Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 27, 2010

– Retailers have moved beyone customer reviews, and are giving consumers a much larger role in social selling. Share this on Technorati. – … you can scarcely watch a commercial without seeing the iconic Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube icons as part of the message. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Tweet This!

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 9, 2010

CheapTweet is operated by Appozite (www.Appozite.com), an Austin, Texas-based startup developing social e-commerce software to connect unique and interesting retailers with customers. Share this on Technorati. Appozite also makes TweetReach (www.tweetreach.com), a tool for measuring Twitter campaigns. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Idaconcpts

AUGUST 18, 2010

Luckily for our generation, the Internet is available to answer many of our retail questions by aggregating and collecting the opinions and experiences of buyers all over the world. Share this on Technorati. There are four ways to utilize this information, and four places online to find it… – 1. Tweet This!

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 18, 2010

Comparing industries, leisure and hospitality topped those surveyed with 57 percent saying the use social networking to market their company, followed by IT, (48 %), retail (43 %) and sales (41 percent). Share this on Technorati. Sampling error for data from sub-samples is higher and varies. Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 18, 2010

eBay and Amazon Sites experienced gains in December as retail search activity picked up during the holiday season.&#. Share this on Technorati. According to comScore, “Bing experienced large growth during the month with a 6-percent increase in query volume to nearly 1.4 billion searches. Amazon Sites 250 302 21%. Tweet This!

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

If you are an ecommerce retailer and you sell products through a shopping cart on your web site, you need to develop a web content strategy whereas you create additional content around those products and link that content back to your web site. Share this on Technorati. Competitive advantage? Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 15, 2009

Share this on Technorati. April 2009 Total U.S. Home, Work and University Locations Unique Visitors (000) Source: comScore Media Metrix Unique Visitors Rank Property (000) Total Internet : Total Audience 192,875 1 Google Sites 155,319 2 Yahoo! . ** Denotes an advertising network. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Post this on Diigo.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 14, 2010

Or, if you are an online retailer then perhaps adding a blog to the site and picking one product per day to review would be enough. Share this on Technorati. If you’re a corporation and you have a corporate web site then perhaps adding your press releases to your web site before you put them out on the newswires is an option.

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 15, 2010

More than three-quarters of Americans shop at Walmart every year, so whether you’re a fan or not, the retailer has influence. Share this on Technorati. Up next: Oprah will start the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), further exploring issues surrounding empowerment, spirit, human relationships and giving back. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Share this on Technorati. . • Ryan Osborn – Director of Social Media at NBC News. • Matthew Milner – VP, Social Media, Hearst Magazines Digital Media. • Gayle Weiswasser -Vice President, Social Media Communications, Discovery. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Facebook. Post on Google Buzz.

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Myrland Marketing

APRIL 6, 2010

Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Tweet This! While many lawyers shy away from Facebook for business development, if you are practicing retail law: family law, personal injury law, employment law etc – than Facebook is a great place to engage with individuals talking about what you do. Stumble upon something good?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Reply verygoodservice November 21, 2009 at 8:41 pm Some of the trends highlighted in this post are continuing to develop with more and more high street retailers not only establishing a presence on Twitter but using it for proactive customer service Reply Richard A. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Today, it appears every retail or business concern says ‘follow us on Twitter’ or ‘be our friend on Facebook.’ Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Jaffe agrees, saying “I think their efforts are great; it’s almost a backchannel in of itself. Answers Yahoo!

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Idaconcpts

MARCH 2, 2011

Basically, the law says if an online retailer has affiliate marketers in the state, then the retailer is responsible for collecting and remitting sales tax. Share this on Technorati. If you are an affiliate located in Arizona or Minnesota, then beware the online taxman! Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn. Post on Google Buzz.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, etc.). A single-location restaurant or small retailer operates in a much different realm than a large public company or an organization in a heavily regulated industry such as health care or financial services. Share this on Technorati. YouTube, SlideShare, Flickr, etc.). Forums and discussion boards.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 15, 2012

Bloggers have an advantage that static and retail websites don’t. Later, social networks like Digg, Last.fm, and others were affected as well. Then you will want to at least submit to quality ones like Alltop (free), Best of the Web Blogs (fee required), and Technorati (free). The answer is, a lot.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 22, 2010

In fact, you can now send gift cards from retailers and merchants like the Gap , Pottery Barn , Barnes & Noble and Starbuck’s. Friendgiftr’s one-of-a-kind network is the first and only social media-based online storefront to offer actual purchasable retail and restaurant gift cards to hundreds of millions of social media site users.

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Cottonwood Financial, headquartered in Irving (Las Colinas), Texas, is one of the largest privately-held financial service providers to the growing, under-banked segment of the retail consumer finance industry. Share this on Technorati. Founded in 1996, we have over 280 company owned locations across the country. Cottonwood Financial.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 27, 2010

If you operate a retail store with cooking supplies you might ask: – What is your ideal customer experience when you enter our store? Share this on Technorati. How do you set the conditions to create meaningful experiences for your customers? Start by understanding your customers. Ask your customers direct questions. Tweet This!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 4, 2009

Longer if the article has gone popular or hot on a social bookmarking site like Digg. Don’t get me wrong, many of the Technorati Top 100 bloggers can still get traffic, but they just don’t know how to really get traffic anymore. Share this on Technorati. These don’t stay around for a while, a few hours at best.

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URL Types Social Bookmarking Digg 112

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 10, 2011

Share this on Technorati. She then offers five recommendations for B2B Facebook use including offering a mix of original content and industry news, and asking questions. I’m still not sure that Facebook has more than one effective use for B2B marketing , but Karlie makes an interesting case. Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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Facebook B2B Privacy MySpace 210

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Online retailer Newegg isn’t afraid and proudly displays its Facebook reviews for all to see. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Why not solicit reviews from your community to see what they think about you? That’s how Ben & Jerry’s is doing it. Answers Yahoo!

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

Frequent best-of contributor Brian Solis shares stats from Technorati showing that nearly half of all bloggers are U.S.-based, Regardless of age group, personal recommendations from company or industry colleagues are rated the most influential information source, while retail websites are least relied upon. Share this on Technorati.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Having been involved in two of the most popular Technorati blogs (both in the top 10), I know when a pitch is crap. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca I still argue that there’s something called human decency, though. You’re absolutely right. Answers Yahoo!

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Blogger Press Release Advertising Review 177

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Another notable Pam Dyer post, this one summarizing a study from online advertising network Chitika which shows that Twitter is the best place to share news: 47% of the outbound traffic from Twitter goes to news sites, vs. 28% from Facebook, 18% from Digg and an imperceptable share from MySpace. on Twitter as on Digg.

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Research Social Media B2B Statistics 191

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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2008

at Inkeater:blog December 18, 2008 at 8:29 pm coleman power tools | Digg hot tags December 19, 2008 at 9:25 pm Sponsored Article ‘Don’t Just Give a Gift, Grant a Wish’ | Theres Something About Harry December 20, 2008 at 3:04 am Izea "Dont Just Give A Gift, Grant A Wish!" This would be a really great treat. Answers Yahoo!

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