Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

.&# Though measuring direct ROI is challenging , a successful social media program should increase engagement with customers and prospects, provide direct website traffic and increase branded search traffic. Li really “gets&# social media from the social, search and business perspectives, and this shows throughout the book.

Review 152

Review Social Media Marketing Handbook 152

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Let the Social Media Traffic Quality Analysis Begin In order to answer the question of whether niche social media drives higher quality traffic, two social networks were chosen for analysis — one generic and one niche. As such, it has been selected as the generic social network of choice.

Social Media 100

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

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 151

Aggregator Content Digg Posterous 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. In fact, most of them had already left. Answers Yahoo!

Digg 100

Digg Sites News API 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

(Seth Godin): Seth Godin suggests ideas that will make social media slowly work for you as an organization. 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. Think again!

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit?

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

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. The social media networks are systems — non-linear, fuzzy, powerful, organic systems. Systems evolve in unpredictable ways. Answers Yahoo!

Brands 139

Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon 139