 18, 2010

47 pm Facebook & India Jump to Comments This is a statistical post, which collates data from various blog-posts, press-releases and news sites. The objective is to analyze the usage trends for one of the biggest sites on the Internet – Facebook and world’s second most populous country – India. growth in India.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Jason Yormark

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve been wanting to write more about these services, but not until I was able to really give them a good try and for the past few weeks, I’ve immersed myself into really 3 choices, Facebook Places , Foursquare and Whrrl. It’s the only one of the three that truly has a community feel to it. Share this on Facebook.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

45 pm Facebook will surge ahead in India Jump to Comments I was just reading an interesting news-story, published in today’s edition of Economic times. It compares Facebook & Orkut in India. The story which quotes data from Vizisense.com , predicts that inside 7 months Facebook should be able to overtake Orkut.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Companies that use Facebook and Facebook fan pages to market their company to potential clients can increase sales, word-of-mouth marketing and client loyalty significantly among a subset of their clients, according to new research from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business. Post on Google Buzz. Mackey, Jr.

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Idaconcpts

MARCH 29, 2011

Business should remember that community outreach can be a great way to increase visibility. FaceBook Like Button : We all know how important social media is for increased visibility, so adding that ‘like’ button to your blog post or webpage is critical. FaceBook makes it simple. Share this on Facebook. Tweet This!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested. Starting a fan page on Facebook and a business account with Twitter is sort of like moving into a new neighborhood.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 17, 2011

It’s what Erica DeWolf calls StumbleUpon. But StumbleUpon offers some unique ways of being found. Yes, StumbleUpon came upon this concept long before Facebook. If you download the StumbleUpon toolbar, you can “Like&# or “Not Like&# in one click. About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Benefits of Blogging This five part series covers the benefits of blogging, including having a worldwide audience, building a community, strengthening your interests, learning Internet marketing skills, and becoming an authority in your niche. Blogging Tips. Social Media. Getting Overwhelmed? Get Organized! What is PostRank?

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

A common mistake in social media is that companies will dive right in, setting up a Twitter account or Facebook page and blasting out tweets and status updates about their latest company news and new product announcements—and then wonder why their Twitter following isn’t growing and there’s no interaction on their Facebook page.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Others are more likely to retweet your content when they view you as someone trying to share helpful content with the community rather than just broadcasting your own material. Share this on Facebook. Post on Google Buzz. Share it on StumbleUpon. It generates more retweets for you. People want to be retweeted. Tweet This!

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 11, 2012

As the site owner/community manager, I even had someone threaten to come to my house in person so he could discuss the fact that I edited one of his posts for racist comments. 2) Don’t argue just to argue – Community managers can spot them a mile away. Trolls who like to just stir the pot and start arguments.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Facebook Advertising will take off – This year Facebook saw their advertiser base triple! Facebook ads today remind me of Google AdWords in 2001 with low CPC’s on topics and segments many marketers will want to reach. I predict you will see Facebook surpass Google by Valentines day 2010. Mark it down people.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Own your brand’s social presence: If you don’t create official channels online, it’s only a matter of time before your customers/clients do it for you and create their own profiles and communities around your brand. Be sure to build trust by adding value to the community consistently over time. Please share your experiences!

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Twist Image

JANUARY 12, 2012

The macro theory here is that Blogging is a part of Social Media which inherently means that the spirit of community needs to be present. Forget the popularity of platforms like Twitter , Facebook , Google+ , LinkedIn and more. They can share the link on Facebook. They can comment on the link that they shared on Facebook.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

That doesn’t typically fly elsewhere (Facebook will kill the account), but Times Square on Friendster required 2 accounts at the time because I maxed out on the initial 500 person limit. The High Point: Facebook In 2004, I joined Facebook and my behavior changed drastically. I had many friends just like that.

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Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Showcase Community Spirit. Make sure you readers understand how your nonprofit helps the community and how they can join you, whether it is through volunteering or a donation. Share this on Facebook. Post on Google Buzz. Share it on StumbleUpon. Show how real people make actual use of your services. Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

10 pm Google Spreadsheets Update: Blessing in Disguise for Marketers… Jump to Comments Web-based productivity tools have been around for quite a while, but their usage and focus has primarily been limited to a very niche audience. What is the problem and what is the solution being offered by Google Spreadsheets’ latest update.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it. You can use the many applications that Facebook offers, so that others can answer questions on a survey, have discussions on the forums, and/or have notes to bring awareness to a topic. Evernote allows you to clip anything (e.g. web sites, images, videos, etc.)

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Saying It Social

JULY 22, 2010

The advice that gets the most votes by 5pm ET on July 23rd wins an iPad and more importantly to me, some pretty nice recognition in the social media community. In order to get what you want you have to be good and play nice; sharing is good, too. If you’re a skeptic and expect instant gratification you’ll find yourself without.

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Josh S Peters

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Use Google and look for research done by others about your target demographic. Check Google adwords tools and trends to find the search terms used most by your consumer and your competitor’s consumer. Use outreach to get links from highly relevant sources, the kind that your customers (and Google) find valuable.

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SocialFish

JANUARY 8, 2011

But (for now) the answers that I’ve seen are professional, not “social&# in the way throwing out a question on Facebook and getting lots of jokey answers is social. In terms of culture , think LinkedIn (minus the recruiter spam), not Facebook. Exhibit c: A question about the Google Me rumors.

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Myrland Marketing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense SOCIAL MEDIA: ARE FACEBOOK GAMES DRIVING YOU CRAZY? 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day. People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 11, 2010

This year, two of the most important things I want to focus on in the blogging arena is content and community. Create a schedule using Google Calendar for weekly posting on all blogs, including: 2 posts + Fetching Friday on Kikolani. StumbleUpon. StumbleUpon is definitely my top social network bringing in traffic.

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Idaconcpts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The current frontrunner in the online borrowing community, NeighborGoods has recently been featured on Tech Crunch , Boing Boing , and NPR. Facebook ( www.facebook.com ). Chances are you have a lot of friends on Facebook. Post a message on your Facebook wall asking to borrow something from one of your friends. Tweet This!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Many people stay to themselves, failing to participate in the community and to build rapport with others in the same field. “I want to have 100,000 Facebook Fans in 2 weeks, and I am a start-up business that no one knows… &# It is hard to explain to people how it all works when they have this type of expectation.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following. They also often require large investments to create an initial community. Specially Google, Yahoo and Msn.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 9, 2011

Google optimization is based on the premise that the more people that like to your website, the more valuable it must be and the higher ranking it deserves in search results. But you have to start Google optimization some where. These are all real links, and are entirely legitimate and approved for optimization by Google.

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