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CREATIVE RAMBLINGS AUGUST 8, 2012 10 websites to find free images for your blog In this day and age, writing high-quality articles is not enough. Visitors want to be entertained visually. Adding images to your content will certainly make a difference in the experience of your audience, while increasing your chance of being found in search engine results. “Now, how do I find great pictures without breaking my piggy [.]. Blogging Great Resources Tips free images | ADAM SHERK AUGUST 21, 2012  5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO I was invited to contribute a column to an upcoming social media guidebook from Media Industry Newsletter and Folio. thought I’d share it here along with some links to additional resources. It is intended to be a general overview for publishers. Hopefully you’ll find it useful. How does social media activity impact search engine optimization? Annotations in the Search Results. | PUSHING SOCIAL AUGUST 2, 2012 50 Blogging Ideas to Steal and Take Credit For More Blog Promotion Tips I needed to rearrange and clean-up the blogging tip file that I keep in my head. My blog review clients have gotten bits and pieces of these tips but I realized that I haven’t put together a monster list of them in a long time. It’s nice to get my best stuff out in the open so I can start tweaking and adding to the list. So now is a great time to pick through my mental garage sale. This isn’t a short post. It tops out around 1,800 words and could include another 2,000 if I didn’t push away from the computer. twist on guest posting that should make you smile. | WEBBIQUITY SMM AUGUST 18, 2012  79 Remarkable Social Media Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2012 Note: a slightly shorter version of this compilation was recently published as a guest post on Jeff Bullas’ blog. Social media and inbound marketing techniques have been a boon for marketers. Not only do leads generated through social and content marketing cost half as much as traditional outbound-generated leads (see below), they also close at higher rate (again, see below). Which U.S. | | | | | | | |
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THE REALTIME REPORT | FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2012  Social Networking Stats: Facebook’s User Base Is Getting Older; Twitter’s Is Getting Younger, #RLTM Scoreboard
The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Facebook: 955 million active users. via CNET. Twitter: over 500 million users. via Twopcharts. Qzone: 576 million active users. via TechCrunch. Sina Weibo: over 300 million users. via Bloomberg Businessweek. Renren: over 170 million users. via iResearch iUser Tracker. LinkedIn: 174 million members. via CNET. Google Plus: 170 million “people who have upgraded” via Google. Tumblr: 69 million blogs. via Tumblr. Instagram: 80 million users. via Instagram. Tagged: 20 million unique monthly users. via Tagged. MORE >> -
SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012  Eight Common Blogging Mistakes
When we started Spin Sucks nearly six years ago (go ahead and look at the very first post ; it’s TERRIBLE), we thought we were pretty darn clever. Not only was the spinsucks.com URL available, but we had a fun little acronym: FADS – the Fight Against Destructive Spin. We created an editorial calendar and everyone was responsible for blogging, from the interns on up through me. Our goal was to blog about the silly things people do to hurt the perception of the PR industry and perpetuate the “spin doctor” image. Disaster. And figure it out we did! Komen PR Disaster.” MORE >> -
GET SOCIAL PR | THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012 HOW TO: Start and Run a Successful Twitter Chat
TweetYou’ll get the most out of Twitter by creating relationships with people over time. For businesses, this means creating or providing valuable solutions as well as intelligence to clients, customers and prospects. While tweet chats may not be the right tactic to use for some businesses (it depends on your goals), it might be right [.]. How-To tweet chat MORE >> -
SOCIALFISH | TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012  Why, How and When to Quit FeedBurner
If you are currently using Feedburner for your RSS feeds, you may have noticed – as we did – that your blog feed is totally dead. Easiest way to check this – subscribe to your own blog in Google Reader, and see if it’s pulling the latest content.) If your Feedburner feed is not working anymore, you’re not alone and you basically have two choices – switch to your blog platform’s atom feed for free (no analytics), or switch to the best alternative, Feedblitz for a small fee. Thank you so much Phil! It was simple, largely effective, and free. Now What? MORE >> -
JEFF KORHAN | SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2012  The Art of Questions for Engaging a Facebook Community
Social engagement is the result of a number of activities, including listening, offering suggestions and other assistance, and asking good questions. When these actions are executed well, the natural result is engagement in the form likes, shares, and comments that serve to build your Facebook community. Sharing interesting, useful, or entertaining content is essential for encouraging engagement. This is best accomplished on Facebook with a photo or video with a short message and a call to action. Is it any wonder that 300 million photos are posted on Facebook every day! Here are some examples. MORE >> -
