2008 and Social Media - B2B Marketing Zone

Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 6

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Which social bookmarking sites have the most clout? Can social media really increase revenue? What common mistakes should you avoid in social media marketing? Get the answers to these questions and others here in the final set of the best posts on social media marketing from last year.

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 5

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

How can you make a big splash in social media without a huge budget? Turn your social media contacts into leads, and ultimately customers? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in the penultimate list of the best posts on social media marketing from the past year.

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 3

WebMarketCentral

JULY 13, 2009

How can you make more efficient use of social media? What are the best examples of organizations using social media for marketing, promotion and interactive PR ? How can you optimize your use of social networking tools like Twitter and LinkedIn? 5 Daily Social Media Builders In Less Than 10 Minutes (Total!)

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

MAY 18, 2009

How should you measure the impact of social media? What are some of the best free tools for monitoring social buzz about your brand or company? Discover these answers and others here in more of the best posts from the past year on social media marketing and PR.

Social Media

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 6, 2009

Everybody uses Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, but which niche social media sites are worth investigating? How can you maximize your results through social bookmarking sites like Digg? How does social media relate to SEO? Why is online reputation management so important?

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Social Media Optimization, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Which social media sites are the most valuable? Read on to discover all of this and more in some of the best blog posts and articles on social media and Web 2.0 so far in 2008. Is Your Site Social Media Friendly? Exactly how helpful is online video as as search marketing tool? Gmail, Skype and AIM).

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Social Media Optimization, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Use social media to enhance your SEO efforts and build your business? Get the answers to these questions plus learn more about the largest and the fastest-growing social bookmarking and social networking sites in this installment of some of the best SMO blog posts and articles written so far in 2008.

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Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 5

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 17, 2009

Which social media sites are most helpful for SEO? What common mistakes should you avoid when optimizing a site for search? Which factors do search engine algorithms weight most heavily in determining search position? How can you generate more clicks even when your site isn't in one of the top three spots in search results?

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Best of 2008: Blogging for Business, Part 3

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Blog Project: 30 Traffic Generation Tips by Daily Blog Tips Daniel Scocco invited 30 bloggers to provide a key traffic-building tip and posts the list here, including recommendations from Sridhar Katakam : " Keep track of blogs and leave comments on them.

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Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 4

WebMarketCentral

JULY 6, 2009

Bookmark this page and keep it near the top of your list. Another great post from Danny is The Beginner's Checklist for Learning SEO , a step-by-step guide to creating a well-optimized website. In many communications, it's best to avoid jargon or at least define it.

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Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

MAY 4, 2009

How do PR, SEO and social media work together to build name recognition and credibility for a company? How should marketers and PR professionals adapt to the decline of traditional publishing and the rapidly increasing influence of social media? SEO social media interactive PR? tags: PR 2.0

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Best of 2008: Cool Web Tools, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 17, 2009

How about slick tools to creating a social media email signature or conducting a video chat session? WiseStamp This is a slick tool that enables you to easily create a graphical HTML social media email signature for use with most common webmail services (Gmail, Yahoo mail, AOL, Hotmail etc.).

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Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 31, 2009

Learning for the 21st Century by Informal Learning Blog In this profound and beautifully crafted post, Jay Cross identifies what is broken in today's educational systems, particularly in workplace training, provide detail to back up his statement that "Most organisational learning is built on nineteenth-century principles, and these days that’s a formula (..)

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Best of 2008: SEM Landing Pages

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 20, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

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Best of 2008: Strategy and Branding, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

JULY 20, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

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Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 30, 2009

Most of this is common sense (or at least should be): be careful about what you post on sites like your Amazon Wish List and Flickr , and don't ever give a social media site access to your email address book. 3 Reasons Why Purpose is Essential in Business by Words for Hire In this thought-provoking, almost spiritual post, Karen D.

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Best of 2008: Blogging for Business, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 27, 2009

7 Strategies to Invite More People Into Your Audience by Problogger Social media rockstar Chris Brogan details several strategies to not just grow your blog audience, but also attract the right kind of readers (these do not include getting on the first page of Digg).

