Social Media
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.
Counting Tweets: An Easy Way to Find the Most Tweeted Links on Any Page
Putting together a decent, well informed look at what’s currently trending can be a cumbersome and irritating task. For many online marketers or webmasters who...
5 Great Twitter Track Tools to Organize Followers
When it comes to social networking sites, there’s really nothing quite like Twitter. The simplistic design and layout belies it as a basic program, when...
Five Platitudes That Aren’t Social Media Advice
Social media marketing is difficult. It is. Every campaign I’ve ever been a part of has had a unique set of challenges to overcome. Occasionally,...
How PR People Are Destroying Social Media
This is by definition a controversial post and a bit of a rant. So I want to be clear what I’m saying, and who towards...
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...
Four Best Customized Advertising of 2011
2011 is gearing up to be a unique year in the world of online advertising. As technology has grown and changed, online advertising has developed...
Dimbler – Social Media Sharing on Steroids
If you’re a blogger, you should be well aware of the power of social media. Sharing your content among multiple social platforms can help you...
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...
7 Ways to Protect Your Facebook Page from Identity Thieves
Identity thieves and hackers are finding that Facebook is a goldmine for phishing schemes, and they are targeting Facebook accounts more than email accounts now....
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...
Facebook Marketing ROI: 3 Case Studies
If you’ve been in Social Media for the last three to four years, you’re well acquainted with the controversy and skepticism surrounding Social Media ROI:...
Social Networks, WAYN.com and Momondo.com Merge
There are numerous social networks online that center around traveling, booking travel excursions and users giving their opinions about various places they’ve traveled. Users frequent...
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...
The Group Buying Effect
Group buying and daily deals have increased exponentially in the past year or two- and they will only grow larger. The benefits on both side...
5 Reasons To Create A Facebook Fan Page AND 5 Reasons Not To
While I’ve been known to ramble on and on, I’m going to keep this one short and simple. Shocking, I know! 5 Reasons You Should...
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...
Social Signals in SEO? Who Cares
When smart people interview search engineers and hear a cryptic explanation about a potentially new ranking signal – or review a Google patent application –...
How to Get Facebook Fans: The Easy Way and The Hard Way
Have you ever found an easy and superior way to do something, then watched in bafflement as people insist on doing it the hard way?...
Why Facebook’s “Threat” to Google Is Overestimated
Anyone paying attention to the web industry has probably heard Facebook touted as the “one real threat to Google.” Facebook has reached more page views...
SMS Marketing Conversions From Facebook and Twitter
Although text message marketing isn’t my specialty, I’ve been hearing some impressive results. I had an opportunity to interview with Justin Rockwell of OIR Interactive...
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,...
Timing is EVERYTHING in Online Marketing
There are three main factors dealing with time and online marketing and each one is critical to successful online marketing campaigns: Time Management When I...
Top 10 Blogs to Inspire Business Productivity
One of the most important things for any business is productivity. Business owners need to stay productive if they are going to grow their businesses....
Twitter’s Search Function, Now Powered by Lucene
Even though they have had their new search out for a few weeks now, Twitter’s new real-time search engine is just now starting to get...
WhosTalkin: Introducing Facebook’s New API & New Social Media Metric
Our great friend Joe Hall has shared some exciting news about his service WhosTalkin, a social media search engine that searches real-time conversations from around...
Successful Viral Marketing via Creating Playful User Experience
Successful viral marketing is art and in many cases pure luck. What makes the viral marketing campaign more likely to succeed is the properly created...
How to Get Facebook Fans: 5 Facebook Fan-Acquisition Strategies
These are the only five ways to get Facebook fans. If you have another way, it’s wrong. Just kidding. These 5 fan-getting techniques are part...
Pay Per Fan: What Big Brands Are Paying For Facebook Fans
Although it may sound weird or repulsive to some purists, brands have been buying fans on a cost per fan basis for months (some for...
Gmailing is Much More Social with Rapportive
If you do business online and participate in social media networks, the number of contacts you have is overwhelming. Networking is the most important step...
3 Facebook Limitations Marketers Should Be Aware of
Facebook is an awesome social media marketing tool and the brand Facebook presence is GOLD, but it has some bugs and limitations you should be...