Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2013

Image: esocialmediashop via Flickr, CC 2.0. See, for example, the screen shot below showing the relative usage of the terms “search engine optimization” as compared to “content marketing.”. In the interest of full disclosure, do not read too much into the specific screen shot about the decline of search engine optimization.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2013

Image: The IBM Curiosity Shop via Flickr, CC 2.0. There is no silver bullet, but we can provide some examples, based on recent experiences. Take Waze for example. This data helped the government quickly handle the crisis, and is a great example of how real-time data interpretation can be used for a fast solution.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

They identified around 60 Million conversations (per year) across blogs, microblogs such as Twitter, discussion forums and social networks like Facebook and other enabling technologies such as YouTube, Vimeo and Flickr relating to Energy. Many listening engines provide you with “streams” of data which is great. Email this to a friend?

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

We’ve had our tried-and-true algorithms and techniques busted by Google, we’ve had new algorithms and measurements introduced, which actually sent some search engine optimization professionals out of business. For example, the big co-citation link here is my use of “content marketing” in the headline, plus my name.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

For both public relations and search engine optimization, publishing content via other people’s sites is a critical part of their everyday duties. Image: SalFalko via Flickr, CC 2.0. As an example, the 12 Palms Recovery Center maintains a blog that provides information for families and individuals affected by drug abuse.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 21, 2015

I witness the power of data every day as the Director of PR Engineering at AirPR , a PRTech company focused on cultivating the PR leaders of tomorrow through analytics, insights, and measurement. Image: Matias Garabedian via Flickr, CC 2.0. The challenge with data is that it can be difficult to comprehend.

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Adam Cohen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

One of my favorite examples of this application is the Converse Domaination effort (it’s worth the watch, go ahead, I’ll wait). Another critical area of technology focus is search engine optimization. Photo credit: StarrGazr via Flickr. Understanding the Community. Related Posts. On Beyond Snake Oil (1).

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Anybody writing blogs for business purposes will be keen to build a sizeable readership and achieve higher rankings in the major search engines. Photo Credit: Matthew Hodgson on Flickr. By sprinkling these keywords moderately throughout your blogs, it is possible to achieve a rapid search engine and web traffic boost.

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Writtent Blog

MARCH 17, 2014

The official Creative Commons website lets users search websites for free-to-use images from a variety of sources, including Google Images, Flickr and the Wikimedia Commons. CompFight is a super-fast, easy-to-use alternative to Flickr Search. Is it any surprise that Flickr is a top resource for image-sourcing? Creativity 103.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 23, 2012

Find photos from Flickr or Picasa — be sure to use Creative Commons photos — or buy royalty-free stock photography, and put them in your blog posts for added impact. For example, a basic $150 Snowball mic can produce some better-than-average sound quality. And not, say, photos of small animals pretending they’re people.

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SocialFish

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Users can also choose videos from other websites like Vimeo, Flickr, Facebook, SoundCloud, and others. So you don’t have to worry about ads, or annoying Mcafe extensions or other search engines. Integrated YouTube search engine. Also, it has a dedicated search engine, so it’s enough only to insert a keyword. Free to use.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2015

Yes, effective content marketing will aid your company in search engine optimization, support inbound marketing, and generate more sales leads, but marketing support is just the tip of the iceberg. Image: Doug Hay via Flickr, CC 2.0. Another excellent example from the mid-market is Twist Image and Mitch Joel.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Maybe worst of all, giving the illusion of accuracy of a generic score could mislead people and businesses to erroneous behavior (for example, hiring someone with a high score). And just like that, Traackr went from being yet another a social rating service to being a search engine for people. Image: yamchild via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Whatiswrongwith.me , The Arab Spring or The Pink Chaddi movement are varying examples of this phenomenon (recommended reading: Clay Shirky’s The Cognitive Surplus ). Image: Loius Volant on Flickr, Creative Commons. The only part of the process being short-circuited is the mobilization process. No, not really.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 21, 2011

Image: Steve Hoang via Flickr, CC 2.0. A plugin like AiO SEO will generate your “meta description,&# which is what search engines will display as a brief description of the content when they pull up search results. For example (and I’m using WUL posts so that I can tell you what I did/didn’t do): 1. Make sense?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

A real time search engine allows you to scour all of this data to see what’s being said right now about any given topic. A real time search engine should not be used for the majority of your searches. Also, if you want to find a new website – for shopping or to play video games – a traditional search engine is the way to go.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

This isn’t another overview post about how to search engine optimize a news release. Take this example: Let’s say you’ve created a tool that helps non-profits with social media, and you are sending out a news release as part of your launch. Image: Andras Pfaff via Flickr , Creative Commons Was this helpful?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

