Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

A while back, I took a long hard look at Google’s first version of the Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. Google has now updated their Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide, along with some interesting information: interesting if you read between the lines ,so to speak, in the document. quality content.

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yMarketingMatters

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Twitter is full of people with things to say, and you can listen! This social media channel has an estimated 215 million active users. Twitter is meant not so much for friends and family but for people you actually want to communicate with. Twitter has proved its worth in recent years as a platform for breaking news.

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Little Web Giants

JUNE 30, 2014

The last few years have seen many in the SEO community proclaiming that social bookmarking sites are dead. Black hat and grey hat techniques that were effective prior to Google’s Hummingbird, Penguin and Panda updates often leant heavily on social bookmarking sites. How to use social bookmarking sites.

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Social Bookmarking Sites Bookmarklet Delicious 28

Little Web Giants

JUNE 30, 2014

The last few years have seen many in the SEO community proclaiming that social bookmarking sites are dead. Black hat and grey hat techniques that were effective prior to Google’s Hummingbird, Penguin and Panda updates often leant heavily on social bookmarking sites. How to use social bookmarking sites.

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Social Bookmarking Sites Bookmarklet Delicious 28

Little Web Giants

JUNE 30, 2014

The last few years have seen many in the SEO community proclaiming that social bookmarking sites are dead. Black hat and grey hat techniques that were effective prior to Google’s Hummingbird, Penguin and Panda updates often leant heavily on social bookmarking sites. How to use social bookmarking sites.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

86% of these blogs (93) link directly to a corporate twitter account, a 300% increase over the 2008 study. 35% (173) of the Fortune 500 have active Twitter accounts (a post within the past thirty days); and nearly 50% of the top 100 companies (47) have a Twitter account. The insurance industry has the most Twitter accounts (13).

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Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 12, 2012

Thanks to the folks at imediaconnection , I give you 15 social tools you should know about. Friend or Follow tells users whom they’re not following on Twitter. Conversocial.com helps users manage customer service at scale on Facebook and Twitter. It also allows users to search their social history across multiple networks.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2011

The key is a balanced strategy of search engine optimization (SEO), social media, syndication and guest posting. Just as it takes time to build a following, it also takes a while to build credibility and authority with the search engines. Twitter is the most productive, driving more than half of all non-blog social media visits.

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Firebelly

JUNE 4, 2010

» June 04, 2010 Flickr Friday: Sexist Profiling on Twitter Heres an interesting look at a breakdown of the several different Twitter user types. I assure you that not only women are interesting in generating reactions on Twitter -plenty of men do as well. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Blogs are a source of fresh content, which search engines love. Social Media: while social media adoption is rapidly increasing, these efforts aren’t always coordinated with SEO or appreciated in terms of search benefits. The major search engines are increasing incorporating social signals into their search results.

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Firebelly

JUNE 15, 2010

Theyll donate an additional 50 cents every time you help spread the word about Fathers Day Frosty Weekend on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare or FrostyCard.com. Video URL: [link] ] Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. Buy a frosty and Wendys will donate 50 cents to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

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Foursquare Twitter Paid Search Facebook 107

Twist Image

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Is there really a need for online social bookmarking services anymore? There's no denying that I'm a fan of Delicious - the online social bookmarking service (I Blogged about my love for Delicious back in 2007, right here: Why del.icio.us Is Becoming My Default Search Engine For Research ). bookmarking.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Halloween Mania Music Mix | Main | Time to Elf Yourself for the holidays » November 10, 2009 Tweetie 2: The Best iPhone Twitter App Tweetie 2 is the successor to the popular original Tweetie iPhone app by atebits. It is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, now!

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Here are 5 articles to help you understand social searchs relevancy to your business. Social Search Optimization A search engines ultimate mission is to serve the most relevant information it can. Referral traffic is quickly migrating away from traditional search to social networks, and in some cases, at alarming rates.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 1, 2011

SEO Blogging – With SEO blogging, the idea is to produce content that gains search engine traction. Either way, the main target is search engines. Social Blogging – If SEO blogging is a low-level form of blogging, social blogging is a step up. With that in mind, here are 4 viable blog strategies that work.

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Until recently, I just saw it as another social bookmarking tool like Digg , Delicious , or Reddit. And while each of those are important to helping you in your blog distribution plan, I treated StumbleUpon as just another place to submit a bookmark to my site so I could create an inbound link. Learn from the conversation.

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StumbleUpon Blogger Delicious Social Bookmarking 211

Firebelly

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « iPhone apps catered to where you live | Main | Content Update: Stories connect Us » October 06, 2009 Your Twitter Story: How did you start Tweeting, and how big of Twit have you become? How did you start using Twitter, and how have you grown with the service since that time?

