Small Business Mavericks
AUGUST 4, 2011
Did you know you can use Amazon.com as a social networking tool? Amazon.com can be your niche networking space. Here are some tips to help make Amazon.com a social networking application for you: When you read a book, listen to music, or try out a new product, leave a review. You can designate a Wish List on Amazon and display your wish list with a widget on your website or blog. Amazon can be used for social networking.
Laurel Papworth
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
Episode 3 focusses on monetizing APIs and looking at revenue streams from widgets. Companies that open their business databases and stream that data out, can have an army of hundreds of thousands (mostly) unpaid developers creating Facebook apps, iPhone apps and blog widgets to help sell their products and services. An overview of social media monetization revenues. API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Ep.003 from Laurel Papworth on Vimeo.
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Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 21, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks December 21st, 2010 Tweet I first heard about Amplify earlier this year; I believe it was at the January chapter meeting of IABC/DC Metro. As the year went by, I found myself playing more and more with Amplify and now it’s become one of my top three social networks.
Buffer Social
JUNE 26, 2017
This post was originally published in 2016 and has been updated with the latest tips and tricks to grow your following on every social media network. It also includes the latest podcast episode from The Science of Social Media! . You’re taking the dive into a new social network, or you’re itching to grow your existing profile. You’ve got a social media strategy in place and a plan in mind. So how do new social media accounts do it?
Laurel Papworth
APRIL 27, 2010
I’m about to install and muck around with Open Atrium as an social network intranet product for a client. It’s based on social networking software Drupal, and is free to download: Social Intranet Open Atrium. Group Dashboard : Mini widgets give you a snapshot of all the activity happening across your groups. Social Intranet: Open Atrium social network for internal use is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy.
Viper Chill
APRIL 7, 2014
On January 28th you may recall that I did a huge blog post on why I’m building a bigger link network. In that post I showed in great detail how Godaddy were utilising customers who are using their SSL services and getting top search rankings by adding anchor-text-rich backlinks in the widgets that clients place on their websites. I mean, each of these widgets has more than a dozen links in them (without no-follow, of course) and they’re clearly benefiting from it.
Saying It Social
MARCH 18, 2010
Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to add Social Networking Buttons to Your Email Signature in Outlook 1st Ta sk: Downloading the Icons to Your Desktop Go to [link]. In the Address bar, type the URL (don’t forget the [link] of the social media site that corresponds with the icon you have selected. Happy networking! eMarketer reports that consumers force retailers to adopt social strategy.
ProBlogger
JUNE 11, 2012
We tend to use social networks as channels that feed into each other, with certain channels for posting content and others for re-publishing it. Widgets and apps can help pull a Twitter feed to a website, or a blog RSS feed to a LinkedIn profile or Facebook profile. The hub might represent a blog or Twitter feed, and all the spokes separate social media channels. Why post bespoke messages on each social media platform if the content and its message is the same?
SocMed Sean
FEBRUARY 9, 2014
The content in this widget providers users with a quick way to see what topics of conversation are trending across the entire Facebook community. Facebook Featured Social Media Tech facebook social media social networking tips usability user experience In case you haven’t notice, Facebook recently launched an addition to the user-experience called their “Trending” box.
SocMed Sean
DECEMBER 26, 2018
The benefit is the fact that it is pretty much “set it and forget it” Install the plugin, add the widget somewhere on your site that allows users to choose their language and the plugin does the rest. Blogs Featured People Social Media WordPress Workplace blog content management marketing social social media social networking translation Web Content Management wordpress
SocMed Sean
DECEMBER 22, 2011
Nothing says social networking like advertisements. think about it…when was the last time you actually looked at anything in that annoying ticker widget? Facebook People Social facebook social media social networkingRight? Blech! Apparently Facebook isn’t satisfied with targeting advertisements to you in the right-rail of the Facebook user experience.
SocMed Sean
MARCH 18, 2012
Remember, the more you clean up those old posts the more they will pay you back with increased search engine traffic or organic traffic from social networks like Twitter and Facebook. 7 Tips For Cleaning Up Your Blog And Improving Your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Clean up those plugins – If you have been trying out new plugins or widgets for your blog, be sure to delete them if you’re not using them. Do you have too many widgets?
Laurel Papworth
APRIL 8, 2010
If you use a Fan Box widget off of our site to promote your Page, others will be able to copy and place the widget elsewhere. You may not place a Fan Box widget in an advertisement. I teach a hub and spoke approach to social media connectivity – create a hub that YOU control, use the Facebook/Twitters/Youtubes to distribute to spokes. Don’t build your network hub on Facebook – use it as a spoke. Social Media Monetization and Revenue (29).
Laurel Papworth
FEBRUARY 21, 2011
I often write on social media revenue – how social media sites like blogs and forums and social networks monetize. Yes, Virginia, social media and blogs CAN make money. Will 2010 see the further rise of social media proprietors? Huffington Post Sells for $315m Social Media Revenue is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy. Social Media Monetization: Craigslist hits $100m (4).
