Kikolani

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Top 10 Ways to Make Your Blog Sociable – If you want your blog to have better social engagement, here are 10 ways to make it more sociable. Do You Make Any of These 10 Simple SEO Mistakes – From not looking at analytics to a bad linking strategy, here are 10 common SEO mistakes and why they are bad for optimization.

SEO 147

SEO Social Media Postrank Blogosphere 147

Twist Image

JANUARY 31, 2012

In August of last year, Time Magazine named it in its " 50 Best Websites of 2011 " and last December, the analytics firm, Experian Hitwise , said that Pinterest's user-base had forty times the number of visitors it had from only six months prior. engagement. online social networking. social bookmarking. smartphone.

Hitwise 101

Hitwise Delicious Findability Yahoo 101

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I think, at least initially, its a good way to keep fresh conversations going; particularly if you are a business new to the social sphere, you should consider each new follow an opportunity to create engagement.

Tools 163

Tools Klout Policies HootSuite 163

Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

The reason millions of people use these platforms is because they want to engage with PEOPLE. Friendships, real friendships don’t start at the wallet and neither do truly engaged fan-business relationships. Its also important to note that if you don’t attempt to engage your audience, why would they ever interact with you?

Lurker 203

Lurker Klout Policies Consultant 203

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 9, 2009

Blogroll Bare Feet Studios Hawaii We Blog Official Social Media Club of Hawaii Sponsorship Insights Group Publications of Interest Mashable Social Media Friends Bare Feet Studios Charles Maceachern Design EMP – Empower and Empress Rob Bertholf – SEO Extraordinaire Social Media Club Hawaii Social Bookmarks On T’s Mind… activation (..)

Eventful 100

Eventful Klout Tourism Policies 100

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 23, 2011

There are so many layers to this topic that entire (worthy) books have been written on social media philosophy, content creation or audience engagement. With all the dynamics elements to creating a successful social media presence, its sometimes hard to know where to start or even what books are worth the time investment.

Review 142

Review Company Klout Policies 142

Firebelly

AUGUST 18, 2010

Learn how to make data-driven decisions about content by using Insights, launch "legal" contests and promotions via the Wildfire application, and create an engaging landing tab for your Page with Static FBML. Saturday, August 21 11:30 AM Online Reputation Management Duncan Alney Your reputation online can make or break you.

Paid Search 135

Paid Search Reputation SMS Conference 135

Kikolani

JULY 28, 2010

Adding your blog to the PostRank system (if it’s not already there) and under particular topic categories, you can get ranked in the top blogs on that topic based on your blog’s social engagement. Gmail, Analytics, Webmaster Tools, etc.)? Do you have a Google account (ie. Guest Blogging.

List 144

List Alltop Forums Technorati 144

Firebelly

MARCH 17, 2010

It pays to engage. 51% of Facebook fans said they are more likely to purchase from at least a few brands they are fans of on Facebook. 60% said that being a Facebook fan of a brand would cause them to be more likely to recommend that brand to a friend.

Buy 100

Buy Facebook Paid Search SMS 100

Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Referral traffic is quickly migrating away from traditional search to social networks, and in some cases, at alarming rates.

Paid Search 184

Paid Search Engineering Flickr SMS 184

Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Take your message directly to consumers: Social media tools enable you to directly engage consumers in conversation. Increase your search engine rankings: Social media profiles (especially those on Twitter , Facebook , and LinkedIn ) frequently rank highly with major search engines. I’m definitely going to bookmark you!

Social Media 159

Social Media NoFollow Marketing Social Bookmarking 159

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 31, 2011

Blogroll Bare Feet Studios Hawaii We Blog Official Social Media Club of Hawaii Sponsorship Insights Group Publications of Interest Mashable Social Media Friends Bare Feet Studios Charles Maceachern Design EMP – Empower and Empress Rob Bertholf – SEO Extraordinaire Social Media Club Hawaii Social Bookmarks On T’s Mind… activation (..)