” Image: Arjen Toet via Flickr, CC 2.0. For example, content marketing is as much about reputation as anything else ; after all, we (organizations, or clients, or simply human beings) want people to think well of us, and to come to us for the right reasons… right? Not (just) search engines. Not pitch stories.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The most recent example of digital sharecropping gone bad were all the companies that built products and services based on Twitter. You now have a site that Google and other search engines can uniquely identify as you. Image: The Marmot via Flickr, CC 2.0. It would take time to repair both.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. For example: Let’s say you are searching for volunteer opportunities in Silver Spring, Md. received 13 percent.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The article has examples of how social media worked too. How to Make Social Media Work for Non-Consumer Brands (Mashable): This is a good B2B social media article which is chock full of examples. David Armano suggests to study out the candidate first; they shouldn’t just be focused on Twitter, for example.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 7, 2012

For example: “Pitch: __.” You might have access to a media (that includes bloggers these days) database, or you might only have access to search engines. For example, “As I was reading <name of blog post> on <subject>, it occurred to me that <client/campaign name> might interest you.”

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Kikolani

JANUARY 1, 2013

Google, arguably the most relevant search engine in the world to date, has been aggressively rolling out updates on algorithm changes since last year. What is encouraged now by Google and search engines are methods that promote high-quality and shareable content related to your niche. Photo Credit: HubSpot on Flickr.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Maybe you’ve set up a blog to run AdSense and earn money from the search engines. That doesn’t mean they can’t be search engine friendly too. A peppering of keywords here and there will help your blog be more visible to search engines. What’s a good example of this? Your blog has to be excellent.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 6, 2011

Image: Steve Hoang via Flickr, CC 2.0. A plugin like AiO SEO will generate your “meta description,&# which is what search engines will display as a brief description of the content when they pull up search results. For example (and I’m using WUL posts so that I can tell you what I did/didn’t do): 1. Make sense?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

Here are other examples about how to leverage the popular video sharing site to get a job. Pam’s post has some great examples of how to find those “social media experts&# who just don’t deserve to be hired. This post explores YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr. Yeah, you guessed it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Granted, this is an extreme example, but it’s based on the cumulative scenarios I’ve faced when dealing with agency clients in recent years, I think that it’s based on some sort of deep-rooted psychological misgiving. And the more intricate your external efforts become, the more social, mobile, and interactive your website must become.

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Writtent Blog

JULY 24, 2013

And search engines love all that, so they rank you higher. Examples of the kind of awesome content other bloggers will want to link to include: beastly resources like ultimate guides and case studies. Image credit: Pete Georgiev/Flickr. Attend events. Image credit: zigazou76/Flickr.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 27, 2010

Customers who are willing to post pictures or kind or constructive comments about your enterprise might receive discounts on your products or services, as an example. For instance, you can reward your customers who say nice things about your business.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 17, 2015

Example: Zomato helps discover great places to eat around you, and currently serves 22 countries worldwide. Searchable : Search engines reward sites that deliver good quality content. Image: < DigitalRalph > via Flickr, CC 4.0. Content smarts: Do not focus on volume, but on consistency and quality of content.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Social and Alternative Search Engines. A realtime social search engine that pulls current and recent results for any term from Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Digg and Delicious. Granted, the web is littered with “Google killer&# alternative search engines, but Blekko , created by Rich Skrenta and Mike Markson, is really cool.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 3, 2011

Plug photo by Adam Mulligan on Flickr. When a search engine robot visits this blog and wants to know how different posts and pages are interconnected, a plugin creates that sitemap. Google XML Sitemaps helps search engine robots know what the site looks like, enabling you to see the best post when searching for a keyword.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 22, 2015

Remember that CEOs, engineers, doctors, lawyers, and accountants are real, living human beings too. For example, your blog could be funny and focus more on your opinions on common industry issues. Image: GotCredit via Flickr, CC 2.0. But most business blogs sound the same and don’t do enough to keep attention.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 20, 2011

These people aren’t shy about telling you how wonderful they are (it’s amazing how many Twitter handles and profiles, for example, include terms like “guru,&# “expert&# or even “god&# ), or treating social media as a direct sales channel rather than a mechanism for sharing valuable insights and information.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 4, 2012

It seems everyone’s obsessed with online marketing, from the growth of search engine marketing and Google controlling the majority of searches in the US to social media marketing with Facebook and Twitter being the hottest topics at the moment. Photo Credit: Chris Heller on Flickr. of users whom you cannot reach online.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Some examples follow: What are Your Chances of Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse? Search Engine Smackdown Which Transformer Are You? Examples include: Instant Domain Search (with its AJAX glory) Website Monitoring Tests Think about it this way: MyBlogLog has a widget , statistics, and a community.

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 5, 2008

19 am Recruiting Lessons from Google Jump to Comments How does Google manage to be different everytime Their recruitment advertisement in today’s Times of India Ascent is another example that ! 1 search-engine company has positioned itself as a startup in this job-advertisement. Books on my Plate August 6, 2008.3:19

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