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2 Ways to DISlike Things on Facebook (FireFox and Google Chrome)
Ever since Facebook has introduced its “Like” functionality, many people have been wondering why there is no way to “DISlike” things there. I am not...
Tweet With Your FACE: Why Big Brands Need Social Brand Ambassadors
This is something Zappos has done for years that really needs to catch on more than it has, because: The rewards for corporations are huge,...
Getting All Employees Involved in Your Social Media Plan
Getting your entire company on-board with your social media strategy can help create an immediate impact in your social presence online. Instead of just one...
Facebook Lights a Fire Under Google- Open Graph Search Engine
image courtesy of http://trendslator.wordpress.com If you’ve been reading my posts on here, you know that I’m very into the future of internet marketing and search,...
Pay Per Face: 52 Facebook Advertising Tips & Best Practices
Facebook Ads Are Interesting… and Profitable Combine AdWords’ copywriting and analytics with image-oriented linkbait, and you’ve got Facebook ads. And it’s a new system to...
Process for Analyzing a Twitter Account
Whenever someone follows me on Twitter, I will check out their profile to see who they are and if they are legit or a spammer....
8 Villains of Social Media
Social Media Marketing sure isn’t easy. It takes time to get to know the space you’re in, to network with like minded users, and to...
Social Media & Reputation Management
Now that Facebook has officially taken over the world, it has become increasingly important to monitor your account closely as possible. A company’s social media...
Stay.com Lets You Create Your Dream Getaway – Easily
There are travel guides and tips online, travel books like Fodors or the Rough Guide, even newsstand nested travel magazines with grandiose pictures of dream...
Create a Branded Social-Sharing Bar with Apture
Last week I had some great time speaking to Apture representative who encouraged me to go ahead and give their tool a try at SEOSmarty.com....
Trackur Update- The White-Labeled Social Media Monitoring Dashboard
We are pleased to announce that one of the amazing social media monitoring dashboard tools has decided to offer its services as white-label! Trackur has always...
Creating A Social Media Marketing Action Plan – Part 3: Reporting
Now that we’ve defined our KPI’s and configured our analytics, it’s time to put together a client/management facing report that is both actionable and comprehensive....
5 Simple Steps to Viral Video Results
Let’s start off funny. The following are NOT the 5 steps to viral video results: Sit around drinking and talking about funny video ideas. List...
Quickly Embed Tweets to a Web Page with Blackbird Pie
Do you often use the screenshots of your (or maybe someone else’s) Tweet? I see the Twitter screenshots throughout the web. People use the screenshots...
BlueGlass LA : Premier Online Marketing Conference from S&S and 10e20
I’m very excited to announce today that Search & Social & 10e20 have joined forces to bring together a conference like no other, BlueGlass LA....
9 Places to Share Your Blog Feed to Automatically Update Your Social Media Contacts
Most of us are active at a number of social media sites. And I bet, we all have a blog (or several blogs). You are...
Change Your Default Twitter Following Email Notifications
By default (but optionally) Twitter sends you an email “notice” of each user who starts following you. Unlike Facebook, for example (where you have a...
Create Your Social Media Life Stream at WordPress Blog
I registered the domain for my name – annsmarty.com – two years ago (to protect my online reputation) and since then I’ve had no idea...
Get your Facebook Privacy Under Control
Because Facebook privacy is such a hot topic lately, I thought I might write something so you know where you can check your privacy settings,...
Creating a Social Media Analytics Action Plan – Part 2: Configuring Your Analytics
Last month I introduced the idea that by creating a Social Media Analytics Action Plan, you’d find it much easier to not only find the...
Search & Social Awards Winners Announced!
Ladies and gentlemen, can I have your attention please?! Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? Oh… wait. Wrong audience. Sorry. The Search &...
How “The Real Joe” Gets Social Media
Talk about the perfect trifecta – the seamless blend of social media, local and offline marketing – the “Real Joe” of Joe’s Real BBQ (a local...
Keep Track of What You Share Online with Sharetivity
We share dozens of links online: via social bookmarking tools, Twitter and many more social sharing sites. And naturally we have many tools that make...
Use Titles & Descriptions to Get Best Exposure (and SEO) for Your Site on Social Media Networks
Social Networking and Bookmarking sites have become a great way to boost the profile of your website across the internet and automated sharing and posting...
Why Google’s Redesign Could Be Good News for Social Marketers
It’s all about the real estate. Google results pages have historically been about simplicity. Any search “options” have been such a little part of the...
Various Extensions to Use Delicious from Google Chrome Browser
More and more people are migrating to Google Chrome. I for one am using it as an alternative browser keeping an eye on all emerging...
The Schism Of Contemporary Professional Relationship Expectations
“Come Get Some!”… Duke Nukem So, there’s the guy I sort of know and, well, you see… Let me start over. My wife is really...
Why Facebook Marketing Slaps Twitter Marketing In the Face
And beats its pants off. [Sorry we were just brainstorming linkbait titles about John Daly’s pants.] I was asked to speak about “Capitalizing on the...
A Cool WordPress Plugin to Integrate Facebook “Like” Functionality
If you liked Facebook’s popular “Like” functionality and want to engage your Facebook fan page users or just random Facebookers, you will love the plugin...
Competitive Intelligence in SEO & Social Media
Understanding thy competition is a golden rule in any kind of business, ranging from online marketing to politics to running the local mom & pop...