This is part 3 of a 5 part series that covers creating content for the following social bookmarking sites. The other parts will be released over the next few weeks so keep checking back. Part 1: Digg Part 2: StumbleUpon Part 3: Reddit Part 4: Mixx Part 5: Delicious...
“Likes”, “Connections”, “Followers” – we are living in the age of social media. Brands can never imagine growing without an ever-increasing number of social followers. And on top of that, you need to have quality followers. So, how do you get quality social followers...
There are many ways to update your social networks. Some applications and web services such as Ping.fm, HootSuite, and Twiterfeed (to name a few) allow posting of text only, Twitter-like status updates to other social networks such as Facebook, FriendFeed, Google...
When it comes to social branding, there is none better than Gary Vaynerchuk. Gary has build one of the largest followings on the web and he continues to gain new fans everyday. For people that are not firmilar with Gary, he is a wine enthusiast…to say the...
There’s no doubt that a website hoping to do business has to invest in and have some knowledge of online marketing if they expect to be successful. The sheer amount of information going live on the internet every moment can mean that despite authenticity and quality,...
Many employees are doing it anyway, whether the management knows it or not. The temptation is just too great. White collar workers sitting at desks, with computers and Internet connections are very likely using social media for personal use throughout much of their...
Brand and online reputation management has become a growing concern for a lot of companies because of the multiple ways people can interact with each other online. People now are communicating via blogs, forums, discussion boards, wikis, Q&A, and video sites. ...
Google just announced Google Buzz, allowing you to share photos, videos, and updates in gmail with existing friends you already have made. You have the option of sharing things with the world or specific friends. Easily connect with social sites you use like Picasa,...
Do you share your social profile links via Twitter, or on other social networks where there is a character limit? Do you want to track the number of times that your profile link was clicked? If you answered yes to any of the above, then the obvious thing you would...
We all know that location-based marketing is becoming a huge hit with Internet Marketers. Services like Gowalla and Foursquare have been the front-runners in the space and have proven that users LOVE to check-in to tell their friends where they are hanging out and to...
Social media is a critical component of any online marketing campaign. Data indicates that when a business is involved on social networks, they can increase customer engagement with the brand and boost searchability on the web. LinkedIn is a popular network for the...
Whether you are planning the launch of a new product or want to create awareness about an existing brand, Facebook fan pages can bring you amazing results. It’s an excellent idea to build a killer Facebook page for your brand and make it a favorite place for your fans...
By now, almost everyone has heard about the new and exciting release of the Google+ Project, the latest product from Google. I myself have only been using it for a few weeks, so I am still trying to get use to it and test out all of the features it has. This is the...
This is part 2 of a 5 part series that covers creating content for the following social bookmarking sites. The other parts will be released over the next few weeks so keep checking back. Part 1: Digg Part 2: StumbleUpon Part 3: Reddit Part 4: Mixx Part 5: Delicious...
Don’t say this too loud in front of your boss, but there’s a chance that all the social media marketing you’ve been doing to attract a younger audience could be falling on deaf ears. Turns out, the 12-24 age bracket doesn’t want to “like” or be friends with brand...
The foundation of social media involves the interaction, engagement, and discussion with people using user-generated video, audio, and text through blogs, wikis, social content sharing sites, and video hosting sites. With that being said I ask…Is it possible to...
When ever I get a opportunity to speak about seo or social media to a whole new audience. I start to get a feeling of enjoyment because I feel like this is my time to not just teach but also help others to simply just understand online marketing. Meaning that people...
Just two months after its October release in the Apple App Store, the photo-sharing application Instagram already had 1 million registered users. As of April of this year, there are over 30 million registered accounts. For an owner or marketer of any business whose...
Facebook posts look stale without comments on them. Getting fans to comment on your Facebook pages requires time and effort. However, you can expedite the process by following a couple of proven tips. Getting comments on Facebook posts is all about encouraging your...
I’ve developed a strong liking for Q&A sites (Yahoo Answers, Quora, LinkedIn Answers, Stack Overflow etc). No matter which niche you belong to, you can always leverage these online platforms to fulfill a wide variety of goals. If you can differentiate between top...
Recently I wrote a post on how much knowledge a client should have, but along with knowledge also comes responsibility. For any internet marketing agency to work well with their clients, there must be a mutual understanding of the overall strategy, and most...
I just don’t get Twitter!!! This is the catch cry I constantly hear from business owners almost every time I speak to them about social media interaction and marketing. And you know what?? This lack of understanding of how to use Twitter effectively doesn’t...
It’s difficult to remember the days before communication became instantaneous. Thanks to the internet we no longer have to wait for the daily newspaper or snail-mail. Now, news and information is relayed the moment it happens and the ordinary person is an integral...
Facebook, Twitter and Google+—these three major social players aren’t just places to drop your ad and service update bombs. In Internet marketing, social networking sites are a sacred place to position yourself in the market without even mentioning that you sell a...
