The Social Media Incubator

JULY 7, 2011

BlogTrafficExchange considers WordPress to be the best available blogging platform. As you explore WordPress, you will find there are two versions: WordPress.com and WordPress.org. WordPress.com is provided by WordPress, the Open Source blogging software. What’s the difference between the two?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Because if there’s one thing I believe takes public relations from good to great, it’s when your audiences start becoming your community through the relationships you develop with them. But I was curious to see how Maddie and Lindy perceived not just Open Community , but its juxtaposition with public relations.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 18, 2011

Being a non-geek, I had no idea that WordPress’ WSYWIG editor has a lot more options than show up in your “kitchen sink&# when you’re writing posts. I have another post coming on comment systems, and LiveFyre will star front and center over there! Much cleaner than a huge unwieldy list.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found the answer is community. If you have community, you have a lot. There is no better feeling than building a growing and interactive community of readers on your site. Community must be fostered. Community must be fostered. Choose the best commenting system.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 15, 2015

Regular WUL readers know that Shonali (a friend and former colleague at Socialmedia.biz ) showcases guest posts about how to build, engage and sustain an online community, among other things. so that others might gain insights for their own community efforts. Building a New Kind of Cruise Community.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 18, 2023

These tools encompass everything from the social platforms you choose to build your presence on to the community-building app where you engage with your audience. You can create simple or complex systems to manage your creative process. Content management system: Wordpress or Ghost Price : Free plans.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Want Social Media Evangelizers? Be Social September 7th, 2010 Tweet Today BNET published my second post, focusing on how companies can use social media to turn customers into evangelizers.

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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. Who has time for this?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late… posted in Uncategorized |. The answer is NOT always social media/community - that would be another warning sign if it was. 4) None of the following are community platforms: Wikis, Blogs or Forums. I describe this as hearing systems.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media September 28th, 2010 Tweet I haven’t been the biggest fan of my local energy company, Pepco, recently. Completely. Here’s the interview.

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Laurel Papworth

JUNE 16, 2010

Rewarding badges and points systems on your intranet – social scorecards – could be the turning point for turning your enterprise 2.0 systems from a thing of work to a thing of play. Foursquare becomes Social Work and all the better for it. note: today most community software has a spam removal system).

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Writing Around the Web is a monthly series highlighting guest posts I’ve written on blogging, business, SEO, social media, and other topics! Featured Post – How to Optimize Social Media Profiles for SEO. These are my favorite WordPress comment plugins. Social Media.

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Buffer Social

MAY 4, 2022

Sharing this content will not only attract more customers, but it can also open a dialogue with your existing followers, creating a stronger online community. Blog posts can also be repurposed on social media — generating more content for your business. Why start a blog for your small business?

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Josh S Peters

JUNE 11, 2010

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Social Media » Engagement is Mantra of Social Media, Why Not Mantra of Schools, too? Engagement is Mantra of Social Media, Why Not Mantra of Schools, too? in to schools 2.0 ?

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Pam Moore

JULY 5, 2017

The truth is that understanding analytics measurement systems doesn't require a math or analytics degree. Social Profit Factor Training Academy and Marketing Nutz Can Help! . Increase sales by generating more leads using social media to nurture relationships. 8 Steps to Develop a Social Business Plan (white paper).

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agora pulse

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

With Hummingbird, the digital marketing community was introduced to a new concept, i.e. “things-not-strings” which means that now Google is using its existing and ever-growing knowledge graph (i.e., You can also add these reports to your WordPress dashboard making it easier for your authors to target the right demographics.

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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. Best of Social Media on Kikolani in 2009.

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Buzzlogix

MAY 15, 2017

The way to make social media truly work for you is by monitoring audience behavior and seeing what they have to say about you, your products and services, and even your competitors. The key to gathering the data you need is using the top social media monitoring tools. Sprout Social. Twitter Counter.

