Kikolani

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Writing Around the Web is a monthly series highlighting guest posts I’ve written on blogging, business, SEO, social media, and other topics! Something for everyone, from blogging to social media, landing pages to squeeze pages, increasing conversions vs. conversion killers, design, and more!

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Keyhole.co

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Social media monitoring is the act of paying attention to what is being said on social media. In recent years, we have come to understand that social media monitoring is your brand’s first line of defense against a potential crisis. And this is where social media monitoring tools come into place.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Writing Around the Web is a monthly series highlighting guest posts I’ve written on blogging, business, SEO, social media, and other topics! Featured Post – How to Optimize Social Media Profiles for SEO. What’s at stake in this blogging contest? Here is my blog post process in stages.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

» Google Linking Webmaster Tools And Google Analytics There have been several significant improvements made to Google’s Webmaster Tools over this past week. One feature that has been added is the ability to link your Google Analytics data to your Webmaster Tools account. Analytics are an important tool for all webmasters.

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Hootsuite

MAY 21, 2020

Social media monitoring tools let you keep track of every conversation, account, keyword, and hashtag that’s relevant to your business. But before we do, let’s look at exactly what social media monitoring is and why it’s critical to any successful social marketing strategy. Relevant hashtags.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Thanks to an idea from Michele McGraw on ways to prep your blog before an event, I decided to do two lists for newer readers as well as people I meet at Blog World Expo later this week. Blogging Tips. Blogging Tips. Blog Marketing. Without further ado, here are the posts readers have engaged with the most.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2011

The key is a balanced strategy of search engine optimization (SEO), social media, syndication and guest posting. So where does blog traffic come from, and how does this change over time? Looking at data from the Webbiquity blog, several trends are apparent. Social media is important.

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Most obvious of these is Google Analytics. Another is the popular “Add This&# which also offers analytic information. Another is the popular “Add This&# which also offers analytic information. It isn’t that we need a tool that does everything. Its that we need a tool that does what it does really well.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Ultimately, as Olivier Blanchard has pointed out repeatedly , social media marketing has to demonstrate an ROI (though he acknowledges the questions have to be made more specific). But it’s crucial to the social media ROI debate to recognize that “R” is an end-of-the-process measure. Nine Blog Metrics.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 21, 2012

When it comes to staying on top of social media, one of the big challenges we have is to find the social media tools that will help us achieve a happy medium between curating, listening, engaging and producing content. You can syndicate your blog posts to Facebook via your RSS feed. I hope this is helpful!

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 9, 2010

While there are unquestionably many ways that social media marketing results can be measured , the debate rages on as to whether it’s truly possible to quantify the ROI from these activities. Some experts contend that because social media activity is rich in metrics , you can and should be measuring ROI constantly.

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agora pulse

MAY 30, 2018

Social Media Lab May Wrap Up. May is almost over so it’s time to take a look back at some of the experiments we did in the Social Media Lab! In this study, we dove into the analytics of nine very busy and prominent Twitter Chats to find out if they have any value (other than keeping you busy). Or Do They?

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agora pulse

MAY 30, 2018

Social Media Lab May Wrap Up. May is almost over so it’s time to take a look back at some of the experiments we did in the Social Media Lab! In this study, we dove into the analytics of nine very busy and prominent Twitter Chats to find out if they have any value (other than keeping you busy). Or Do They?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 19, 2013

Do you find that the daily demands of social media promotion are increasing? Our time is our most precious asset and social media is great at eating into it! Here are 9 social media tools that will help you save time and improve your productivity. Automate Blog Post Delivery With Dlvr.it.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 21, 2013

Some of the biggest news in the blogging world over the last week was without a doubt Google’s announcement that on June 1st, they’re closing Google Reader. Let’s look at some other big blogs: SmartPassiveIncome: 8,425. My friend Steve’s health blog Nerd Fitness is sitting on 4,786 subscribers there.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the more interesting, maybe even downright controversial aspects of social media is actually measuring results. This morning, when I popped onto HootSuite, I saw this tweet from Brankica of How to Blog Like a Star. The Problem with Google Analytics. Triberr Visits vs. Google Analytics.

