yMarketingMatters

OCTOBER 4, 2013

billion people using the site each month, 665 million active users each day, and generates up to 645 million local business page views per week, Facebook has proved that its popularity amongst users is here to stay. These search ranking benefits makes Google+ an important social media site to consider for your business.

Social Media 275

Social Media Foursquare Social Bookmarking LinkedIn 275

Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Of the three largest social networking sites in the United States, I plan to use Facebook the most, LinkedIn the second-most, and Twitter the least. LinkedIn in 2013. I continue to use Foursquare, Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, Yelp, and other platforms. That is the order of my priorities in 2013. Facebook in 2013.

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LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Foursquare 170

Saying It Social

AUGUST 24, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Get People to Your Social Sites and Keep them Coming Back You have all of these great social sites but nobody knows about them! Here are some ways to drive people to your social sites and then keep them engaged.

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Sites How To Foursquare Social Networking 204

The Realtime Report

MARCH 31, 2014

Facebook expands Lookalike Audiences to let advertisers target people who use their sites, apps, or Pages – now advertisers using Lookalike Audiences can target users who visit their websites, use their mobile apps, or are connected to their Facebook Pages (The Next Web). Foursquare.

Lithium 160

Lithium News Klout Foursquare 160

Freelance Social Media

JUNE 10, 2010

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Lewis Howes discusses obtaining #1 ranking on LinkedIn by cinta5 on June 10, 2010 New on the Social Media Pocket Guide iphone app , LinkedIn expert Lewis Howes discusses 5 ways to get the #1 ranking on LinkedIn search.

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LinkedIn Foursquare Disqus RSS 129

Saying It Social

JULY 12, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Musings on Joining New Social Media Sites, Site Recommendations and On-Going Participation A while back I set up accounts on Amplify and Clipmarks. One day, four new sites. What are your experiences with trying out new sites?

Sites 138

Sites Social Media StumbleUpon Real Estate 138

SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The conversation primarily revolved around whether the “always on” nature of sites like Twitter require that you tweet 24 hours a day, since your followers aren’t necessarily in the same time zone. I also am not a fan of posting FourSquare updates, quotes from famous people, or trivial content like ASCII twitter art.

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Paper.li Social Media Tweetdeck Foursquare 278

Saying It Social

APRIL 8, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How To Leverage Your Social Networking Sites When Visiting Influence Centers & Referral Sources While this post is specific to my friends at Senior Helpers , the underlying principle is applicable for all businesses – so read on!

Social Networking 136

Social Networking Sites How To StumbleUpon 136

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 21, 2012

There are other sites where comments reach a more meaningful level, and often lead to much deeper conversations. The best sites for meaningful comments include: LinkedIn – if you are looking for indepth conversations on particular topics then it’s hard to go past LinkedIn.

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Comments Social Media Foursquare LinkedIn 161

Freelance Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Top 200 Social Media Sites by Niche by cinta5 on October 6, 2008 Tyler over at SMMGuru offered up the top 198 social media sites. Diigo Foxmarks Furl Lycos iQ Ma.gnolia Mobilicio.us

Sites 140

Sites Social Media CiteULike Newsvine 140

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. Buy a frosty and Wendys will donate 50 cents to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Video URL: [link] ] Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

Foursquare 107

Foursquare Twitter Paid Search Facebook 107

The Realtime Report

AUGUST 24, 2012

LinkedIn: 174 million members. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. are between 25 and 44 years old, but there are considerable differences – of average age and gender – among individual sites, based on recent research by Pingdom. 79% of LinkedIn users are 35 or older. .”

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Social Networking Tumblr Foursquare Statistics 193

Saying It Social

MARCH 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Proceed with Caution When Being Active on Social Media Sites Being active on social media networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter is a great way to build business relationships. link] [link] [.]

