Direct Marketing Observations

JULY 6, 2010

Let’s say you’re a consultant, which social media solution would you suggest and why? Which one is going to have the largest impact on your company? Just because a company can set up a Facebook fan page for example- does that mean that it will give them the biggest bang for their efforts? Social Bookmarking.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 30, 2012

With more than 90% of companies now using social media to find employees and 82% having a Facebook page , there’s no question that business use of social media has become commonplace. Facebook / LinkedIn / Google Plus metrics (i.e. Other social activity and presence (Flickr, SlideShare, Wikipedia, etc.).

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

KnowEm also offers paid plans, from just signing up and registering you at 150 sites, to a full-featured plan which also fills in all profile details, complete with pictures, at 100 to 300 different networking sites. namechk : Covering 72 major social networking sites, namechk is simple, fast, and easy to use.

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Harp Interactive

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Social media isn’t always the right tool for the job. Not every company needs a blog. YouTube worked for BlendTec, but it might not work for your company. Add social bookmark links to your most important web pages and/or blog posts to improve sharing. Check out Twitter as a way to show a company’s personality.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Supplement your email list with your contacts’ social network info? Find out if the username or vanity URL you want is still available across dozens of social sites? Display a feed of brand-related comments from a variety of social networks on your website? Promote events through social media?

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Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

4 ways to get traffic to your blog via LinkedIn Answers – great tips for bloggers on LinkedIn. The 6 flavors of SEO your company needs – different positions / SEO strategies that need to be covered for your website’s search success. Social Media / Social Networking.

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Mashup Resources Digg Social Bookmarking 128

Firebelly

AUGUST 13, 2010

Nobody forced companies to get involved with their customers in this way. Is A Social Crash Coming? By Chris Brogan Social networks push human interaction to the utmost limits. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. There was no law, edict, or pitchfork-wielding band of angry citizens.

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Saying It Social

MAY 1, 2010

Fortunately, with a little strategic planning and implementation of some very helpful tools, you can accomplish your social networking/social media marketing tasks for the day in a very short amount of time. Blogs lend so many benefits to a social media marketing program that they really can’t be overlooked.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

As she notes in her introduction, Li’s book is organized around four main themes: Research: start by using search and social media monitoring tools to discover where your customers and prospects are congregating. Don’t automatically assume they use the most popular social networks. Social Events (e.g.,

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Review Social Media Marketing Handbook 152

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

35% (173) of the Fortune 500 have active Twitter accounts (a post within the past thirty days); and nearly 50% of the top 100 companies (47) have a Twitter account. The number one ranked company, Exxon Mobil, does not have a Twitter account. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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Social Media Twitter Paid Search Study 165

Firebelly

AUGUST 3, 2010

Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. This situation serves as a fantastic call to action for companies who have yet to develop a social media disaster plan. I, of course, have several additional recommendations Id make, but Id like to hear yours.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2008

SEO your social profile. Inside a company, same rules apply. The power users will be unusually good at building their Connectbeam Social Profiles with key words, along the lines of search engine optimization techniques. Maintain a vibrant Social Profile. Build a good-sized social network base. TradeVibes â??

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read | Main | Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs » February 02, 2010 Social Media & The Super Bowl Companies love to entertain us with their 30 second spots during the Super Bowl.

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Firebelly

JULY 22, 2010

Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. Posted by: Tonytellez | July 23, 2010 at 10:15 AM This reminds me of my Firestone story posted on Get Social PR. In my instance the company's policy, which is special to Firestone and not to the industry as a whole, stood in the way.

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

.” 12) Before hiring a social media consultant, familiarize yourself with these 10 questions. 13) Before you engage in social media, be sure you have a product or service that people like. If they hate your company, your product or your service, that will be amplified online. A set of tactics that can be measured.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 25, 2010

social networking profiles, social bookmarking sites, other bloggers). Share this on LinkedIn. Over time, the top source of traffic for most blogs is search. The two keys to search success are great content and links. Assuming you’ve already got great content, there are many places to get links (e.g.

Directory 189

Directory RSS Sites Syndication 189

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Facebook Secures Patent for News Feed By Ben Parr A new patent awarded to Facebook this week could have some big implications for the entire social media industry. The world’s largest social network now own the patent for the news feed. Below, we discuss ten important Social Metrics for companies. But now what?