Social Media 188

Social Media Klout Policies Forums 188

Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 2010

This first list is a compilation of the top posts on Kikolani, as determined by PostRank ’s engagement analysis. Without further ado, here are the posts readers have engaged with the most. There you have it… the most popular posts on Kikolani based on engagement. What is PostRank? Your Favorites.

Postrank 130

Postrank Social Media StumbleUpon HootSuite 130

Akamai Marketing

APRIL 30, 2009

Blogroll Bare Feet Studios Hawaii We Blog Official Social Media Club of Hawaii Sponsorship Insights Group Publications of Interest Mashable Social Media Friends Bare Feet Studios Charles Maceachern Design EMP – Empower and Empress Rob Bertholf – SEO Extraordinaire Social Media Club Hawaii Social Bookmarks On T’s Mind… activation (..)

Eventful 116

Eventful Twitter Klout Policies 116

Firebelly

JANUARY 15, 2010

So good companies are starting to listen to what is being said in the “social sphere” and adjusting their products/services accordingly. 5 Tips for Creating a Successful Social Media Contest By Clay McDaniel One of the best ways to drive engagement and build word of mouth traffic about your brand is to run a contest via social media channels.

Social Media 100

Social Media Feed Reader Paid Search SMS 100

Akamai Marketing

JUNE 28, 2009

Blogroll Bare Feet Studios Hawaii We Blog Official Social Media Club of Hawaii Sponsorship Insights Group Publications of Interest Mashable Social Media Friends Bare Feet Studios Charles Maceachern Design EMP – Empower and Empress Rob Bertholf – SEO Extraordinaire Social Media Club Hawaii Social Bookmarks On T’s Mind… activation (..)

Mobile 124

Mobile Klout Policies Tourism 124

Firebelly

JULY 22, 2010

The company was arrogant -- all but the social media manager who chimed in on my post. link] Through the experience of engaging my community online, I found MyCar Doc, a local gig that all of my friends use for their auto repair solution. Sadly, Firestone won't change, but I will.

Social Media 188

Social Media Paid Search SMS Syndication 188

Firebelly

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Are you customers deeply engaged in your brand? Does your brand have engagement value - content vise? Do you have a responsive way about you? Are you committed to deep and sustained marketing efforts? Is your leadership behind you? Can you, are you willing to, and can you afford to develop content?

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing Paid Search SMS 100

Firebelly

MARCH 12, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Conversation: Out of the IUPUI classroom and into YATS | Main | Firebelly Marketings Upcoming Speaking Engagements » March 12, 2010 2 Social SEO Stories You Need To Read This Week Helping our clients optimize their websites, content, social media assets and brands for social search results (..)

SEO 100

SEO Paid Search SMS Syndication 100

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

A handy way to supplement your email contact list with information about those prospects from the most popular social networks. Check dozens of popular social networking and social bookmarking websites to see if the username or vanity url you want to use is still available. Social Media Monitoring Tools.

Tools 206

Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 9, 2009

Blogroll Bare Feet Studios Hawaii We Blog Official Social Media Club of Hawaii Sponsorship Insights Group Publications of Interest Mashable Social Media Friends Bare Feet Studios Charles Maceachern Design EMP – Empower and Empress Rob Bertholf – SEO Extraordinaire Social Media Club Hawaii Social Bookmarks On T’s Mind… activation (..)

Eventful 100

Eventful Tourism Klout Travel 100

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 24, 2011

Congratulations, you have just started the second most important tenant of social media: engaging. You now have the basic tenants down of social media: everything you need to know about social media you learned in Kindergarten. Imagine rather than restrain. How did it feel when someone thanked me?&#

Social Media 149

Social Media Klout Policies Small Business 149

Firebelly

MARCH 5, 2010

In the same regard, the community will not support or reward lackluster, opportunistic, also-ran, or hollow engagement in the long term. Oscar advertisers hope to build buzz on Twitter, Facebook By Bruce Horovitz The Oscar for the best place to chat about the Academy Awards goes to: social media.

