If you are not as familiar with social seeding and its value in your online marketing strategies, then check out the two articles below before reading on: 7 Reasons to Include Social Seeding [.]. Digg Reddit Social Media Social Seeding StumbleUpon Viral MarketingYou are probably aware of what social seeding (or social promotion) is, and just how much traffic seeding your content socially can drive. If MORE >>

It is well known that some sites do better than others on Digg.  Here are some of these sites that get plenty of “Digg love&# but that are also hated by many. Some even wait to be the last submission, as the Digg button on the page refers to the last submission instead of the first. Comics have their place on Digg, and xkcd has the market cornered.  Occasionally, a single post can hit the front page of Digg more than once (examples: 1 , 2 ).  Other Sites We Love and Hate for Digg. Read more about Digg on this social media blog. MORE >>

According to Digg’s top brass, these changes were meant to bring in more revenue to the site, giving corporations and companies more control over content and more exposure for their own content. However, this went against what many people felt was the point of Digg:  allowing anyone to potentially make the front page of the site. The Problem with Digg. But do you know where a lot of those Digg users went when they didn’t feel like their voice was being heard? Digg’s main competition. Reddit. Reddit is (was?) click for larger image). An Example. MORE >>

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? by Adam Sherk on August 4, 2010 The new Digg has gotten a lot of attention for the opportunities it creates for publishers (see ReadWriteWeb and BlueGlass for details). First and foremost is the ability to create official profiles and automatically submit content, which publishers are hoping will turn Digg into a friendlier place for mainstream media. In going through the various profiles I saw a lot of submissions with just one digg. MORE >>

recently completed a new point-of-view for my firm which outlines how I think marketing will be changing in the next few years.  Given that disclaimer, here’s what I see as the big issues facing marketers next year: Customer engagement is not a passing fad. Now that there’s so much more data with the advent of social media, marketers must look beyond their traditional sources of data warehousing.  Marketing analytics are red hot. Social media marketing will mature. 2010 was the year social media exploded onto the marketing scene.  Digg this! MORE >>