Webbiquity SMM
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
Looking for a way to monitor social media activities and results on a tight budget? Want to show the world how social you are with a cool widget on your website or blog? You’ll find all of this and more in this collection of tools and reviews of some of the coolest free or low-cost social media monitoring and web tools so far this year. Social Mention. ** 5 stars. A social media monitoring tool that combines powerful features (e.g.,
Laurel Papworth
OCTOBER 22, 2011
No journalists, except a journalists that now work in social media and a few bloggers now paid to bring their audiences and expert knowledge to journalism (blogournalists?) The FutureOfMedia Discussion site The New Fourth Estate is Social Media The Function of News in Community Commercialization of Human Stories De-Commercialization of Human Stories Problem Journalism vs Solution Journalism Product vs Process Journalism What is a Newspaper’s Product Anyway?
SocMed Sean
FEBRUARY 26, 2012
Through the use of a custom browser widget, Pinterest members can capture media from any public Web site or blog and “pin” it to a virtual pinboard, usually organized around a specific topic (e.g “cool shoes”, “food I’d like to try”, or “my art”). With a limited number of hours in the day , could Pinterest actually draw users away from other social networks like Facebook and Twitter?
Laurel Papworth
MAY 17, 2010
Also a diagram on private to public social networks. And I know that it will sound odd to those who assume that “everything that goes online is for public broadcasting&# but my experience of Facebook is that it was the most private, gated social network online. Enter ReclaimPrivacy.org – add a widget to your browser toolbar then click it. Social networks will take a lot of abuse from community hosts.
Laurel Papworth
APRIL 13, 2010
Whenever I present or give classes on monetizing social networks and online communities people usually have two questions. Social Media Monetization Models on Flickr [link]. Social media Donations it works for Wikipedia. SMS other social networks are built on SMS revenues such as SMSFun. Social ads is the worst revenue payer in social media (MySpace make $2.17 Clip of the Social Economy services such as opensource outsourcing/recruitment.
Laurel Papworth
JULY 3, 2010
Transactional based widgets still aren’t trusted I guess. And the actual Store widget itself is from Amazon. Online Community Books – Amazon Bookshop on WordPress is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy. Your staff are members of social networks too (3). Tags: Online Communities social media social networks
Laurel Papworth
MARCH 15, 2010
When we designed Twitter, we took a different approach—we didn’t require a relationship model like that of a social network. I’m not a hundred percent sure what @anywhere offers that current widgets don’t already offer – a Twitter created widget rather than a 3rd party developer widget created from the Twitter API. For example click on Get Widget below. Still the widgets do this already don’t they?
SocMed Sean
JUNE 5, 2018
In this case Michael pointed out that my article with steps on how to remove the Trending box from Facebook will soon be irrelevant since Facebook has added a little notice to the box that they are removing the Trending box to make way for “future news experiences” The Facebook Trending News widget, located in the right sidebar of the desktop experience, will soon be a thing of the past.
Laurel Papworth
APRIL 21, 2010
Savvy marketers continue to invest substantial sums in building a presence on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Monetizing Facebook: Dollar Value of Facebook Fan is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy. Technorati Tags: Australia , cpm , Facebook , Marketing , Monetization , revenue , ROI , social media , social networks , value. Social Media Monetization: Craigslist hits $100m (4).
SocMed Sean
FEBRUARY 3, 2013
I get a lot of questions via Facebook , Twitter and my email contact form and many of the items listed below come straight from those questions, my experience in social media strategy, years of researching platforms and best practices and…well…tinkering with social media. My thoughts on 18 different topics, with some social media humor sprinkled in. Social media takes time and energy. 3) Social media is about people. Social Sharing Tools (e.g.
Laurel Papworth
OCTOBER 21, 2009
I’m a huge fan of advertising campaigns in social spaces that are fun, narrative, a game, and not in your face. However, not all rostered agencies are included in the social media pitch. Once the two agencies have been selected for the two projects to run next year, Toyota will then decide whether it is in a position to appoint a retained agency for social media. 15,000 buys you a bunch of blogger drinks and flash embeddable widgets.
Laurel Papworth
OCTOBER 26, 2009
Episode 2 of monetizing online communities looks at donations – an overlooked revenue stream and the social media tools that enable donations online. This does NOT have to be Not For Profits – social networks that have a “community&# feel, can also connect with the goodwill of the members and seek donations as a revenue stream. Online social media services provide scope for members to donate time, resources and money how and when they want.
Laurel Papworth
JULY 23, 2010
List of Social Media Election sites for Australian 2010 election. It’s particularly interesting to see which social media election sites are allowing the electorate to ask questions -versus who is providing answers. This election is going to be hotly contested – by social media sites – for relevancy. The Campaign Pulse is a social media dashboard monitoring sentiment on Twitter and Youtube and Flickr.
Laurel Papworth
JANUARY 17, 2010
Yes, Virginia, social media and blogs CAN make money. Will 2010 see the further rise of social media proprietors? It’s usually said in a tone that implies that social media is so gosh- darn “social&# and “friendly&# that everyone gives everything away for free. And “TechCrunch had about a million global page views in September, compared with 13 million for CNET News, according to comScore Networks Inc.&#.