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Adam Cohen

JULY 19, 2010

Marc Meyer and Jason Breed have done an amazing job over the last year plus bringing in some highly respected and social-media-knowledgeable folks like Chris Brogan , Amber Naslund , Beth Harte and Jason Falls. When combining social media with other interactive marketing practices, the results can magnify both.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

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Freelance Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2008

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Google Updates Analytics Favicon by Jesse on August 5, 2008 I was a little disappointed in the last favicon update that Google rolled out a few weeks back.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Writing Around the Web is a monthly series highlighting guest posts I’ve written on blogging, business, SEO, social media, and other topics! What Your Analytics Software is Hiding From You – There are many reasons for confusing and missing data in Google Analytics. Social Media.

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Freelance Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Adobe Flash now trackable with Google Analytics by cinta5 on November 17, 2008 It was frustrating when I had used a bit of flash on a site and was unable to track its performance.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 9, 2010

The great news is that these days, even a great looking, unique blog doesn’t have to come with a hefty price tag. I’ve been toying around with WordPress for years, and the formula for launching a professional grade blog is not as difficult or expensive as you would think. Get yourself a shared hosting account.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Managing your social media workflow in the constant chatter of Tweets, Likes and Direct Messages can be tough. A social media manager’s work is never done and it seems like a new task gets added to your checklist every week. It is important to note that there is no shortcut of value in social media marketing.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 24, 2014

You already know that a blog can be a powerful tool for building authority and thought-leadership, sharing benefits of your company/product, and addressing your audience’s needs and concerns. Create Value for Your Audience When it comes to a blog readership, it’s important to understand the value you provide your audience.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Joining Janet Fouts , Kyle Lacy , Alex Blom , Dave Fleet , Joel Postman , Damian Davila , Jennifer Jones , and others, you can add “social media informer&# to my bio the next time you introduce me. That is, my and their blog content are now syndicated and aggregated on a new online community that informs you about social media.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 31, 2011

The quicker the response, the happier the complainer and the more impressed the social media listeners are. Give them a private way to stay in touch (so they can voice their concerns to their new friend on the inside as opposed to using social media). What’s your social currency? But not really.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. You might want to test this. • What about you?

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Kikolani

APRIL 5, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content.

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Justin Levy

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Determining Social Media ROI Written on October 12, 2009 by Justin Levy in business , business strategy , ims09 , inbound marketing , marketing , marketing strategy , roi , social media , social media strategy , video 19 Comments - Leave a comment!

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

We’ve found that one of the biggest challenges for social media marketers today is connecting social media to real business objectives and goals. From brand awareness right on down to customer conversions, social media has the potential to fit into many parts of the marketing and sales funnel.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Writing is my number one source of income that has been a result of my blogging activities. Guest blogging isn’t just about getting exposure – there are plenty of sites that will pay you to contribute an article to their site. The following are my tips for getting a paid contributor spot on a great blog.

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Harp Interactive

APRIL 27, 2010

Facebook is being used for everyday tasks like e-mail, instant messaging, reading news, blogs, RSS feeds, search and shopping. Open social graph will lead to personalized web experiences and publishers will be able use behavioral targeting. It is an opportunity to turn fans into ambassadors!

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Freelance Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Top 200 Social Media Sites by Niche by cinta5 on October 6, 2008 Tyler over at SMMGuru offered up the top 198 social media sites.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Your blog works exactly the same way. There’s a First Time for Everything New research (pdf) by my clients at Compendium Blogware show that for more than two-thirds of corporate blogs, new visitors comprise more than 80% of total blog traffic. State Indicator – Turns orange when you’re in that section 2.

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Twist Image

JULY 9, 2013

What is the true value of a comment on a blog? If you go back in time (a little over a decade ago), the mainstreaming of blogging as a publishing platform brought with it a couple of unique features. The truth is that you no longer need Seth Godin, Chris Brogan or my blog as a destination to comment.

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Jason Yormark

DECEMBER 28, 2009

I’m not saying that there aren’t any very knowledgeable people on the subject, but this has gotten so out of hand, that it’s hurting the credibility of those that can actually provide real value with social media consulting and marketing services. Social Media is not a new concept.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Search for a brand name or keyword across all of the most popular social networks at once? Monitor social media discussions of your company or product in real time? Promote events through social media? Cool Social Media Tools. Social Media Monitoring Tools. Create animations?

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