ProBlogger

JULY 22, 2014

Now more than ever, marketing experts are improving their marketing strategy with fewer resources, and they are shifting marketing budgets from traditional to digital tactics like search engine optimization and social media. 50% of consumers use a combination of search and social media to make purchase decisions.

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

I get a lot of questions via Facebook , Twitter and my email contact form and many of the items listed below come straight from those questions, my experience in social media strategy, years of researching platforms and best practices and…well…tinkering with social media. Social media takes time and energy.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Looking for a way to monitor social media activities and results on a tight budget? Want to show the world how social you are with a cool widget on your website or blog? Social Mention. ** 5 stars. A social media monitoring tool that combines powerful features (e.g., Social Website Analyzer.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Search for a brand name or keyword across all of the most popular social networks at once? Monitor social media discussions of your company or product in real time? Promote events through social media? Cool Social Media Tools. Social and Alternative Search Engines. Create animations?

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Not surprisingly, social media gets the most attention with 80% of respondents indicating they plan to do more with it in 2010. Over time I’d expect to see social media monitoring tools grab more budget at the expense of both, as more and more focus is placed on direct communication with target audiences.

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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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Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

s Blog Publishing Guide [link] 10 Things to Do Before Launching Your Blog [link] Writing for Bloggers – A Quick Guide on Style, Substance and Strategy [link] Creating a web presence – why bother? Tips & Guides Mashable – Twitter Lists, Resources & How-Tos [link] How To Blog: A Beginner?s Buzz Index – Today?s

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach? But I’m here to look at what really matters – which team has more reach via social media? Advantage: SAINTS __ 2nd Quarter: Digg Ok, which team has seen the most activity on Digg?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? by Adam Sherk on October 6, 2010 It is safe to say that most news sites are now experimenting with various forms of user engagement and content promotion through social media.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic by Adam Sherk on August 25, 2009 July and August are a time when many content sites see a seasonal dip in all forms of traffic, including search engine referrals.

Engineering 102

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Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines by Adam Sherk on July 28, 2009 Yesterday Steve Rubel pointed out how the article highlights on sites like CNN.com and iMedia Connection are a good time saver for him.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

However, the number of SEOs I’ve come across are much fewer and farther between than social media marketers. In fact, I hear the same SEO names every day; I learn of a new “social media expert&# twice a day. Despite this, social media marketing is much more difficult than search engine optimization.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 12, 2011

When it comes to optimizing your web site for the search engines , search engine optimization, there are a lot of things that you can do that will hurt your search engine rankings. In fact, there are literally hundreds of different factors that come into play when it comes to search engine optimization. Duplicate Content.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information by Adam Sherk on January 21, 2010 Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists.

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Harp Interactive

JULY 13, 2010

Submit articles to article publishing sites like Ezine, Hubpages, etc. Submit links of interesting pages like the one above to Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Stumble Upon and other bookmarking sites. Create an XML sitemap and submit it to search engines. Include internal links within each webpage and use keyword rich anchor text.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 10, 2010

What’s interesting to me, as a search engine optimization expert and online marketer, is not the fact that Google has upgrade Google Reader. When it comes to search engine optimization , historically it always been about links. Search engine like Google, Bing, and Yahoo! They have access to the social sharing data now.

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Engineering Google Reader URL Technorati 112

Adam Sherk

APRIL 3, 2012

It is well established that Pinterest offers great opportunities for lifestyle publishers but how well is it paying off in actual site traffic? To get a clearer picture I pulled referral data from the past six months for a group of 25 magazines sites that we work with at Define Media Group.

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Sites Digg Reddit Fashion 157

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > How to Use Social Media for Personal Branding How to Use Social Media for Personal Branding by Tamar Weinberg on April 1, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Dan Schawbe l.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on April 8, 2010 Share Even though social media isn’t new to many of us, the world is waking up to this new shiny toy.

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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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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

However, the lack of follow-through was unsettling enough that I am publishing this post. TLC made many missteps when it came to their social media marketing efforts. Heck, perhaps TLC will come by and ramp up their social media efforts. It’s not just media. It’s social media.

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Social Media Foursquare Marketing Flickr 217

Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

Vanessa Fox did an extensive write-up for Search Engine Land which covers the changes in detail. While it’s good news that Google is continuing to improve its ability to deal with JavaScript, this change also impacts the way that many publishers display sponsored links on their sites. JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success.

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Publishing Google NoFollow Guidelines 100

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? If you’re not familiar with rel=&# canonical&# see Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag ).

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Syndication Publishing URL Yahoo 103

Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag by Adam Sherk on April 30, 2009 Really you shouldn’t need it. What you should be doing is avoiding duplicate content altogether.

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Issues Publishing URL Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers? That may be getting carried away but the new format does have some advantages for publishers, although they are not being fully utilized by Google News yet.

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News Publishing Google Press Release 104

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. Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog.

Social Media 100

Social Media Digg Brands Marketing 100

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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Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise 193

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO. Media Relations Gone Wrong: How Not to Pitch a Journalist (Video). 5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages. 8 Social Media Questions Publishers Should Be Asking Themselves. SEO Metrics for Publishers: How are You Tracking and Measuring Success?

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Press Release SEO Digg Sports 119

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 19, 2010

Borden published his 1964 article, Concept of the Marketing Mix. In the next post I will show you the new 4 S’s for Social Media Marketing … Tweet This! Tags: Branding Content Marketing Inbound Marketing Lead Generation Lead Nurturing Marketing Sales Social Media Strategy Thought Leadership.

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B2B Marketing StumbleUpon Digg 277

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media by Adam Sherk on January 4, 2010 I was going to post this last week but then opted wisely for letting myself enjoy a holiday break.

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SEO News Social Media Syndication 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. This is a huge challenge for someone who wants to sell their product using social media.

Sites 101

Sites Social Media Digg Blogosphere 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook by Tamar Weinberg on December 10, 2008 Share Social media mimics real relationships — in many cases.

Handbook 279

Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

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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Social Media Press Release Syndication Marketing 100

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pro PR Tips: 100 PR Tips from Rafe Needleman Published as a Book by Adam Sherk on August 11, 2009 Yesterday I received a copy of Rafe Needleman ’s Pro PR Tips in the mail from ITDatabase. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Tips Publishing Press Release Syndication 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > No, You Can’t Automate Social Media! No, You Can’t Automate Social Media! And it doesn’t help for marketing — at least not the social kind.

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Social Media Klout Influencer Feed 251

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Does Social Media Increase a Journalist’s Value? One journalist has a large following and active presence on several social media sites. One journalist has a large following and active presence on several social media sites.

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Social Media Press Release News SEO 146

Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

But these days for B2B Marketers I think we need to take it a step further and say that “Content is Media&#. Building a solid content creation engine is critical to B2B marketers today. What is your publishing calendar? Social Media is not a campaign it’s a commitment! Can you stick to it? Tweet This!

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