Firebelly

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace. The survey also showed that teens are significantly less likely that Gen Y and adults to use Twitter. Social networking sites (SNS). 73 percent of teens and 72 percent of Gen Y are now active on at least one SNS.

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Facebook MySpace Paid Search Survey 103

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 23, 2013

To get a better sense of the situation I pulled StumbleUpon referral figures from 2010-2012 for a group of 47 news and content sites that we work with at Define Media Group , primarily magazine brands. For confidentially reasons I am not able to reveal the specific titles, but they are all well-known brands from major publishers.

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StumbleUpon Sites Content Survey 172

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But will it ever catch up with Facebook? That’s a much tougher road, because Facebook has done a great job of gaining adoption across a wide range of demographics. Facebook itself is making a push to get users to create personalized news channels that benefit both users and news sites.

Sites 118

Sites News Google Facebook 118

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 9, 2010

They recently put out a 2010 Budget and Allocations trends document which surveyed the membership to gave you the chart above. As far as the rest of the percentages in the survey I can say I go much heavier on things like webinars and flash demos (which I am counting under corporate website spend). Share this on Facebook.

B2B 198

B2B Social Media Marketing Survey 198

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines? But does it violate Facebook’s promotions guidelines? Which part of the Facebook guidelines JVC USA is violating was not specified. Apparently it does.

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RFI Guidelines Facebook Press Release 156

Kikolani

JANUARY 3, 2013

This is because consumers trust friends more than they trust brands or paid ads or even celebrity brand ambassadors. A logo behind a brand or people you know? According to a survey done by Nielsen Global Trust in Advertising , 92% of consumers trust recommendations from people they know. What do you think?

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk How to Identify Your Own Top Trends by Adam Sherk on December 22, 2009 Yesterday Facebook shared its Top Status Trends of 2009 , providing insight into what terms most commonly occurred in users’ status updates. main profiles, personas, individual staff members, etc).

Trends 167

Trends How To Digg Press Release 167

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Since I’ve been comparing major news sites in variety of areas ( Facebook and Twitter impact; YouTube and new Digg activity; site speed and domain authority , among others) I thought I’d look at overall social media engagement too. Related posts: Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

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Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Your tweets, posts and comments should all be coordinated to meet the ultimate goal, which is to establish trust, build your brand, and increase sales. surveys, focus groups, test marketing) often spend millions to locate their target markets. Does your brand need a makeover? It introduces your brand Is your company new?

Social Media 269

Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 21, 2010

From a pure lead generation / ROI standpoint, this skepticism isn’t entirely unjustified; research from earlier this year showed that branding metrics (increased brand exposure, webs traffic, email subscribers partnerships)—not strict revenue or ROI measures—topped the list of benefits that b2b marketers realized from social media activities.

Social Media 191

Social Media Research ROI Technorati 191

Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

VerticalResponse recently did a survey to find out how small businesses planned on spending their marketing dollars in 2010. Over 800 small businesses were surveyed, each business having less than 500 employees. From the survey, 74.1% of the survey participants are planning on increasing their use of email marketing while 68.3%

Small Business 102

Small Business Report Social Media Survey 102

Freelance Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

According to the June 2009 survey of over 500 marketers, 66% of respondents were planning to integrate their email marketing campaigns and social media sometime in 2009, and 48% of respondents have already formulated a strategy for linking the two channels. demonstrates. Featuring the Thesis Wufoo Skin WordPress Admin

Campaign 138

Campaign Social Media Foursquare Marketing 138

Idaconcpts

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Having forums on your site is a terrific way to get people talking about your products, your service and your brand. Many online businesses use some form of paid advertising to raise awareness of their brand. Collaborating with others in the field that way is a great marketing tool that can be used to pull others towards your brand.

Press Release 151

Press Release Strategy Forums Marketing 151

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Display a feed of brand-related comments from a variety of social networks on your website? Search for a brand name or keyword across all of the most popular social networks at once? Create your own online newspaper from Twitter and Facebook updates based on any topic or group of contributors. Create video emails? twebevent.

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Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

When users click a retweet button, they expect to see something along the lines of: RT @[brand] [headline] [URL] That exact format does not need to be followed, but you want to minimize the work that users need to do before sending out the tweet.

Syndication 117

Syndication URL Press Release SEO 117

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

In my book, Everything I Know about Marketing I Learned from Google , I share 20 “Googley Lessons” that marketers can learn from the world’s most ubiquitous brand to better engage customers and prospects. But, even for online news outlets — where overhead is low and immediacy is high — there’s too little commercial mindset.

News 121

News Press Release Survey SEO 121

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

News brands seem to fare better with the embedded video listings, although I also came across several examples (not pictured above) in which YouTube got both results. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

News 113

News List Google Embedding 113

Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

It’s not just that users expect a branded experience on a dedicated domain. It’s that there are so many SEO and audience development initiatives, including social media marketing, that simply work better when a site exists on its own unique, branded domain. Best of luck to both GQ.com and DETAILS.com.

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Consultant 100

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

For news and content sites the task is fairly straightforward as lots of users are already subscribed to their RSS feeds, Twitter accounts, Facebook Pages, etc. Related posts: Does Google Want Brands in Your Social Circle? If not how do we get there?

