Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

eMarketer reports that consumers force retailers to adopt social strategy. Has your company adopted a social media strategy because you felt you were "forced" to do so? if yes, please explain.

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List Social Media Tips TweetBeep 149

Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 27, 2010

– Retailers have moved beyone customer reviews, and are giving consumers a much larger role in social selling. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati. – … you can scarcely watch a commercial without seeing the iconic Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube icons as part of the message. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Research Report Cymfony Social Media 113

Bill Hartzer

MARCH 9, 2010

CheapTweet is operated by Appozite (www.Appozite.com), an Austin, Texas-based startup developing social e-commerce software to connect unique and interesting retailers with customers. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati. Appozite also makes TweetReach (www.tweetreach.com), a tool for measuring Twitter campaigns.

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Engineering Technorati StumbleUpon Digg 107

Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 18, 2010

billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.7 Google Sites 65.6% Google Sites 9,479 9,688 2% -- --. In the December 2009, Google had the most searches overall, with more than 14.0 eBay and Amazon Sites experienced gains in December as retail search activity picked up during the holiday season.&#.

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comScore Engineering Yahoo Microsoft 90

Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

He goes on to explain that “The web is being flooded with short, low-quality, optimized articles…&# and how “Google is catching on…&#. How do search engines like Google determine which content deserves to rise to the top? Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Engineering Strategy Content Review 110

Idaconcpts

AUGUST 18, 2010

Luckily for our generation, the Internet is available to answer many of our retail questions by aggregating and collecting the opinions and experiences of buyers all over the world. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati. There are four ways to utilize this information, and four places online to find it… – 1.

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Questions Social Media iPhone Applications 137

Bill Hartzer

MAY 15, 2009

Google’s web properties continued to be the most visited web properties in April 2009, with more than 155 million visitors, followed by Yahoo! Home, Work and University Locations Unique Visitors (000) Source: comScore Media Metrix Unique Visitors Rank Property (000) Total Internet : Total Audience 192,875 1 Google Sites 155,319 2 Yahoo!

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 18, 2010

Comparing industries, leisure and hospitality topped those surveyed with 57 percent saying the use social networking to market their company, followed by IT, (48 %), retail (43 %) and sales (41 percent). Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us. Tweet This!

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Survey Company Social Media Sample 102

Bill Hartzer

MAY 14, 2010

That brings me to the most important point here: you cannot expect to create a few web pages and expect that web site to rank well in the search engines (especially Google ). When it comes to Google, they want to deliver the best user experience. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati. The bottom line. Tweet This!

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Engineering Sites Widget Tips 98

Bill Hartzer

JULY 15, 2010

More than three-quarters of Americans shop at Walmart every year, so whether you’re a fan or not, the retailer has influence. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati. Up next: Oprah will start the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), further exploring issues surrounding empowerment, spirit, human relationships and giving back.

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Buy Influencer Web 2.0 Survey 112

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati. . • Ryan Osborn – Director of Social Media at NBC News. • Matthew Milner – VP, Social Media, Hearst Magazines Digital Media. • Gayle Weiswasser -Vice President, Social Media Communications, Discovery. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us. Tweet This!

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List Twitter Brands Microsoft 155

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

We have embarassing pictures in Google Maps , videos about the death of an innocent man in the hands of a “competent&# cop , and even Yelp reviews that can damage your personal reputation , never mind your business. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Answers Yahoo!

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Social Media Strategy Marketing Vimeo 153

ProBlogger

AUGUST 15, 2012

Bloggers have an advantage that static and retail websites don’t. Before we get started, I just thought I would mention a few Google algorithm changes that you should know about when thinking about link building in 2012. Google’s Panda update. Google’s Panda update. Google’s Penguin update.

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Blogger Tools Tips Hubpages 42

Myrland Marketing

APRIL 6, 2010

Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Tweet This! While many lawyers shy away from Facebook for business development, if you are practicing retail law: family law, personal injury law, employment law etc – than Facebook is a great place to engage with individuals talking about what you do. Stumble upon something good?

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Social Networking Tweetdeck Forums Questions 90

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Today, it appears every retail or business concern says ‘follow us on Twitter’ or ‘be our friend on Facebook.’ Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Jaffe agrees, saying “I think their efforts are great; it’s almost a backchannel in of itself. Answers Yahoo!

