More and more, social media is an intrinsic requirement for search engine optimization success. It’s now difficult to envisage a successful link building campaign without some element of social media, and even harder to imagine an online brand building strategy that didn’t reference at least one or two social media properties. Resources such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn are mainstream outlets for optimized content and inbound link building, while online press release distribution channels and...
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OMMA Social
Title: OMMA Social Location: New York City, NY Visit Conference: Click here Description: “If 2009 was the year in which Twitter and Facebook steamrolled much of their competition and kept expanding both in users and uses, 2010 looks to be a year in which changes in social media may occur at an even faster pace. OMMA Social San Francisco looks to help attendees prepare for the next raft of social media change – change that...
TAGS: Conferences, Events, Social Media
Social Networking Conference
Title: Social Networking Conference Location: Los Angeles, CA Visit Conference: Click here Description: “The annual Enterprise Social Networking and Mobile event will take place in Beverly Hills on Thursday and Friday, June 17 – 18, 2010. It is for social networking executives that have an interest in learning about new technologies, business social networking, marketing strategies, business management, venture capital, networks and mobile telecom.” Start Date: 2010-06-16 End Date: 2010-06-18
TAGS: Conferences, Events, Social Media
Social Media – The True Impact On SEO
There is some debate in the SEO community regarding social media and the impact it has on the search engine results pages (SERPs). With social media coming in many forms — Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Digg, Newsvine, Delicious, etc. — you may find it difficult to determine how powerful of an SEO tool social media can be. We all know that blogs provide valuable links, but does a link from Facebook register very high with Google?...
Why You MUST Develop A Social Media Strategy In 2010 (And How)
To develop any business strategy — be it marketing, sales, or operational — you must ask yourself what you are doing, what kind of environment you are operating in, and what your goals are. Only by drilling down to the very essence of your organization can you develop a plan for moving forward. Developing a social media strategy follows the same pattern — it’s essential you know what you are doing, how you are doing...
Be Twitterific
Getting started on Twitter and learning to use the network successfully poses a multitude of unique problems to most newbies, despite the miles of column inches of how-tos and tips that the ubiquitous site has claimed over the last 12 months. The Basics If you’re logging on to Twitter for the first time for your business, the usual hard-and-fast social media rules still apply. If netiquette is new to you, then brush up on the...
TAGS: Social Media, Twitter
How To Use Squidoo As Part of Your Search Engine Marketing
Despite its strange name, Squidoo is a very useful tool for online marketers and website publishers. It falls under the umbrella of social media, but there’s much more to it than simply bookmarking or blogging. In fact, Squidoo makes use of several other forms of social media applications, packaging its myriad parts up as an interactive lens which can be as simple or as advanced as the owner desires. As a knowledge-sharing platform, Squidoo can...
TAGS: SEO, Social Media, Squidoo. Lenses
OMMA Social
Title: OMMA Social: Make Money Making Friends Location: San Francisco Visit Conference: Click here Description: OMMA Social is designed to guide marketing and media professionals through the constantly-shifting terrain of social media. This one-day conference will address social marketing challenges and provide insights into how to make social networking work for companies now, and in the future. Date: January 26, 2010
TAGS: Event, OMMA, OMMA Social, Social Media
What Do You Do Now That LinkedIn Is All A-Twitter?
With Twitter and LinkedIn announcing this past week that LinkedIn users can now synch their status with Twitter updates, LinkedIn has stepped up to the plate with something that is bound to cement its position even more securely among business users. Early results show a strong uptick in LinkedIn status updates. So, if you’ve been letting your LinkedIn account languish, it may be time to revisit and revamp, especially with their much-awaited redesign making its...
TAGS: Editor's Picks, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter
Micro Media Alternatives To Twitter
If you’re a fan of social media marketing (or even an avid celebrity watcher), the Twitter tidal wave is unlikely to have passed you by. With everyone from Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore to CNN and Al Gore getting in on the act, the micro-blogging site has made it easy to win friends and influence people online. If you or your business is already successfully Tweeting, you may like to spread your wings and try...
TAGS: Micro-Blogging, Social Media, Twitter
We're Finally Fully Caffeinated By Google
Yesterday’s announcement by Google that the Caffeine update is finally complete...
Social Networking
I Like The Facebook Button, But Will SEO?
Just recently Facebook implemented a web-wide “like” button that has raised...
Blog
Very Little Useful Content Ahead
I’m sure you’ve all seen how Google has turned itself into Topeka, Kansas today...
SEO
Are You Sitting On An SEO Gold Mine?
Want to improve your bottom line without spending any extra money on SEO? In...
