7 Social Media Buzzwords That Make Us Cringe
For those looking for the perfect storm of formerly-catchy, all-that buzzwords in order to live la vida loca, this post is for you. Not only...
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Ann Smarty is the co-founder of Smarty.Marketing, the SEO and AI visibility optimization agency, focusing on viral and Reddit marketing. Ann relies on her 20+ career in SEO to create custom search and AI visibility strategy for clients.
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FlipBoard versus Zite: Two FREE iPad Apps to Read Social Updates the Magazine-Style
One of the best ways to take advantage of my husband’s iPad has been using it to keep track of social media updates. I don’t...
The Checklist: How to Write and Format Web Content
Writing for the Web is not like writing a college paper (thank goodness), which means you probably don’t have a lot of practice at ideal...
7 and a Half Tips for Building an International Audience
We’re living in a world that’s more connected than ever before; Phineas Fogg’s “Around the World In We’re living in a world that’s more connected...
New Link Research Tools Features: That’s What You’ve Been Dreaming about!
About 6 month ago I have done a detailed review of Link Research Tools – and most of our readers were amazed by the range...
3 Basic Gmail Features You Might Be Unaware of
It’s hilarious how many truly awesome features we fail to notice even with the tools we use daily. I’ve been using Gmail for ages and...
Guide to Cultivating Relationships in Social Media
So, you’ve decided to bring your company into the world of social networking. Congratulations on evolving beyond the last stone age (but don’t feel too...
SpyFu Recon: Your Domain Keyword Position Insight “that Sells for You”
SpyFu is announcing their new tool called “SpyFu Recon” that gives some essential organic keyword insight and I have been lucky enough to give it...
HOW TO Promote Your Book : Case Study (Using Guy Kawasaki’s “Enchantment”)
There’s a good tendency of powerful social media users to write and promote books. Whether you are going to become a published author or not...
HOW TO: Create Informative Favicons for Popular Google Services
I love tabs and have played with multiple addons to make the most of tabs in FireFox. One of my best discoveries ever was a...
The Fastest Ways to Share Anything on Twitter (FireFox and Google Chrome)
Let’s face it, we tweet a lot. Most of us have a great habit of sharing any interesting article we come across. And I am...
Tool Alert! Create a Twitter Digest to Easier Keep Up with Your Closest Friends
Keeping up with your social media contacts is one of the most important steps in building online presence. But how not to get lost and...
Laymen's Terms for Analytics? What Could You Expound On?
Although a very broad term, analytics is a word people hear quite often in the business world. That is because analytics is extremely important to...
3 Cool Uses of Xfruits
It’s been a while since I discovered xFruits, the fun, yet advanced, RSS feed mash-up tool, for myself and I’ve been amazed since then by...
TrustHop: Empowering Consumers by Mixing Social Search with Local Service Quoting
A key premise of social search is that the people you know and trust are the best sources of personally relevant and reliable information. As...
QuickFox Notes: Google Suggest + Notepad
I have stated many times how much I adore Google Suggest (while being not a fan of Google Instant, but that’s another story). And because...
Marketing Mobile Apps Effectively
Applications are big, and I mean “sliced bread” big. Not only are they becoming a major part of overall mobile use, but it is becoming...
Generate a Tag Cloud for Each Page You Visit with Urim (FireFox)
Urim is a smart FireFox addon with great potential. It creates a tag cloud of each page that loads covering a few possible applications: The...
How to Cluster a Generic Search Term Using Google’s Wonder Wheel and Image Swirl
Machine has its own logics (based on the search behavior) and you will see that you would cluster results differently than either of the tools...
Preview Google Search Results in the Right Sidebar with SweetSearch (Google Chrome)
I’ve been using Fridays to share new fun browser extensions related to SEO, search and social media for about two years now. I’ve shared quite...
Top 5 Car Execs to Use Twitter
Top executives enjoy using Twitter because it gives them an opportunity to connect directly with an audience that is too often distanced by countless layers...
Marketing that Moves You Facebook Contest
Last Thursday (January, 6) Vertical Measures has announced their fun Facebook contest called Marketing that Moves You showcasing some of the smartest content marketing examples...
3 FireFox Addons to Easier Copy Links and Anchor Texts
Do you copy-paste links a lot? Most of our readers are most likely to. This post offers a few useful FireFox addons that will let...
HOW TO: Easily Highlight and Switch Between Keywords After You Search
Today’s fun mid-holiday search tip will let you highlight your search terms on the page you land on in order to: Easily find your keywords...
3 Awesome Viral Projects Based on Google Suggest
I have always admired people’s ingenuity and creativity. A new tool barely has time to get its foot in the door before hundreds of mashups,...
7 Useful Google Cheatsheets – Download for Free!
I know that our readers love cheat sheets: our last year’s post listing SEO cheatsheets had a great response. This week I have collected another...
SEOgadget Keyword Tools are Now Open to Public
SEOgadget.co.uk has announced a new keyword tool beta to make the keyword research process more actionable and (hopefully) enjoyable experience. According to the announcement, “Getting...
2 Ways to Instantify Your Firefox Address Bar
With Google Chrome, FireFox smart keywords and multiple addons, searching from the browser address bar has become the common searching experience. But is there any...
Turn WordPress Blog into Minimalistic Business Card – Tips in Self-Branding
Shortly after starting my SEO career and creating my online moniker, I have registered annsmarty.com domain name. I have never been able to find a...
5 Alternative Google Search Plugins (FireFox)
Are you tired of Google as you see it with all its experiments and updates? Do you want to get things under control? Then you...