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Why I’m not writing about Google+ yet.

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Its not that I don’t like Google+, I do. I think its a brilliant integration of Google’s products. I think there are both useful and fun elements to Google+. I suspect it will, but that depends on what Google’s end goal is with Google+. So, you see, Google+ is already a game changer.

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5 Often Untapped Strategies of Early Adopter Marketing

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Marketing to early adopters can be slippery though, what they grab on to is almost entirely motivationally based. In other words, toss out your traditional “Three P’s” of marketing if you want to capture this crowd, you’re going to need to think through what makes them tick.

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6 Things To Empower Your Social Media Campaign

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Google Analytics is a good start, but it won’t be enough. If you utilize non-digital forms of marketing, then let your social media pro in on the details. Let them understand your marketing cycle so they can support your over all goal, not just the goal of social media.

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3 new social media resolutions for 2012 and a couple from 2011 that still need attention.

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Distinguish my social media profiles: I’ve been using Facebook and Twitter for years and with the introduction of Google+ (which I am enjoying) I’ll be defining what information you’ll see where. Along those lines, I’ll be making better use of my businesses Facebook page and Google+Page.

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Tool Tuesday: PostRank Analytics

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Most obvious of these is Google Analytics. The Freemium model is kind of interesting for Pro Bloggers: it allows registration (in exchange for free use of analytics) to be included in a list of influencial bloggers, making the blog information accessible to professional marketers using PostRank’s additional services (I imagine).

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5 metrics to track on Twitter

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PostRank will help balance out the information from Google Analytics, including RSS feed tracking and conversation on Twitter surrounding a particular link. Website Traffic : Including top referral sources, time on page and number of pages per referral source.

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Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses

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Then measure it.You can use Google Analytics, PostRank or even (GASP!) Think beyond the marketing team. 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. Then live it.