Throughout my 5 years as a SEO and Internet Marketer, I have seen a number of tactics that were borderline unethical (depending on who you talk to in the industry). Even though people won’t admit it, SEO’s are using some or all of the tactics I am going...
No matter who you are, you should be monitoring your brand. Your brand could be anything from your own name, your business or company name, your product, your blog, and so on. Brand monitoring isn’t just about reputation management issues – it’s...
Internet marketing is rapidly becoming the most powerful tool utilized by companies and individuals to bring attention to themselves and generate an income online. A wide variety of websites have come and gone in the past, due to public interest waning and the overuse...
I have discussed with a number of people recently the debate about what is considered Search Engine Optimization and what is considered Social Media. To tell you the truth, I feel like they are starting to blend together to become the ultimate marketing machine on...
I’ll be the first too admit it, I started using Twitter as a one-way communication tool, so that I could help promote my content. However I quickly learned that by doing that, I would not be able to build the following and relationships that I wanted on...
Each Social media website develops its own community and its own demographic profile. With the ever changing world of social media, it can be hard to determine which social media community would be the most effective place to market your company. With one in four...
Now days, almost all businesses some way or the other are connected to social networking platforms like twitter, Facebook, Google+ etc. for popularization and other purposes. But according to experts, the social media along with its vast uses brings increasing threats...
With more and more happening in the way of location based social media, including deals that you get and contests you can enter simply by checking into places, there is also a growing need to remind people just what they are sharing when they “check in”...
You may have seen them around town: odd black-and-white squares on signs, brochures, and product packaging. QR codes (Quick Response codes) function similarly to UPC codes, which most of us are familiar with. Two major differences between a QR code and UPC code are...
When it comes to Twitter, there is a wealth of information that is at your fingertips, as most everything on Twitter is public record. For businesses, this can mean a wealth of market research, lead generation, and reputation monitoring can be done with the use of...
There’s no doubt that participation at social media is growing at an alarming rate. According to a recent survey, 43% of all online consumers are on one social network or another. More and more marketers plan to increase their social media marketing spend. The point...
Social media marketing has moved out of the realm of “trial and error” and has become a critical component of any online marketing strategy. Cost effective and relatively easy to use, social media has become a favorite tool of marketers. However, for business owners...
Whenever we hear branding, what comes into our minds is its comprising entities—aesthetics, logo design, typefaces, and color contrast. However, in social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter (knowing that we cannot alter their layout and aesthetics), branding...
Social media has really changed the way brands are connecting with their customers. More and more companies are starting to realize the value of social media and are quickly adapting this new form of communication. However in order to have a successful social media...
No brand can ever ignore the potential of Facebook applications. In order to build your brand presence on Facebook, you can use a variety of these applications. Each application has its own unique value. If you want to drive social momentum, it’s crucial to use...
Paper.li is a service that pulls tweet links and compiles them into newspaper format. The benefit to using these is that it brings relevant content to your users, as well as mentioning 2 – 3 users in each paper. These papers can be a good way to keep up on the...
In the SEO community we have been fighting the effects of personalised search in Google, turning the function off so as not to cloud our results pages with links that are biased towards our browsing history and recommendations from our friends on social networks. So...
Marketers have long understood the benefits of ab testing content on their site to increase subscriptions, signups, and sales through small changes on elements of their site. In this increasingly interactive web, have you considered the placement of your social...
How many followers do you have on twitter? Are they your targeted one? Twitter is a powerful platform to do micro blogging. It is the best place to share news, show your emotion, share thoughts and follow your favorite celebrity and to promote your business. Your...
Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg.com released an introduction video to the new Digg v4.0. A key point that he made in the video below is how the “old” or “current” Digg only features about 120-140 posts on the front page of Digg each day. But...
Using Google Keyword Tool Among other functions, the Google Adwords keyword tool plays a vital role in effective SEO. All know the role of SEO on internet and the benefits it brings. If you ever plan to optimize your web content, you will definitely come across this...
Social media is increasingly used by businesses to promote products and serve customers on another level never before imagined. While today, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are the most popular networks for growing a brand, Pinterest is slowly but surely becoming a...
In an online world filled with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendfeed, Foursquare, Gowalla, Skype, gChat, Tumblr, Flickr, YouTube, and the millions of Blogs/Foums…at what point are you wasting your time??? I often find these days forcing myself to shut down my...
If there’s one path of determination that businesses alike have trouble developing, it’s a social media following. According to 2010 Social Media Marketing Report, 67% of marketers plan to use some form of a social media channel including blogs, Twitter, and Facebook....
Evolution of Search Engine Optimization Death to the Old SEO Methods There is a prevailing theme often heard in Internet Marketing that Search Engine Optimization, better known as SEO, is DEAD. Any number of reasons can be attributed to this idea, and there are many...
At the end of April, Google’s latest algorithm update Penguin changed the way we market our websites forever. Combating over-optimized websites, the algorithm hit thousands of websites and slashed the rankings of hundreds of web pages. Even if you’re an innocent...
