As 2011 winds down, it’s time for me to reflect on the state of my social media world in 2011. Things that I thought I knew about social media in 2011: 1) That I knew what I was talking about. 5) Corporations were ready to be transparent in 2011. 8) That FB would get to 1billion users in 2011. 10) That 2011 would be the year that corporations would be ready to adopt social media both internally and externally. MORE
Tweet Closing in on the end of 2011, I have listed the three big “events” that in my opinion have lead to important development within the field of social media. 2011 was the year when Page took over as CEO at Google. MORE
Startups rapportive Startups To Watch in 2011 storific supermarmite this or thatThe most successful startups are able to stay a step ahead of their competition by analyzing the current trends to predict the next hot application that will captivate the public. MORE
Read on for answers to these questions and more from some of the best minds in social media in some of their best blog posts and articles of 2011 so far. 2011 Trends: Make Your Corporate Site A Social Media Hub by Business 2 Community. How much does Social Media cost companies in 2011? MORE
unassociated 2011 is open for registration! Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days. MORE
A new report from Focus, 2011 Trends Report: Social Media Marketing presents observations and predictions from eight leading social media experts (and me) about social media trends and developments to watch for in the coming year. Social Media Marketing b2b social media Focus Frank Days Jay Baer Lee Traupel Maggie Fox Mark Schaefer Michael Brenner Paul Dunay social media marketing trends social media predictions for 2011 social media report Stephanie Marx Twitter MORE
Social Media 2011 Bees Awards Corona Light Ikea International Social Media Award Show nominees San Francisco ToyotaTweet Yet again, it’s time for the Bees Awards – The International Social Media Award Show – to start. And yesterday, the nominees were announced. MORE
So it made sense to give it another airing and ask some clever comms folk the following questions: What was your biggest learning from a comms perspective in 2011? Marketing PR Social Media Tips 2011 trends 2011 learnings 2011 comms review 2012 comms forecast 2012 predictionsThis time last year I ran a ‘looking backwards and forwards‘ post and it was pretty popular. MORE
From the offensive tweets of a spokesperson impersonating a duck, to the ‘Qwik’ fail of a new name and site for a DVD rental service, 2011 definitely saw its fair share of social media blunders. Oh, what the click of one button can do. MORE
Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the second quarter of 2011. Our second quarter of 2011 in a nutshell. It’s time for our quarterly recap of what we’ve been working on. Progress! MORE
Eleven Digital Trends to Watch in 2011. Location, Location, Facebook – If 2010 belonged to solely Foursquare, it’s likely that Facebook will rain on their parade in 2011. We’ll all need to figure out better ways to deal with this problem in 2011. MORE
Today, Tom Pick ( @TomPick ), Online Marketing Executive at KC Associates , who blogs at his award winning B2B Webbiquity , and I ( @ckburgess – Blue Focus Marketing @BlueFocus360 ) present 50 remarkable men on our 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men list. MORE
3 Ways A Blog Helps You SEO-Wise » How To Promote Your Business In 2011 When it comes to promoting a small business, you have to prepare for changes. Here are some of the most effective strategies for promoting a business in 2011. About Us What’s a Maverick? MORE
Veteran Internet marketer Debra Mastaler has an interesting post on how to obtain new links, a process she calls “link marketing&# instead of link building, for your website today. If you look at the list, it’s really nothing new. In fact, she tells you as much before she dives in. But there was one thing that caught my eye about her list. MORE
If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Thank You to 1,183 Commentators in 2011 in your browser. Who could have predicted that 1,183 distinct names wrote comments here over the past 12 months? Many names belong to the same person, such as writing “John” on some comments and “John Smith” on others, but each name represents a person who was voluntarily inspired to take moments out of their day and share thoughts. [.] MORE
On 08/04/11, LinkedIn reported their financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. Business & Marketing Social Media first linkedin earnings call LinkedIn linkedin earnings call linkedin gaap linkedin ipo linkedin q2 2011 MORE
