Bill Hartzer

MAY 14, 2010

For this search engine optimization tip, let’s talk more about content and adding content to your web site. You would think that when planning a new web site or a totally new version of your web site that you can sit down, make a list of web pages, create the content, and forget about it. Web Sites that Rank Well Are Experts.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

One of my commenters last week asked about the difference between social bookmarking and social networking sites. There are sites that are definitely considered one or the other, but some sites offer both bookmarking and networking features. Most people think of Twitter as simply a social networking site. StumbleUpon.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Social media sites have exploded onto the online publishing scene over the last couple of years and can generally be divided into two types of site: Social Networking Sites – where the primary activity of the site is ‘connecting’ with others.

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 11, 2011

In previous articles, I discussed why services like Klout are not good at actually measuring social media influence and I used a similar example that showed that Klout indicated that Charlie Sheen was more influential than Oprah. Just try deleting your Klout profile and see if the profile actually disappears from the site.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 6, 2010

In this example, a press release is distributed online, posted to the company’s Facebook and Twitter updates, and used to create a social media release (using a tool such as PitchEngine ). Likewise, any other blog or media coverage, or bylined articles by the company, are shared via social media sites. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 7, 2010

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via natural search results. Late last year LinkedIn launched an advanced search feature on their site. For a good example check out these searches for the terms Facebook Marketing and Social Media.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 20, 2012

Pinterest is one of those social media sites that could be a real boon for small businesses. For those not in the know, Pinterest is one of the latest social media sites to take the world by storm. You can think of Pinterest as a combination of the best of both Tumblr and StumbleUpon.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 22, 2011

The data is generated by Max Media’s web sites as well as relevant real-time information being generated on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, YouTube, and a few others. Share it on StumbleUpon. and allows you to search data being generated in real time. Post on Google Buzz. Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 18, 2010

For example, if your focus is on monitoring mentions or bird dogging leads as I described in the last post you should seek out vendors that specialize in this type of analysis. All listening platforms collect data from numerous online sources — news sites, blogs, and other Web sites. Share it on StumbleUpon. Tweet This!

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ProBlogger

MARCH 2, 2022

Sometimes the key to viral content is luck – the right person reading it at the right time and linking up can send it to the top of every social bookmarking site there is – but many times it’s the result of good research, creative thinking, clever writing and getting the right people to promote it. Share Your Examples.

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Adam Cohen

JULY 28, 2010

I did a Google image search and found that only the Frederick, MD Chamber of Commerce had a quick badge on their site using the same language.). Here are a couple of examples, one for Whole Foods because I happen to be a fan and one for my employer. Share it on StumbleUpon. A Little Help. Share this on Facebook. Tweet This!

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SocialFish

JANUARY 8, 2011

The site is very actively moderated , so the questions have to be asked in a particular way, so it’s not personal to the questioner, and so it’s not a yes/no answer. From the question guidelines , the goal is to: &# Make the site a great resource for people who want to learn. It has a great serendipity factor.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Examples range from Google News and Yahoo! to topic-focused niche sites such as (using social media as an example) Social Media Today and Social Media Informer. For example, it took me just minutes to create my own newspaper organizing tweets and links from the smart group of local Minneapolis Twitters I follow.

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Idaconcpts

JANUARY 13, 2011

The Google Analytics Traffic Overview is a report that provides an overview of the different kinds of sources that send traffic to your site. “Direct Traffic&# is visits from people who clicked a bookmark to come to your site or who typed your site URL directly into their browser. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Social media sites have exploded onto the online publishing scene over the last couple of years and can generally be divided into two types of site: Social Networking Sites – where the primary activity of the site is ‘connecting’ with others.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

5 Great Examples of Company Blogs – Let’s take a look at how some major brands are utilizing company blogs, how they are doing, and ways they could improve. Here are six great video-sharing sites to consider for your video marketing campaign. Here are six great video-sharing sites to consider for your video marketing campaign.

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Josh S Peters

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Start with your own analytics platform(s) and see what kind of insights you can gain about where your customers are coming from and what they are looking at on your site. SEO: Optimize both the content and the experience on your site and off your site when possible. and how they use / consume information on them. when possible.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Increase Traffic and Authority By Listing Your Blog Learn how to increase your blog traffic and authority by submitting your blog to blogging communities and ratings sites, as well as adding your link to social profiles, forums, and links. Here are the reasons why bloggers are using them, why visitors dislike them, and some alternatives.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

For example, if you have a product for teenagers you would not want to pick a pregnancy blogger. StumbleUpon : A lot of mom bloggers use StumbleUpon to cruise the web, find other mommy websites, and meet related Stumblers. Here is the list I use. You are welcome to start with this list. Offer Something Good.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Pinterest, a popular new social media site that is based around users ‘pinning’ pages or images they find useful, has released a meta tag for website owners that will help them protect copyrighted material. Should you prevent users from using services like Pinterest, StumbleUpon, Facebook or any other social media site.

