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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | SOCMED SEAN JUNE 21, 2012  The One Tip That Took My Blog To New Levels. Stop Caring. When I first started blogging, I was so worried about driving readership, getting listed in the search engines, becoming popular, being liked. Stop caring about how you rank from a search engine perspective. If it doesn’t turn your engine, don’t write it. Stop caring. Stop caring. was frustrated. My blog became about me. And people liked that. And my blog grew. | | | | | | |
| SOCMED SEAN FEBRUARY 3, 2013  BrainDump: 101+ Things You MUST Know About Social Media For Business YouTube 37) YouTube is the second largest search engine on the planet (only second to Google). 46) Blog content can be gold for the search engines, but you should write your articles based on what the search engines want, write for your readers. Content Syndication Engines (eHow, eZine Articles, etc…) 84) These are fine to leverage IF you have unique content to publish. | SOCMED SEAN JANUARY 1, 2012  Your Blog Stinks! You Should Quit! Are you REALLY doing search engine optimization? What to do…It’s 2012 and you’ve been blogging for almost a year now with no success. You published 30 articles this year, but none of them have gone viral , you still only have 250 followers on Twitter (none of whom retweet you), and your Google page rank still sits at a 2. Maybe it’s time to…well…quit. | SOCMED SEAN JUNE 10, 2012  Foursquare Evolves From Gamification To Recommendation – But Why? So as Foursquare evolves to become more of a recommendation engine , I question whether the investors at Foursquare are ever going to find that magic that we all think is there. Of all the location-based social networks out there, Foursquare certainly has been the one to outlast the competition. Notice how I chose my words carefully. They do have something, though. Cheers! –Sean. | SOCMED SEAN JULY 8, 2012  25 Social Media Pet Peeves – How Many Are You Doing? Junk content that is only meant to bait the search engines , not offer value to readers. A while back, I asked a fairly straight-forward question on my Facebook page : What is your social media pet peeve? Mine is people who just post quotes all day long, thinking they are being inspirational. What’s yours? So…here they are. 25 social media pet peeves. Cheers! | | | | | | | |
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SOCMED SEAN | SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2012  2011 Round-Up Of My Social Media Cartoons And Comics
2011 was a great year for my blog and I appreciate everyone who stopped by to check it out. The biggest category of content that attracted visitors to SocMedSean.com in 2011 was definitely my social media comic strips. What started as a review of the StripGenerator social network (a social network for people who like to create comics), quickly turned into a fun, entertaining passion for converting real-life social media conversations into humorous art. Yes…each comic strip was based on a conversation that I had with someone this year. Some of them are pretty scary/funny. Really??? Cheers! MORE >> -
SOCMED SEAN | THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012 Beyond Your Borders: Promoting Your Business Internationally Using Social Media
The Benefits Of Social Media Engagement While search engine marketing is generally geared towards increasing sales conversions for your website, social media marketing is best seen as a PR tool, for building and maintaining brand awareness, gathering customer feedback and managing negative feedback about your brand. Today’s guest post comes from Christian Arno, the founder of Lingo24 , a global translation company specializing in website localization and optimization. Lingo24 has been helping some of the world’s biggest global brands with their localization campaigns since 2001. MORE >> -
SOCMED SEAN | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012  Bloggers Block – When The Words Just Won’t Come
Blogging requires writing, graphic design, search engine optimization, relationship building, social promotion, and a lot more. Frustrated courtesy of M artinaK15 on Flickr via Creative Commons Writer’s block sucks. Blogger’s block sucks more. And believe me…there is a difference. For me, writer’s block doesn’t mean I can’t write, it means that I can’t write about what I want to write about. No matter what I type, it’s just not right. For instance, I’m a sucker for a good Haiku. Here’s the link to the shirt. Take a break. MORE >> -
SOCMED SEAN | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2011  Blog Tip – Write For Your Readers, Not The Search Engines
Before we ever dive into the technology behind their blog, I like to explore their content and their attitude toward the search engines. Unfortunately, over the last few years there has been a LOT of focus on search engine optimization, almost to the point that people believe they should write their content and then re-write their content with an SEO lens to ensure that the search engines will index the article. The problem is, what if the search engine spiders like your content, but your readers don’t? ” Wrong answer. What did you accomplish? Houston. MORE >> -
SOCMED SEAN | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011  7 Surefire Ways StumbleUpon Can Make You A Better Blogger
As you use StumbleUpon and the SU engine learns more and more about what you like and dislike, you’ll start seeing some familiar faces when SU tells you that “so and so also likes this” When you see these folks, follow them. 3) Stumble your own content, but not only yours – As I understand it, the StumbleUpon engine knows when you are just being self-promotional and that’s not what SU is about. 6) Find new resources – As the StumbleUpon engine learns, it’s going to send new resources your way. Boy, was I wrong. Who can beat that? MORE >> -
- So What’s The Big Deal About Google + Your World? Will It Kill Facebook And Twitter? SOCMED SEAN | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012
- LinkedIn Tip: Be Sure To Add Skills To Your LinkedIn Profile SOCMED SEAN | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011
- Tech Tip: 3 Simple Things You Can Do To Improve The Backend Of Your Site SOCMED SEAN | TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013
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