Sat.Feb 08, 2014 - Fri.Feb 14, 2014

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How Do I Turn Off The Trending Box In Facebook?

SocMed Sean

'In case you haven’t notice, Facebook recently launched an addition to the user-experience called their “Trending” box. The content in this widget providers users with a quick way to see what topics of conversation are trending across the entire Facebook community. While some see this as a great way to learn about new and timely topics, Facebook failed a bit by giving us no way to turn the feature off or even minimize it.

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Announcing Firebelly Labs: Optimization, Research & Digital PR

Firebelly

'Digital PR, Optimization, Mobile Research, Digital Futurism, and more Over the last few years, Firebelly has focused on social media marketing. We have developed a bit of a reputation: some national clients, spoken all over the place, and are in the process of writing a book (Social According To Us). We’ve found that bringing outside.

Research 261
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02/14/2014: Social Media Snapshot | Facebook Trending Hashtags, Twitter Redesign & More.

Harp Interactive

'Categories: Blog , Facebook , Google , Social Media Marketing , Twitter Tags: Facebook , Firefox , Google , page layout algorithm , social media , Social Media Marketing , Top heavy filter , Trending , Twitter Facebook Trending Hashtags, New Twitter Layout, Google Page Layout Algorithm Updates and more! Catch up on the need-to-know changes and updates in social media that affect your business and brand…all in one place.

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Three Tips For Branding on Pinterest

Mindjumpers

'Visual content is with out a doubt the catalyst of audience engagement on social media today. Similar to a gourmet meal your content must allow your audience to eat with their eyes first, which is probably why photos tend to receive twice as many likes as text updates. Pinterest is a great platform for brands to be featured on; the platform allows you to display non-tangible aspects all of which can be related to your product or company through lifestyle portrayals and inspiring mood boards.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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You Don’t Have Any Competition

Jason Yormark

'I remember attending a networking event and a talented speaker was up talking about how to grow your business. One of the things he said has always resonated with me, and it was the idea that you have to operate your business with the attitude that you have no competition. At first I kind of shrugged off the idea, but as he spoke more about it, I loved it.

Compete 221
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How Much Search and Social Media Traffic Do Publishers Get?

Adam Sherk

'On average, what percentage of referral traffic to publishers comes from search, social media, links and direct navigation? That’s a question I’m commonly asked by organizations that are attempting to establish benchmarks and assess their current performance. To get an idea of where things currently stand, I pulled 2013 referral data for a selection of 52 magazine and content sites, all well-known brands from major publishers.

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Social Networking Stats: The Skinny on Whisper, Secret & Snapchat, plus #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

'The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Facebook: 1.19 billion monthly active users. via Facebook. YouTube. over 1 billion monthly unique users. via YouTube. Twitter: 241 million monthly active users. via re/code. Qzone: 599 million monthly active users. via TechCrunch. Sina Weibo: over 500 million users. via The Next Web. Renren: over 170 million users. via iResearch iUser Tracker.

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4 Reasons Your Content Marketing Is Failing

Small Business Mavericks

'Newbie online marketers can get the idea real fast that there’s some kind of secret to succeeding at online marketing. There’s no real secret, but there are four principles you should adhere religiously: Quality – Insist that your content is high quality. If you want to increase your readers and you want your current readers to share your content, then you’ve got to make sure it passes the quality test.

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Do You Vine And Drive?

Firebelly

'When I was learning to drive, the very first thing my parents told me was no texting and driving! However, no one ever said anything about vining and driving. Vine is a mobile app that allows users to view, share, and produce up to 6 second videos. One of my favorite “Viners,” Alx James, is known.

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The Mashable Test

Ari Herzog

'Mashable is a one-stop destination for social media news. From platforms to devices and everything in between, Mashable is your place. But because it’s so ubiquitous, people like sharing links to its popular stories. Look at yesterday’s announcement of a new Twitter layout. It’s already been shared nearly 29,000 times. If you click that link and further select the button to tweet it out, you will see a popup resembling this screenshot: With thousands of people tweeting the sam

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.

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Virgin America Launches First In-Flight Social Network With #PlanePitch Twitter Contest

The Realtime Report

'The ability to access your social networks while in the air is nothing new; many airlines offer in-flight WiFi (for a price) within the US. But Virgin America is now offering the first in-flight social network in the US, allowing fliers to connect directly with other passengers on the flight, and with travelers landing at their destination airport.