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Increase your search engine rankings: Social media profiles (especially those on Twitter , Facebook , and LinkedIn ) frequently rank highly with major search engines. Creating keyword-rich profiles around your brand name can help generate traffic for your both your social-networking sites and your company’s Web site.

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Social Media NoFollow Marketing Social Bookmarking 159

Firebelly

JULY 30, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « YouTube Tuesday: The Social Network Trailer | Main | Ball Memorial Hospitals Facebook Nightmare » July 30, 2010 3 Stories That Rocked The Social Media World This Week Below are the top 3 stories that rocked the social media world this week. She was 104.

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Firebelly

JUNE 22, 2010

I particularly enjoy the "Social Media Playtime Is Now Officially Over" message at the end. Video URL: [link] ] Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. View an alternate.

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YouTube Social Media Paid Search SMS 170

Webbiquity SMM

JULY 25, 2011

The second and third largest “search engines,&# based on volume of searches, aren’t search engines at all: YouTube and Facebook. From there, make sure that your presence is search-optimized on the “big four&# social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.

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Reputation Directory Social Bookmarking Diagrams 173

Firebelly

AUGUST 6, 2010

Here are 5 fun social media finds from this week that are sure to entertain and educate you over the weekend. Learn how to become uber popular on Twitter, generate a social media strategy with the click of a button and much much more. How To Build A Rabid Following on Twitter The title of this video explains it all.

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Social Media Paid Search SMS Syndication 163

Justin Levy

JULY 28, 2009

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking How I Use Delicious Written on July 28, 2009 by Justin Levy in delicious , social bookmarking , social media 9 Comments - Leave a comment! My social bookmarking platform-of-choice is Delicious.

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 24, 2010

The explosion of the internet and social media may be the fastest change in human history. No longer are individuals passively listening and viewing advertisements; now they’re “twittering&# and posting their opinions on Facebook along with other social media sites. Deborah Cole Micek: Twitter. — Bit.ly

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Firebelly

JULY 27, 2010

Video URL : [link] ] Visit the films official website at [link] Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. Will you see the film? View an alternate.

Social Networking 172

Social Networking YouTube Film Paid Search 172

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 30, 2012

Pam Moore reviews 50 of her favorite WordPress plugins, divided into categories for social sharing & engagement, design and image enhancements, search engine optimization, and development (e.g., 11 WordPress Plugins You’ve Gotta Have by Social Media Today. 14 WordPress Plugins Worth Considering by JT Pedersen.

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WordPress Movable Type Review AJAX 184

Firebelly

MAY 27, 2010

Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. The 'con' numbers continue increasing rapidly and I've seen a slower decrease in the 'pro' numbers (they're not very high to begin with). View an alternate.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Check dozens of popular social networking and social bookmarking websites to see if the username or vanity url you want to use is still available. Don’t want to follow Twitterers who aren’t following you? A free tool for finding the relative influence of any Twitter user. JustUnfollow.

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Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Firebelly

JUNE 8, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Flickr Friday: Sexist Profiling on Twitter | Main | United Way of Central Indiana Recognized for their Social Media Efforts » June 08, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: I Can Make You Go Viral! Brian, the " social media guru " is back. View an alternate.

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Firebelly

JUNE 10, 2010

.  Firebelly helped United Way of Central Indiana develop and maintain the social marketing efforts for the LIVE UNITED GIVE UNITED campaign featured in the article. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. View an alternate.

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Firebelly

JULY 23, 2010

7 Steps For a Successful Social Media Strategy Here’s a practical approach to developing a social media strategy for your business. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. If you haven’t been exposed [no pun intended] to any of this yet, below is a quick summary of what you have been missing.

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Firebelly

JUNE 30, 2010

Below is a message from Pete Cashmore, Mashable s founder, explaining reasons for and goals behind Social Media Day. Video URL : [link] ] Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. View an alternate.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 11, 2010

Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Firebelly VP Co-Authors Corporate Blogging for Dummies (Out Now!)

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Paid Search SMS Syndication Social Bookmarking 159

Firebelly

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « social media marketings good news | Main | Courtney Love gets sued over tweets » November 18, 2009 Too much flash turns google off Search Engine Optimization: Flash doesn't entice google Google is like a hippy girl. View an alternate.

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Firebelly

JULY 13, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Fun Twitter Quizzes | Main | What the F**k is Social Media NOW? » July 13, 2010 Coleman Campsite: The Original Social Networking Site "We're not saying that  Facebook and Myspace got their idea from us, but we're not saying they didn't either."

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Social Networking Sites MySpace Paid Search 141

Firebelly

AUGUST 3, 2010

Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. I, of course, have several additional recommendations Id make, but Id like to hear yours. What would you do in Ball Memorial Hospitals situation? View an alternate.

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Firebelly

JUNE 2, 2010

Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. Again, this is just another easy way to show people that your brand is open to, and encourages, two-way communication.    All three of these can be configured in your page's Wall Settings. View an alternate.

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