SocMed Sean

MARCH 11, 2012

If you’re there to contribute and enjoy the company of other people, great. Sure, frequent contributors to a site often get to know each other personally, but do you really need to bring off-topic arguments to a forum where they aren’t of benefit to the community? If you’re there just to argue, then go someplace else.

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Creative Commons How To Flickr Forums 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If it was a Comcast product, you’d get a near immediate response from Frank Eliason , the company’s Director of Digital Care. It can instill faith that your customers have in your company. Let’s envision this scenario: a user has a support issue about an Apple product. It can turn a prospective buyer into a customer.

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Apple Twitter Forums Policies 154

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

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. In early 2010, news sprung that people were spending more time on Facebook than Google, and this is where the average person is finding their daily news. Who has time for this?

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Industry Real Estate Social Media Travel 231

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Many companies partake in this “shiny toy syndrome&# and do it all without a plan or strategy in place. On a particular forum I am active on (yes, I still use them!), Sadly, this person’s post was pulled by the strict moderators on that forum; the post was purely self-promotional and nothing but. Engage in dialogue.

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Social Media Engagement Forums Policies 272

Kikolani

AUGUST 27, 2017

You could almost skip the aspect of setting up the layout of the blog and just start posting, going with the default blog template provided by Tumblr. Google helps us out by showing us some traffic trends on different blogging and content management systems (CMS) on the web. Try out Google’s AdWords Keyword Tool.

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WordPress Resources How To FeedBlitz 93

Kikolani

DECEMBER 21, 2011

While WordPress.com, Blogger, Tumblr, and other platforms are great, there is nothing like having full control of the design and functionality – something you will only get if you are running WordPress from your own domain. Google AdWords Keyword Tool. Try out Google’s AdWords Keyword Tool. Hosting Your Domain.

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WordPress Resources How To Domain Name 167

Hootsuite

MARCH 31, 2020

For brands, the company logo is usually the best avatar choice. Bitmoji is owned by Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, and is well integrated with the Snapchat app. Blogger is a free blogging platform owned by Google. Google Ads (Google Adwords). Learn more: How to Use Snapchat: A Guide for Beginners.

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List Social Media HootSuite URL 145

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. You can use the many applications that Facebook offers, so that others can answer questions on a survey, have discussions on the forums, and/or have notes to bring awareness to a topic.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

If you’re a business, you may have the luxury of hiring an awesome Internet Marketing Company to keep up with the trends, but as individuals managing a blog for as a hobby or for profit, it’s up to you to not only maintain that blog but keep up with ways to increase traffic. As each year passes, blog marketing techniques evolve.

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Questions Adsense Marketing SEO 167

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Brand evangelism is a word of mouth marketing tactic in which the ardent supporters of your service or product feel so passionately about your offerings that they act as unofficial spokespeople on your company’s behalf. They are cheerleaders on the sidelines and they’re rooting for your team.

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Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon 139

Razor Social

MARCH 30, 2016

They could be saying something positive or negative about your company. As part of your reputation, there are also online reviews, which are shared a lot and heavily influence search listings on sites such as Google. You cannot monitor Facebook, Twitter and other social networks but you can monitor forums, blogs etc.

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Attensity Crimson Hexagon Social Media Sentiment 77

ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2023

Companies would sign up with a hosting company, use one of the new HTML editor apps, and put up a static brochure website. This was a time before Google Analytics so reporting up to the C-suite of site success required analyzing web server log files. Digital Marketing at the time didn’t consist as much more than this either.

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How To Journal Wiki Hosting 39

Writtent Blog

JULY 31, 2013

Regardless of how well you know your buyer personas or Google analytics, putting effort into growing a business blog is critical in modern marketing. An estimated 60% of companies in the US have a blog, and many view it as an integral part of their outreach. Image credit: HubSpot. Create a Subdomain or Subdirectory on Your Website.

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Guidelines Screencast Blogger SEO 78

ProBlogger

JULY 22, 2014

Companies, too often, omit their social media marketing strategy from their SEO strategy, which is a grave mistake. A study conducted by Ascend2 indicates that companies with the strongest SEO via social media strategies now produce the best results, and vice-versa. SEO is much more than just high ranking in Google.

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Engineering Social Media Foursquare StumbleUpon 55

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

If you’re the frugal type, take advantage of the free alerts from Google, YackTrack , Social Mention , BackType (which gives you alerts from blog/article comments , which other services do not include), and Trackur. Kirtsy is a social news network; there are also forums and even Yahoo! Your investment is merely that of time.

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Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

“What are good companies to target? Overall, the questions were basic and I worried that the individual was looking to target companies for clients before actually understanding the nuances of the culture of Internet marketing as a whole. Should I learn a specific skillset?&# I highly recommend you follow his stuff.

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Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. A few weeks later, a surprising blog post was published that outed the marketing firm and hosting company that sponsored the particular study.