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Social Media is Not a Direct Sales Channel

Janet Fouts

'Let’s think for a moment about how great– really great –sales people deal with initiating a sale. Do they just walk up to someone at random on the street and say “Hi, my name is Jill and you’ve GOT to buy this product!” without ever knowing anything about the person, what they need, or warming up the prospect with some friendly remarks first?

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Your Headlines Suck. Here’s What You Can Do About It

Convince & Convert

'Your headlines suck. They’re boring, they’re formulaic, and they’re so jammed with exact match keywords that even black hat SEOs are rolling their eyes and mumbling, “Seriously?” Oh sure, you’ve read all the content marketing blog posts that tell you to use exciting words, or that you need to use the very precise keyword combination that matches your Google Analytics, and that the keywords need to fall within the first four words, and yada yada yada.

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…and My Twitter Experiment Dies

Ari Herzog

'I thought it would be intriguing to spend a week and tweet like Aaron Lee , Martin Zwilling , and other so-called influencers. Four days ago I wrote : Twitter users are influencers when they are followed by a lot of people and are retweeted more often than they tweet themselves… I further this definition by the stereotype that most influencers broadcast more than they reply.

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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media

Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.

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KLM Lets You Book Flights Via Facebook and Twitter

The Realtime Report

'Here’s another first for airlines: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is now allowing customers to book flights and pay via social media. A customer on Facebook or Twitter can now book or rebook a flight, reserve a seat, arrange extra baggage, and pay through the social networking platform. There’s no need to call or visit a separate website to make a payment; all contact with the customer can take place “exclusively” through the social media channel they choose.

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6 Tips for Reducing Business Expenses

Idaconcpts

'If your business is being crushed under the weight of your own expenses, it’s time to make a change. Here are six ways you can lower your monthly bills and stop cringing every time you receive a bank statement. 1: Go Paperless. Paper isn’t a huge drain on your budget, but the little expenses can really add up into an unpleasant whole. Embrace technology and wireless sharing in order to eliminate your need for printers, papers, files, binders, ink cartridges, et cetera. 2: Outsource.

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Why the Key to Content Marketing is Becoming a Digital Dandelion

Convince & Convert

'If you’ve read this blog much, you’ll know that I’m a huge fan of the Lowe’s #FixInSix content program , whereby the company publishes 6-second household tips on Vine. Unfortunately, the manuscript for my book, Youtility , was finished before the FixInSix program launched, but I still talk about it in almost every presentation.

Content 156
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Send Virtual or Printed Cards With the App of the Week

The Social Media Incubator

'This week’s SMI App of the Week isn’t your typical app that is featured, but with Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, it could come in handy. Red Stamp is an app that allows you to send cards to your friends, family, significant others via mail, email, Twitter, Facebook, text or Instagram. Red Stamp allows you to pick a template from any of their large selections in a given category, then customize it and send it off.

Mobile 121
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Social Media Marketing GPS

SMGPS will tell you the why & how to use social media for marketing, 1 tweet at a time. You'll learn essentials in digestible little spoonfuls.

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How HTC One’s Smartphone Campaign Earned 54,000 Photos Worldwide

The Realtime Report

'Brands using billboards in Times Square to encourage social media engagement is nothing new, but HTC One took things a step further with the brand’s “ The Most Beautiful Smartphone ” campaign over the holiday season. Over an eleven-week period, HTC One saw over 54,000 photos shared from consumers in five countries: the US, UK, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

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Experiment: To Tweet Like an Influencer

Ari Herzog

'Influence. The word conjures a plethora of definitions, analogies, and examples. You might think of power or authority or leadership. You might think of JFK or the KGB. You might think of your parent or your boss. Twitter users are influencers when they are followed by a lot of people and are retweeted more often than they tweet themselves. I curate a Twitter list of influencers who I define as people with tens or hundreds of thousands of followers.

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Why the Best Social Media Education Might Be Right Under Your Nose

Convince & Convert

'With conference season in full swing and so many places to turn for insights and education, I thought it was important to highlight what might be your biggest opportunity for education. I’ve been a social strategist for several years now. Like many of my counterparts in the space, I found myself in this role without much social media training. In the beginning I couldn’t get my hands on enough social media education: I subscribed to just about every social media newsletter, followed all.

