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Learn the latest news and trends on the most popular social networks and how to reach and engage your audience with social media marketing best practices.
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The Savvy Marketers Guide to Jumping on Internet Memes
The web’s most recent viral success – the Harlem Shake video – was notable for the way companies in all industries jumped on board with...
6 Pillars of a Successful Blog
While I don’t believe much in dwelling on failures and mistakes, I do believe we can learn from them. Often other people can learn from...
Using Tracking URLs With StumbleUpon Ads
As someone who recommends and uses StumbleUpon Ads on a regular basis, I wanted to share a quick tip for anyone out there wanting to...
How to Create and Promote Successful Social Media Giveaways (and build SEO Links)
As much as I love guest blogging, I think it’s important to diversify your back link portfolio. Focusing on just one type of back link...
Claiming Google+ Authorship and Publisher Markup for SEO
Google Author Rank is a hot topic in both the content and search marketing industry. What is Author Rank exactly? While Google hasn’t officially said anything about...
How to Develop a Writing Voice that People Recognize from a Mile Away
When you lose self consciousness and relax into the act of writing that’s when your voice emerges – Justine Musk As the web gets flooded...
What Could Facebook Hashtag Adoption Mean for the Social Giant?
The hashtag, which has long been ubiquitous with Twitter as a way to group tweets into specific conversations, and has also been employed by Google+...
Top 10 April Fools Day Jokes for 2013
Google’s latest Porcupine update suggests you should be skeptical about what you read online today! So today for many of you that haven’t figured it...
How to Consistently Write 1000 Words a Day
One of the secrets of the most successful bloggers is that they are prolific. Writing 1000 words a day is like brushing their teeth. It’s...
How Google Glass will influence the way we connect on Google+
Social media interaction is in a constant state of evolution. Traditionally, progress has been limited to text-based interactions or static video; however through Google+ Hangouts,...
What Facebook’s Graph Search Can Offer Brands
Facebook introduced the new Graph Search, a term derived from social graphs and search. This new feature is a long leap from the old Facebook...
What Corporate Blogs Could Learn from the Success of Personal Blogs
If you look at most company blogs, they’re incredibly boring. [pullquote]The lack of red tape and need for permission has resulted in one of the...
Can Facebook Graph Make You Money?
Facebook’s latest innovation – Graph Search, went live in January. Currently it covers four basic searches but it is expected to expand over the coming...
How to Grow Your Google+ Following
Every day, I hop on a global magic carpet and attempt to interact with millions of people. The ride has allowed me to grow my...
Social Media Outsourcing Horror Stories
I think it’s safe to say that most companies have finally become aware of how vital it is to have a well-integrated social media campaign...
Twitter’s Vine App Will Make Social SEO Campaigns More Awesome
On January 24th 2012, the world’s fastest growing social media platform, Twitter, released a new mobile application that allows for the transference of short, precise...
The Art of Local Social Media Marketing vs International Social Media Marketing
One of the biggest shifts we’ve since seen in the last year for social media marketing has been the increasing use of international campaigns. This...
#SocialChat Discusses Pinterest Marketing
On Monday, March 11th, Daniel Maloney (@DanielPMaloney), CEO of PinLeague took a turn in the hot seat to discuss the finer points of Pinterest marketing....
Is Social Media Bad For Your Phone
No doubt many of you reading this use social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and others on a daily, if not hourly...
10 Ways to Integrate Vine into your Social Media Marketing Strategy
There are some really great reasons why you should think about using Twitter’s new video sharing app to promote your business or brand. Vine is...
Why Thriving Communities Require True Fans
If you start a blog today with the intention of becoming the next Lifehacker, Problogger, or Copyblogger, you’re likely to fail. Between a lengthy head...
#SocialChat Discusses Content That Gets Shared
On Monday, March 4th, Social Media newbies and pros alike gathered around the virtual campfire to discuss content strategies that get the social share with...
#SocialChat Discusses SEO for Community Managers
On Monday Feb. 26th, Travis Wright (@teedubya) took a spin in the hot seat to discuss SEO for community managers. Mr. Wright specializes in local search,...
Social SEO Insights for the New Age of Search
“Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and...
Facebook’s Graph Search and Google+ for Social: Does One Have to Prevail?
Facebook and Google have been seen as separate online necessities for quite some time, but it seems as though both companies are beginning to close...
5 Social Media Marketing Strategies for eCommerce Websites in the Year Ahead
Social media has revolutionized the way we use the internet, and how we consume information. Consumers are no longer the silent majority, and media companies...
Personal and Business “Bullying” in Social Media: Ways to Manage It
It’s been a year since one of the persons I know well was attacked in social media and had to struggle with the consequences. Imagine...
#SocialChat Discusses Pinterest Marketing with Jennifer Cario
On Monday February 4th, devotees of chatting in 140 or less gathered to discuss Pinterest marketing tactics with the super-sweet, Jennifer Cario (@JenniferCario). Jennifer is...
Infographic: How Users Interact with Pinterest
There has been a great deal of buzz about marketing opportunities via Pinterest over the last year. But is the buzz about something that is...
A Glimpse into Facebook’s Graph Search
Upon returning from my lunch meeting today I noticed a new icon on my Facebook profile asking me if I wanted to start using Graph...