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Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd

Webbiquity

.&# In another noteworthy post, Ian presciently warns readers about 11 Internet Marketing Trends To Ignore in 2009 , such as “Vertical Search. I hate to kick that dead dog again, but it sucked in 2007, it sucked in 2008, and it’ll continue to suck wind in 2009.&#. The Freakiest Ads of 2008, Final 4 by AdFreak.

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Best Business Blogging Tips of 2009, Part 1

Webbiquity

Crystal King reports that a Forrester survey from the second quarter of 2008 found that only 16% of readers of company blogs trusted them. Another survey in late 2008 conducted by JupiterResearch/BuzzLogic stated that “50 percent of frequent blog readers say they have taken an action after reading a blog.” Share this on del.icio.us.

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A Skewed Web: Are you an outlier?

Biznology

Relying solely on social news or social bookmarking services such as Digg , Reddit , Fark , Slashdot , and Delicious might leave you with a very peculiar version of the world. Google Zeitgeist (US) - 2009 News - Overview. Twitter Trending Stats - "All time": Sep 24, 2008 to Aug 7, 2010 (Source: TweetStats.com ). by Aaron Kim.

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Making Sense Out of All this Data!

Buzz Marketing for Technology

2009 Report on American Consumers. Between 1980 and 2008, bytes consumed increased 350 percent, for an average annual growth rate of 5.4 Ok I admit it I am a bit of a data geek but I cant help myself when I see stats like this in a recent study titled How Much Information? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Share this on Linkedin.

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2010 B2B Marketing Budgets and Mix Trends Research

Online Marketing Institute

Reviewing the prior survey's results published in April 2009 , I expected that the economy -- and burgeoning interest in social media -- would accelerate the shift toward digital channels throughout 2009 to an unprecedented degree. More than half of respondents (55%) said they use Twitter for marketing purposes.

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 6

WebMarketCentral

Unfortunately, several of the largest sites including Digg, delicious, Reddit, Mixx and Mister Wong now partially or completely use insidious no follow links. If you are planning to use these for SEO, check for do-follow status first.

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Social Media Success Stories

Anything Goes Marketing

Blogger: Blogging is the Differentiator Some people may have written off blogging and I admit that I have a love/hate relationship with it but in 2009 I’m definitely seeing it as even more important social media tool. Back on December 21, 2008, I wrote the post “ 10 Tips for Using Twitter And Email Marketing for B2B ”.