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Webbiquity SMM

JULY 25, 2011

Social media, online PR and user-generated content sites open up a new world of places to be “found.&#. Promote your content (though not only your content, but other content your readers/followers/fans may be interested in) on popular social bookmarking sites like Digg , delicious , Reddit and StumbleUpon.

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Saying It Social

APRIL 6, 2010

For example our Facebook Page is [link] so to “Like&# our page via text message all you need to do is text “like sayingitsocial&# (without the quotes) to 32665. Pingback by How to Get People to Your Social Sites and Keep them Coming Back « Saying It Social | August 24, 2010 | Reply Leave a comment Click here to cancel reply.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 8, 2012

And yes…Web sites are “traditional” regardless of whether they are digital are not. Take the traditional “marketing/sales” funnel as an example. Consumers Trust Their Family, Friends, And Online Reviews When Making Purchasing Decisions More Than Television, News, Or Product Web Sites So what?

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Writing that “The most productive PR path…is a blended approach to social and traditional media,&# Len Stein offers a quick but valuable process for obtaining and promoting old and new media coverage using multiple tools like social bookmarking sites, internal company distribution, your own website, marketing emails and more.

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Adam Cohen

JUNE 8, 2010

Take these examples: 50% click through rate increase in paid search when consumers were exposed to influenced social media and paid search ( comScore & GroupM study ). Share it on StumbleUpon. The technologies that are available influence traditional marketing tactics already. In some cases, they magnify each other. Tweet This!

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

It becomes a greater issue when regular, non-seasoned visitors realize that your site looks just like the other generic website they were looking at. For example, just take a look at this post, and how it could look with no formatting. But how necessary is StumbleUpon? The site should be built around you. Newspaper hat.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Direct Traffic includes anything from people using browsers that have enabled private browsing (see Firefox’s privacy settings , for example) to people who click on a link within a mobile application such as my personal favorite, HootSuite for Android. Triberr Visits vs. Google Analytics.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 2, 2022

Sometimes the key to viral content is luck – the right person reading it at the right time and linking up can send it to the top of every social bookmarking site there is – but many times it’s the result of good research, creative thinking, clever writing and getting the right people to promote it. Share Your Examples.

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Content How To Social Bookmarking StumbleUpon 26

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 9, 2011

From a search engine’s perspective, backlinks from another site pointing to yours is a meaningful vote of confidence. Let’s focus on how to build backlinks other people use to point attention toward your website via blogs, articles, social media sites, and so on. But it’ s a fallacy that all social media sites have no-follows.

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Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Taking this step will at the very least provide you comfort that your on-site search engine ranking factors are satisfactory and at best can provide a list of errors that when rectified, dramatically improve rankings for your entire site. In this example, your decision is pretty straight forward.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

account, and a full, multi-channel viral contest supported by both offline and online media assets, to drive awareness and potential consumers to a fully socialized micro site. Now that I’ve shared some concrete examples, let’s take a moment to talk about the benefits of “fixing your house” first, before engaging in social.

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Kikolani

AUGUST 2, 2011

Since I’ve been doing a lot of writing on various sites, I thought I would start a monthly compilation of all the posts I’ve done elsewhere so my readers here don’t miss out on all the informational goodies I’ve been sharing! Let’s look at some examples of ways you can give away free products to help you make money.

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Idaconcpts

JANUARY 11, 2011

Here’s an example of how Twitter celebrities monetize their accounts. Kayak wanted a focused campaign that would drive traffic to their site, gain more Facebook fans, and encourage people to sign up for their “Fly Free with Friends” promotion. Share it on StumbleUpon. Kayak’s “Fly with Friends&# Promotion.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The prolific Galen De Young first clarifies which commonly used metrics aren’t particularly important (and why), then does a deep dive into several more valuable ways to measure the impact of a corporate blog, including analysis of total site traffic driven by your blog, your blog’s impact on search traffic, and visit quality.

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Social Media Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2010

While blogs are typically identified by having comments enabled for a two-way dialog, in reality the site owner is really in the driver's seat and has more control over it. For a great set of examples, check out Mashable's 15 Excellent Corporate Blogs. "I And fundamentally, marketing is about storytelling. "In

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 28, 2011

For some time now, WordPress sites have been well known for their vast amounts of information, and content. A WordPress site might have the information a visitor is searching for, but due to poor organization, it may be difficult for the visitor to locate that much needed information. This presents both an opportunity, and a problem.

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 23, 2010

If you have an eCommerce site, the objective may be to increase online sales. Sites offering professional services will need to prioritize such objectives as lead generation and online visibility. This search may list one or many pages on your site. Share it on StumbleUpon. Measure Performance. Competitive Analysis.

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