Firebelly

JUNE 11, 2010

What are the 5 biggest risks for businesses in the social media space? Find out below in this weeks 5 social media stories I wouldnt want you to miss: 1. In addition to documenting the ubiquity of social media, Harris found that a significant proportion of U.S.

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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

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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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Do People Search for “Breaking News”? by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2009 Among news sites “breaking news” is a sought-after keyword phrase; I see it prominently placed in home page title tags all the time: And it’s not just general news sites.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Do People Search for “Breaking News”? by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2009 Among news sites “breaking news” is a sought-after keyword phrase; I see it prominently placed in home page title tags all the time: And it’s not just general news sites.

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Firebelly

JUNE 10, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « YouTube Tuesday: I Can Make You Go Viral!   The article, Appealing to Community , focused on how not-for-profits are reaching out to younger donors with social media while keeping older supporters in the fold. 

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 11, 2011

People who say social media isn’t measurable aren’t looking very hard. The truth is that there are at least 25 viable metrics you can use to evaluate the success of your social media efforts. Here are the 6 critically undervalued social media success metrics. Daily Story Feedback. Inbound Links.

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The Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Home About In the Media Royal Challengers Bangalore Fanatic Fans Challenge Basics of Search engine optimization (SEO) September 29, 2009.11:01 Having said that the ripples in the social media wave created by many Indians involved are ensuring that Social Media is taken to the next level.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

With social media, an abundance of resources are at your fingertips. However, without a successful plan and any adequate preparation, your social media efforts will fail. Don’t make your social media efforts half-assed. If you’re going to engage in social media, do it!

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Firebelly

JANUARY 22, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 2) | Main | Youtube Tuesday: Lost Generation » January 22, 2010 Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/18-1/22 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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Firebelly

JANUARY 14, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 1) | Main | Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/11-1/15 » January 14, 2010 4 Ways To Celebrate MLK Day With Social Media Originally posted on January 16, 2009. Details have been updated for 2010.

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Proactive Report

MARCH 19, 2010

As with traditional media, it’s different strokes for different folks on social media sites. According to an analysis of social sites by online advertising network Chikita published by Mashable, people go to Twitter for news, MySpace for games and entertainment, Facebook for news and community and digg has a mixed bag.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 15, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 4 Ways To Celebrate MLK Day With Social Media | Main | Youtube Tuesday: ESCP Europe Human Experience » January 15, 2010 Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/11-1/15 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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 3, 2010

FOX 59 News in Indianapolis reported on the story and the Facebook wall comments escalated even further. Instead they posted an update saying they were "committed to providing care with respect, dignity and courtesy" and shared a link to a news announcement on the Clarian Health website.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. This presentation: “Why Before How: The Keys to Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps&# also formed the basis for my recent MarketingProfs Webinar. Because tools will change.

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Social Search Optimization A search engines ultimate mission is to serve the most relevant information it can. But from a search perspective, the emergence of social media has essentially expanded whats relevant. Chad Richards is Social Marketing Manager at Firebelly Marketing, a social media marketing agency.

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Firebelly

JULY 27, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Social Media News: Top 5 Stories of the Week | Main | 3 Stories That Rocked The Social Media World This Week » July 27, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: The Social Network Trailer The Social Network , aka "The Facebook Movie," hits theaters October 1st.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

There’s been a bit of news about it recently. However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

How do you get your news? In the past I have variously read newspapers, watched TV news bulletins, read news.bbc.co.uk and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. Now it seems I get most of my news from Twitter. As Chris Garrett explains in his post, if you follow numerous feed bots, you can get the news all the time.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

With social media — or quite frankly, the existence of the Internet, any misstep you make in your personal dealings with others can become public. Social media is social. Since he was reasonably happy with the service provider, he referred it to his friend.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk AOL Newsroom: A Model for the Future or Shades of 2001? Standards of quality and editorial voice must be maintained, and news organizations in particular play a more important role in society than simply manufacturing content for the sake of making money from it.

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Idaconcpts

JANUARY 25, 2011

Group buying, which refers to social buying or collective buying as well, is the buying an offer which has been significantly reduced, due to the fact that it is only valid if enough buyers are found. Tippr, BuyWithMe, DrawCrowds, TeamGrab, iTwango and TipToken have received good news and must act quickly if they want to survive.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 17, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Social Media is Driven by the Person, Not the Position Sun, Jan 18, 2009 Prof. Social Media Club DC Government 2.0 Government 2.0 in his spare time.

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Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

I mentioned the power of SU in a recent post and I urge you to include it in your content and news planning. I mentioned the power of SU in a recent post and I urge you to include it in your content and news planning. Real Clear Politics. Includes Bing Live.com. Key changes. AOL moved up from #5 to #3. Hello StumbleUpon! Recreation.

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The Marketing Blog

APRIL 7, 2010

Home About In the Media How People Respond to Your Online Content New Job Opening April 8, 2010.7:50 In the month of March 2010, there are atleast a couple of news pieces which won’t have brought joy to the Mountain View headquarters! Reference Links 1. I think there must be some alarm bells ringing in their mind.

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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.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com by Adam Sherk on May 19, 2009 Hearst released some numbers this week on how things are going with seattlepi.com two months after moving to an online-only model. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Firebelly

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « SES Chicago 2009 Video: Were you naughty or nice? Main | 5 Ways to Fan the Viral Flame » December 15, 2009 Social Search Statistics from SES Chicago I'm a numbers nerd. If you are too, then this post is for you.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Firebelly Work: J.C. Here are 5 news items or blog posts that I wouldnt want you to miss: 1. Facebook Secures Patent for News Feed By Ben Parr A new patent awarded to Facebook this week could have some big implications for the entire social media industry.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « social media marketings good news | Main | Courtney Love gets sued over tweets » November 18, 2009 Too much flash turns google off Search Engine Optimization: Flash doesn't entice google Google is like a hippy girl.

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Firebelly

JULY 23, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « How One Unhappy Customer Multiplies Across Social Media | Main | Social Media News: Top 5 Stories of the Week » July 23, 2010 Jakes Take: Facebook Hits The Big 5-0-0 This week, Facebook announced that it now has over 500million users.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Super list of 50 social media links Have you ever wanted to know more about how to make a huge impact in social networking? The “Middleman” of Social Media is Your Friend The Next Evolution of Social Media… You can’t handle the truth!

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Firebelly

MAY 20, 2010

Not good news for individuals and small businesses who may have a hard time reaching 10,000 fans and don't have the money to become "authenticated."  Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Courtney Love gets sued over tweets | Main | Cyber Monday Is Here! » November 24, 2009 Social Networking Meets Game Consoles There used to be a time where you could play video games for video games and use the computer for computer related things.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Here are 5 news items or blog posts that I wouldnt want you to miss: 1. How to Do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off) By Gina Trapani Googles new social media service Google Buzz will show up in your Gmail account this week. billion worldwide in 2010 and $1.3 billion in the US. Have a great weekend everyone!

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The Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I’m going to bookmark it for future reference. I write about Social Media and how it is being used as a conversational channel by individuals and organizations. Reply JC September 14, 2010 at 8:35 am Is there any tool that can monitor any facebook fan page? The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0

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