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Facebook Recognizes New gTLDs in Facebook Posts

Bill Hartzer

'After seeing that Twitter doesn’t actually recognize the new gTLDs as real links in Tweets, I was curious to see whether or not Facebook recognizes the new gTLDs as links in posts. If you were to include the URL of a new website that you just put up on a new gTLD, then would Facebook include that URL in the post and change it so it’s a clickable link?

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How to Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto

Learn the 10 worst social media marketing mistakes and how to avoid them.

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Social Media News Ticker: Edit Your Facebook ‘Look Back,’ LinkedIn Kills ‘Intro,’ Twitter Debuts Data Grant Program

The Realtime Report

'Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare: Facebook’s Look Back movie now has edit options. Facebook. Facebook now lets you edit your “Look Back” movie – to celebrate its 10th anniversary, Facebook automatically generated “A Look Back” movie for each user that clicked on the link ; now users can edit their own movie (TechCrunch).

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Checking Authorship Stats In Google Webmaster Tools

Small Business Mavericks

'Webmaster Tools is a lot more useful now since Google quit providing keyword data in Google Analytics. What can you do in Webmaster Tools? One thing you can do is check your authorship status. If you aren’t familiar with Google Authorship, get your primer here. Authorship is important for a number of reasons, but in case you didn’t know, you can follow your Authorship stats in Webmaster Tools.

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How to Recruit the Content Marketing Dream Team

Convince & Convert

'A truly great staff is made up of different types of people, placed in the positions they’re best at. Building your content marketing team is no different; you must select the best combination of players with different core strengths. For example, your content marketing team will need a big-picture strategist, a writer to create content, and a designer to give everything the right look.

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Twitter Not Recognizing New gTLDs in Tweets

Bill Hartzer

'I noticed today that Twitter is not recognizing the new gTLDs in Tweets. While there are already several new gTLDs that are already available now for anyone to register, and they are getting indexed in Google’s search results already, Twitter has yet to recognize the new gTLDs. Take a look at the screen capture above. I show two different Tweets that have links in them.

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8 Stupid Simple Social Media Tricks to Boost SEO

Discover just how easy it is to boost SEO with social media.

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30 Must-Read Growth Hacking Resources for Digital Marketers

Writtent Blog

'Growth hacking … Is this a new buzzword or a must-have skill for a digital marketer? Like many things, the most effective solutions are often born from scarcity. That’s probably one of the reasons why growth hacking is a trend associated with start-ups. While it’s not quite hit the mainstream yet, I believe it’s just around the corner for larger organizations.

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Why Your Content Isn’t Getting Shared

Small Business Mavericks

'You’ve been blogging and writing content for weeks or months now, but it’s not getting shared. Why not? There are a few reasons why your content may not be shared through social channels, but they all basically boil down to one thing – your audience. You’re not reaching it. Either you are writing the content that your target audience isn’t interested in, you’re not targeting the right audience for your content, or you aren’t answering the most pressing

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Is Email a More Reliable Marketing Mechanism Than Social Media

Convince & Convert

'In this edition of The Baer Facts, I’m joined by Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget to wish Happy Birthday to Facebook and talk about the changing face of email. 10 Years? Feels Like 30. On one hand, it’s hard to believe Facebook is 10 years old. On the other hand, Facebook has become so entwined in our personal and professional lives, that it’s difficult to imagine what life was like before it came on the scene.

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5 Reasons Social Media Should Be a Part of Your Ecommerce Strategy

Bill Hartzer

'Many online businesses understand the innate value in social media networking to increase their web traffic and ultimately their profit margins; yet, surprisingly, some do not or have not yet begun to tap into the benefits that social media affords when it comes to marketing and growing one’s online or drop shipping business. The following five reasons are strong evidence why social media is integral to any ecommerce strategy in today’s digital marketplace.

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59 Killer Content Marketing Stats: 2014 Edition

Writtent Blog

'Content marketing moves incredibly fast. So fast that just a decade ago, most of us had never heard of it – today, the tactic is used by 93% of marketers. There’s been a world of changes between then and now, which is why fresh research is crucially important. Whether you’re creating a blog or a presentation to prove to your boss just why original articles are the future , you’re in luck.

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