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Idaconcpts

MARCH 2, 2011

Basically, the law says if an online retailer has affiliate marketers in the state, then the retailer is responsible for collecting and remitting sales tax. If you are based in Arizona or Minnesota, please heck out the Google Groups listed below: Arizona: [link]. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati.

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Retail Technorati Affiliate marketing StumbleUpon 135

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

A single-location restaurant or small retailer operates in a much different realm than a large public company or an organization in a heavily regulated industry such as health care or financial services. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati. Employees can’t follow the rules if they don’t know them.

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Policies Social Media Guidelines Plaxo 180

Bill Hartzer

MARCH 22, 2010

In fact, you can now send gift cards from retailers and merchants like the Gap , Pottery Barn , Barnes & Noble and Starbuck’s. Friendgiftr’s one-of-a-kind network is the first and only social media-based online storefront to offer actual purchasable retail and restaurant gift cards to hundreds of millions of social media site users.

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Social Networking Social Media API Applications 98

Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 14, 2011

The most important users of social media are Google and Bing, who are attempting to create “social filters&# to identify the most relevant content. • Google does a good job of this with the help information for their various tools. • Don’t overlook the value of native searches on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Technorati.

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B2B Sentiment SEO Klout 164

Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Cottonwood Financial, headquartered in Irving (Las Colinas), Texas, is one of the largest privately-held financial service providers to the growing, under-banked segment of the retail consumer finance industry. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us.

Engineering 113

Engineering SEO Retail Banking 113

Bill Hartzer

APRIL 27, 2010

If you operate a retail store with cooking supplies you might ask: – What is your ideal customer experience when you enter our store? Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Technorati. How do you set the conditions to create meaningful experiences for your customers? Start by understanding your customers. Post this on Diigo.

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Brands Loyalty Badge Apple 157

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 10, 2011

Having long ago passed MySpace as the most popular social network, Facebook recently replaced Google as the most-visited website in the U.S. explains, “This isn’t about optimizing your ‘fan’ page to appear in Google search results, but instead is about optimizing your own site and pages to appear in Facebook search results.&#.

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Facebook B2B Privacy MySpace 210

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Google Alerts can also help you dig into the wider search space and may help you spot mentions of your company that may not otherwise be caught by other services. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Subscribe to service-specific alerts (e.g. Answers Yahoo!

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Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon 139

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

Well, about two-thirds (64%) of the traffic from third-party sites to video sources currently comes from Google, followed by Yahoo (11.9%), Facebook (4.3%), Bing (2.6%), and Twitter at 1.2%. Frequent best-of contributor Brian Solis shares stats from Technorati showing that nearly half of all bloggers are U.S.-based, in August to 66.1%

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Research Social Media B2B Marketing 210

Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 4, 2009

The news site should also be in Google News and in Yahoo News, which also helps. Technically speaking, these get-rich-quick-by-posting-links-on-Google type of schemes are technically not scams, they are selling information. A link to StumbleUpon may help, as well. If it’s big news, getting picked up by Drudge will help.

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URL Types Social Bookmarking Digg 112

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Online retailer Newegg isn’t afraid and proudly displays its Facebook reviews for all to see. For more info search “Facebook like replaces become a fan&# on google. I stumbled on this through Google but will be bookmarking the site and reading through your other posts for further inspiration. Answers Yahoo!

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Having been involved in two of the most popular Technorati blogs (both in the top 10), I know when a pitch is crap. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca I still argue that there’s something called human decency, though. You’re absolutely right. Answers Yahoo!

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Blogger Press Release Advertising Review 177

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Facebook How To Applications URL 279

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

A recent study concluded that almost 7% of all business web traffic goes to Facebook, twice as much as Google (3.4%) and well ahead of Yahoo! Diving deeper into the iCrossing study referenced above, Google accounts for 74% of non-branded search traffic, with Bing and Yahoo tied at 13%. Report: 6.8% DoubleClick got 1.7%

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Research Social Media B2B Statistics 191

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Matt Cutts Matt Cutts is a blogger and Principal Engineer at Google, where he heads Google’s Webspam team. That means making comments on my blog posts, interacting with me on FriendFeed or Google Buzz, and sending me notices on Twitter. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Google Tutor December 18, 2008 at 9:27 am I tweeted, I’d like the Camping Package! I work (very hard) in retail and an just about worn out right now. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Merry Christmas! This would be a really great treat. Answers Yahoo!

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