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Google Google Reader Press Release Survey 109

Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

This helps to keep a sense of excitement and curiosity around their brand. From there, the popularity of the new technology explodes on Twitter, and Facebook, and the whole process starts all over again. Study Proves Facebook and Digg Visitors More Loyal; Twitter in Last Place Are you a loyal visitor? Post this on Diigo.

Engineering 117

Engineering comScore Microsoft Yahoo 117

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Reach out – You’ve been meaning to get more involved in brand and content awareness building activities such as social media marketing; now’s the time. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Engineering 102

Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 7, 2009

Brand Ambassador / Personality – a person or persona that officially represents the company on Twitter. Fortune 100 Need to Get More Creative with Twitter Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? Related posts: News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact?

Sites 105

Sites News Strategy Twitter 105

Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

Home pages will rank well for branded searches regardless of site speed, so it is at the content level that the scores matter more. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Article Source Page Speed Score (article) 1 Yahoo!

Sites 161

Sites News Yahoo Journal 161

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

PageRank is a lesser factor in Google News, used “delicately” since the linking structure of a brand new article is going to be different from an article published years or months ago. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

News 158

News Google Tips Press Release 158

Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 28, 2010

MashedIn provides a widget that you can add to a web site or blog where your users can authenticate with either Facebook , Twitter , or LinkedIn to reveal common connections to the widget owner. Related posts: Luxury Car Brands Not Taking Full Advantage of Social Media Porsche had the highest community rating in the Community Index.

Applications 115

Applications Social Media Widget Technorati 115

The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Home About In the Media India’s Buzziest Media Brand Condolence February 20, 2008.3:10 The Problem There are various form builders and online-survey tools out there but the ‘marketers’ face tough time to convince the respondents in filling up those web-based survey-forms.

Google 100

Google Web 2.0 Startup Survey 100

Firebelly

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

A recent survey shows that 43 percent of online retailers plan to offer special promotions and discounts on Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday Facts: More than one in three people say they'll be using their fast-access work computers this year for holiday shopping. That's more than 51 million people logging on at work.

Retail 100

Retail Paid Search SMS Syndication 100

Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 27, 2010

. – … you can scarcely watch a commercial without seeing the iconic Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube icons as part of the message. “Squishy at best&# is what Gleanster is calling the social media marketing ROi, they’re saying that “Brands are still trying to determine the value of a Facebook fan…&#.

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Research Report Cymfony Social Media 113

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2009

Tip #21: Guest List People I want to hear a pitch from, in descending order: CEO, CTO, VP Product Development, Janitor, Brand Marketing Manager. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Everyone deserves a second chance.

Tips 102

Tips Publishing Press Release Syndication 102

Proactive Report

JULY 3, 2011

Social media has extended the reach and influence of your stakeholders – they’re on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and they’re connecting to each other. Journalists have Twitter feeds and Facebook pages where they ask questions openly and directly. The 800-pound Gorilla – Facebook. Source: Facebook, April 2011).

Social Graph 104

Social Graph Hubspot StumbleUpon Digg 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it. You can use the many applications that Facebook offers, so that others can answer questions on a survey, have discussions on the forums, and/or have notes to bring awareness to a topic. Delicious is my favorite one to use for this.

Crowdsourcing 192

Crowdsourcing scribd Ustream Social Media 192

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1% by Adam Sherk on March 2, 2010 For my presentation on Twitter Marketing Tactics at SMX West this week I wanted to get a sense of just how much traffic Twitter is driving to major news sites.

Survey 193

Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise 193

Diva Marketing Blog

MAY 12, 2013

Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Pinterest and other social networks changed how we think about "social media" from those long ago days of the blogosphere. I go to my Facebook feed and I see links. This could be the new Digg (something I’ve said for years). Facebook, Yahoo, Google and others have a lot to learn from these guys.

Social Media 83

Social Media Tweetdeck Authentication Blogosphere 83

Bill Hartzer

JULY 15, 2010

In fact, according to a groundbreaking survey of 5,700 adults in seven countries conducted for Consumed, nearly 80 percent of Americans feel society is becoming too shallow and believe most of us would be better off if we lived more simply. With more than 400 million active users worldwide, Facebook has become an interactive consumer haven.

Buy 113

Buy Influencer Web 2.0 Survey 113

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

Moreover, whatever your brand is, it is very likely that there is chatter going on about it. And for a bonus : SEOmoz is conducting a search engine marketing survey. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Tiger Woods photo by Shutterstock.

Engineering 142

Engineering Wikipedia MySpace Yahoo 142

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2016

While most brands were churning out generic blog content to gain visibility, infographics combined vibrant imagery with succinct text to help educate audiences on a wide variety of topics. Tools such as Buzzsumo , Digg , and Reddit are also useful for sparking ideas for an infographic topic. Repurpose Old Content. Switch Angles.

Marketing 60

Marketing Statistics Directory Data 60

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2010

According to a survey late last year from Bazaarvoice and the CMO Club, 72 percent of CMOs did not attach revenue assumptions to social media in 2009,&# Jerry McLaughlin goes on to say that marketers must do it anyway. product innovation, branding and awareness, links for SEO benefit), though that value may be difficult to quantify.

ROI 193

ROI Social Media Vocus Metrics 193