Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 23, 2010

One of the most important, if not the most important, part of search engine optimization is keyword research. Properly researching the keywords and keyword phrases is important for several reasons. Here are five keyword research tips that will help your overall search engine optimization efforts. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 9, 2010

One question has popped up a few times to I thought it was worthy of some research and comparative analysis to give you a very clear answer. According to the IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) which, full disclosure, I am a member and an avid fan of their work. So here is my take …. Share this on Facebook. Share this on Reddit.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 27, 2009

As a blogger, online marketer, writer, and a shameless self-promoter, I am always on the hunt for content and ideas for creating online content. Keywords (keyword research websites). Demographics (Google Insights, Compete.com, Alexa data, etc.). - Keywords (keyword research websites). eBay Research Labs.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets by Adam Sherk on December 17, 2009 This week both Brian Solis and SEOMoz made reference to a recent Forrester report forecasting US interactive marketing budgets for the next five years.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2016

In the words of entrepreneur and acclaimed author Gary Vaynerchuk, “Marketers ruin everything.” . This couldn’t be more true for infographics, which became a highly popular and effective content marketing tool three or four years ago. In 2015, 60% of marketers predicted that the use of infographics will increase in 2016.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1% by Adam Sherk on March 2, 2010 For my presentation on Twitter Marketing Tactics at SMX West this week I wanted to get a sense of just how much traffic Twitter is driving to major news sites.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

2010 by far was the biggest year yet in the Internet Marketing realm. Since I can’t read everything written by the Internet Marketing community, I ask my Twitter and Facebook followers for their own recommendations. Content Development/Marketing. Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Marketing. Affiliate Marketing.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 21, 2010

From a pure lead generation / ROI standpoint, this skepticism isn’t entirely unjustified; research from earlier this year showed that branding metrics (increased brand exposure, webs traffic, email subscribers partnerships)—not strict revenue or ROI measures—topped the list of benefits that b2b marketers realized from social media activities.

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Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Tweet Forrester Research recently released a 2010 update to its Social Technographics® data that analyzes the social behaviors of global Internet users. Why use Digg or StumbleUpon or Delicious, when the people we care about already share with us the content they appreciate via status updates that include links? How about you?

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

With the release of the new Digg on August 25th, anybody with the ability to understand how a story, which is promoted to the popular section, is composed, has an edge in attaining viral exposure ranging from tens of thousands to millions of pageviews. Digg’s users constitute a large proportion of bloggers. Opinionated Stories.

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Rebekah Radice

AUGUST 14, 2017

Creating social media content your community connects with can be one of the hardest aspects of online marketing. I’ve pulled together the 5 types of social media content you need to create, along with an infographic from Condiment Marketing. Do your research. The 5 Types of Social Media Content You Need to Create.

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 22, 2010

In support of their clients and account teams, the Account Director develops key client relationships, develop and deliver marketing strategies and program/campaign development, and provide supporting business analysis. Provide strategic and marketing guidance and leadership to client. Responsibilities. Qualifications/Skills.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 14, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Corporate Social Media Marketing is about Two-Way Communication by Adam Sherk on April 14, 2009 It’s a simple concept, but one that many companies are still struggling with in terms of practical implementation.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 29, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Dentyne "Friend Request" Commercial: 60 Connections In Every Bottle | Main | Social Media & The Super Bowl » January 29, 2010 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

But Twitter, Facebook in some cases Digg still represent the majority of social media referrals to many news sites, so they continue to be a priority. The easiest thing to compare is reach based on Twitter followers and I’ve included that data below. The data point they make available without a subscription is called “Impact.”

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Now the focus is decidedly more tactical with sites looking to understand how to maximize the benefits of their efforts and better integrate them with other marketing initiatives. That’s not an easy question to answer without having access to each site’s analytics data and knowing their goals and objectives.

