Convince & Convert

JANUARY 11, 2011

Instead of just counting the number of Facebook “likes” you accrue – which signifies nothing more than digital bumper stickering, instead track how often your fans click “like” and comment upon the status updates you post. Are tweets more important than Facebook shares? PostRank Analytics solves this problem. Search Volume.

Metrics 160

Metrics Postrank Social Media Klout 160

Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 2010

This first list is a compilation of the top posts on Kikolani, as determined by PostRank ’s engagement analysis. Twitterfeed, HootSuite RSS, and Blog Post Scheduling How to setup your favorite blogs’ RSS feeds to update your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other accounts, and why your blog post schedule matters. Social Media.

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Postrank Social Media StumbleUpon HootSuite 130

Kikolani

MARCH 13, 2011

Maybe it will give you an idea of how many sites are linking to the blog, but it doesn’t help determine traffic, engagement or if Google even considers the blog an authority. Let’s face it – in the last major Google update, it slammed the rankings of sites with PageRank as high as 7, 8, and 9. Google Ad Planner.

Research 153

Research Advertising Postrank Klout 153

Twist Image

DECEMBER 1, 2010

from Facebook status updates and 140 character tweets on Twitter to Blogs and posting videos on YouTube , the landscape is far, wide and deep. PostRank is one of many online analytics tools that attempts to rate and score social statistics from reader's online to help people determine what is worthy of reading. google reader.

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Postrank Google Reader Statistics Publishing 108

Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Twitter followers and Facebook fans and the most egregious example. Sales from Facebook fans. Companies like PostRank (with its analytics product), and Klout (with its online influence measure) and leading this integrated metrics parade. A search of Google for “good email open rate&# fins 74,600 matching web pages!

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Metrics Postrank Klout Marketing 128

Jason Yormark

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

10 PostRank (50% higher then average). Share this on Facebook. Add this to Google Bookmarks. Post on Google Buzz. Add this to Google Reader. Google Wave Invites: Grab Your Board. I knew running a contest would give my blog a traffic and engagement boost, but I was definitely curious to see how much exactly.

Social Media 124

Social Media Postrank Technorati StumbleUpon 124

Kikolani

OCTOBER 13, 2010

6 Ways to Ensure Better Rankings in Google Instant – A look at some of the changes that search engine marketers need to make to their strategy to ensure better rankings in the new search algorithm. Link Building with Great Web Design – If your website has a good look, then learn how to market that while building great links.

SEO 147

SEO Social Media Postrank Blogosphere 147

Jason Yormark

AUGUST 25, 2010

Most achieved a Postrank of higher then 6, and 9 out of the 10 articles dealt with social media. For those not familiar, Postrank is a nifty little WordPress plugin that provides some analysis into the social engagement factor of the content you create. Yes, I’ve read Google’s documentation, etc.

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Data Postrank WordPress Course 184

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Google Grants for Google AdWords Google offers $10,000 per month free advertising to qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations serving the arts, education, health, science, technology, and volunteering. Examples of sites using Mobify include Boing Boing and A List Apart. What do you think? Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Tools Adwords Marketing Class 247

Janet Fouts

JANUARY 27, 2011

It’s a given these days that before at least 50% of the first-time meetings you’re about to have you and the person you’re meeting will have Googled each other to learn a bit more about the person. This is a brand new tool to see how engaged your Facebook page is with your fans. Postrank Analytics. Peer Index.

Klout 138

Klout Brands Social Media Postrank 138

Kikolani

JULY 28, 2010

Adding your blog to the PostRank system (if it’s not already there) and under particular topic categories, you can get ranked in the top blogs on that topic based on your blog’s social engagement. Do you have a Google account (ie. For Top Blog Lists. Want to get listed as a top blog in your niche?

List 144

List Alltop Forums Technorati 144

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

Now they’re offering a direct sync with Google (beta) if you’re a premium user (read, give them money, currently just under US $60 a year). I am, which means I can keep my contacts current in both places, which will be useful should I ever stop using Google Contacts. I don’t. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Plaxo Products Tools Class 251

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Google, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Amplify, are the here and now. calendars – Google Blog Search [.] Suburban solitude, domesticity, neatly-numbered blocks, are the here and now. Discordant, concordant, flamboyant, triumphant jamborees of sound, color, bustle, dust, life, are the there and then. Thanks for visiting!

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Postrank Tourism RSS Blogroll 129

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

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Class Postrank Tourism Survey 144

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

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Class WordPress Creative Commons Postrank 215

Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2010

One way to make it simpler is to make sure that you have social bookmarking buttons on each post, such as the TweetMeme and Facebook share or like buttons, Sociable plugin , etc. Keep a sticky post about the blog’s main Twitter list as well as individual listings of where to find blog contributors on Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn , etc.,

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Collaboration Groups Groups OpenID 148

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

So I started going through my Reader, clicking through to more posts shared by my Facebook friends than I ordinarily do, and realized – much to my chagrin – that I don’t give nearly as many props to my community as I like to think I do. Google can’t save us from ourselves , from SpeakerBox’s The Sounding Board.

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Class WordPress Postrank Comments 202

Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

Last week, I was given the opportunity to do a live question and answer session on Social Media Examiner ’s Facebook page. When you share your post on Twitter or Facebook, instead of just sharing the title and the link, propose a question there such as “Got an opinion on the new Facebook profile design?