Twist Image
MARCH 5, 2011
Know the direction of your business and build your strategy around it (hint: that's where the real ROI of Social Media, publishing and Digital Marketing lies). Great content gets shared not because you have a widget that makes it easy to share, but because it's truly valuable. In search engines, online social networks and offline. online social network. social media roi. widget. "What type of content should my company be producing?"
Laurel Papworth
JUNE 9, 2010
Join Mashable in celebrating Social Media Day. Wednesday June 30th is global social media day. Celebrating all things social and media-ish. Social Media Day from Mashable : As far as we know, there is no official Social Media Day. So we invite you to celebrate the revolution of media becoming a social dialogue by attending or organizing a Social Media Day meetup in your area on June 30. Social media has changed our lives.
Laurel Papworth
JUNE 17, 2012
Klout is the social media measurement tool that measures influence – how many followers, how much interaction and the style of interaction that a person has in their personal or business social network. API stands for Application Programming Interface – it lets you put a widget on your website that is updated every time someone updates their database. See the K button below: Klout is fed into most of the main social media monitoring systems.
Jason Yormark
AUGUST 19, 2009
jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Social Media / How To Use LinkedIn Groups To Drive Website Traffic | Subcribe via RSS How To Use LinkedIn Groups To Drive Website Traffic August 19th, 2009 Posted in Social Media Tweet Share Everyone knows that Linked In is THE social network for professionals, allowing you to create a living resume, perform targeted job searches, collect recommendations and connect with others.
Saying It Social
MAY 1, 2010
Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Get the Biggest Bang for Your Time Online: A Look at Efficient Ways to Effectively Social Network When You Have Limited Time I recently posed the following question to the members of the LinkedIn Group, Social Networking & Social Media Marketing for Franchisees , “If you are not currently implementing a social media marketing program for your business, why not?
Laurel Papworth
JULY 4, 2012
I teach classes on social media monitoring – computer classes – and the students set up iGoogle to find and monitor Media, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, images, key influencers, keywords, CEO and brand mentions and so on. Now that iGoogle is retiring , I need another free service to teach social media monitoring – know of one? It can’t be a purely RSS play as we need gadgets/widgets for API only based services.
Bill Hartzer
JANUARY 28, 2010
Social Connections has released MashedIn.com , an application that allows you to identify mutual connections across multiple social networks. 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. Individuals have various groups of friends or connections on different social networks they use on a regular basis.
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
JANUARY 12, 2010
Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal , Social Media > How Do You Network on Different Social Sites? How Do You Network on Different Social Sites? by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks? Allow me to explain: I first embraced social networking in the late 90s when I joined SixDegrees.com.
Buffer Social
AUGUST 8, 2022
If you asked someone 20 years ago what their favorite social media platforms were, chances are they wouldn’t have an answer for you. The app is currently having its time in the spotlight, especially as it offers users a different experience than any other social media platform.
Buzz Marketing for Technology
JUNE 23, 2009
So let’s go through some of your options when it comes to the tactics of social networking marketing. Have a Strong Presence A Facebook presence, like a website, is a fundamental tactic and should be on everyone’s list of must haves for social network marketing. Similar to the.com land grab that happened in the late 90’s, you should secure your company name on as many social sites as you can. There are 2 basic types of ads: Display ads and Social ads.
Laurel Papworth
JULY 1, 2015
Writing a social media press release for customers, vendors, clients, stakeholders to pick up and deliver the news into their Facebook and Twitter and Google Plus networks is a totally different beast. What are the Main Features of a Social Media Press Release? About statements on corporate social responsibility, company history, stories. Lots of rich content “social objects” ripe for dissemination on Facebook and Twitter.
Laurel Papworth
OCTOBER 8, 2012
I’m a social media strategist that blogs about social media and online communities so I find it frustrating when I am sent a PDF attachment on an email with a traditional media press release using agency created content, professional film crews employed to do the traditional campaign filming and ditto with professional musicians. The only “social” part is to please please please blog about it, tugging on For A Good Cause™ heartstrings. So some social.
Socialmedia.biz
APRIL 24, 2018
By now, we all know that our own websites need to be optimized for social media integration. We need site visitors to see that we’re active and influential on social media, we need to entice them into following us on these branded third-party presences so we can nurture them as leads. But creating social media optimized websites at scale is another matter. Then let’s dig deeper into the inner-workings of Duda’s agency-friendly social media features. Social Media Icons.
Webbiquity SMM
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. Which social networking site is used by 92% of senior marketing executives? What social media tool helps small business double their reach on Twitter? How do B2B social media marketing practices differ from B2C companies? Social Media Statistics.
Social Media Strategery
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media An Awesome Interview with the Founder of GovLoop, Steve Ressler Mon, Sep 28, 2009 Government 2.0 Steve Ressler, Founder of GovLoop As announced this morning, GovLoop, the premier social network for the government community, has joined forces with GovDelivery, the world’s leading provider of government-to-citizen communications solutions.
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