Socialmedia.biz

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Photo by mkhmarketing / Creative Commons BY. Social media is your best friend. Increasingly, today’s marketers working with startups or small businesses with bare-bones budgets point to social media because it basically amounts to an enormous base of potential leads. Social media can do that!

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 1, 2012

What to do…It’s 2012 and you’ve been blogging for almost a year now with no success. To add insult to injury, your Google analytics show that you get about 25 visitors to your blog every day, and you’re pretty sure that you, your family, and the GoogleBot account for about half of those.

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

If you read this blog with any regularity, you know that I am a big proponent of measuring social media. Regardless of the measurement opportunities, we still hear the same questions over and over again, “what’s the ROI of a social media?” But it struck me. ” or “Is it worth measuring?”

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agora pulse

AUGUST 7, 2019

You need visual content for blog posts, social media posts, thumbnails for videos, slideshows, ads … and so on. So, where can you source free images for your social media? CC0 (Creative Commons Zero). These aren’t always the right images for your social media. Public Domain.

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SocMed Sean

JUNE 21, 2012

I’ve been blogging for about 5 years now and as I look back over those years, I’m amazed at how much I have learned. Not just from researching and writing articles, but form the comments/feedback that I have received and the conversations that have been sparked with others via social networks like Twitter. And my blog grew.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 23, 2012

Content marketing is about more than just blogging. According to Jeremy Williams, you all should be going crazy over this blog post now. Find photos from Flickr or Picasa — be sure to use Creative Commons photos — or buy royalty-free stock photography, and put them in your blog posts for added impact.

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

And what if the headline had been “Boost your Blog Traffic” instead? What if the original title of this post had been “Boost Your Blog Traffic”? It could have been about writing, social media promotion, speaking at conferences, or even wearing a sandwich board. So why, how, what? How do they work?

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Our social media management tool incorporates image posting because we know how important that element is to engage your followers and fans. But there’s one question we get asked quite often: Where can you find free images that are high quality and cleared to use for your blog posts or social media content?

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Akamai Marketing

DECEMBER 29, 2011

This is the 2nd year that I’ve published my social media resolutions. Fine Tune Karma for Business: I kept at this social media mantra this year and it worked for me and it worked for my clients. I’m pleased with the social media story telling this year. Here’s my 2011 scorecard: ?

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Justin Levy

MAY 11, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Still Think Social Media Is A Fad? Written on May 11, 2010 by Justin Levy in social media , stats , video 19 Comments - Leave a comment! A recurring topic seems to be whether or not social media is a fad.

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Akamai Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2011

Social media can be such a fantastic place – full of thoughtful, intelligent people. Its easy to imagine that the social sphere or your blog are simply just an adult playground of cool people. It isn’t worth giving up the benefits of free speech for the alternative and so it is with blogging and social media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Boy, was it fun!

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Akamai Marketing

JUNE 29, 2011

photo by Mr. Thomas (creative commons). Social media and business have this in common. Social media too, takes hard work and requires a hard look at multifaceted issues. Social media at its best and most successful is integrated into an overall marketing strategy. Not so much.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper. Conducting interviews via Flip video cams or a smart phones audio memo device can be strong sources of social content. D’oh, you say.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Increasing traffic to your blog is probably one of the most important things you should work on this year. Here are 10 uncanny ways to drive more traffic to your blog. Take posts from your blog and expand on them for an e-book. Use your blog and guest blog posts to promote your book. Sell it on Amazon.com.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media September 28th, 2010 Tweet I haven’t been the biggest fan of my local energy company, Pepco, recently.

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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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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

If you’re just getting started blogging (or maybe even if you’ve been doing it a while), here are some WordPress plugins I really really like. I really like its functionality, plus it’s a great way for folks to search on your blog as well as on the Interwebz without actually leaving your blog. LinkWithin.

