Convince & Convert

MAY 20, 2012

The social media software industry offers some amazing functionality, but it suffers mightily from murky messaging and customer confusion. There are five specific categories of social media software, and lumping them all under “social media management” does us all a disservice.

Crimson Hexagon 140

Crimson Hexagon Software Social Media Attensity 140

Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The search engines will rank you. I certainly believe that social media has changed the stakes of the game. You can feasibly build a business model completely around social media marketing, in which case keywords are not necessary. Is there wisdom in that or is it a bit misguided? No keywords necessary.

Klout 168

Klout Foursquare SEO Engineering 168

Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 11, 2011

While there are quite a few social media tools out there that provide similar services, Crowdbooster has it’s share of unique features that I could definitely see myself using fairly regularly. Some really cool features that differentiate Crowdbooster include their recommendation engine which I’m finding very useful.

Review 195

Review Analytics Klout Social Media 195

The Way of the Web

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Like a lot of people, I’m registered on both Klout and Peerindex , which both attempt to track my online influence in slightly different ways to give one overall score which can be compared to others in my areas of interest. So are you on Klout, Peerindex and Empire Avenue? Measuring influence or just tracking loyalty?

Klout 49

Klout Loyalty Social Networking Influencer 49

Kikolani

MARCH 18, 2013

Increase your Klout. Not that anyone cares about Klout scores (wink wink), but participating in regular discussions on Twitter will help boost your Klout rankings due to the increase in mentions of your @username in discussions. Mari Smith – Facebook marketing expert and social media superstar!

Engagement 167

Engagement Twitter Klout How To 167

Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

While arriving late to the social media party, the search giant is finally showing signs of introducing user-generated into the search algorithms. The introduction of Google+ is an interesting attempt in bringing user-generated content through social media closer to the Google search engine. Facebook is with Bing.

SEO 147

SEO Google Klout Fashion 147

Kikolani

MARCH 22, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Search Engines / SEO. Social Media / Social Networking. The Resources Mashup. This Week on Kikolani. Business / Career. Share Your Best Blog Posts.

Mashup 128

Mashup Resources Klout FeedBlitz 128

Kikolani

OCTOBER 28, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Search Engines / SEO. Social Media / Social Networking. Additional details at The Realtime Report and All Facebook. The Resources Mashup.

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Mashup Resources Klout RSS 122

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 10, 2011

The “ROI of social media&# (or lack thereof) is a hot, and still hotly contested, topic. I summarized arguments from both sides a few months ago in The Social Media ROI Debate. It can influence your prospects to buy from you, but doesn’t normally lead straight to a purchase.

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ROI Case Study Bazaarvoice Klout 191

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 23, 2011

There are so many layers to this topic that entire (worthy) books have been written on social media philosophy, content creation or audience engagement. With all the dynamics elements to creating a successful social media presence, its sometimes hard to know where to start or even what books are worth the time investment.

Review 142

Review Company Klout Policies 142

Firebelly

DECEMBER 4, 2011

In addition to speaking, conducting corporate training, attending to all his clients (He’s the founder of K’nechtology), he’s an internationally published columnist and even written a book – “The Last Original Idea” What role does social play in the future of SEO? from their friends and acquaintances.

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SEO Sample Samples Analytics 224

Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

MutualMind takes the different aspects of social media and brings them together into a concise, and helpful way. MutualMind also helps companies promote brands on social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, while providing powerful, and comprehensive statistical analysis to maximize results from analytical social media monitoring.

Brands 114

Brands Klout Reputation Digg 114

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 16, 2012

Can you have a competition that measures how “good” your social media is? A contest that pits two groups head to head in direct social media feud? The Business Journals are a consolidated group of business media sources providing local business news in 43 cities.

Journal 175

Journal Compete Team Klout 175

Kikolani

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

­­This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, online business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. How to create a profitable Facebook ad campaign – a nice run through of the right settings to setting up a successful Facebook ad. The Resources Mashup.

Mashup 142

Mashup Resources Klout eBook 142

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 3, 2011

Few phenomena have ever spread as far and grown as rapidly as social media; obviously, this has tapped into something essential to our nature. That is what has driven social media adoption. Whatever your role in social media, we hope you find this list valuable in expanding your knowledge and your network.

Twitter 279

Twitter Pharmaceuticals B2B Biotechnology 279

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2012

This is Episode 30 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Eric Schwartzman , online social media training provider, entrepreneur and the best-selling co-author of Social Marketing to the Business Customer. Listen Now. The RSS feed is: [link].

Social Media 115

Social Media API Training Class 115

Convince & Convert

JUNE 15, 2012

Google is constantly trying to stay ahead of the spammer curve by making improvements to its search engine system. Unfortunately, Google’s success as a search engine perverted the entire link ecosystem. Valuing links created a better search engine. After all, Danny is a known expert on the subject of search engines.

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Google Content Construction Social Graph 125

Kikolani

JULY 18, 2011

Apparently it was hacked by some kind of redirection script that sent people who arrived from search engines including google.com (which also meant Feedburner, Gmail and Google+) to another site. For example: Google+ Grows Quickly: This Week in Social Media [link] via @smexaminer by @cindyking. Related Posts.

Twitter 153

Twitter FeedBurner Klout Blogger 153

Kikolani

JUNE 1, 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. Even business owners promoting their products on social media can benefit from learning about. Search Engines / SEO. The Resources Mashup.