10 Event Trends for 2011. Short and sweet and perfect. Thanks to Julius Solaris for the great slide deck! View more presentations from Julius Solaris. Oooh and this just in: Samuel J Smith and Ruud Jaansen’s deck featuring Untech10 was featured on the SlideShare homepage. Congrats, gang! MORE
Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project—and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. Watch next month (close to Father’s Day) for the Nifty 50 Men of Twitter for 2011. MORE
The new layout, rolled out to all Pages on March 10, 2011, gives over a full two-thirds of Page real estate to the Page owner: The Perfect Fan Page Leverages ALL the Available Opportunities. How to Build the Perfect Facebook Fan Page, 2011 Edition is a post written by Tamar Weinberg. ]. MORE
SlideShare Zeitgeist 2011. Loving this quick slide deck showing some stats of the most popular presentations on Slideshare this year. Looks like slides are definitely moving away from Powerpoint Hell… yay! View more presentations from Rashmi Sinha. Presentations Social Learning MORE
You can get the whole story in B2B Blogging Trends in 2011 , a free (and no registration required) white paper from Aggregage (the software that powers the BMZ site). Among the findings: • If you don’t have a blog yet, 2011 is the year to start one. MORE
Will it be Facebook, Google, or someone else? -- Ari Herzog thanks you for reading Google vs Facebook: Name the 2011 Winner on his blog. Judging by an analysis of the most-visited websites during the first 11 months of 2010, in comparison to 2009, Facebook hit first place and surpassed Google. MORE
The graphic in the story talks about the market share of different players in the Indian smartphone landscape and how things have changed from Q3 of 2010 to Q3 of 2011. MORE
As of 2011, it has about 160 million registered users. Here are some important demographic and traffic data of Renren.com for 2011, courtesy of Brian Chappell from Ignite Social Media. MORE
Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the first quarter of 2011. 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference –We volunteered at 11NTC to help run their on-site media lounge. Our first quarter of 2011 in a nutshell. MORE
In June 2011, they will be holding The Corporate Social Media Summit in both New York and San Francisco. The State of Corporate Social Media 2011. The Corporate Social Media Summit 2011. MORE
Tweet Having reviewed what has happened across the different social media platforms in 2010, the next thought is what is going to happen in 2011? Take a look at it, and let us know what you think 2011 is going to offer us. 17 Social Media Marketing Trends for 2011. MORE
Drum-roll please… the Top 10 searches for 2011 were… Rebecca Black. For more details on Google’s 2011 Zeitgeist you can visit their page dedicated to the concept: [link]. News SEO 2011 Google ZeitgeistSo what the heck is Zeitgeist!? What does it all mean? MORE
Tweet 20 Social Media Business Trends in 2011. View more presentations from Dave Fleet. One of the great things about working in the digital space right now is observing the many changes constantly occurring. MORE
Deconstructing Your Social Business Plan For 2011 – David Armano. The 10 Reasons Integration Is Crucial In 2011 – Gini Dietrich. Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days. MORE
Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the third quarter of 2011. Our third quarter of 2011 in a nutshell. It’s time for our quarterly recap of what we’ve been working on. This year’s flying by. MORE
So it made sense to give it another airing and ask some clever comms folk the following questions: What was your biggest learning from a comms perspective in 2011? Marketing PR Social Media Tips 2011 comms review 2011 learnings 2011 trends 2012 comms forecast 2012 predictionsThis time last year I ran a ‘looking backwards and forwards‘ post and it was pretty popular. MORE
The study is the Global Social Media Check Up 2011, which is an annual study investigating big companies’ presence on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blogs etc. MORE
Get the details behind these stats and many, many more here in more than 40 of the best articles and blog posts about social media, search, budgeting and digital marketing research, facts and statistics of 2011 so far. Is a Blog Still Important in 2011? MORE
Here are the top 11 social media marketing posts on the Firebelly blog in 2011 based on number of views. Facebook For Business Tip #1: Pages not Profiles. Social Search: Tempur-Pedic “Ask Me” Commercial. Facebook For Business Tip #8: Wildfire Contests. Gettin’ Unique With QR Codes. MORE
