LinkedIn, Metrics, Microblogging and StumbleUpon

Best Social PR Guides and Tips of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Jeremy Porter writes a thoughtful piece on what hasn’t changed in PR (the need to communicate to and manage relationships with various audiences) and what has (dialog rather than monologue, metrics and measurement technology, the media landscape, etc.), Share this on LinkedIn. Share it on StumbleUpon. Post on Google Buzz.

Press Release

Press Release Tips HootSuite Alltop

Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Choose metrics that make the most sense for the tactics you’re employing, and monitor results to determine which activities to increase and where a change of course may be needed. Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.). Share this on LinkedIn. Share it on StumbleUpon. Social Events (e.g., Tweet This!

Review

Review Social Media Marketing Handbook

The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Let’s get ready to rumble… Generic network: StumbleUpon : In the blue corner we have Stumbleupon – one of the largest social bookmarking sites on the web. While some argue that StumbleUpon traffic is targeted, the broad nature of content categories and misclassification of content means this is rarely the case.

Social Media

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI

Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

When contrasted with the StumbleUpon model, the FriendFeeds and Diggs of the world seem to have the process backwards. Wouldn’t the most logical approach be creating a metric that counts a resources popularity by the number of people who actually click on the link, as opposed to click a “like&# button? Answers Yahoo!

Aggregator

Aggregator Content Digg Posterous

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Creating Your Social Media Plan (Outspoken Media): This good primer talks about securing your brand, setting metrics, knowing who you are, setting a presence, engaging, and assessing success. Social Media Metrics: What We Need to Track Sales (Samir Balwani): Samir Balwani writes a great post on some of the ways you get ROI from social media.

Marketing

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering

Measuring the Impact of Social Media in B2B Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 27, 2010

It may require some creativity to translate these metrics into hard dollar amounts, but that doesn’t mean that social media results can’t, and shouldn’t, be measured. LinkedIn, Facebook). Microblogging (i.e., Share this on LinkedIn. Share it on StumbleUpon. Open, public social networks (e.g.,

B2B

B2B Social Media Marketing Microblogging

Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

I can’t compare this kind of competitiveness to that on Reddit or Mixx, because the metrics available are only the karma points (and associated awards) but no real rankings. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo!

Digg

Digg Sites News API

Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Seems to me that in order to gain the benefits of Social Media Marketing tactics, traditional marketers must give up their need for control, especially of the metrics. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo!

Brands

Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon

20+ Cool Social Media and Web Tools

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

blogs, microblogging sites, social bookmarking, images, video), and shows associated metrics like sentiment, top keywords, top users (who’s talking about this topic most actively) and sources. A real-time search engine that displays results from blog posts, articles, blog comments, microblogging sites (e.g., Tweet This!

Tools

Tools Social Media Radian6 CoTweet

10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

We share many of the same struggles, especially in the areas of metrics and tracking, proving ROI, and generally justifying our existence. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Answers Yahoo!

Communities

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI

Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 Â» Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

StumbleUpon How to Become a Top StumbleUpon User (or Why You Shouldn’t Really Bother) (Dosh Dosh): Maki gives a straight honest assessment of the social bookmarking site. Internet Marketer’s Guide to StumbleUpon (ViperChill): A beginner’s guide into using StumbleUpon for your marketing efforts.

Marketing

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation

Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 2

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Twitter, Facebook And LinkedIn: Age, Ethnicity And Gender Of The Major Social Networks [STUDY] by All Twitter. Shea Bennett examines research finding that, no surprise, the user base on LinkedIn skews older than on other social networks: more than half of all members are aged 36-65, with just 6% younger than 22.

Statistics

Statistics Research Social Media B2B

What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Knowing the right people to send something to on StumbleUpon or keeping a conversation going on FriendFeed for example. From there we can begin to form an all encompassing online strategy and the key indicators of success metrics for ROI. Are they obsessive about it, or does Social Media seem fun and easy?

Social Media

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008: Social Media, SEO, and More " techipedia | tamar weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

7 Social Media Websites and their Impact on SEO explores Mixx, Sphinn, Twitter, Digg, delicious, StumbleUpon, and Reddit and shows the positive and negative impact of using each. How to Use Twitter to Grow Your Business : This recent post on Copyblogger quotes how many businesses has found success with the microblogging service.

SEO

SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation

The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

If you’re looking to establish a professional relationship with someone, consider LinkedIn. LinkedIn is still seen as the more professional of the two. Then, you use that number as a success metric for influence. Perhaps this individual lost sight that LinkedIn is a professional network and not a spam facilitator.

Handbook

Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon

Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

A national survey of reporters and editors revealed that 89% use blogs for story research, 65% turn to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and 52% utilize microblogging services such as Twitter. 92% said they personally use LinkedIn, versus 56% on Facebook. 80% of Twitter use is on mobile devices. goes to Facebook.

Research

Research Social Media B2B Statistics

Why SEO is Easier than Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

What happened to defining goals, setting a strategy, executing the campaign, and actually calculating metrics? When you do social media marketing , you better know how to work strategy, tactics, goals, and metrics. Being social online doesn’t make you an adept social media marketer. This isn’t a post about people skills.

SEO

SEO Social Media Marketing Digg

Social Media Informer

Best Social PR Guides and Tips of 2010 (So Far)

Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Trending Sources

The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Measuring the Impact of Social Media in B2B Marketing

Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

20+ Cool Social Media and Web Tools

10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 Â» Techipedia | Tamar.

Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 2

What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008: Social Media, SEO, and More " techipedia | tamar weinberg

The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Why SEO is Easier than Social Media Marketing

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