Convince & Convert

AUGUST 9, 2011

From a search engine’s perspective, backlinks from another site pointing to yours is a meaningful vote of confidence. Let’s focus on how to build backlinks other people use to point attention toward your website via blogs, articles, social media sites, and so on. But it’ s a fallacy that all social media sites have no-follows.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

It also often means that your site’s content must itself offer unique value that isn’t easily attainable anywhere else on the web. Making yourself known online requires building relationships with influencers as well as keeping consumers engaged with online conversations and community building.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 13, 2017

Before you buy that shirt online, you look at reviews to see what other people think of the fit and quality. Imagine if brick and mortar companies displayed the average review of every product they sold in stores. Imagine if brick and mortar companies displayed the average review of every product they sold in stores.

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Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

So this review is spreading wildly, virally with anyone who might have gone to this Cairns restaurant. I say “might” as I suspect the reviews and comments are filling up a lot of Cairns Facebook discussions at the moment, and that ain’t good for this particular restaurant. The reviews were thin on the ground.

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 26, 2012

While my definition of a friend has changed since joining the social networking site in 2005, the core remains the same: Friends are people who I know in the flesh, share an interest or two, and consider socially compatible. Family members and so-called close friends fit this definition. But in the meantime, do you have any questions?

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 20, 2010

I’m speaking in Canberra next week - a workshop on social media and government one day and presentation on online communities and voters/constituents the next. How do you save time and energy when monitoring ALL those social media sites. The challenges of the new social newspaper community and the FixMyStreets type activism.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Here are a few sites and services that can help you directly sell through social media. Foursquare.com — Use Foursquare specials for repeat visitors. For example, you might have launched a Twitter account hoping it would drive tons of customers to your e-commerce site quickly. Groupon.com — Make local offers.

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Justin Levy

JULY 1, 2010

How consumers digest advertising and make buying decisions has forever been altered by the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and LinkedIn. During the Discovery phase the brand lets go of the conversation and hands it to the community. and direct traffic to the brand’s web site or retail store. This is my view.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 29, 2010

Businesses can help Foursquare survive. 25 easy to use photo sharing sites. Google is taking content from your site through rich snippets. Halloween Bowl & Week in Review. Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, 100 Greatest Hits on Youtube & Week in Review. 30 minutes a day online marketing tips.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 30, 2011

In the last several years we’ve seen a remarkable shift from blogs and discussion forums to instant update platforms like Twitter and Foursquare. Users don’t have a clear understanding of why using the site will help them. There has also been a substantial move to mobile technology. Behavior Change is Slow.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 25, 2011

Who will review & act? Customer-generated reviews of products and services. How will you deal with negative reviews? Customized content management systems (CMS) where your staff can access and edit the website and users can create their own blogs within your main site. FourSquare/Gowalla. Yelp/Trip Advisor.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

I know my way around the popular sites. What I found were a collection of sites and posts that spoke to my social media needs. 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.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

I know my way around the popular sites. What I found were a collection of sites and posts that spoke to my social media needs. 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.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 28, 2012

Over the last several years we’ve gamified checking in ( Foursquare ), eating and drinking ( Foodspotting ), investing in human beings ( Empire Avenue ), and many other categories. If you’re driving users to a custom platform you’ll also be able to measure unique visits, page views per visitor, time on site, depth of visit, participation.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 28, 2012

Over the last several years we’ve gamified checking in ( Foursquare ), eating and drinking ( Foodspotting ), investing in human beings ( Empire Avenue ), and many other categories. If you’re driving users to a custom platform you’ll also be able to measure unique visits, page views per visitor, time on site, depth of visit, participation.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 30, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Ma.gnolia Down – Price For Social Bookmarking Ma.gnolia is a very popular social bookmarking site. The obvious benefit to this is that your favorite sites are available anywhere and everywhere there is an internet connection. Jim’s last blog post.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 24, 2009

It’s not a primary focus to get people from all over the US or the world reading the site. TOPIX Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. Its nice to get to know others in the community and spread the word about their businesses online.

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Koka Sexton

APRIL 28, 2009

It was really an impulsive decision but I stuck with it so far and I am beginning to reap the rewards of managing a local blog for the community. The community that has been built continues to surprise me. I do a bit of targeted advertising on Facebook for the site and the fan page. Leave a comment! Use get_bookmarks() instead.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 1, 2008

There are several bloggers that do just that with the intent of getting more ad revenue through their site. I want to highlight on one Social Networking site that has been very helpful in getting me new visitors and show you some results. Bringing new visitors can almost become a full time job is you decide to do go that route.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 8, 2009

The site has been around for a while but in recent weeks I have been seeing a lot of activity on my profile that I hadn’t seen before. etc) and FriendFeed personalizes your data feed with info from each of the sites. Once a dormant social site that I used only for aggregating my rss feeds has now become a full fledged community.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 24, 2009

It’s not a primary focus to get people from all over the US or the world reading the site. TOPIX Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. Its nice to get to know others in the community and spread the word about their businesses online.

