Firebelly

MARCH 19, 2010

Instead I leave you with an oldie but goodie cartoon from Hubspot. Image: HubSpot ] Have a great weekend everyone! Some days it can all seem like "madness," but a sound strategy with defined goals, objectives and success metrics will really help make sense of it all. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2010

According to a new study from King Fish Media , Hubspot and Junta 42 summarized in this post, most marketers perform some type of social media measurement (e.g., Share this on LinkedIn. Marketers Use Varying ROI for Social Media by Marketing Charts. Share this on Bebo. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us.

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Proactive Report

JULY 3, 2011

Social media has extended the reach and influence of your stakeholders – they’re on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and they’re connecting to each other. Source : Hubspot Facebook Marketing Update Spring 2011). A colleague of his sees it and adds your video to StumbleUpon and a follower there posts it to Digg.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

That was the provocative question raised, and answered, by HubSpot VP of Marketing Mike Volpe in a webinar last Friday. HubSpot has apparently found a way to pump oxygen directly into Mike’s lungs, as he didn’t audibly pause to take a breath for the first 40 minutes of this presentation. Share this on LinkedIn.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

According to Small Business Trends and HubSpot , the percentage of businesses with blogs has increased from less than half in 2009 to nearly two out of three in 2011. Digg, Facebook, LinkedIn), even create an e-commerce store. Why are so many companies now embracing blogging? Blogger , TypePad ) to fee-based systems (e.g.,

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 13, 2010

Years later we have terms like Content Marketing (created by Junta 42 ) and Inbound Marketing (created by HubSpot ) that advocate the same type of approach. Share this on Linkedin. Content that would attract the type of audience that we wanted and develop the SEO that we needed on the major topics we wanted to be known for. Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2009

And further – that marketing organizations are becoming increasingly focused on Inbound Marketing (credit HubSpot for creating this term) which are a source of much higher response rates. Share this on Linkedin. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good?

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 31, 2011

8 Ways to Not Get ReTweeted by HubSpot Blog. Dan Zarrella uses extensive HubSpot research to show that practices like talking about yourself, dumbing down the readability of your tweets, eschewing links, and repeating the same things everyone else is saying are great ways to avoid being retweeted. Share this on LinkedIn.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The 12 Step Social Media Program for Traditional Marketers (HubSpot): Here are a few things agencies looking to replace different pieces of their business with social media can do. LinkedIn 10 Ways to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job (How to Change the World): Thought you couldn’t get a job on LinkedIn? Think again!

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 3, 2011

In you guessed it–another guest post–Wayne Howard describes his method for quickly building the following for a new blog, using tactics such as Facebook postings, the BloggerLuv community, Twitter, LinkedIn and contests. 9 Awesome Ways to Market a Business Blog by HubSpot Blog. Share this on LinkedIn. Tweet This!

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Jennifer Laycock reports some fascinating statistics and insights from a HubSpot study, revealing factoids such as: the average Twitter user has about 300 followers and follows 170. The Ultimate List: 100+ Twitter Statistics by HubSpot. ** 5 Stars. Share this on LinkedIn. Twitter Facts, Figures & Stats. Share this on Bebo.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

Social Media 3Q Update: Who Uses Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, & MySpace? Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn continued to add users in the second half of 2010, albeit at a slower pace than in previous quarters. population, and the average visit length is 23 minutes (versus 13 minutes for Twitter and 10 minutes on LinkedIn).

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 23, 2011

Virtually every social media monitoring tool worthy of the label covers the big social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter), social bookmarking sites (Digg, Reddit) and content sharing sites (YouTube, Flickr). Range of coverage. Many include at least the most popular blogs as well.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

According to a HubSpot study, 71% of marketers viewed Twitter as a useful marketing tool last year, up from just 39% in 2009. Which Profile Aspects Should Be Emphasized on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn? 11 Practical Business Uses for LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter by GigaOM. Adoption soared. 85% of Inc. by iMedia Connection.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 2, 2010

A B2B Marketer’s Guide to Great Facebook Pages from HubSpot (29 pages). Share this on LinkedIn. For those whose job it is to generate leads and sales through content and social media, here are five excellent new resources to help increase your knowledge. The others I just think are helpful and interesting. Share this on Bebo.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

11 Practical Business Uses for LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter (GigaOM): Some lesser-practiced tips are suggested here, such as using LinkedIn polls. How to Improve Your LinkedIn ROI by Tweaking Your Profile (Sharisax): Make yourself findable by optimizing your profile. Should we call this LIO (LinkedIn Optimization)?

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

A national survey of reporters and editors revealed that 89% use blogs for story research, 65% turn to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and 52% utilize microblogging services such as Twitter. 92% said they personally use LinkedIn, versus 56% on Facebook. 80% of Twitter use is on mobile devices. More than 1.5

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 16, 2010

Todd Heim supplies a helpful guide to best practices for building a following on and generating traffic from social bookmarking sites like Digg, Reddit, Mixx and Propeller. How to Monitor Your Social Media Presence in 10 Minutes a Day by HubSpot Blog. The Ultimate Glossary: 101 Social Media Marketing Terms Explained by HubSpot Blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

I selected influencers in all different “walks of life&# and areas of influence, from the blogosphere to the power users of Digg to founders of successful startups and authors of bestselling books. Andrew Sorcini Andrew Sorcini is also known as Mr. Baby Man and is Digg’s #1 User. Make noise, but backed up by fact!

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