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Questions WordPress Postrank Blogger 167

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

A while back, I was looking at my Google Analytics for WUL and I noticed that my 404 page , i.e. the one you get when the server can’t find the page you’re looking for on a particular site, was the 4th most highly-trafficked page on my blog. First, you… Image: Kate Sumbler via Flickr , Creative Commons Hold on! pts Settings.

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Class Tumblr Template Templates 241

Kikolani

JUNE 27, 2011

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RSS 142

RSS Feed Feedly FeedBurner 142

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

With Google Analytics I can see if people are engaging with our blog’s content and then use that information to adapt to the preferences of site visitors. My favorite thing to do in the morning is check Google Analytics to see where our site visitors are coming from. So pitching the merits of going paperless was a no-brainer.

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Project How To Class Posterous 170

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

As much as I love Twitter, and have come to enjoy Facebook more recently, each of these platforms has its limits. As of now, I have Amplify set up to auto-post to Twitter, Facebook (I can sync it to either my personal or business page, or both) Google Buzz and Delicious. You can schedule posts to Facebook. pts Settings.

Social Networking 270

Social Networking Class Comments Conversation 270

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do a Google search for Bryce Keane, one of WUL’s regular guest-bloggers. Comment as pts moderator Jen Marsik Friess Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New! Brewer Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New!

Class 226

Class Blogosphere Blogger Creative Commons 226

Jason Yormark

AUGUST 30, 2009

Most people with a pulse can tell you that Facebook and Twitter are all the rage, but Socialnomics drives it home with detailed examples from organizations that have embraced social media and found huge success (Obama’s campaign detailed in Chapter 4), to companies that have missed the boat (see Hasbro’s Scrabble incident in Chapter 7).

Review 209

Review Case Study Postrank Study 209

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

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Social Media 224

Social Media Class Creative Commons Flickr 224

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

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List 161

List Class How To Comments 161

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Like Stuff On Facebook? The unit will give brand-related action such as a “like&# or a check-in a lot more visibility on Facebook by adding them to an ad unit in addition to users’ news feeds.

Class 268

Class Facebook Privacy Public Domain 268

Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

Google Analytics Before Google Analytics came along there weren’t really that many decent tracking tools available. Instead of waiting around for Google to catch up, you can see what is happening on your website, right now. Postrank I have been using Postrank Analytics for about 3 weeks now and find it really impressive.

Resources 77

Resources Netvibes Marketing Delicious 77

The Way of the Web

APRIL 7, 2011

I’m not a heavyweight tech blogger, and tend to be somewhere above average on most of the ranking services I’m registered on – e.g. AdAge, Technorati, Wikio, PostRank etc, etc. Say 25% of the T-shirt recipients are like me and have a blog. That’s 4000 additional people, and if 5% like Blekko, that’s another 200.

CPM 33

CPM Marketing Postrank NoFollow 33

ProBlogger

APRIL 6, 2011

Google just downgraded content farms. Facebook insights, polls, surveys (although Facebook may not appreciate it). analytics, PostRank, Twitter, social bookmarking websites, and so on. You may build a report on who comments the most, who Stumbles, how people use the key, relevant Facebook pages. Conversions.

Blogger 42

Blogger Brands Survey Cost 42

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 29, 2011

Then measure it.You can use Google Analytics, PostRank or even (GASP!) Photos especially are great SEO tools…so allow your photos to be your Google’s Marilyn Monroe, while your writing is the classy Jackie O. Determine what the benefits to blogging will be. Are you trying to create community? Then live it.

Press Release 238

Press Release Technorati Klout Metrics 238

Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

In fact, a search for “social media agencies&# on Google yields more than 41 MILLION matching Web pages. Allowing clients to treat number of Facebook fans as the core success metric is a dereliction of duty. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google. Between bit.ly Between bit.ly

Social Media 122

Social Media Strategy CoTweet CoTweet 122

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Private brand communities vs. Facebook. The range of Facebook usage is just 37% – 51%. Whether you’re spending millions per year on marketing, or less than $50,000, your proclivity toward being active on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and YouTube is strikingly similar. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Podcasts vs. YouTube.

Social Media 149

Social Media B2B Strategy Consultant 149

Ari Herzog

MARCH 7, 2011

Connect: Twitter | Facebook | Email | 978.558.0008. I have a nice list of users who regularly ask me for votes on social sites or retweets, and I generally accommodate them, assuming it is a good article. I also keep their usernames in a text file list for future reference as people I can count on for a little social promotion.

Meeting 142

Meeting Postrank Instant Messaging eBook 142

Kikolani

JUNE 28, 2013

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. 3 Marketing Tools I Miss (and Their Alternatives) – If you used PostRank, Formulists, or Google Reader, here are the best alternatives. Be sure to follow Kristi on Twitter and Facebook.

Marketing 119

Marketing Postrank eBook RSS 119

Viper Chill

MAY 6, 2010

Use Postrank to Find Engaging Posts When I wrote a post about the 28 items in my internet marketing toolbox, I covered a nifty little service called Postrank Analytics which lets you see your most shared blog posts on sites like Digg, Delicious and Twitter. Especially in regards to my own affiliate marketing strategy.

How To 77

How To Delicious StumbleUpon Postrank 77

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

You may want to create a custom Twitter background, custom Facebook fan page landing tab (with FBML) and custom YouTube channel backgrounds. I have seen people mix up colors on their YouTube Channels, Twitter profiles, and Facebook fan pages. How about telling your Twitter followers what is up on your Facebook fan page?

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Questions Social Media How To Postrank 277