Justin Levy

JUNE 5, 2011

Now that Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr are out ahead as the major social networks, it becomes harder to debate social platforms, though it definitely still occurs, especially with location-based platforms. It discourages the creation of content, which is where the focus should be. Photo Credit: ladybeames.

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Justin Levy

JUNE 5, 2011

Now that Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr are out ahead as the major social networks, it becomes harder to debate social platforms, though it definitely still occurs, especially with location-based platforms. It discourages the creation of content, which is where the focus should be. Photo Credit: ladybeames.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Hart "Show The Love" Facebook Sweepstakes | Main | YouTube Tuesday: Digital Ethnography » February 26, 2010 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read This Week Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 15, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 4 Ways To Celebrate MLK Day With Social Media | Main | Youtube Tuesday: ESCP Europe Human Experience » January 15, 2010 Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/11-1/15 Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 29, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Dentyne "Friend Request" Commercial: 60 Connections In Every Bottle | Main | Social Media & The Super Bowl » January 29, 2010 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.

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Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Once up in the organic search with good quality relevant content, the easier it is to stay there. Content is King. When you stop paying, the ads stop. The higher up in the organic search you rank, the less you need to spend on PPC. Organic search has a much higher click through rate than PPC, because it has a higher trust factor.

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Justin Levy

JUNE 22, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking An Overhaul to LinkedIn Groups Written on June 22, 2010 by Justin Levy in linkedin , social media , social networks , video 28 Comments - Leave a comment! Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here!

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Saying It Social

MAY 1, 2010

Fortunately, with a little strategic planning and implementation of some very helpful tools, you can accomplish your social networking/social media marketing tasks for the day in a very short amount of time. Blogs lend so many benefits to a social media marketing program that they really can’t be overlooked.

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Saying It Social

MARCH 11, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Free Tools for Social SEO Plenty of bloggers are talking about the inevitable intersection of social media marketing and search engine optimization. I'm guessing for most of you the answer is both.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

KnowEm also offers paid plans, from just signing up and registering you at 150 sites, to a full-featured plan which also fills in all profile details, complete with pictures, at 100 to 300 different networking sites. namechk : Covering 72 major social networking sites, namechk is simple, fast, and easy to use.

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Saying It Social

JULY 12, 2010

Are you open to the idea or are you content riding the big waves of Facebook , Twitter , etc.? This post was mentioned on Twitter by Social Media Insider. Social Media Insider said: Musings on Joining New Social Media Sites, Site Recommendations and On-Going Participation [link] #Socialmedia [.]

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

Social bookmarking. Social Networking. An overview of Googles new service for setting up your own personal, customizable home page for pulling in your e-mail inbox and content from your favorite sites via RSS feeds. Social bookmarking for sharing research articles. RSS feeds for staying current.

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Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

A social media marketing campaign requires constant maintenance, it is not a “set-and-forget&# type operation. Social media marketing requires listening. You have the opportunity to actually hear what your prospects want/need – do not let this precious gift given to you by social networks go wasted!

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Saying It Social

MARCH 22, 2010

Expand your social network. Google is already beta-testing the inclusion of blogs from your social circle in search results. Your social circle includes: Direct connections from Google Chat and Contacts. The bigger the social circle, the more likely your content will appear in the search results of those connected to you.

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Saying It Social

APRIL 21, 2010

Comments The Comments plugin lets users comment on any piece of content on your site. Activity Feed The Activity Feed plugin shows users what their friends are doing on your site through likes and comments. Like Box The Like box enables users to like your Facebook Page and view its stream directly from your website.

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Justin Levy

JULY 30, 2010

RSS and email subscriptions, site traffic and social sharing may all be continuing to increase. These are tracked through a variety of tools and even popular commenting system Disqus scours social networks to find blog posts being shared and displays those as “interactions&#. I’ve been thinking about this often.

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Saying It Social

MAY 7, 2010

Pingback by Tweets that mention A Step by Step Guide on Getting Started Using Facebook For Business « Saying It Social – Online Marketing, Social Networking, Social Media Marketing, & Search Engine Optimization -- Topsy.com | May 9, 2010 | Reply Good job, AK. Very useful. Self explanatory. Answers my doubts.

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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. OK as far as it goes, but so NOT getting to the real opportunities.Blogs are a conversation between the blogger and him/herself (a form of reflection) and between the blogger and his/her readers.