Tweet Saying goodbye to 2011 and embracing 2012 with open arms, it has been a year where social media has reached new heights as well as we have gained some and lost some. Social Media recap social media 2011 MORE
If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Thank You For the 2011 Memories in your browser. (rewrite this). To everyone who visited, subscribed, read, shared, commented, and otherwise enjoyed the content of AriWriter over the past 12 months, I thank you. Thank you for visiting my articles. Thank you for subscribing. Thank you for reading. MORE
The new white paper – B2B Blogging Trends in 2011 has been released. Several of the contributors pointed out that a big challenge in 2011 is rising above the noise. That’s why Yann Ropars tells us that: 2011 is often cited as the year of ‘curation’. Certainly one of the big trends is curation. At the same time one of the primary challenges for blogging is the effort involved in creating quality content in an on-going basis. MORE
Deal: Registration to 2011 BlogWorld & New Media Expo. Date: May 18-24, 2011. This May 24-26, 2011, BlogWorld , a conference specifically for bloggers and social media specialists, will be taking place in New York. Deal: Registration to 2011 BlogWorld & New Media Expo. MORE
Social Media 2011 Facebook Infographic small business Social Media statistics survey WebsTweet Many small business owners acknowledge the potential of being present on social media. This is part of the conclusion to a survey made by Webs.com based the replies from 1132 small business owners. MORE
Tweet Looking for books to populate your reading list for 2011? I was so pleased with the results that I’m doing the same in 2011. Here are a few to think about. MORE
MIT Media Lab Identity, 2011 from readyletsgo on Vimeo. Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days. MORE
2011 Related Topics Small Business Mavericks
APRIL 21, 2011
3 Ways A Blog Helps You SEO-Wise » How To Promote Your Business In 2011 When it comes to promoting a small business, you have to prepare for changes. Here are some of the most effective strategies for promoting a business in 2011. About Us What’s a Maverick?
Webbiquity SMM
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
You can get the whole story in B2B Blogging Trends in 2011 , a free (and no registration required) white paper from Aggregage (the software that powers the BMZ site). Among the findings: • If you don’t have a blog yet, 2011 is the year to start one.
Idaconcpts
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
Startups rapportive Startups To Watch in 2011 storific supermarmite this or thatThe most successful startups are able to stay a step ahead of their competition by analyzing the current trends to predict the next hot application that will captivate the public.
Small Business Mavericks
JUNE 19, 2011
Veteran Internet marketer Debra Mastaler has an interesting post on how to obtain new links, a process she calls “link marketing&# instead of link building, for your website today. If you look at the list, it’s really nothing new. In fact, she tells you as much before she dives in. But there was one thing that caught my eye about her list.
Gemma Went
DECEMBER 21, 2011
So it made sense to give it another airing and ask some clever comms folk the following questions: What was your biggest learning from a comms perspective in 2011? Marketing PR Social Media Tips 2011 trends 2011 learnings 2011 comms review 2012 comms forecast 2012 predictionsThis time last year I ran a ‘looking backwards and forwards‘ post and it was pretty popular.
Shift Digital
DECEMBER 15, 2011
Drum-roll please… the Top 10 searches for 2011 were… Rebecca Black. For more details on Google’s 2011 Zeitgeist you can visit their page dedicated to the concept: [link]. News SEO 2011 Google ZeitgeistSo what the heck is Zeitgeist!? What does it all mean?
Webbiquity SMM
JANUARY 7, 2011
A new report from Focus, 2011 Trends Report: Social Media Marketing presents observations and predictions from eight leading social media experts (and me) about social media trends and developments to watch for in the coming year. Social Media Marketing b2b social media Focus Frank Days Jay Baer Lee Traupel Maggie Fox Mark Schaefer Michael Brenner Paul Dunay social media marketing trends social media predictions for 2011 social media report Stephanie Marx Twitter
Mindjumpers
JANUARY 6, 2011
Tweet Having reviewed what has happened across the different social media platforms in 2010, the next thought is what is going to happen in 2011? Take a look at it, and let us know what you think 2011 is going to offer us. 17 Social Media Marketing Trends for 2011.