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ProBlogger

MAY 12, 2016

So read on for the lowdown on these top-notch commenting systems, so you can make the best decision for your publication. Most popular CMS platforms have their own commenting systems. If you plan on using one of these commenting systems, your blog comments will be covered in one simple step. Beyond Native Comment Systems.

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Social Media Strategery

JUNE 17, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Managing Your Time While Managing Your Social Media Fri, Jun 18, 2010 Prof. I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0 Government 2.0

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 25, 2011

Tomorrow I am working with an esteemed group of coral reef scientists here in Hawaii to illustrate various ways to use social media. I will be using a version of The Social Media Game , an interactive learning process originally developed by my darling colleague Beth Kantor a few years ago. Social Network.

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Pixlee

MAY 4, 2020

Whether you choose a simple ecommerce plugin for your existing WordPress site or move your store operations over to Shopify will depend on your long term goals, budget, and store type. Focus More on Community-Driven Content. Setting up a perfect payment system is a must. You don’t need to be directly responsible for this.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 18, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Social Media Integration in Higher Education Wed, Aug 18, 2010 Miscellaneous , Personal The following is a guest post by Jen Dryer , a current student at the University of Southern Indiana.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2012

BizSugar is built on Pligg, an open source content management system. The not-so-great thing is that it’s not quite as user friendly as WordPress. Because it’s not as popular or widely used as WordPress, it’s difficult to find developers who know Pligg well. Work on Building a Community.

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Josh S Peters

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Social Media » The FINAL word on Social Media ROI The FINAL word on Social Media ROI Written on October 20, 2009 by Josh Peters in Social Media 25 Comments - Leave a comment!

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

This guest post was written by Neil Matthews, a WordPress consultant at WPDude. Over the years, I’ve developed a troubleshooting methodology while working with my WordPress technical support clients. I like to divide WordPress into four layers: plugins. WordPress core. many other WordPress problems, too.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 2, 2011

With the breadth and depth of social media services out there, it’s no wonder that we often find ourselves lost in the vast array of services. Shannon Paul is a social media manager at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and blogs on social media for business at Very Official Blog. Jason Falls.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Donor Tools Donor Tools is one of many, many non-profit fundraising and outreach donor management systems. For large organizations that need custom functionality and advanced reporting, this system won’t cut it. Why do I like it? But for smaller organizations or start-ups on tight budgets, it’s worth checking out.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 26, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You’re Creating? Do the folks at WordPress use Blogger to host their personal blogs? Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof.

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Bare Feet Studios

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Social media has earned a spot alongside our government planners and traditional news media. It also helps allocate resources and it keeps exponentially more people better informed than traditional media alone. Another quality of online communities is the desire to “serve and protect&# in a very grassroots way.

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The Social Media Hat

APRIL 13, 2017

suite of tools, training and community so that I could review everything. I've built sites using Geocities, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, PHP-Nuke, GoDaddy, Joomla, Drupal, Wix and WordPress. As I sifted through the community discussions I found thousands of SBI! No joke: I was floored. Right off the bat, this is where Solo Build It!

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

If you haven’t heard of the most popular social media dashboard in town, then let me introduce you. Hootsuite allows you to post one message to several different social media sites from one simple place. So the most useful thing you can do today is to install Simple WordPress Backup. Stay Focused. Just do 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. Why: Jen is one of the finest people it’s been my privilege to meet through social media.

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Writtent Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Open source content management systems like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal are good options. Do you have active profiles on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Google+? Interacting with your audience is the key to building a community. Offering a variety of themes, plugins, extensions, etc.,

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 17, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Social Media is Driven by the Person, Not the Position Sun, Jan 18, 2009 Prof. Social Media Club DC Government 2.0 Government 2.0 in his spare time.

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Rebekah Radice

MAY 11, 2015

One of my most recent achievements is being named a 2015 Top 10 Social Media Bloggers by Social Media Examiner. Do you have a system in place to effectively stay in front of prospects and past clients? In my opinion, if you’re building a business blog, WordPress (org not com) is the only way to go.

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