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Social Media Digg Brands Marketing 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The Jordan Rules): This is a great chart and article on the best social media channels for both B2B and B2C companies. Twitter Twitter, the Most Important Website Since Google (97th Floor): Yes, Twitter is that important. Top 10 Reasons Your Company Should Not Tweet (BL Ochman’s Blog): Not everyone will be able to use Twitter.

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Even a recent thread on Cre8asite Forums discussed this, kicking off by someone stating they find social media very intimidating. The reason is that people didn’t have aggregate power: they were individual voices that a news channel or a company can choose to ignore. If so, how? Finally, we come to the present day.

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

ProBlogger

OCTOBER 31, 2013

If you Google “Group Pinterest Boards” you are bound to find a few Group Boards related to your blog or niche. Google “Group Pinterest Boards” or go to [link]. Posting to Pinterest and Google+ requires a pro account. Search for other social networks or forums related to your niche. Alternatives.

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Tips Bookmarklet Directory URL 50

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This blog covers specific topics if and only if there’s discussion in a variety of internet marketing forums. A great example is how he provided a deep matrix into Google Buzz, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter just a few days after Buzz was launched. I’d much rather pay homage to this promotional products company.

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Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

That was somewhat addressed in last week’s chat with a goal to have “town hall&# meetings and forums where Digg staff can interact with the users to make the experience more pleasurable. Spam engineer guy Matt Cutts has his own blog where he talks about his personal life and all things Google.

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Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Social media marketing, SEO, and forum marketing are the great ways to expand your market coverage. As my company builds out our first blog- there are great tips in here, thank you. Check out the forum and amazon.com to see the customer’s feedback are the great ways to learn what language they speak.

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Blogger Engineering Flickr SEO 250

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Maybe it’s on a forum. Many companies that have not embraced social media marketing often do so because of the fear of an uncontrolled message. I am just working on a social media strategy for my thesis in a German company. I turned off the posts on Buzz mostly for the issue that Google doesn’t truncate the posts.

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Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant 221

Razor Social

DECEMBER 21, 2016

It can streamline a lot of key marketing functions, and it’s proving itself as a great revenue driver for companies large and small. Research shows that companies that use marketing automation to generate leads have a 53% higher conversion rate on average. Google Analytics. Don’t leave home without Google Analytics!

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Tools BuzzStream Marketing Template 40

Viper Chill

JANUARY 13, 2016

It doesn’t rely on free search traffic from Google. I still have an RSS feed through Feedburner if that’s your preferred way of receiving content, but RSS feeds are largely ignored these days (even by tech-savvy web users) due to increasing usage of social media and the downfall of services like Google Reader.

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FeedBurner Project Curation Reddit 40

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Back then, companies who were engaged were genuinely involved because they wanted to build strong valuable relationships. You can’t only write comments on forums. Just like “social media experts&# want more freebies, so too, consumers expect more of the companies using this space.

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Social Media SEO Blogger Communities 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

A few months ago, I worked on a campaign for a rather large company who did some video promotion to get individuals to spread the word. As representatives of companies, your personal brand should align at least professionally with your company brand. Companies need to leverage different social media channels if they want buyers.

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Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

In an effort to make Facebook data more public, Community Pages let people share ideas, thoughts, and their interests in a fully open forum. Companies are clearly clueless, but once educated, they refuse to conform. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Of course not.

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Facebook SEO Policies Groups 268

Buffer Social

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Besides being the second biggest social media site, YouTube (owned by Google) is also often known as the second largest search engine after Google. (So It seems that while QQ, a desktop-native platform, used to be the top social media platform in China, WeChat, a messaging app from the same parent company, has taken over its place.

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Sites Social Media Brands Tumblr 111

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

How Much Money is a Top Google Ranking Worth to Your Business : Aaron Wall discusses the cost of that #1 link backing up the data with some hard research. 4 Reasons Many Big Brands Downplay SEO : Why aren’t all Fortune 500 companies engaging in SEO? Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now.

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SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

But let’s just say that the main admin of a big brand’s page or other type of page leaves the company on bad terms and defaces or even removes the Facebook Page. I HAVE to respond on behalf of the company, even though I’m not at all affiliated with the company anymore. Whose fault was it? I can’t!

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Facebook Issues MySpace Privacy 277

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 29, 2016

If you’re not sure your strategy is on track—or not sure what your company’s social media marketing strategy is —hopefully this post can help. Blog posts are generally suitable for sharing across these networks plus others like Scoop.It, StumbleUpon, Tumblr, and Pinterest. Image credit: BundlePost.

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B2B Social Media Strategy Marketing 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

In no particular order, here they are: Make Friends In the Industry Community Managing is super easy when you’re working for a well-known tech company in the middle of Silicon Valley. But what if you’re Community Managing for a company that makes matchbooks? Who are the heavy hitters?

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time). Granted, some companies use MySpace quite efficiently , but I feel that it targets a different demographic. Wonderful job!

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MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I see it in forums and on blogs. fundamentals from the Google Webmaster blog. Social media alone are pointless if not related to a company’s corporate communications strategy. Who knows maybe that guy that only got 2 fps on digg has an idea that can change the world or change my company or yours?

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SEO Social Media Marketing Digg 178