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Sites Activities Social Media StumbleUpon 132

The Realtime Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

LinkedIn: 175 million members. via LinkedIn. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. ComScore reported last week that Instagram is the 56th most popular site in the US (via VentureBeat ). Renren: over 170 million users. via iResearch iUser Tracker. Tumblr: 73 million blogs. via Tumblr. via Tagged.

Social Networking 187

Social Networking Instagram comScore Tumblr 187

SocMed Sean

APRIL 17, 2012

Is he one of those annoying Twitter Noobs who simply tweets what he’s eating, where he checked-in on Foursquare, and quotes from popular authors/politicians? Google’s Panda algorithm updates are targeting exactly these types of blogs and has a lready penalized thousands of sites. To what avail? Does anyone like his tweets?

Social Media 279

Social Media Klout LinkedIn Foursquare 279

Firebelly

OCTOBER 10, 2013

LinkedIn: I’m not about aspirational relationships on LinkedIn. Instagram: I find this photo sharing site to either be very sincere or obviously manipulated. Foursquare: To put it simply, I’m done with this. If I’ve met someone in real life I will make a connection otherwise it’s a no.

Social Media 202

Social Media Crowdsourcing Brands Foursquare 202

The Realtime Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

LinkedIn: 175 million members. via LinkedIn. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. So, despite Instagram’s lower total number of smartphone users visiting the site, users are returning to Instagram more often – and spending more time on the platform. Renren: over 170 million users.

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Social Networking Mobile Instagram Posterous 164

The Realtime Report

APRIL 3, 2014

LinkedIn: 259 million active users. via LinkedIn. Foursquare: 45 million users. Here’s the good news: around 50% of user interactions with brands on each site was positive. VK: over 230 million registered accounts. Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. via GlobalWebIndex. Tumblr: 178 million blogs.

Social Networking 170

Social Networking Sentiment Brands Twitter 170

Mindjumpers

MAY 17, 2011

I really like the site and this time, I found a presentation by MatrixMediaFX dealing with the subject of cross-platform social media marketing including some great tips on how to navigate in social media. However, I think it’s always nice to be presented with some good advice in a bit different way, such as a SlideShare presentation.

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Platform Social Media Foursquare Marketing 183

The Realtime Report

JANUARY 3, 2014

LinkedIn: 259 million active users. via LinkedIn. Foursquare: 40 million users. The site saw 56 billion pageviews from 731 million unique visitors, according to the Reddit blog. VK: over 200 million registered users. Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. via GlobalWebIndex. Tumblr: 164 million blogs.

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Reddit Social Networking Tumblr Statistics 149

Almost Savvy

MARCH 31, 2010

If I wanted to know these things, we’d be connected on Foursquare so I could follow along as you cruise through town going to meetings and running errands. For each stop in your day, you check-in with Foursquare , Gowalla , Brightkite , Loopt , Whrrl and others. You, though, are a-ok in my book!

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Foursquare Badge LinkedIn Twitter 278

The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 13, 2013

LinkedIn: 238 million active users. via LinkedIn. Foursquare: 40 million users. Out of the top ten retail sites, web content from Amazon is most shared on Pinterest, followed by Walmart and then Apple. VK: over 200 million registered users. Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. via GlobalWebIndex. via Tumblr.

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Retail Social Networking Tumblr Statistics 150

Firebelly

APRIL 18, 2011

In this post, we’ll aim to tackle some more advanced social search functionality so that you can make the most out of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. How to Launch a LinkedIn Company Page. By Marla Tabaka With over 100 million members, LinkedIn is the top business social networking site. Alas, so was 2010.

Social Media 184

Social Media Foursquare ROI LinkedIn 184

Mindjumpers

JANUARY 17, 2013

All in all, Graph Search makes Facebook a vehicle of discovery that allows you to explore your already existing community – thus launching Facebook into serious competition with LinkedIn, New MySpace, Foursquare and online dating sites; sites that Facebook previously didn’t directly threaten.