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Justin Levy

MAY 10, 2010

Not only is Admiral Mullen and his staff active on a variety of social networks, but their involvement is being guided by, according to their strategy, four main goals: ENGAGE – Begin engaging in interactive conversations with our followers and post more personalized content about the Chairman. United States License.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Twitter as a feed reader (for more important feeds). I subscribe to nearly 150 feeds and have no systematic way of reading them ( unlike Robert Scoble ). Sometimes, I’ll read the noisier (and most frequently updated) feeds first so I can tune into the more important feeds later.

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Kikolani

JUNE 27, 2011

There may also be times where you want to only share writing by you, and if you have a lot of guest bloggers on your site as well as guest posts on other sites, having a full RSS feed for your blog won’t do. Creating a Custom RSS Feed. Description – this is a short description of the content of your custom feed.

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The Marketing Blog

APRIL 9, 2008

Now replace water by ‘web content’ and homes by your ‘computer’ What we as users want is web-content to come to us on our computers. So ‘RSS’ essentially acts as pipeline and it pushes web-content to us in the RSS feed readers. We want it for various purposes and various formats.

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The Way of the Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Individuals can no longer have a basic sharing and following network within Google Reader. But worse is the claim that many users in more repressive countries were using Google Reader as social networks were blocked, and had connections of several thousand in many cases. That’s entirely lost now. WTF Google?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

business , linkedin , networking , socialmedia100 , socialnetworks. If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the feed to receive future articles delivered to your feed reader. LinkedIn remains my favorite social networking tool. Best Social Media Calendar.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

They were, in order: Halloween , Windows Phone , Brett Favre , Chilean Miners , Breast Cancer , ‘The Social Network’ , Jon Stewart , World Series , Kanye West , and Nobel Prize. And, like ProBlogger , BGR features prominent RSS and email subscription options that encourage readers to stay engaged via feed reader or email.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Right now, you’ll find the likes of Tamar , Jonathan , Lisa and Rebecca in my feed reader, and consequently, in that box. I get the same e-mails, only they are about getting a #1 ranking in Google Reply Ian February 2, 2010 at 10:59 am This post is a prime example of how to be a true social media expert.

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Justin Levy

MAY 30, 2011

No content calendar. There surely are many other “sins&# and many, if not all of them, apply to other social networks as well. This is another one of those face palm moments that I have when I see a brand automating their content to Facebook. Create custom content that’s specific for your Facebook community.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

You can see how many people are subscribing to your RSS feed and from which sources, and if you use the new Google Analytics integration, you can see how many clicks each individual post is getting from feed readers. Around two years ago I had over 350 feeds in there as I was a total information junkie.

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Viper Chill

MAY 3, 2010

If you’re reading this in a feed reader or inbox, thanks for subscribing! The phrase is very competitive and gets around 40,000 exact searches per month in Google so I think this shows that quality content around a topic (which attracts links) is really what Google and other search engines want to provide their audience.

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Social Media Marketing

MARCH 20, 2013

Each week at Ford, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep the wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. Content is no longer king.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

(Some of these may work with RSS readers from Newsgator, Bloglines and others but they are written with Google in mind.). The Core Philosophy: Google Reader is a database and a feed reader. Continually add tons of feeds in organized, methodical way. Annotate your data by connecting Reader to Gmail or Blogger.

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Justin Levy

MAY 30, 2011

No content calendar. There surely are many other “sins” and many, if not all of them, apply to other social networks as well. This is another one of those face palm moments that I have when I see a brand automating their content to Facebook. It’s only natural. There is no strategy. Not having any goals.

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Justin Levy

OCTOBER 31, 2009

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Dealing with Social Media Rejection Written on October 31, 2009 by Justin Levy in relationships , social media 22 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed.

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Justin Levy

MAY 30, 2011

No content calendar. There surely are many other “sins” and many, if not all of them, apply to other social networks as well. This is another one of those face palm moments that I have when I see a brand automating their content to Facebook. It’s only natural. There is no strategy. Not having any goals.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Despite the fact that Facebook has the most customizable privacy settings of all social networks (though we could argue with their effectiveness in a whole other post), people don’t like maintaining a “business&# identity on the same profile as their “personal&# (fun?)

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Justin Levy

JUNE 23, 2010

It gives you the ammunition you need to convince your boss, your board, your IT team, or your employees why they should be investing time and money on “just another social network.&# If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the feed to receive future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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