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Best of 2008: Blogging for Business, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 24, 2009

Networking 101 – Building Relationships with Bloggers by Blogsessive Alina Popescu provides an invaluable roadmap for establishing relationships, starting with commenting on their blog and actively participating in the conversation, through connecting on social media sites, linking, contacting directly, and writing guest posts.

RSS

RSS Best Practices Business Blogger

Best of 2008: SEO Link Building

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 2, 2009

The blog posts cited here, some of the best of 2008 on the topic of link building, provide guidance on how and where to obtain valuable external links. First off is submitting the link to niche social media sites, and to help the author provides links to lists of quality social media sites, social media sites with Pagerank, and niche sites.

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Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 3

WebMarketCentral

MAY 11, 2009

The Yin Yang of PR and SEO by Online Marketing Blog The ubiquitous, oblivious Lee Odden explains the symbiotic relationship between PR and SEO: PR tools and techniques (such as online press release distribution, social media relations and blogger outreach) build valuable links that help with your SEO efforts, while producing well-optimized, relevant (..)

SEO

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Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

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." In another noteworthy post, Ian presciently warns readers about 11 Internet Marketing Trends To Ignore in 2009 , such as "Vertical Search.

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Best of 2008: Strategy and Branding, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 3, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

Brand Identity

Brand Identity Branding Marketing & Strategy Best Practices

Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 24, 2009

Content marketing within the realm of social media is extremely powerful, but it does have a downside. Example: “'The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.' Any time people are involved, there’s room for ugliness and stupidity." tags: Web 2.0 tags: Web 2.0 tags: Web 2.0 tags: Web 2.0

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Best of 2008: AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

MAY 28, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

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Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 14, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

SEO

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Best of 2008: AdWords Tips and Tactics

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 7, 2009

Search Marketing, MSN AdCenter, Ask SponsoredListings, Google Content Network Tips, Inside AdWords, Adwords Conversion Optimizer, PPC Blog, Gordon Choi, semvironment, AdWords Quality Score, PPC Hero, Blogation, David Rodnitzky del.icio.us tags: Google AdWords, search engine marketing, SEM, Yahoo!

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Website Design, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008 (So Far) - SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008 (So Far) - SEO Guidance, Part 2 Best of 2008 (So Far) - Search Engine Marketing, Part 1 Best of 2008 (So Far) - Cool Web Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008 (So Far) - Social Media Optimization, Part 1 Best of 2008 (So Far) - Blogging for Business, Part 1 Best of 2008 (So (..)

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Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The posts below, some of the best of 2008 on the topic of keyword research for SEO, provide guidance and reviews of efficacious tools to help throughout the process of generating a comprehensive keyword list; analyzing the competition; and prioritizing keywords to generate maximum ROI from SEO efforts.

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Keywords SEO Tools Adwords

Best of 2008 (So Far) - SEO Guidance, Part 3

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

William Flaiz , VP of SEO at Razorfish , offers a guide to SEO for very large websites, from site architecture and internal linking strategies to social media and reputation management. How to Take on a Major SEO Client by Search Engine Watch When it comes to SEO, size does matter.

SEO

SEO Best Practices Enterprise Management PageRank

Best of 2008 (So Far) - Web Marketing Research, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Social Media Attains Critical Mass by Online Media Daily MediaPost editor Joe Mandese reports on a Universal McCann study showing that "Text messaging, blogging and social networking have reached critical mass, with more than half of adults now relying on at least one of these so-called Web 2.0 UM Finds Web 2.0

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Search Engine Marketing, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Get the answers to these inquiries and more in the following blog posts and articles, some of the best written on the topic of search engine marketing so far in 2008. What critical intelligence can be gained from PPC analytics? Let the market tell you what works and what doesn't. Tweak something every day. See how it performs.

Search Engine Marketing

Search Engine Marketing Paid Content Search Marketing PPC

Best of 2008 (So Far) - Website Design, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Learn the answers to these questions and more in some of the best blog posts and articles on website design published so far in 2008. What separates effective navigation from poor design?

Design

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Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 7, 2009

Welcome to the first post in the official Best of 2008 series, which will summarize and link to some of the best blog posts and online articles about SEO, social media, online marketing strategy and more. Matt Cutts Translated: 8 SEO Tips I Heard Him Tell Eric Enge by SEOmoz SEO expert Brent D.

