Harp Interactive

MARCH 31, 2010

To begin with there are two types of customer interaction that you should measure and analyze: Consumers who find your website through social media: These consumers increase traffic to your website and since they come to the site qualified (with intent) they also proportionately increase conversions (eventual or immediate revenue).

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SocialFish

DECEMBER 3, 2010

or higher out of 10 by my beloved PostRank plugin. I’m going to test whether this selection can be automated to some extent (thereby creating an example of how YOU can save time should you want to use PostRank rankings for your own association curating!). I’m going to post the links from November that have been rated 7.5

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 25, 2010

At the end of the day, driving eyeballs to my blog isn’t really the ultimate goal, writing useful and appreciated content is. Most achieved a Postrank of higher then 6, and 9 out of the 10 articles dealt with social media. In this table we have the top 10 sources of traffic including time spent on the site and bounce rate.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Now I want to share some of my off-site content, as I have been doing a LOT of writing around the blogosphere. Safeguarding Your PC When Link Building – During your backlink research, you will likely run into sites that have malicious scripts running. Link Building.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

If you are a blogger trying to make money online and the recommended powerful ways to make money with advertising, affiliate marketing, and creating products is not working out for you, then you need to focus on doing something you’re already probably good at – creating content. Become a Paid Contributor.

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Kikolani

JULY 28, 2010

There are a lot of places to list your blog for getting the maximum exposure, as well as places where you can receive blog reviews that may be the first impression a visitor may come across for your site. Here are some to add your blog or submit your site to in order to increase your blog traffic and reputation. For Reviews.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

If web metrics from these local sites start showing less referral traffic from Google, then it’s surely possible that Google Instant is, at least in part, to blame. Bing offers an excellent guide on how to optimize sites (PDF) for its search engine. Relevant content is, and will continue to be, key to reaching searchers.

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Kikolani

MAY 1, 2011

I started out on sites by photo bloggers I met at a photowalk in downtown Phoenix and branched out from there with people in their comments and on their blogrolls. See what posts have the highest engagement on any of my feeds with the PostRank Chrome Extension. As some of you may know, I recently launched a photography blog, Photostry.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

But what about SEO for news sites, particularly Google News? Write original, timely, relevant content , says Google (heard this one before ?). Get Shareaholic test Filed under Erica Holt , Guest Posts , How To , Public Relations | Tags: google news , google search , optimize news release , SEO | Comments (4) Site settings comment help?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

We have smart dogs , with Chico being his Chief Content Strategist and Suzy Q. Get Shareaholic test Filed under MeasurePR , Measurement , Public Relations , Social Media | Tags: olivier blanchard , social media ROI , the brandbuilder | Comment (1) Site settings comment help? being my Chief Operating Officer and 2. “Which happens.&#

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 27, 2011

If any part of your job relates to social engagement you’d best have a good look at your numbers on some of the ranking sites and see how you’re doing before you stick your foot in your mouth and say you’re fantastic at creating an online presence. Postrank Analytics. Here’s a game plan. Peer Index.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

Question: I have a wordpress blog and am considering hosting it myself so that the site name looks more professional. They tend to love that and will happily migrate to your new site. Be sure to list your new blog URL as well as your new RSS feed URL in that post so people can subscribe easily to your new site or visit it directly.

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Kikolani

JUNE 24, 2010

Short posts are easier to read, so visitors have more time to continue to additional posts on a site. Short posts are faster to write, giving the author the opportunity to write more posts for their own site or others. If not, try changing your amount of content to see what happens. on Postrank. Pros of Short Posts.

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Hubpages Postrank Blogger Sites 135

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Amplify’d from www.nevillehobson.com Connect your community with a Twitter daily newspaper About a month ago, I discovered Paper.li , a service that aggregates content linked to by people in a Twitter community into an online newspaper. &# here’s your answer. Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Paper.li Postrank Tourism Blogroll 114

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Amplify’d from www.nevillehobson.com Connect your community with a Twitter daily newspaper About a month ago, I discovered Paper.li , a service that aggregates content linked to by people in a Twitter community into an online newspaper. &# here’s your answer. Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Paper.li Postrank Tourism Blogroll 114

Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2010

Sites like these usually have their own private groups for the contributors to the blog, which is definitely a great idea. While we all know that content is king, promotion is queen. Or, you can even include direct links to the post on social sites or add your preferred tweet text in the group. Post Promotion. Anchor Text 1.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Priya took us through the strategy and tactics of the campaign, which relied heavily on these “influentials&# to generate online visibility for the campaign, and by providing interactive content online for people to “play with.&# How will they change their landing page/site to optimize conversions? Sales of what?