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Social Graph Facebook Foursquare MySpace 205

Harp Interactive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

When you search-optimize and add relevant social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn (etc) to your media mix the result is far greater than if you had used them as un-optimized channels, independently at different times! Similarly using SEO without social media substantially limits the potential of organic search.

SEO 313

SEO Social Media URL Engineering 313

The Realtime Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

LinkedIn: 174 million members. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. Renren: over 170 million users. via iResearch iUser Tracker. Google Plus: 170 million “people who have upgraded” via Google. Tumblr: 72 million blogs. via Tumblr. Instagram: 80 million users. via Instagram. via Tagged.

Social Networking 178

Social Networking Mobile Tumblr Foursquare 178

Mindjumpers

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Tweet The online social media news site, Mashable , has put together a very nice infographic giving an overview of the current state of the social platform Facebook. Twitter Grows by 75% in Mobile Audience, LinkedIn Close Second. Foursquare Has Hit The 10 Mill Mark [infographic].

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Facebook Overview Foursquare Study 252

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. Many online marketing analysts predict that representation on sites like Facebook is quickly becoming just as important as a website for one simple reason. Foursquare!

Industry 231

Industry Real Estate Social Media Travel 231

Saying It Social

JUNE 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How Businesses like Sylvan Learning Center and Computer Explorers Can Use Foursquare Depending on where you live you may be seeing more and more businesses advertising that they participate in Foursquare.

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Foursquare Badge Privacy Social Networking 137

Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 11, 2011

Last.fm – A site for uploading and sharing your favorite music. Instagram - A photo sharing site for the iPhone. Foursquare – The local networking website. It’s been measuring the activity on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn for some time now. I suspect that Klout will add these sites someday soon.

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Klout Picasa Influencer Social Media 173

Saying It Social

AUGUST 27, 2010

Up until this past week the only big game contenders in the Location Based Services arena were Foursquare and Gowalla. Ironically enough, with the advent of Facebook Places, more people are jumping on the Foursquare bandwagon – so start there. Let’s talk about what this means for businesses. Now onto Facebook.

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Foursquare Marketing StumbleUpon Digg 112

Saying It Social

JULY 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Create a Customer Loyalty Program via Social Media (via PR Workbench) I’m a huge proponent of retail locations using Foursquare to enhance customer experience.

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Loyalty Foursquare Social Media Retail 124

Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

LinkedIn comes to the rescue with three optional (yet usually filled-in) sections that people use to describe themselves: 1. The professional headline is a tagline that follows you around the site and is always underneath your name. Danny Brown: Connect on LinkedIn. Dominic Campbell: Connect on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn 89

LinkedIn Radian6 Education Fashion 89

The Realtime Report

JANUARY 31, 2014

LinkedIn: 259 million active users. via LinkedIn. Foursquare: 40 million users. Back in 2012, Facebook had “virtually no mobile presence” and most of the social network’s revenue came from generic banner ads that appeared on the desktop site. VK: over 230 million registered accounts. via Tumblr.

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Social Networking Mobile Tumblr Statistics 150

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Considering how active we all are on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, when Starbucks opens its Delhi location, I’m sure I’ll be among the first customers to visit them, and of course check-in at Foursquare/Facebook and tweet about it too! Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Starbucks – It’s Time to Brew Some Tweets.

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Foursquare Flickr LinkedIn Fashion 237

Jason Yormark

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve been wanting to write more about these services, but not until I was able to really give them a good try and for the past few weeks, I’ve immersed myself into really 3 choices, Facebook Places , Foursquare and Whrrl. As it stands, the # of users is nowhere near Places or Foursquare which makes it a bit tougher. Weeble.com.

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Foursquare iPhone RSS Social Networking 245

Freelance Social Media

MAY 21, 2010

Download the app at no charge here: [link] “The app covers three of the bigger tools in the social media realm – Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn,&# said CEO and founder of LangfordMedia, Jacinta Langford. It will be available for the Android and WebOS platform in the future. The app also lists social media and marketing events.

Social Media 171

Social Media Foursquare iPad Small Business 171