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Justin Levy

JULY 30, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Are Blog Comments Dead? Written on July 30, 2010 by Justin Levy in blog , community , facebook , interactions , social media , twitter 23 Comments - Leave a comment! I’ve been thinking about this often.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2011

This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series. If you’ve been doing this blogging thing for a while, you already know this stuff. But here are a few things I’ve been asked about a few times when it comes to blogging – particularly in WordPress – and I’m going to jot ‘em down for you.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach? But I’m here to look at what really matters – which team has more reach via social media? Hopefully we’ll see some creative use of social media by both the teams and some of the players.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 14, 2012

Jess Ostroff is Managing Editor at Convince & Convert , and also runs the virtual social media assistant agency Don’t Panic Management. You can find her tweeting about social media, martinis, and music as @jessostroff. We use most of these here at Convince & Convert and can attest to their awesomeness.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

First, you… Image: Kate Sumbler via Flickr , Creative Commons Hold on! A while back, I was looking at my Google Analytics for WUL and I noticed that my 404 page , i.e. the one you get when the server can’t find the page you’re looking for on a particular site, was the 4th most highly-trafficked page on my blog.

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Justin Levy

JANUARY 3, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking A Cartoon Recap of Social Media in 2009 Written on January 3, 2010 by Justin Levy in reflection , social media , video 10 Comments - Leave a comment! What was your favorite social media memory from 2009?

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Myrland Marketing

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

THE UNBELIEVABLE CONNECTIONS WE MAKE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. Part of the beauty of Social Networking is the ability to “talk” to just about anyone from anywhere in the world. Perhaps it is the extrovert in me that was drawn to Social Media, and the ability to connect on a massive scale. To learn from.

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Justin Levy

JANUARY 4, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Social Media Jungle at CES Written on January 4, 2010 by Justin Levy in conferences , social media 2 Comments - Leave a comment! Social Media Reputation, Dave Taylor 9:45-9:55 a.m. 9:00-9:10 a.m.

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Social Media Network Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Sections To Read Home Main Page Community - Social Media Network Online Who will benefit from this blog? Sections To Read Home Main Page Community - Social Media Network Online Who will benefit from this blog? Social Media Ne. What People Have To Say About Pervara - Social Med.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 17, 2018

The coordinator of a group of social media advocates said this via Facebook one night about eight years ago, on our private page. I am humbled to have this moment on her blog and want her to know how much she is in my thoughts. Image: Elliot Sloman via Unsplash, Creative Commons CC0. Guest Post by Paula Kiger.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 30, 2015

At the core of any successful blog is valuable content—helping readers solve a problem, increase their knowledge, work more effectively. But text alone isn’t enough; to really make a blog stand out, it needs to include compelling images as well. As noted on the CyberChimps blog , “a picture is worth a thousand words.

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Myrland Marketing

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

” One of the many places we can accomplish this is Social Media. Social Media allow us to: Find our prospects. We found our stride in Social Media. I’m all for making connections via Social Media that fill that need inside of us for true human connection. Be found by our prospects.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial? A few weeks ago, they asked a question about paying for blog posts. In 2010, blogs and bloggers are truly influencers. Do we really want that?

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Justin Levy

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Is Social Media A Fad? Written on November 29, 2009 by Justin Levy in social media , stats , video 29 Comments - Leave a comment! How do you change the minds of those who think social media is just a fad?

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Writtent Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

It’s easy to start a blog, but it’s incredibly difficult to build an audience. But there’s nothing to worry about as our blogging experts are here to share their tips for creating a blog from scratch and maintaining it building a lively and active audience. Our two programs are LKR Social Media Marketer and Creating Fame.

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Writtent Blog

JANUARY 29, 2014

There’s a lot to consider when designing a blog. However, a blog template that’s maximized for social media sharing and integration is equally important. Social media optimization (SMO) is a relatively new form of inbound marketing that’s closely tied to SEO. Include Social Follow Buttons.

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Justin Levy

JUNE 21, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Gatorade’s Social Media Command Center Written on June 21, 2010 by Justin Levy in social media , video 18 Comments - Leave a comment! Gatorade has created their own social media command center.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

The Bamboo Project Blog. The Power of Blogging ISNT Just in Reading Them. In a few weeks were going to be looking at blogs in the Work Literacy course. In fact, I have to go on record right now as saying that reading blogs is only a small part of what makes blogs powerful for learning. RANT ALERT! )

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Social Media Network Marketing

AUGUST 12, 2010

Sections To Read Home Main Page Community - Social Media Network Online Who will benefit from this blog? Sections To Read Home Main Page Community - Social Media Network Online Who will benefit from this blog? Social Media Ne. What People Have To Say About Pervara - Social Med.

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