SEO

SEO Microsite Best Practices SEM

Best of 2008 (So Far) - Blogging for Business, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Blogging Tactics for 2008 by Ask Enquiro Writing that "The Online Marketing Blog recently ran a poll asking readers which SEO tactic they plan on using most in 2008 and the winner with 25% of the vote was Blogging.

RSS

RSS Blogger Best Practices Business

Best of 2008 (So Far) - SEO Guidance, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 1, 2008

So here are several more of the best SEO-related pieces from 2008 thus far. Again, there have been so many excellent blog posts and articles written on SEO already this year that I'm trying to get a jump on 2009. It's almost like a syllabus for your own self-paced interactive marketing guru course.

SEO

SEO SEM Best Practices Buzz

Best of 2008 (So Far) - SEO Guidance, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

JULY 28, 2008

There have been so many excellent blog posts and articles written already in 2008 that it's just not practical to wait until January of next year to recognize them. I may have to start doing these monthly or something, but for now, here are some of the best pieces written about the art and science of SEO so far in 2008.

SEO

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It Came from Facebook! The Social Media Marketing Challenge that Can't be Ignored

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 16, 2009

Several recent studies have put the challenge that social media presents to marketers into stark relief: social media is huge. In social media, where viewers are often creating the content, that bargain doesn't hold up. After all, it is social media. It's growing at an astounding rate.

Social Media

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Looking Back at 300: Top 10 Posts

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

. #10: The 8 Layers of a B2B Web Marketing Plan , October 8, 2008 The most recent post to make this list presents B2B marketing as a series of concentric layers, with SEO at the core then moving outward from highly measurable online direct response tactics to broader brand advertising. #9:

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Blogging for Business, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 13, 2009

27 Blogging Secrets to Power Your Community by Community and Social Media Chris Brogan shares more than two dozen tips for attracting more blog traffic, divided into three categories: Starter Moves (e.g. share your posts using social media platforms, link to other blogs often). Can Blogs Help Drive Purchasing Decisions?

Forrester

Forrester Landing Pages Business Best Practices

What Works Now in B2B Lead Generation, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 18, 2008

MarketingSherpa has just released its 2008 B2B Lead Generation Handbook (that's a link to the free executive summary PDF; the complete report will run you a cool $500). Social media also plays an important role here, and the report provides some tips in this area.

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Best of 2008: Cool Web Tools, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 3, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

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Tools Best Practices SEM Adwords

Best of 2008 (So Far) - Cool Web Tools, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Here are more of the most useful business, social media and web marketing tools of 2008. Surf Canyon Surf Canyon is a broswer plugin for Firefox and IE that refines results as you search, helping to make them more relevant so you can find exactly what you're looking for more quickly.

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Blogging for Business, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Find the answers to these questions and more in this list of some of the best posts of 2008 so far on blogging for business. Where is the best place to host your blog? What can you learn from the world's most successful blogs? Hello, My Name Is.

Blogspot

Blogspot Blogger Best Practices Business

Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 20, 2009

The emergence of social media and user-generated content has radically changed the practice of PR. The articles and blog posts below—some of the best of 2008 on interactive PR, or "PR 2.0" Facebook Connects Your Brand Across the Social Web by PR 2.0 tags: PR 2.0, tags: PR 2.0,

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 6

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 3

Webinars

Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 2

Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 1

Best of 2008 (So Far) - Social Media Optimization, Part 2

Best of 2008 (So Far) - Social Media Optimization, Part 1

Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 5

Best of 2008: Blogging for Business, Part 3

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Best of 2008: Cool Web Tools, Part 1

Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 2

Best of 2008: SEM Landing Pages

Best of 2008: Strategy and Branding, Part 2

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Best of 2008: SEO Link Building

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Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd, Part 2

Best of 2008: Strategy and Branding, Part 1

Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd, Part 1

Best of 2008: AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 2

Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 2

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Website Design, Part 2

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - SEO Guidance, Part 3

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It Came from Facebook! The Social Media Marketing Challenge that Can't be Ignored

Looking Back at 300: Top 10 Posts

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What Works Now in B2B Lead Generation, Part 1

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