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Kikolani

JUNE 27, 2011

If you’re like me, you write a lot of posts for sites other than your own and want to be able to share those posts with your readers. The solution to this would be having an RSS feed with only your content in it from each of the sources you write for. Creating a Custom RSS Feed. Of course, that is a challenge in of itself.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

When I built a case for creating it, I focused on showing how the site would be a greater asset to our institution than the internal print publication I managed. Side note: In the beginning I didn’t refer to the site as a “blog” to anyone. Our community was now creating the bulk of our content. It’s either/or. Efficiency.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 13, 2011

I have seen some that are so far off base, I just wonder if they used an automated keyword search, found that I mentioned NFL once in passing, and then let then decided my site must be a great fit for a sporting goods store. Check out their blog on Postrank to see what topics get the most engagement. How to Do Blogger Outreach.

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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. This should contain all the content, links, and/or images you want. Happy dance!

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

3 ways to get great content from your boring business , by Shannon Paul. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Social Media , Weekly Roundup | Tags: gerald durrell , Public Relations , quora , Social Media , super bowl , trust survey | Comments (6) Site settings comment help? Plus it’s a great read.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

In other words, while your content might be fabulous in its essence, your reader is doing exactly what we grew up being told not to do: judge a book by its cover. In the digital world, that’s judging content by its ability to intrigue you in a split-second. It’s the Google generation’s way of thinking.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 30, 2009

You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Interesting thing is, most of these new technology authors already have blogs with rich content and so a person already knows more than 50% about the author's approach to a problem, his logical makeup of mind and his preferred analysis methods.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 4, 2011

With the number of dialects numbering over a thousand, these invite customized content delivery. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Amrit Pal , Social Media | Tags: pink chaddi , social media in india , UIDAI | Comments (7) Site settings comment help? India is the cradle of regional languages. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Social Media , Weekly Roundup | Tags: blogroll , davina brewer | Comments (11) Site settings comment help? There is so much great content out there and its posts like this that make it easier to stay up-to-date. Regardless, thanks for visiting! Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Social Media , Weekly Roundup | Tags: chipotle , coca-cola , pr , QR codes , SEO | Comments (4) Site settings comment help? Mark as read Approve comment My pleasure, Paul, though I should thank you for the amazing content you produce. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 1, 2011

Not only because it helps me immensely in terms of creating content, but because it gives readers a range of opinion and insight into the business of communication. I enjoy reading their stuff, marvel at how they come up with great content ideas, and am proud that, in some cases, it has helped them start blogging or move up in their careers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

so that they’re alerted to those posts, using hashtags to call out and index conversations, a widget that you can add to your blog, posting to multiple “Amplogs&# (the sites you set up on Amplify, though as of now, you can’t do this at one go), and more. My island (base) is my Amplify site. It really is a community.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 26, 2010

Amongst the topics that came up was some common sense insight into the usage of geo-based social media sites like Britekite and Foursquare. He presented his content like a screenplay, with his main focus being that you should have a story and be a great storyteller when you interacting with others on social media. Your Thoughts.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Get Shareaholic test Filed under Blogging for Grasshoppers , Guest Posts , Marketing , Social Media | Tags: advertorial , best practices , jackson wightman , pay for play | Comments (8) Site settings comment help? With so many bloggers not making any money for their content, can I blame them for taking money for their posts when possible?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Pitches, content creation, op-eds, etc. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Blogging for Grasshoppers , Public Relations , Social Media | Tags: blogging , bryce keane , herwin icasiano , kami huyse | Comments (20) Site settings comment help? Because Im a business owner and a PR chick, I get a lot of value from your content.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Talk to them, engage with them and their content and show them that you should be on that list. For example: Obvious: Share their content. If you’re sharing PR-related content, an obvious hashtag is #pr. There are some obvious and not-so-obvious ways to do this. Comment on their blog posts. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Teach your readers to take ownership of content. Copyblogger used this book as a guide to making boring content sexy. He speculates that Gap’s new logo was not created by designers, but by “a suite full of suits&# who only focus on operations, technicalities, and pushing content. Read All About It!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

In a post last week, I talked about turning your content marketing upside down and focusing first on what behaviors you want your content consumers to perform. Once you’ve done that and created content that you think will drive the desired actions, you can start measuring the efficacy of your content program.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

Crazy Egg allows you to see the most popular areas of your website pages and find out where visitors from different sources are clicking on your site. If you see that a certain site is sending a lot of RSS subscribers, you can work to get more traffic from that source.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Have you commented on more than one posting on this site? Get Shareaholic test Filed under Social Media | Tags: being social , robin ferrier , walking the social talk , Women Grow Business | Comments (31) Site settings comment help? But its worth starting up a conversation because it often results in more connections to new content.

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