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Firebelly

MARCH 2, 2010

Ethnography in itself is the method used forgathering data within a society. Afterthe data is collected it’s written down to provide the statistics needed forthe research, such as a case report or field study. Digital Ethnography is a way ofpresenting data through video, YouTube videos in this case. View an alternate.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Data like this is interesting to check out, and it can provide useful insights for marketers and content producers in getting a better understanding of user interest and activities in both search and social media. What types of stories gained traction (or were buried) on social news sites like Digg and Reddit? Happy New Year.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. They are strategic guides that hopefully will enhance your internet marketing experiences in the future. Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009. Here’s my list for 2008.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

10 pm Google Spreadsheets Update: Blessing in Disguise for Marketers… Jump to Comments Web-based productivity tools have been around for quite a while, but their usage and focus has primarily been limited to a very niche audience. The process of ‘Conducting Survey’ and ‘Collecting Data’ are merged together.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Conducted with Don Bates of George Washington University, the study measures the journalists’ use of and attitudes toward social media for researching and reporting stories. There is a lot more data in the Cision study , so I recommend downloading it to get the whole story. So I guess the takeaway there is go after the new folks.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

Advantage: SAINTS __ 2nd Quarter: Digg Ok, which team has seen the most activity on Digg? According to Digg’s search tool 1,549 Colts articles have been submitted, with only eight being promoted to the front page and three receiving more than 500 diggs.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Websites > What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer? What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Facebook Pages for B2B social media marketing – a look at the elements of three successful B2B pages. Making Money Online / Online Marketing. Beginners guide to web data analytics – 10 steps on what to look for and what to do with that data when it comes to your site’s analytics.

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Idaconcpts

MARCH 5, 2011

of its search queries, dropping the search engine results page (SERP) rankings of sites that “copy content from other sites or sites that are just not very useful,” while providing better SERP rankings for “sites with original content and information such as research, in-depth reports, thoughtful analysis and so on.”. Tweet This!

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

In my ongoing look at mainstream media outlets and social media I have done multiple posts on news sites and Twitter, Facebook and Digg but I’ve yet to look at YouTube. The Most Buried News Sites on Digg News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? For this post I used the larger of the numbers.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 18, 2011

Let’s compare email marketing and social media. Market Size. According to Forrester Research, U.S. That metric is called “open rate&# (post-modern email marketers call this the “render rate&# and use a slightly different method of calculation). These are the ways social media is different.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft , Janrain , and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. Today in addition to DJ, we’ve got Alison Carlman, who is the un-marketing manager at globalgiving. Listen Now. The RSS feed is: [link].

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 29, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases by Adam Sherk on June 29, 2010 Unique, one-of-a-kind, best-of-breed…blah, blah, blah. We see this type of marketing speak over and over in press releases and promotional materials.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

by Adam Sherk on February 23, 2010 There is an interesting article in BusinessWeek on how AOL is utilizing software and analytics data in an effort to match content with user interests and monetize it more successfully. But there is no reason not to use tools and data to help make smart business – and editorial – decisions.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

While these are useful ways to gather marketing and demographic data , you still need to know what people are saying behind closed doors. Related posts: Study Proves Facebook and Digg Visitors More Loyal; Twitter in Last Place Are you a loyal visitor? Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

The story which quotes data from Vizisense.com , predicts that inside 7 months Facebook should be able to overtake Orkut. Subscribe to Blog Updates Feedburners Stats Email Subscription My Company About Hi, I am Daksh author of themarketingblog & co-founder of Iffort, a web-strategy & digital marketing consulting firm.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage of Site Traffic by Adam Sherk on October 23, 2009 Yesterday posts from eMarketer and Marketing Pilgrim called my attention to some interesting social media statistics put out by advertising network Chitika.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

SearchMonkey allows sites to use structured data to include additional information in their Yahoo search results such as addresses and phone numbers, review scores, pricing, etc. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Let’s just take a look at the potential of Facebook for business for a moment here and review the various options business owners have in order to be effective with Facebook business marketing. You can do many things to market your business, add value, and empower your customers. I am one of those users.

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