Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 15, 2011

About Us What’s a Maverick? link] #smb #smallbiz Log in to Reply WendyBlomseth says: March 18, 2011 at 3:02 am RT @CarolineMelberg: Is Twitter Still A Good Marketing Tool?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Some tools you can use are Social Mention , Trackur , and PostRank. You can also get Google Analytics installed on your Facebook Fan page. You can use Google Alerts or Social Mention’s alert feature. You can use Google Alerts or Social Mention’s alert feature. PostRank is becoming one of my favorite tools.

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Kikolani

JULY 28, 2010

Scribnia is an excellent blogging community that lets you connect with and review other blog writers. Adding your blog to the PostRank system (if it’s not already there) and under particular topic categories, you can get ranked in the top blogs on that topic based on your blog’s social engagement. For Reviews.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 27, 2011

It’s a given these days that before at least 50% of the first-time meetings you’re about to have you and the person you’re meeting will have Googled each other to learn a bit more about the person. Momentus Media Community Health Score. Postrank Analytics.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Google Grants for Google AdWords Google offers $10,000 per month free advertising to qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations serving the arts, education, health, science, technology, and volunteering. Examples of sites using Mobify include Boing Boing and A List Apart. Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Google, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Amplify, are the here and now. calendars – Google Blog Search [.] Suburban solitude, domesticity, neatly-numbered blocks, are the here and now. Discordant, concordant, flamboyant, triumphant jamborees of sound, color, bustle, dust, life, are the there and then. Thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

Now they’re offering a direct sync with Google (beta) if you’re a premium user (read, give them money, currently just under US $60 a year). I am, which means I can keep my contacts current in both places, which will be useful should I ever stop using Google Contacts. I don’t. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 3, 2011

The blog platform, as an open source community, is collectively shared by anyone and everyone who contribute code and provide feedback about what works and what needs improvement. Google XML Sitemaps helps search engine robots know what the site looks like, enabling you to see the best post when searching for a keyword.

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Jeff Esposito

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Livefyre also has a great community team who evangelizes the platform and assists with user questions with lightning speed. PostRank – This nifty plugin rates your posts on engagement, sharing and some other variables and was recently acquired by Google. It has also increased the time spent on the site.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Whats more, I just added new fruitful blog names in my Google Reader. Mark as read Approve comment Hi Shonali, Youve shared really interesting and useful titles here and I read these posts in one breath. Thanks a lot! :) Cheers, Petya [link] Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As I wrote yesterday’s post, and then read through the comments, I re-learned a lesson I thought I’d already learned: that the community you are trying to build is great; but the community you have is even more important. Google can’t save us from ourselves , from SpeakerBox’s The Sounding Board.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 30, 2009

I recommend The Social Media Bible or The New Community Rules: Marketing On The Social Web if you are looking for a resource like that. gregsatell Says: September 1st, 2009 at 2:55 am Jason Thanks for the reply:-) and I really enjoyed your post about communities. Thanks for stopping by, and sharing.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

Question: What is the best type of information to include if you are an apartment community trying to blog so your residents and future residents will follow you? It just depends on the site and the community! that you will want to setup goals in Google Analytics. Do you think the cost is worth the benefit?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It’s the Google generation’s way of thinking. Because when you live in a world as fast-paced as ours, you just have a few seconds while your potential reader is skimming through her email, or RSS reader, or website, and decides whether or not to click through and read the fully story… or move on. Read All About It!

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Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2010

If you own a blog that has multiple authors, regular contributors, or regular guest bloggers , here are seven ways a private blog group can be utilized for helping strengthen the blog and its community as a whole. Groups such as Google (free) or Yahoo (free). Announcements. For example, you could include: Site. Subscriber. Delicious*.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Our community was now creating the bulk of our content. With Google Analytics I can see if people are engaging with our blog’s content and then use that information to adapt to the preferences of site visitors. My favorite thing to do in the morning is check Google Analytics to see where our site visitors are coming from.

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Kikolani

JULY 23, 2010

Calculating ROI on Internet Marketing – measurings your return on investment for PPC, organic search, and social media with Google Analytics. Jump start your company Twitter account – from setup to acquiring followers and building community. Social Media / Social Networking.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 26, 2010

Google tracks links and related keywords in social mentions, so having a tweet stating “Our updated link building services page [link] will Google will associate link building services with the referenced website. Google Alerts – Email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.)

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

A while back, I was looking at my Google Analytics for WUL and I noticed that my 404 page , i.e. the one you get when the server can’t find the page you’re looking for on a particular site, was the 4th most highly-trafficked page on my blog. First, you… Image: Kate Sumbler via Flickr , Creative Commons Hold on!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

As of now, I have Amplify set up to auto-post to Twitter, Facebook (I can sync it to either my personal or business page, or both) Google Buzz and Delicious. It really is a community. I think what delights me most about Amplify is that there really is a community sense to it. It syncs with several platforms.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Mark as read Approve comment Hey Shonali Im a fan of your blog and it has its special place on my Google Reader. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" That said Im going to have to disagree with you on Twitter Chats. In chatting terms it feels like taking a step backwards from chat technology. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

There’s no way – no way – I would have felt so much a part of that community if I hadn’t previously connected with many of the folks I meet IRL on social media. To explore a different communication channel? To try to connect with those who might become part of a community? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do a Google search for Bryce Keane, one of WUL’s regular guest-bloggers. Im building a network and community AND learning new tricks that make me a better professional, makes my time well spent. See how we show up at #s 4 & 5? And Bryce has already talked about how social media changed his life. Read All About It!

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Viper Chill

MAY 6, 2010

Use Postrank to Find Engaging Posts When I wrote a post about the 28 items in my internet marketing toolbox, I covered a nifty little service called Postrank Analytics which lets you see your most shared blog posts on sites like Digg, Delicious and Twitter. Especially in regards to my own affiliate marketing strategy.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I have viewed some lists for a client of Tweeters to see who are the local industry players instead of having to Google. So to add someone I have to go to Twitter to put them on a List. So there is value in being listed. That said I do look at the number of lists people are on to gauge the quality of the connection to expect.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

Google Analytics Before Google Analytics came along there weren’t really that many decent tracking tools available. Instead of waiting around for Google to catch up, you can see what is happening on your website, right now. Postrank I have been using Postrank Analytics for about 3 weeks now and find it really impressive.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

Cheers, Sheldon, community manager for Sysomos ([link] Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" People 1) want their stuff for free 2) get that Google and FB and Hulu have to run ads to make money which is all well and good so long as 3) we can find ways around those ads. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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ProBlogger

APRIL 6, 2011

Google just downgraded content farms. Most recently, I’ve been working with Kleenex Mums to help build a blogger-centric online community. When I work with a brand over an extended period of time, the first step is about establishing credibility, respecting the existing communities, engaging with them. How to P.A.C.K.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Private brand communities vs. Facebook. I’m not sure it’s broad vs targeted as the main difference, necessarily, as there are a lot of narrow B2C uses of social media (like invite-only brand communities and such). Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Podcasts vs. YouTube. link] Jay Baer Thanks for the comment.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

In fact, a search for “social media agencies&# on Google yields more than 41 MILLION matching Web pages. Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. Between bit.ly

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Convince & Convert

MAY 22, 2012

I recently waved Goodbye PostRank, Hello Google Social Reports at SmallBizTrends, breaking out five new reports designed to help you keep track of valuable social media insights. Thankfully, with the new Social reports from Google, we glean a lot more insights. But to best use it, you must have Goals set up in Google Analytics.

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