Almost Savvy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

As the number of multi-generational families using online social networks increases daily, so does the number of “Oh no, she didn’t!&# Let’s take a peek at three humorous looks at how social media is, or might be, used to connect with our beloved family members. Ready for Yet Another Social Platform?

Social Networking 191

Social Networking Astroturfing Lijit LinkedIn 191

Firebelly

JUNE 24, 2010

| Main | Are We Addicted To Social Media? » June 24, 2010 Jakes Take: A Slew of Social Network Ideas Almost everyone is aware of the major social networkingwebsites in existence. But did you know there’s a social network dedicated to people who like totravel to different baseball parks?

Social Networking 121

Social Networking MySpace Paid Search SMS 121

Laurel Papworth

APRIL 16, 2012

How to turn off Google personalisation (SMO) and go back to SEO BUT: SEO is dead, SMO rules. Search Engine Optimization has been hijacked by your friends and family (Social Media Optimization) and that’s a good thing. To TURN OFF Google personalisation type in. &pws=0. SEO is a waste of money, or will be very soon.

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SEO Google Social Media How To 105

Kikolani

OCTOBER 10, 2011

How to Optimize 7 Popular Social Media Profiles for SEO covers how certain social networks use specific elements of information that you supply in your profile to optimize each profile on their network. These are my favorite WordPress comment plugins. What’s at stake in this blogging contest? .

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Analytics SEO Social Media Google 113

Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

If it’s not yours, or if it is, please– for the love of community –pitch in and SAY something! We were talking about how to build community on a Facebook page and whether or not that’s really even possible. Now, I’m one of those old school community people. Who are we to define what is truly community?

Communities 136

Communities Forums Posterous SEO 136

The Marketing Blog

JULY 14, 2008

Marketing, Social Media & Branding Blogs in India July 14, 2008.8:16 16 am themarketingblog@wordpress on Mobile Jump to Comments There was a time when mobile version of a website used to be a rarity. Home About In the Media YoMacha: India’s Hot or Not ?

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Mobile WordPress Web 2.0 Startup 100

Almost Savvy

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Here Comes Google Buzz Posted by Irene Koehler in Facebook , Networking , Social Media , Twitter on February 9, 2010 | one response Are you ready for a new social platform? Here comes Google Buzz , which brings social elements right into you? One Response to “Ready for Yet Another Social Platform?

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Platform Google Picasa Lijit 125

Ari Herzog

JANUARY 22, 2013

WordPress was new to me that year, having migrated from Google’s Blogspot system a month earlier; and I wanted to display certain features on my blog. Thesis (and the user community forums) saved me headaches. These functions could as easily be manually coded into any WordPress editor.

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WordPress Forums Blogger Newsletter 136

Myrland Marketing

APRIL 6, 2010

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense THE BEST SOCIAL NETWORK FOR LAWYERS, OR ANYONE, IS… by Nancy Myrland on April 6, 2010 An interesting question was posed on a legal marketing forum of which I am a member.

Social Networking 90

Social Networking Tweetdeck Forums Questions 90

Kikolani

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Online tools such as the Google Keyword Tool and Uber Suggest will prove helpful when it comes to the compilation of a comprehensive list. Anybody who fails to heed this advice is running the risk of search engine penalization and negative reception by the online community. Use WordPress Plugins.

Engineering 151

Engineering Delicious SEO WordPress 151

Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

While it’s good news that Google is continuing to improve its ability to deal with JavaScript, this change also impacts the way that many publishers display sponsored links on their sites. Is Google going to run out and start penalizing sites with sponsored links in JavaScript? Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines?

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Publishing Google NoFollow Guidelines 100

Socialized

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Location-Based Applications Will Dissolve Into General Social Networks. Location-based applications like Foursquare and Brightkite will not be the darlings of social media as some predict, but will instead turn into features and dissolve into general social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Even Google, a Web 1.0

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SocialText Social Media Web 2.0 Astroturfing 250

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

How to get your community to build links for you – ways to motivate your community to link to you with badges, leaderboards, and more. Implications of Google instant preview – guess what? Social Media / Social Networking. 21 of the best magazine style WordPress themes. Link Building.

Mashup 141

Mashup Discount Resources Facebook 141

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

&# Without a clear methodology of measuring ROI, many businesses are still cautious to spend their marketing budget on social media and web 2.0. On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. What’s your goal?

Industry 231

Industry Real Estate Social Media Travel 231

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.

Communities 117

Communities Groups Groups Social Media 117

Pam Moore

MARCH 31, 2017

Do you have social media problems? . Overwhelmed with constantly changing social networks and technology? Unclear what social networks to focus on? Tired of wasting money on social media training only to find 50 random videos thrown at you that make no sense? With Social Profit Factor YOU will… .

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Training Social Media Brands Small Business 165

Jeff Esposito

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

My favorite thing about the WordPress blogging platform is that outside of the backend system, no two blogs operate the same way. Livefyre also has a great community team who evangelizes the platform and assists with user questions with lightning speed. Image: Wikipedia. It has also increased the time spent on the site.

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WordPress Sites Postrank Wikipedia 44

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

So, you’re seeing your post on scraper blogs, and want to know how to avoid them outranking your content in Google? Let’s move beyond the blame game you find that Google isn’t removing these blogs and differentiate you from those copycats. Even if you use an out-of-the-box WordPress theme , have the header changed.

RSS 165

RSS FeedBurner WordPress Creative Commons 165

Laurel Papworth

APRIL 18, 2010

That was one I heard last week – and the developer had added a Google blogspot blog to the self hosted site rather than Wordpress. Wordpress comes with shopping cart plugins and even something bespoke shouldn’t be 30k. I’ve paid a fortune for a wordpress blog theme… that turned out to be a free one.

