Sherrilynne Starkie
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Mark Twain once said, “Rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated”. This could be said of the blogging trend, because pronouncements of the death of blogging have been floating around for a few years now. However, blogging is growing more popular than ever before. Bloggers too, are being taken seriously as true influencers by marketers and are being courted by brands and the PR agencies that represent them.
yMarketingMatters
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
There are many social networking websites for smaller businesses. The most active are Facebook , LinkedIn , Twitter , Google+ , Pinterest , YouTube , Flickr , and SlideShare. The top bookmarking sites are StumbleUpon , Digg and Delicious. This landscape may change in the coming year. But that doesn’t really matter. If you use all of these sites — or just one or two — that’s a ton to manage.
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Atom Thought
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
Volvo is one of the first car companies to have launched a unique promotion on Pinterest. And it did that with a very apt model to start with: The S60T5 Needless to say this model of Volvo focuses on its impeccable design, technology and lowest entry price point attributes and targets young internet savvy professionals.
Waxing UnLyrical
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
I realize I haven’t told you much about my goings-on of late. So here they are, in case you can make any of them: This Friday, Sept. 21 , I’ll be leading a post-conference workshop for attendees of ALI’s “Social Media for Government Communicators” conference on (what else?) PR and social media measurement. If by some chance you are one of the folks registered for my workshop, do let me know!
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Mindjumpers
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
In a previous blog post , Jonas made a summary of a report called “The State of Social Media Marketing” from January 2012 in which he outlined the key points and conclusions drawn from the report. A couple of days ago, Awareness, Inc released the second part of the same report , which points out some useful statistics for the second half of 2012. In this blog post, I will highlight the most interesting ones.
Firebelly
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Interested in running an Instagram photo contest? Check out these 3 must-reads. How To Host A Photo Contest On Instagram. From Instagram Blog Photo contests are a great way to increase visibility of your brand on Instagram. We asked Deftones and the brains behind the contest, Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group, for some tips on running a successful photo contest on Instagram.
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Waxing UnLyrical
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
Erin Feldman is a writing coach at Write Right. Her background is in marketing communications and creative writing. When she isn’t busy helping people tell their stories, she spends her time writing poetry, drawing, reading, and running. You just read Toon Time: Coffee to the Rescue , originally posted on Waxing UnLyrical , published by Shonali Burke.
Idaconcpts
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
There have never been so many people willing to talk about exactly where they are and what they’re doing in exchange for incentives. The location-based service Foursquare offers individual users the chance to share where they are and get recommendations on where to go next. At the same time, businesses can attract new visitors and build customer loyalty.
Akamai Marketing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
I only have one real rule in the classes I teach: No. Question. Is. Stupid. OK – there is another rule: we all have to learn something. Last night’s class taught me that the future of social media is looking good if future participants are any indication. There still exists a natural curiosity around social media. For those of us in social media, it sometimes seems as though everyone participates in social media.
Firebelly
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
This photo was taken on the Elk Reserve in Jackson Hole, Wymoning – it is not photoshopped in any way. About a month ago my fiancé and I went out to Jackson Hole, Wyoming for a post engagement celebration. We did everything from whitewater rafting to seeing Ole Faithful and the Tetons to hanging out at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. The highlight of the trip was the wildlife expedition and South loop tour of Yellowstone National Park.
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Waxing UnLyrical
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
The social network, as most of us think of it, is nothing more than the likes of Facebook or Orkut, among others. But to the world at large, it’s not just about Facebook (or the related movie), but a community that has been built over the years around a common interest or topic. So I’m using this post to showcase such a community that has been actively working around sustainability.
Idaconcpts
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
I have a full blown addiction with beauty products, but especially when it comes to cosmetics. I love makeup, and my bathroom is a testament to this fact. I have an entire storage cart with seven drawers, four of which are nothing but the various makeup items I have purchased over the years. I only use a small amount, and yet I can’t help but buy more when I see something I like on sale.
The Realtime Report
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Facebook: 955 million monthly active users. via Facebook. Twitter: over 500 (140 active monthly) million users. via Twopcharts / WebProNews. Qzone: 599 million monthly active users. via ResonanceChina. Google+: 100,000,000 monthly active users. via Google. Sina Weibo: over 368 (36.5 active daily) million users. via China Daily.
Kikolani
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
This is a guest post by Natalie Sisson. Building a blog that matters is a full-time gig these days, especially if you want to stay ahead of close to 200 million other competing blogs – which you do, right? You need to be on you’re A-game all the time, and as a result it’s just too easy to get caught up doing ‘everything’ on your blog.
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Waxing UnLyrical
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Geoff Livingston wrote this post for me , but I’ve been holding onto this title so long I’m not willing to let it go. But I feel I’d better rehash a little of Geoff’s post, probably because he provided the au courant substance (excuse?) I’d been searching for to feel confident my thoughts to follow aren’t completely off-track.
Idaconcpts
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Artist Eric Daigh used exactly 22,765 pushpins to create a portrait of Pinterest founder Ben Silbermann for a feature in Fast Company’s 2012 Design Issue. Co.Design interviewed Eric Daigh to learn more about his creative process. Photo Credit: Fast Company.