- 9 Critical Questions to Ask When Hiring a Social Media Agency PUSHING SOCIAL | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012
- Four Multi-Channel and Touchpoint Marketing Models SOCIAL MARKETING FORUM | SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2012
- 50 Tips to Make Your Company’s Blog Rock SPIN SUCKS | MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012
- Social Networking Stats: Twitter Users Hit ‘Share’ Nearly 5X More Than Facebook Users, #RLTM Scoreboard THE REALTIME REPORT | FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012
- Social Media Influencers vs Brand Advocates: 5 Must-Reads FIREBELLY | MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012
- Monitor Your Brand’s Instagram Activity with New Reporting Tool MINDJUMPERS | MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012
- VMAIL is the new EMAIL INBLURBS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012
- How Twitter Amplifies a Customer Attack PAUL GILLIN | THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012
- Five Things Bacon Can Teach Us About Content Marketing SPIN SUCKS | MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012
- Social Networking Stats: Instagram Reaches 80 Million Users, #RLTM Scoreboard THE REALTIME REPORT | FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012
- 8 Tips On Developing A Social Publishing Approach For Brands FIREBELLY | MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012
- 20 Cringe-Worthy Business Blogging Mistakes PUSHING SOCIAL | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2012
- What Social Consumers Want and What Social Marketers Think They Want [INFOGRAPHIC] MINDJUMPERS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012
- 3 Lessons from The Social Media Olympics JEFF KORHAN | SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2012
- Eight Digital Marketing Trends SPIN SUCKS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012
- Only 17% Of Businesses Measure Social Media ROI; 12% Have A Realtime Analytics Solution THE REALTIME REPORT | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2012
- 2 Cool (And Free!) Instagram Analytics Tools FIREBELLY | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
- Interesting Marketing Trends of Small Businesses [Infographic] PUZZLE MARKETER | FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012
- Why Google Might Penalize Guest Blogging Sites QUICK ONLINE TIPS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
- It Hasn’t Been Done JEFF KORHAN | SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012
- The Chasm Of Management Practices THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2012
- Online Reputation Management: A How-to Guide SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012
- Content Creation? Curation? Focus on Publishing Instead FIREBELLY | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2012
- 6 Strategies for Increasing Fan Engagement on Facebook (Wildfire Research) THE REALTIME REPORT | MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012
- Memories of #SoMix2012 @GaryVee: “You’re Betting Against the Internet if You Don’t Believe in Social Media” JUGNOO | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2012
- Klout Deserves Your Attention JEFF KORHAN | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
- The Strategic Checklist Manifesto THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012
- Convergence is the Name of the Game for PR Pros of Tomorrow SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2012
- 9 Curated Moments From The Social Curation Summit FIREBELLY | FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012
- Coke Wields Mobile Advertising & Coupons To Close The Purchase Funnel MOBILEGROOVE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012
- Social Media saving lives – two words at the time UNSPOKEN | FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012
- Why Isn’t Your Business Blogging? JEFF KORHAN | FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012
- 4 Barriers To Change THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012
- Small Businesses Have a Unique Opportunity in Social Media SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012
- 33 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Resoures of 2012 So Far WEBBIQUITY SMM | TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012
- LinkedIn Reaches 174 Million Members, Revenue Up 89% THE REALTIME REPORT | TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012
- Retail and Social Media by the Numbers DIRECT MARKETING OBSERVATIONS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012
- Google+ Hangouts Come Alive JEFF KORHAN | TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012
- Who Makes A Company “Human”? THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2012
- Transmedia Storytelling for Content Creators SPIN SUCKS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012
- Want a Review Copy of the Impact Equation? CHRIS BROGAN | THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012
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