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Koka Sexton

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Depending on how many other people are writing in your community, you have the chance of pissing off a few people. I have this site among a couple others that I do not update as often as I like and for some reason I really thought that starting a new blog would be the right thing to do. (I’m

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Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. This caused such an outcry by the Facebook community that several groups formed almost immediately calling for Facebook to change their terms of service back to normal. This didn’t seem to be enough for the community and the people kept complaining.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Instead of leaving the site to organic sources of traffic, I branched out and learned what I could about getting included into other news sites and found some great places to spread the word about your blog on a very local level. Here are a couple sites that I am working with that other local bloggers could be apart of.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 26, 2010

Amongst the topics that came up was some common sense insight into the usage of geo-based social media sites like Britekite and Foursquare. Best links are from trusted sites with proper anchor text. More #SMAZ Reviews. Simply put, don’t post your location unless you want to be found.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 28, 2010

wordpress.com hosted blog Self hosted blog.paragon-software There was some break in the stats while the site was moved but it’s clear that the blog is getting a lot more exposure than our other social media profiles. The site is very functional, I could make it a little ‘prettier’ but it’s nice.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

I was going to just re-tweet this information since I found it from a person I was following but after digging in a bit with the TweetsGiving site and what Epic Change is all about, I felt it was worth writing something more substantial up in support of them. In the end, Thanksgiving is all about giving. Use wp_list_categories() instead.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 28, 2010

wordpress.com hosted blog Self hosted blog.paragon-software There was some break in the stats while the site was moved but it’s clear that the blog is getting a lot more exposure than our other social media profiles. The site is very functional, I could make it a little ‘prettier’ but it’s nice.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 25, 2009

After a quick Google search we found a site using the Twitter API that can calculate your Twitter Ratio in just a few seconds. You might be a thought leader in your community. or Geotracking services are picking up steam and in my post about Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp I was still sifting Koka Sexton dot Com: [.]

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 25, 2009

After a quick Google search we found a site using the Twitter API that can calculate your Twitter Ratio in just a few seconds. You might be a thought leader in your community. or Geotracking services are picking up steam and in my post about Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp I was still sifting Koka Sexton dot Com: [.]

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Using MyBlogLog To Expand Your Community Quality vs. Quantity in Social Networking Why I Twitter (And Why You Should Too) The 4 Elements of Getting Videos to go Viral Using Social Media to Meet People How to Run a Successful Competition on Your Blog Defenition of Viral Marketing and Success Stories. Javo’s last blog post. Thank you.

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Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Concerts, Movies and Shows Many communities offer a wide variety of free entertainment through local park districts and organizations. Sites like Craigslist and PetFinder often offer pets for free. Sometimes you can get anywhere from 15 to 50 prints of your photos depending on the site and the time of year when you register.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Like last year, if your article is highlighted in this comprehensive post, there’s a badge for you to proudly celebrate this achievement on your site. Scroll down to the bottom of the post to grab the code you need for your post or site. Thanks again to David Mihm who specializes in Portland Web Design for creating them.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 8, 2009

Initially I was only following about 10-20 people that I had already known from other sites but by tracking comments and digging through my friend’s followers, I built up a decent list of people to follow on Twitter. Twitter Etiquette As any community will tell you, there are unspoken rules of etiquette that you should follow.

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 22, 2011

As tomorrow is an historic day – The Australian and other news.com sites move behind the paywall – what WILL we pay for, what SHOULD we pay for and what OTHER revenues streams are being missed by News.com refusal to build online communities around their content? a week for a digital-only pass to the site and apps.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 22, 2008

I specifically put the post in a low level category of my site thinking it was not worth any attention at all. Blacksmith2 of the StumbleUpon community discovered my post and added it to his favorites. Viral marketing is one of the best methods that exist on the internet for site promotion or for product promotion. I was wrong.

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Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Concerts, Movies and Shows Many communities offer a wide variety of free entertainment through local park districts and organizations. Sites like Craigslist and PetFinder often offer pets for free. Sometimes you can get anywhere from 15 to 50 prints of your photos depending on the site and the time of year when you register.

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