Social Media 83

Social Media Web 2.0 Wiki Badge 83

Kikolani

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

WordPress, Blogger, and Tumblr have made it so that anybody can put up a website. Virtually everybody uses Facebook, and the most influential people online also use other networks such as Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and others. They do not use social networks to find information, especially not about consumer products.

Small Business 167

Small Business SEO Price Mobile 167

Kikolani

APRIL 9, 2010

88 designer’s workstations in the design community. 70 brilliant WordPress site designs for design inspiration. Google PageRank analysis – traffic and social shares vs. PageRank. Social bookmarks for WordPress.com blogs. Organize your WordPress sidebar smartly. Coming Up on the Kikolani Network.

Mashup 118

Mashup Resources iPad HootSuite 118

Kikolani

JULY 28, 2010

Submit yourself and your sites to the following networks. Scribnia is an excellent blogging community that lets you connect with and review other blog writers. Do you have a Google account (ie. Login, and visit the Google Profiles area to add your blog (along with your social networks and other websites) to your profile.

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List Alltop Forums Technorati 144

Twist Image

MARCH 22, 2012

You can even Blog using tumblr - which is a hybrid online social network and Blogging platform - or you can Blog for an existing online publisher like The Huffington Post. The default choice for a great Blogging platform is WordPress. WordPress makes this (somewhat) easier because you can buy and customize themes.

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Domain Name WordPress Tumblr How To 111

Laurel Papworth

JUNE 1, 2010

Social ads at least have a chance of being relevant (useful to those looking) or more easily ignored (less likely to piss those off that aren’t looking). Ah well at least we weren’t spammed to join a period pain community. Betraying social trust. Ford & Social Media – a con? Pretty neat huh?

Social Media 98

Social Media iPad Web 2.0 Social Networking 98

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.

Social Media 190

Social Media Paid Search Reputation SMS 190

Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Fetching Friday Many great posts over the last year have been from my Fetching Friday series, where I compile the best posts of the week throughout the blogosphere on a variety of topics, including blogging, social media, SEO, personal development, and more. Social Media. Blogging Tips. Getting Overwhelmed? Get Organized!

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Postrank Social Media StumbleUpon HootSuite 130

SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Whether you work for a Fortune 100 company or a blogger who relies on revenue from your content to supplement your income, it’s important to think about what goes into your social media headcount. 2) Listening and Engagement Tools like Hootsuite, Curata, Sprout Social, Brandwatch.

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Blogger Company Social Media Curata 266

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

What functionalities do you think WordPress, vBulletin, and other common platforms need to be able to better develop communities? What annoys you about WordPress, vBulletin, and these platforms? What tasks are more important to developing a popular community versus developing a popular blog? Again, super post!

Social Media 189

Social Media Class Forums Microblogging 189

Firebelly

JUNE 10, 2010

  The article, Appealing to Community , focused on how not-for-profits are reaching out to younger donors with social media while keeping older supporters in the fold. 

Social Media 156

Social Media Paid Search SMS Syndication 156

Kikolani

JANUARY 22, 2010

10 reasons Google PageRank doesn’t concern me. How to fix a Google penalty. Is Twitter the first result for your name on Google ? Social Media. New social media connections could equal new opportunities. 30 Twitter tools to help grow your community. 10 apps every Google Nexus One owner should have.

Mashup 95

Mashup Resources Joomla WordPress 95

Kikolani

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

9 awesome search engines that are not named Google – some great alternative search engines! Keyword research in Google Webmaster Tools – areas in Webmaster Tools that can help you with keyword research and how to use them. Social Media / Social Networking.

Mashup 144

Mashup Resources Chemicals SEO 144

Kikolani

MAY 31, 2012

If you’re looking for quick growth on a new social network, then you should funnel fans from an existing channel. For example, you could: Borrow some of your website traffic Run a promotion with larger, established partners Send an update to your large email list Cross-promote from another social network.

Blogger 141

Blogger Social Media Tips ROI 141

Rebekah Radice

MAY 11, 2015

In my opinion, if you’re building a business blog, WordPress (org not com) is the only way to go. Here’s a nice visual breakdown from Ramsay at BlogTyrant : I won’t go into the details of setting up hosting in this post, but will direct you to an excellent article on WordPress hosting options. I find it easiest to use Google Drive.

How To 132

How To Domain Name Hosting WordPress 132

Almost Savvy

DECEMBER 12, 2009

Related articles which may interest you: New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter Social Media Stats – It’s Raining Content! Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends Ready for Yet Another Social Platform? Social media is very new and anyone who claims they are a guru likely isnt.

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Tools Embedding Lijit Reputation 174

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. ‘Facebook’ being a closed platform the community considers it as a friend focussed channel.

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Comparison Twitter Web 2.0 Facebook 222

Kikolani

JANUARY 8, 2010

Social Media. Will social media change in 2010 ? 8 things to avoid when building a community. 4 steps for effective online networking. Best social networking Google Chrome extensions. Securing your home network. Is Movable Type’s new dashboard too similar to WordPress ?

Mashup 107

Mashup Resources Movable Type WordPress 107

Kikolani

JANUARY 29, 2010

Google is taking content from your site through rich snippets. Making WordPress mobile friendly. 30 oustanding commercial WordPress portfolio and photoblog themes. WordPress plugin to view a random post. 17 important things to do after staring your WordPress blog. 26 amazing photographs of waterfalls by location.

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Mashup Resources Adsense WordPress 116