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Firebelly

JANUARY 27, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Youtube Tuesday: Lost Generation | Main | 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read » January 27, 2010 Dentyne "Friend Request" Commercial: 60 Connections In Every Bottle Many companies now include a Facebook or Twitter URL in their television commercials.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

Quick Jump: Social Media: Getting Started, Implementation, and Execution. Social Media (and Beyond): Small Business. Social Media: Hiring and in the Workplace. Social Media: Measurement and ROI. Social Media: General. Leveraging Other Social Media Sites. Reputation Management. Content Development/Marketing.

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Marketing Affiliate marketing Small Business SEO 279

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Social Media Marketing Best Practices By Debra Aho Williamson eMarketer forecasts that social network ad spending will reach $2.5 Mobile social networks will reach 223 million people around the world. billion worldwide in 2010 and $1.3 billion in the US. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Social Media Network Marketing

JULY 17, 2009

These are three popular examples of social sharing sites. Social networking sites. If you've ever heard of a little site called Facebook, you are familiar with a social networking site. Today's other popular social networking sites include LinkedIn and MySpace. Social news sites.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 15, 2010

Facebook, Twitter 2-way Lifeline for Haiti By Judy Keen A photographer documenting a missionary groups work in Saint-Marc, is among many people using social-networking sites to share news and photos, ask for help finding missing loved ones or seek donations. Here are 5 news items or blog posts that I wouldnt want you to miss: 1.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. GetSatisfaction provides a way for companies to do that. Love to have seen [link] among the list.

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Firebelly

JUNE 11, 2010

Its important to be careful with whom you allow admin privileges on your companys Facebook page. One-Third of Americans Criticize or Compliment Brands Online Erik Sass If anyone ever doubted that marketers must come to grips with social media, that doubt should be removed by the findings of the latest Harris Poll, released earlier this week.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

After all, spending time, money, and other precious resources on social media marketing before you have an understanding of what it can do for you is kind of like putting the cart before the horse (not advisable). It finds your customers Companies using traditional marketing methods (e.g. It introduces your brand Is your company new?

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Nevertheless, I still see a lot of companies simply saying "Find us on Facebook" or "Follow us on Twitter" without providing a URL. Update (3/1/10): I have now seen the commercial with the youtube.com/Sienna URL at the end. Im assuming the first time I saw the spot, it got cut off. Make it easy for them to do so by providing the URL!

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 4, 2009

Alexa is a subsidiary company of Amazon.com typically known for its rankings of websites. Longer if the article has gone popular or hot on a social bookmarking site like Digg. Retweeting and Socializing it on the main social bookmarking sites is primarily how it gets around. It gets around quickly.

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URL Types Social Bookmarking Digg 112

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Reply Lauren Kates May 12, 2010 at 1:50 pm OH MY GOD I have come across this EXACT situation with my company and was looking for an article just like this. One of the things I look for nowadays when I visit sites is how well they’re integrating their social network presences. It’s much appreciated. Answers Yahoo!

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Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Talent Management, and Employee Engagement (a PDF file) that finds: 52% of organizations that adopt blogs, wikis, and social networking tools (among others) achieved best-in-class performance levels compared to 5% for those that didnâ??t. Companies that didnâ??t software that links to networking site (e.g. TrackBack (0).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. The article has examples of how social media worked too.

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

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. This may be nothing more than a refresher course in the Captain Obvious department but even the savviest of companies is still missing the boat. A lot of big companies I try to engage with don’t want to talk back.

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Social Media Engagement Forums Policies 272

Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise. Gaining traction: LinkedIn, YouTube, and WordPress (and more) arrive (2003-2005) In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facemash, described as Harvard University’s answer to Hot or Not. The Facebook” followed in 2004. My, how times have(n’t) changed!)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. Maybe next year, folks!

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Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Of course that means it’s imperative to produce relevant, compelling, optimized content for your company’s website and blog, but online visibility goes beyond that. Social Presence (tweets, Facebook posts, LinkedIn updates, social bookmarks, videos on YouTube, presentations on SlideShare, etc.).

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Findability Directory Social Bookmarking B2B 197

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 19, 2011

But fundamentally, 1) there are now far more online venues than just your website or blog where you and/or your company be found (social media pages and profiles, articles, videos, etc.), Social Media Affecting BtoB Buying Behavior by The Proactive Report. The best 159 social websites by Populair.

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Tips Press Release Reputation B2B 179

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Because virtually 100% of companies are now involved in social media—whether they acknowledge it or not. Even without any formal plan to use social media, every organization with more than a handful of employees (and many under that benchmark) is present in social media because people are talking about them.

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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?&# Word travels. You can do better.

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