Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

I try to follow the trends and news around social media as best I can. The Top Ten Reasons for Building an Online Community in 2009 From Vovici: If you don’t currently have an online community, and you are not thinking of building an online community next year, you should be. How Do You Build An Online Community?

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Now your Google+, your Foursquare. As you know, there’s been somewhat of a micro trend recently of people just sort of saying, “You know what? That fosters community. There’s a lot of conversation these days about influence or outreach and Klout , with Klout’s new algorithm change recently.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

What social media developments and trends should I be watching? Influence in social media: how to find the top bloggers by blur Group. This post outlines three key measures of social media influence and three key tools to help identify the most influential bloggers in any specific topic niche. What should I monitor for?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community. This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts. It’s definitely a worthwhile read.

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Social Media Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2010

What new trends or changes from last year can we expect? Brands will also realize that they can't be all things to all people, and will focus on those influencers who are the best fit for them. Note I didn't say "those influencers with the most followers or the highest readership." Okay, so where does that leave us for 2010?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 22, 2010

To improve performance, firms may benefit from looking at the medium through a broader lens, recognizing that expanding their influence by enabling customers to connect with one another may be as effective, if not more so, than interacting with them directly.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

60 proven ways to increase your online marketing influence – great advice to strengthen your reputation. How to piss off an online community – examples from the latest changes to Digg, Facebook, Sphinn, and Twitter. Influencers. All types (especially influencers). Influencers, Directors. Analyticals.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

Now, I’m not suggesting Foursquare will ever approach Twitter’s level of ubiquity, much less Facebook’s. Because Foursquare makes very little sense unless you’re in a physical location like a store, restaurant, etc.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 28, 2012

Five Types of Social Media Influencers by Intelegia. Raymond Morin presents both Klout’s 12-type matrix of social influencer types as well as Lisa Barone’s simpler model of five types, including the networker (“one who has the biggest contact list and found on all platforms. How should I change my messaging? •

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

As many of you know, I have an annual tradition of giving back to the community on my birthday, which is why this year is no different. Since I can’t read everything written by the Internet Marketing community, I ask my Twitter and Facebook followers for their own recommendations. Community Management/Engagement.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Want the trends, news, and findings too? Your strategies must employ content creation, community management, local/maps optimization, among others. Link Building with the Experts – 2011 Edition : Every year, this interview series asking link builders about the trends in search engine optimization and how it impacts link builders.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 22, 2010

Social PR & Influencer Outreach Using social connectivity to introduce your company or products to influencers. In other cases, they are the new influencers, bloggers and taste-makers. Brand Communities Take your best customers – the 1% that really give a damn about you – and activate them.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 5, 2013

As marketing becomes more data-driven, it’s vital to use data to keep up with trends, competitor strategies, and developments in your market. ” And just 12% admit to having their purchases influenced by Facebook “Likes” or Google “+1s” ( Relevanza ). e-Strategy Trends ). e-Strategy Trends ).

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Mindjumpers

JUNE 19, 2012

The post contained an infographic that predicted the most popular online activity and trend of the future to be location-based services such as Foursquare and Facebook Places. Typically gamification applies to non-game applications and processes, in order to encourage people to adopt them, or to influence how they are used.

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Visually SM

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Hootsuite takes it a step further and allows you to manage multiple social content streams from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Foursquare and many more networks. For example, Sprout gives you calculated engagement and influence scores, and if you’re using social media for customer support, it also measures your response time.

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