Small Business Mavericks

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

If you troll the social media websites – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and various social bookmarking websites – you’ll find a lot of online marketers just posting links to their content. Rather, the focus is on doing something that is good for the community. Like John Deere.

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Harp Interactive

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Over the last three days, I’ve spoken to four HUGE brands in America that are considering social media for one project or another, and there are many more out there working on how these tools might integrate into their business needs. Add social bookmark links to your most important web pages and/or blog posts to improve sharing.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 30, 2012

For both strategic and benchmarking purposes, create a spreadsheet listing your top competitors and, for each, showing: • Social features on their website (e.g. Facebook / LinkedIn / Google Plus metrics (i.e. Other social activity and presence (Flickr, SlideShare, Wikipedia, etc.). Find relevant groups on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Own your brand’s social presence: If you don’t create official channels online, it’s only a matter of time before your customers/clients do it for you and create their own profiles and communities around your brand. It’s important to claim your brand name across all the major social media platforms.

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Social Media NoFollow Marketing Social Bookmarking 159

Firebelly

JUNE 10, 2010

  The article, Appealing to Community , focused on how not-for-profits are reaching out to younger donors with social media while keeping older supporters in the fold.  Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 24, 2010

“Businesses can’t afford to ignore the rise of social media marketing.&#. . – Xinureturns.com is excellent for adding a URL and receiving a load of helpful statistics ranging from search engine optimization (Search engine optimization) to social bookmarking and much more. Barbara Rozgonyi: LinkedIn.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

Social bookmarking. Social Networking. Online Communities. We review several approaches for creating researcher bio pages- from personal websites to blogs to professional networking sites such as LinkedIn. Social bookmarking for sharing research articles. Support Community Public, not yet premium.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

It is simple to set-up social networking accounts such as: Facebook , Twitter and Linkedin. Social media has revolutionised how we search for our content. Google is still very powerful, people read blogs, watch YouTube, use Twitter and social bookmarking sites to find their content.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Showing your expertise—via advice in a Facebook post, a content-rich webinar or a helpful blog article—can foster the kind of sincere connections “telling” alone cannot. fans or followers) talks about you, interacts with you, and shares your content, they’re showing their own friends and families that they like and trust you.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Twitter is top social media channel among Fortune 500 | Main | 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read This Week » February 25, 2010 Firebelly Work: J.C. Hart has truly embraced social marketing. Hart Apartment Communities Facebook Page.

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Kikolani

JULY 28, 2010

Scribnia is an excellent blogging community that lets you connect with and review other blog writers. Login, and visit the Google Profiles area to add your blog (along with your social networks and other websites) to your profile. Please share your favorite blog linking tips, as well as what blogging communities are your favorites.

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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.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Measurement: as Li notes, “Measurement comes in many different forms, from website traffic to the number of retweets your content is getting.&# “Participating in social media isn’t just about creating a page, making a blog post, posing a question, or tweeting. Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.).

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Kikolani

JUNE 18, 2010

8 great reasons for private blog groups – great tips on why you should get your writers together, including post promotion and strengthening your community. Scribnia – why you should join this great blogging community. How to use LinkedIn to generate business – pretty much everything you need to be doing on LinkedIn.

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Firebelly

JULY 22, 2010

Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. 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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community. Marketing on the Social Web: A Few Key Ingredients (Michael Fruchter): I love the graphic.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Benefits of Blogging This five part series covers the benefits of blogging, including having a worldwide audience, building a community, strengthening your interests, learning Internet marketing skills, and becoming an authority in your niche. Social Media. Learn about the benefits and ways to be more accessible on social media.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 25, 2011

Social Network. Customized content management systems (CMS) where your staff can access and edit the website and users can create their own blogs within your main site. Create your own niche online social network with ready to use blogs, RSS feeds, forums and more. Communication. Social Bookmarks.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Delicious Social bookmarking is a great way to share interesting links that could aid in the development of an idea, education, and/or marketing efforts. Thought Linkedin would have deserved a slot. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2008

SEO your social profile. The power users will be unusually good at building their Connectbeam Social Profiles with key words, along the lines of search engine optimization techniques. There are two benefits to developing your own community: You can learn a variety of information and viewpoints from others. Social Bookmarking.