The Social Media Incubator
DECEMBER 14, 2011
From the offensive tweets of a spokesperson impersonating a duck, to the ‘Qwik’ fail of a new name and site for a DVD rental service, 2011 definitely saw its fair share of social media blunders. Oh, what the click of one button can do.
Ari Herzog
JANUARY 19, 2011
Will it be Facebook, Google, or someone else? -- Ari Herzog thanks you for reading Google vs Facebook: Name the 2011 Winner on his blog. Judging by an analysis of the most-visited websites during the first 11 months of 2010, in comparison to 2009, Facebook hit first place and surpassed Google.
Dave Fleet
JANUARY 17, 2011
Tweet Looking for books to populate your reading list for 2011? I was so pleased with the results that I’m doing the same in 2011. Here are a few to think about.
Gemma Went
DECEMBER 21, 2011
So it made sense to give it another airing and ask some clever comms folk the following questions: What was your biggest learning from a comms perspective in 2011? Marketing PR Social Media Tips 2011 comms review 2011 learnings 2011 trends 2012 comms forecast 2012 predictionsThis time last year I ran a ‘looking backwards and forwards‘ post and it was pretty popular.
Idaconcpts
AUGUST 4, 2011
On 08/04/11, LinkedIn reported their financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. Business & Marketing Social Media first linkedin earnings call LinkedIn linkedin earnings call linkedin gaap linkedin ipo linkedin q2 2011
Dave Fleet
JANUARY 27, 2011
Tweet 20 Social Media Business Trends in 2011. View more presentations from Dave Fleet. One of the great things about working in the digital space right now is observing the many changes constantly occurring.
Webbiquity SMM
MAY 3, 2011
Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project—and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. Watch next month (close to Father’s Day) for the Nifty 50 Men of Twitter for 2011.
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
APRIL 12, 2011
The new layout, rolled out to all Pages on March 10, 2011, gives over a full two-thirds of Page real estate to the Page owner: The Perfect Fan Page Leverages ALL the Available Opportunities. How to Build the Perfect Facebook Fan Page, 2011 Edition is a post written by Tamar Weinberg. ].
Mindjumpers
DECEMBER 29, 2011
Tweet Closing in on the end of 2011, I have listed the three big “events” that in my opinion have lead to important development within the field of social media. 2011 was the year when Page took over as CEO at Google.
Mindjumpers
APRIL 28, 2011
Social Media 2011 Bees Awards Corona Light Ikea International Social Media Award Show nominees San Francisco ToyotaTweet Yet again, it’s time for the Bees Awards – The International Social Media Award Show – to start. And yesterday, the nominees were announced.
Mindjumpers
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
The study is the Global Social Media Check Up 2011, which is an annual study investigating big companies’ presence on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blogs etc.
The Marketing Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
The graphic in the story talks about the market share of different players in the Indian smartphone landscape and how things have changed from Q3 of 2010 to Q3 of 2011.
Direct Marketing Observations
DECEMBER 19, 2011
As 2011 winds down, it’s time for me to reflect on the state of my social media world in 2011. Things that I thought I knew about social media in 2011: 1) That I knew what I was talking about. 5) Corporations were ready to be transparent in 2011. 8) That FB would get to 1billion users in 2011. 10) That 2011 would be the year that corporations would be ready to adopt social media both internally and externally.
Mindjumpers
MAY 31, 2011
Social Media 2011 Facebook Infographic small business Social Media statistics survey WebsTweet Many small business owners acknowledge the potential of being present on social media. This is part of the conclusion to a survey made by Webs.com based the replies from 1132 small business owners.
Webbiquity SMM
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Read on for answers to these questions and more from some of the best minds in social media in some of their best blog posts and articles of 2011 so far. 2011 Trends: Make Your Corporate Site A Social Media Hub by Business 2 Community. How much does Social Media cost companies in 2011?