Feed Reader 100

Feed Reader Marketing Social Capital Paid Search 100

Firebelly

MAY 21, 2010

Don’t Fall in Love with One Social Media Platform By Liana "Li" Evans With today’s featured Don’t Fall in Love chapter, I take a look at why you should really bank your entire social media strategy on one particular platform. Firebelly Memo: Take the time to identify, approach and engage those people most active on your Facebook page.

Social Media 101

Social Media Facebook Mobile Newsletter 101

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

By all means, save some money, but don’t stop engaging with one another with the most effective tool out there, that’s insane. Make your marketing dollars communicate with your incentive dollars. Make your employee enhancement communicate with your incentive dollars and marketing dollars. Let’s get smart.

Klout 100

Klout Eventful Policies Hosting 100

Bare Feet Studios

JULY 25, 2011

Google Analytics. www.google.com/analytics. Social Bookmarks. Who will monitor this social network? Do you have basic video skills to make yours engaging? Leave a comment so you can be automatically updated when changes occur! How often should you get reports? Who will review & act? Yelp/Trip Advisor.

Social Media 79

Social Media Ustream Wiki Content management systems 79

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Establishing a social media strategy will help you see where potential customers are hanging out. You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested.

Social Media 269

Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Josh S Peters

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Remember the goal is awareness and the name of the game is engagement, so having the personality of yourself or your company shine through is key. Work on building outposts for your content on social bookmarking sites like Digg and Delicious to help get more exposure for it.

Campaign 105

Campaign Social Media Radian6 Disqus 105

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Blogroll Bare Feet Studios Hawaii We Blog Official Social Media Club of Hawaii Sponsorship Insights Group Publications of Interest Mashable Social Media Friends Bare Feet Studios Charles Maceachern Design EMP – Empower and Empress Rob Bertholf – SEO Extraordinaire Social Media Club Hawaii Social Bookmarks On T’s Mind… activation (..)

Social Media 138

Social Media Klout Policies Consultant 138

Firebelly

JANUARY 13, 2010

And, as a result of this, I want to share what I care about with everyone who has chosen to engage with me, well, because, they chose to engage with me for a reason. Posted by: MegBiallas | January 14, 2010 at 07:29 PM I care about and tweet about an array of things that I love and enjoy.

Syndication 101

Syndication MySpace Paid Search Social Media 101

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. Logic says that the more pages a user views, the higher their level of engagement with the site.

Social Media 100

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

ProBlogger

APRIL 6, 2011

When I work with a brand over an extended period of time, the first step is about establishing credibility, respecting the existing communities, engaging with them. high-quality website visitors (defined by a conversion or engagement). analytics, PostRank, Twitter, social bookmarking websites, and so on.

Blogger 42

Blogger Brands Survey Cost 42

Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

Analytics & Research In a survey across thousands of large companies who actively monitor their stats online, only 35% stated that they actually changed their website based on what they saw. Google Analytics Before Google Analytics came along there weren’t really that many decent tracking tools available.

Resources 77

Resources Netvibes Marketing Delicious 77

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. Social Media: Who Can Show Us the Real Value?

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 19, 2011

Eric Papczun delves into three key components of online reputation management: SEO (long-term promotion of content in search), paid search (SEM—addresses immediate needs), and social media (message distribution and brand engagement). Don’t let your social media presence crush your brand’s future by iMedia Connection.

Tips 179

Tips Press Release Reputation B2B 179

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 29, 2011

Then measure it.You can use Google Analytics, PostRank or even (GASP!) Determine what the benefits to blogging will be. Are you trying to create community? Are you hoping to help along your SEO efforts? Then live it. your own set of metrics. By the way, “sucking less&# is not a measurable metric, get your own.

Press Release 238

Press Release Technorati Klout Metrics 238

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 1, 2011

That is to say, you feel like things are going great, you’re having engaging conversations regularly and feel as though you even have some “friends&# in Twitter. Its easy to get lulled into a false sense of success. At this point, a wake-up call is imperative.

Tools 160

Tools Klout Policies Tourism 160