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Firebelly

MARCH 16, 2010

March 17th Are You Ready For The Social Revolution? They should be educational and entertaining and we hope you can join us!

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

twitterrhea: the act of sending too many Twitter messages Next time you hear a Twitterer use a Twitter termincorrectly, hand them this list to aid in the twiteracy (Twitter literacy) ofthe tweeple in the growing twitosphere.   If we’re all on the same page, it reduces the risk of getting lost inTwitlation.

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Social Media Network Marketing

JULY 17, 2009

And all of this user-generated content can be made instantly available to millions of users and site visitors. These are three popular examples of social sharing sites. Social networking sites. If you've ever heard of a little site called Facebook, you are familiar with a social networking site. Social news sites.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Instead of spending $15 million (like they did for Super Bowl spots in 2009) the company shifted ad dollars to an online marketing effort called Project Refresh that will award more than $20 million in grants to "those presenting the best ideas to improve the communities we call home and, perhaps, transform the society we call America."

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Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2010

If you own a blog that has multiple authors, regular contributors, or regular guest bloggers , here are seven ways a private blog group can be utilized for helping strengthen the blog and its community as a whole. While we all know that content is king, promotion is queen. Announcements. Post Promotion.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 29, 2010

Double your traffic by distributing content into different mediums. Google is taking content from your site through rich snippets. How search engines find your content. Social Media. 5 powerful steps to optimize your business on LinkedIn. 100 tips on how to write a huge list post. Business / Career / Finance.

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Mashup Resources Adsense WordPress 116

Firebelly

MARCH 5, 2010

Social Capital: The Currency of the Social Economy By Brian Solis Like any form of capital, Social capital rises and falls with the market and the individual to which it’s governed by the state of the industry and affected by the state of corresponding affairs. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

And to ensure they’re made to feel a strong part of your online community. Social media might be all about big numbers, but in a surprising number of marketing mishaps, a relatively small handful of people were the sparks that turned into online brushfires. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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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. Image: daskar ] Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

But with all other social networks, there are rules of engagement that are determined by the community. More information and tips for usage can be read in The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web. StumbleUpon is different from many other social sites in that it works via a toolbar installation on your browser.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

StumbleUpon: The Funny, the Informational, but Not So Newsy StumbleUpon is probably the last social site that I’d consider going for “news&# — at least not for “current events.&# And that differentiates StumbleUpon from the other social “news&# networks. Hope that clarifies where I’m coming from!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Here are three examples of brands that appear to be taking this message to heart: Fandango.com Best-known as a portal for buying movie tickets online, the site is actually quite diverse in terms of its content offerings. That’s good stuff, but what makes the website truly great is the inordinate amount of social and mobile integration.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Just do it while giving back to the community as well. Have you read The New Community Rules ? Reply Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot September 6, 2010 at 7:49 pm Hi Tamar, just revisiting after a reminder from Glen:) Impressed to see you’ve turned your blog into a brilliant resource with a fabulous community.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Most organizations still see blogs as a way to push their content to learners, which to my mind makes blogs simply a multimedia e-newsletter. If you see social media as primarily a more simple and efficient way for the usual experts to be able to share their opinions and content, then youre missing the point of the revolution.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 13, 2010

[Image: hfabulous ] Chad Richards Facebook | Twitter Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 1) : Comments I'm that 'social media savvy' guy! Joel: Haha.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Already, however, it’s gaining momentum among “Digg refugees&# and folks who don’t feel comfortable on other social networks. Earlier this month, I wrote a blog post about how you cannot be a participant of a community without understanding the community members therein. See the surge? Ride the wave!

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