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DECEMBER 3, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 1 Best of 2009 (S0 Far): AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 1 Best of 2009 (So Far): Blogging for Business, Part 1 Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2009 (So Far): Cool Web Tools, Part 1 Best of 2009 (So Far): Twitter Tips and Tactics, Part 1 Best of 2009 (..)

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MARCH 10, 2009

In "The 4 C's of Social Media," I noted that coming up with a concise definition of social media , like defining "art," is challenging. Another is to look at the different types of websites and tools that comprise the social media landscape. 8 LinkedIn 14 11,246,726 +137.4% 8 Plaxo 1,440 2,629,043 +144.7%

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APRIL 2, 2009

Interest in social media marketing is surging, with several recent studies showing that a majority of companies, of all sizes, are now using social media in some form for business purposes. I've also seen dramatically increased interest in hiring social media consultants.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best articles and blog posts on maximizing the value of Google AdWords from the past year. How can you calculate the potential advertising value of AdWords before making a costly investment?

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OCTOBER 13, 2009

How can you attract more traffic to your blog? Find free and legal images to add to your blog posts? Make money from your blog? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in the first set of the best posts about business blogging so far this year. Can Blogs Help Drive Purchasing Decisions?

Forrester 20

Forrester Landing Pages Business Best Practices 20

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

Find the answers to these questions and others here in the first set of the best blog posts and articles on search engine optimization (SEO) from 2009 (so far). The writer notes that WordPress blogs are nofollow by default, but again you can fix that with the dofollow WordPress plugin. Why do SEOs forget about REAL marketing?

SEO 20

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Judy Grundstrom at the Just JudyJudyJudy blog yesterday announced the Twin Cities Top Ten Titans In Social Media 2009 , chosen by a distinguished group of judges. The winners come from a variety of backgrounds, including politics ( Dusty Trice ), broadcast media ( Jason Matheson and Alexis Thompson of FM 107.1,

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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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MARCH 24, 2009

MarketingSherpa's 2009 Social Media & PR Benchmark Guide (PDF) provides a wealth of useful statistics and guidance. If you parse that, it matches up pretty closely to the 4 C's model of social media marketing.) In It Came from Facebook! Here's some research on how to do that. technologies." technologies." (If

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MAY 5, 2009

Congratulations to ViralBlog , named Best Marketing & Advertising Blog in the 2009 Chapeau Blog Awards. ViralBlog is written by a "collaborative team of viral bloggers (who) haunt the globe for great viral and social media cases every day.(the) This means of course that WebMarketCentral.took second place.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

The session will be held on March 11, 2009 at the Metropolitan Ballroom & Clubroom in St. This panel will dispel the misperception that social media can’t be applied in the B2B arena by illustrating how tools like Twitter and blogs can be applied to monitor, communicate and engage audiences.” Louis Park, Minn.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Despite a recent dip in users, Twitter remains a hot social media platform (and arguably a better venue for b2b marketers than Facebook). Twitter in B2B – a Velocity Slideshare by The B2B Marketing Blog Doug Kessler outlines his firm's presentation on seven ways to use Twitter for b2b marketing.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

They're all here in the final best of funny, creative and just plain strange blog posts from the past year. In another noteworthy post, Ian presciently warns readers about 11 Internet Marketing Trends To Ignore in 2009 , such as "Vertical Search. Ads that never should have seen the light of an LCD screen.

Creativity 20

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AUGUST 1, 2008

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. Q&A With Google's Matt Cutts About SEO and the Future of Search by the Epicenter blog from Wired.com Betsy Schiffman posts a brief interview with the head of Google's quality team.

SEO 20

SEO SEM Best Practices Buzz 20

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Welcome to the first best-of-2009 (so far) compilation. This year will feature expanded, finer-grain categories (such as separate best-ofs for Twitter- and Facebook-related posts) and some renamed categories ("social media marketing" will replace "social media optimization" which in turn replaced a varied basket of terms before it).

Social Media 20

Social Media Marketing Budget Social Marketing Web 2.0 20

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DECEMBER 29, 2009

Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best SEO blog posts from this year. Another noteworthy post from this blog is Get Keyword Rank Data from Google Webmaster Tools , provides detailed step-by-step instructions for analyzing website performance using Google's webmaster tools.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

How about a social media browser that integrates social search and sharing across multiple sites? Social media analytics? Find them all and others here in the first set of the best cool web tools for 2009. Find them all and others here in the first set of the best cool web tools for 2009.

Enterprise Management 20

Enterprise Management Tools Marketing Management Best Practices 20

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

As I recently passed 400 posts on this blog, here is a look back at the 10 most popular items here of all time. 9: How to Create a Social Media Marketing Strategy , March 4, 2009 A summary of research from MarketingSherpa , Eloqua's Steve Woods , and green marketer Lorna Li on how marketers should approach social media strategically.

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