Webbiquity SMM
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
Get the details behind these stats and many, many more here in more than 40 of the best articles and blog posts about social media, search, budgeting and digital marketing research, facts and statistics of 2011 so far. Is a Blog Still Important in 2011?
Idaconcpts
APRIL 22, 2011
As of 2011, it has about 160 million registered users. Here are some important demographic and traffic data of Renren.com for 2011, courtesy of Brian Chappell from Ignite Social Media.
SocialFish
OCTOBER 3, 2011
Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the third quarter of 2011. Our third quarter of 2011 in a nutshell. It’s time for our quarterly recap of what we’ve been working on. This year’s flying by.
Aggregage
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
The new white paper – B2B Blogging Trends in 2011 has been released. Several of the contributors pointed out that a big challenge in 2011 is rising above the noise. That’s why Yann Ropars tells us that: 2011 is often cited as the year of ‘curation’. Certainly one of the big trends is curation. At the same time one of the primary challenges for blogging is the effort involved in creating quality content in an on-going basis.
SocialFish
JANUARY 13, 2011
Eleven Digital Trends to Watch in 2011. Location, Location, Facebook – If 2010 belonged to solely Foursquare, it’s likely that Facebook will rain on their parade in 2011. We’ll all need to figure out better ways to deal with this problem in 2011.
SocialFish
JULY 22, 2011
Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the second quarter of 2011. Our second quarter of 2011 in a nutshell. It’s time for our quarterly recap of what we’ve been working on. Progress!
SocialFish
APRIL 5, 2011
Here’s a review of what we’ve been up to in the first quarter of 2011. 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference –We volunteered at 11NTC to help run their on-site media lounge. Our first quarter of 2011 in a nutshell.
Mindjumpers
DECEMBER 30, 2011
Tweet Saying goodbye to 2011 and embracing 2012 with open arms, it has been a year where social media has reached new heights as well as we have gained some and lost some. Social Media recap social media 2011
SocialFish
APRIL 1, 2011
MIT Media Lab Identity, 2011 from readyletsgo on Vimeo. Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days.
SocialFish
DECEMBER 6, 2010
10 Event Trends for 2011. Short and sweet and perfect. Thanks to Julius Solaris for the great slide deck! View more presentations from Julius Solaris. Oooh and this just in: Samuel J Smith and Ruud Jaansen’s deck featuring Untech10 was featured on the SlideShare homepage. Congrats, gang!
SocialFish
MARCH 1, 2011
unassociated 2011 is open for registration! Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days.
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Deconstructing Your Social Business Plan For 2011 – David Armano. The 10 Reasons Integration Is Crucial In 2011 – Gini Dietrich. Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days.
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 3, 2012
SlideShare Zeitgeist 2011. Loving this quick slide deck showing some stats of the most popular presentations on Slideshare this year. Looks like slides are definitely moving away from Powerpoint Hell… yay! View more presentations from Rashmi Sinha. Presentations Social Learning
Firebelly
DECEMBER 28, 2011
Here are the top 11 social media marketing posts on the Firebelly blog in 2011 based on number of views. Facebook For Business Tip #1: Pages not Profiles. Social Search: Tempur-Pedic “Ask Me” Commercial. Facebook For Business Tip #8: Wildfire Contests. Gettin’ Unique With QR Codes.
Ari Herzog
DECEMBER 29, 2011
If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Thank You to 1,183 Commentators in 2011 in your browser. Who could have predicted that 1,183 distinct names wrote comments here over the past 12 months? Many names belong to the same person, such as writing “John” on some comments and “John Smith” on others, but each name represents a person who was voluntarily inspired to take moments out of their day and share thoughts. [.]
Ari Herzog
DECEMBER 28, 2011
If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Thank You For the 2011 Memories in your browser. (rewrite this). To everyone who visited, subscribed, read, shared, commented, and otherwise enjoyed the content of AriWriter over the past 12 months, I thank you. Thank you for visiting my articles. Thank you for subscribing. Thank you for reading.
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