Mashup 115

Mashup Resources Klout RSS 115

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The secret is to tap into the power, speed and instant accessibility of social media. Search Engines / SEO. Social Media / Social Networking.

Mashup 113

Mashup Resources Klout SEO 113

Absolute PA

JULY 28, 2011

Apparently, Facebook is dead, long live Google+. Because practically everyone and his dog has a Facebook profile, using it to easily catch up with friends and family members around the world, storing messages, photos, videos – entire life histories are there. Cute doggie Coco Tadd on Facebook. Beast is top dog on Facebook.

Facebook 75

Facebook Klout Loyalty Social Networking 75

Kikolani

JANUARY 14, 2011

Search Engines / SEO / Analytics. Facebook SEO ranking factors and visibility hacks – everything you need to know about Facebook and search. Why you cannot reverse engineer Google’s algorithm – very interesting look at why lists of ranking factors have become useless. Social Media / Social Networking.

Mashup 119

Mashup Resources Energy Vimeo 119

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Search Engines / SEO. Social Media / Social Networking. This author won’t ignore Klout. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing.

Mashup 113

Mashup Resources Klout Affiliate marketing 113

Absolute PA

JULY 28, 2011

Apparently, Facebook is dead, long live Google+. Because practically everyone and his dog has a Facebook profile, using it to easily catch up with friends and family members around the world, storing messages, photos, videos – entire life histories are there. Cute doggie Coco Tadd on Facebook. Beast is top dog on Facebook.

Facebook 69

Facebook Klout Loyalty Social Networking 69

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 2, 2011

With the breadth and depth of social media services out there, it’s no wonder that we often find ourselves lost in the vast array of services. Shannon Paul is a social media manager at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and blogs on social media for business at Very Official Blog. Jason Falls.

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Tools Tips Marketing Social Media 277

SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

I get a lot of questions via Facebook , Twitter and my email contact form and many of the items listed below come straight from those questions, my experience in social media strategy, years of researching platforms and best practices and…well…tinkering with social media. So, here they are.

Social Media 279

Social Media Klout YouTube Foursquare 279

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Search Engines / SEO. Social Media / Social Networking. A Lot of Gear.

Mashup 113

Mashup Resources Klout Exercises 113

Kikolani

AUGUST 29, 2017

Provides the opportunity for the author to meet and get to know the publisher, the publishing team, and the reader audience; opportunity for engagement (on the article; social media; etc.). Social Media and Blogging. Facebook Messages. Other Benefits of Guest Blogging. Creative Endeavors. Freelancing. Psychology.

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Klout How To Influencer List 82

Kikolani

APRIL 27, 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. Search Engines / SEO. Social Media / Social Networking. Be sure to follow Kristi on Twitter , Facebook , and Google+. Related Posts.

Mashup 113

Mashup Resources Klout Remix 113

Kikolani

AUGUST 24, 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. Over at the Social Media Examiner Blogging Club, I’m offering free blog reviews. Search Engines / SEO. Social Media / Social Networking.

Mashup 117

Mashup Resources How To Remix 117

ProBlogger

JANUARY 23, 2013

I know I’ve heard it about a million times over the years, but the reality is that a lot of bloggers don’t really know how to actively get traffic to their sites from other than the search engines. Share posts on your social media networks. One more note: I can’t talk about social media without talking about SEO.

Strategy 45

Strategy Blogger WordPress Klout 45

Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

Maybe you use Twitter to see what’s going on (the real-time search engine approach). Certainly, it’s not a comprehensive influence formula like Klout , or other Twitter-influence arbiters ( interesting study this week from Sysomos ), but it’s easy to calculate, and I think it makes sense. Your Twitter goals may vary.

Twitter 125

Twitter Metrics Social CRM Consultant 125

The Way of the Web

OCTOBER 9, 2011

We’ve already seen that to some extent with the rise of simpler tools such as Tumblr, or the amount of video and photo content which is being shared on Facebook every day, along with the immense volume of videos on Youtube. It’s even more obvious with the launch of the new Facebook Timeline profiles.

Curation 49

Curation Flickr Storify Findability 49

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2012

Big news last week as Klout announced a significant overhaul of its influencer identification platform. The most notable changes are: An increase in ranking factors from approximately 100 to 400, meaning there are vastly more activity and behavior types comprising your Klout score. Nobody has evenly distributed influence.

Analytics 137

Analytics Influencer Klout Vocus 137

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 28, 2012

Given the widespread adoption of social media marketing practices, the “if” and “when” questions seemed to have now been resolved by most midsized and larger companies (and a lot of small companies as well). What’s the best process for developing a social media marketing plan?

Social Media 207

Social Media Tips Tumblr Wikipedia 207

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 23, 2011

Social media monitoring tools are increasing essential for companies of all sizes as the explosion of social media content renders manual monitoring efforts hopeless. News can travel extremely fast through social media. And in social media, the whole world can see how fast (or not) your response time is.

Tools 193

Tools Social Media Sysomos Vocus 193

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If 2009 was the year many marketers puzzled over, poked at and pondered incorporating social media into their marketing mix, 2010 was the year of diving in. Facebook added more than 200 million users last year, and Twitter more than doubled in size, adding 115 million. Social Media Tips, Tactics and Techniques.

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Social Media Tools Tips ROI 198