The Realtime Report
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
UNICEF’s new Pinterest campaign cleverly turns the concept of this visual social network on its head. The site – normally dominated by photos of delectable desserts, beautiful vacation spots, or home decor – is a showcase for the “wish list” of a fictional 13-year-old girl from Sierra Leone, which includes basic necessities like rice and running water.
Ari Herzog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Imagine my surprise when I logged into my Google Analytics dashboard and observed a 50% reduction in unique visitors since a year ago. There are many reasons for this drastic change, including posting less than daily, deactivating the CommentLuv plugin , and experimenting with different commenting systems. Perhaps most evident is the direct correlation between blog post frequency, search engine spider indexing, and your keyword searching to discover online content to read, learn, and share.
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Janet Fouts
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
I just got back from a trip to Atlanta where I did some training on social media with a group of fortune 50 corporate travel partners for a major banking institution. The entertainment on the first night was a dinner at Art Smith’s Atlanta destination restaurant Southern Art and Bourbon Bar. I knew a bit about Art, and being a social media geek I looked him up on Twitter as well as the restaurant.
Convince & Convert
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Image via BigStockPhoto.com. With the utmost excitement I signed for the package, opened it up, and removed it from the box. I had in my hands the new Samsung Galaxy S from T-Mobile. With glee I told friends that I had a shiny new toy. And for many days, stretching into weeks, I played with it as though it were a Game Boy from my youth. The nostalgic high, though, would soon come crumbling down.
The Realtime Report
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
I should have seen it coming. The buzz of ‘Downton Abbey.’ The 76-page Ralph Lauren catalog that arrived last week – Ralph looking most un-cowboy-ish behind the wheel of an Aston Martin, British flag on the door, RL girls posed, now on raked gravel courtyards in impeccable tweeds, now on horseback in black velvet evening dress, the fine saddle leather a dreamy contrast and rhinestone collar providing a certain edge.
Kikolani
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
This is a guest post by Matthew Setter. The Cloud – It’s everywhere! Microsoft, Apple, Rackspace, Starbucks, McDonalds, IBM and even Amazon offer it. Unless you’ve been living under a rock or in a small seaside town – you’d think that that’s all there is to know about these days and that if you’re not quick – you’ll miss out.
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Idaconcpts
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
On September 2012, Jack Dorsey delivered a great keynote at Disrupt SF. The Co-Founder of Twitter and Square is a great speaker and we can take pointers from his delivery style. Here is another great presentation from Jack. Back in May 2008, the then Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey provided a compelling overview of the service and his own inspiration. [Video length: 14 minutes].
Convince & Convert
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Those of us who work for content marketing agencies and others who are responsible for developing new content for our own organizations share a common challenge. We know how difficult it can be to find balance between intrigue and usefulness. We understand that it is much easier to talk about or simply develop a tool than it is to create a talkable tool.
Atom Thought
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
Volvo is one of the first car companies to have launched a unique promotion on Pinterest. And it did that with a very apt model to start with: The S60T5 Needless to say this model of Volvo focuses on its impeccable design, technology and lowest entry price point attributes and targets young internet savvy professionals. [&hellip.
Kikolani
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content. 21 Reasons You Should Write Guest Posts – As Penguin and Panda (the latest Google updates) have shown us – times are changing in SEO.
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Small Business Mavericks
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
Mobile phones and other handheld devices have made social media more accessible to more people more often. In other words, you don’t have to sit at your computer all day long to engage with your customers and potential customers through social media. Smart phones allow users to interact with Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and other social media sites – even YouTube – right from the palm of your hand.
Convince & Convert
SEPTEMBER 16, 2012
Image from BigStock.com. Last week, I wrote about Marcus Sheridan’s concept of “insourcing” and the need to expand your social media and content marketing beyond a centralized, command and control structure (typically led by marketing). At Convince & Convert, we get involved in these “insourcing” programs often, working with corporate clients to create social business structure that facilitates participatory breadth.
Bill Hartzer
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
SEO Firm Ayima , based in the United Kingdom, claims that panelists that are a part of the UDRP domain name dispute process, can be bought. Apparently if you hire this SEO firm, they claim that you can acquire a domain name using their team of lawyers “who are panelists on the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’s Domain Name Panel” The fact that this SEO firm seems to be saying that UDRP panelists can be “bought” goes beyond my comprehension of such matters.
Stay N' Alive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
In the early days of Facebook's developer platform (2007, to be exact), as apps were going from 0 to 2 or more million users in just a matter of days, family history apps were among the first to rise to the top. The link between family connections and friend connections seemed like a natural fit for apps that were built to connect one another. It appears that, according to Ancestry Insider , one of the pioneer Facebook apps in this industry, We're Related , was just acquired by Ancestry.com for
Small Business Mavericks
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
A QR code is a special scannable icon that you can put on your store window, a sign, a flyer or brochure, or a print ad. The icon is designed to allow mobile phone users to scan the graphic, which takes them to your web page or landing page designed for a specific purpose. Some companies have gone the extra mile and made their QR codes look a little different.
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