2009, Digg, Facebook and Public Relations

(Almost) 100 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Blog Posts and Articles of 2009

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Social media marketing activity exploded in 2009, and so did coverage of these practices. So in case you missed any of these, here are almost 100 of the best blog posts and articles covering social media strategy and tactics, measurement, monitoring, research, pitfalls to avoid, policies, tools and more from 2009. Facebook Marketing.

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Best Social PR Guides, Tips and Tools of 2010

Webbiquity

JANUARY 12, 2011

Public Relations: The best press release is no press release by MarketingSherpa. 5 successful marketers reveal their favorite public relations tools by Matt About Business. The Future of Public Relations and Social Media by Mashable. Interactive PR Guides, Tips and Tools. Social PR News and Commentary.

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What’s So Funny About Social Media and Online Marketing?

Webbiquity

MAY 30, 2010

From social media cartoons and contextual advertising gone wrong to dysfunctional agency-client relationships and the best (and worst) online ads, here are some of the most amusing, creative and remarkable blog posts and videos of 2009. The Publicity Stunt Hall Of Fame by Taylor Herring Public Relations.

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Webinars

How to Leverage Behavioral Science Insights for Direct Mail Success

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The Top 3 Priorities for 2010 Marketing Budgets

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Create content on a blog or produce videos, and promote using Digg, Twitter, and other social bookmarking and social networking sites. Public relations (PR) is pretty much the opposite—it produces limited immediate and direct results, but builds your brand in the eyes of prospects, the media, analysts and other influencers over the long term.

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How to Match 10 Key Success Metrics to Your Blogging Strategy.

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers.

Webinar Metrics

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? link] Weekly Links: August 23, 2009 | UpYourSocial [.] They just go out and get on Facebook because one of their kids said they should. (ok, Sessions start October 5. Go to [link] to save 50% for a limited time.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. Too often, the humanization part gets overlooked in an effort to create a “user-generated video contest widget that we’ll launch on Facebook with support from Ustream.&# It’s not hard, it’s complicated.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Also, while I think it’s somewhat less likely that a first-time visitor will tweet or Digg or Stumble your work (I’d love to see a study on that), you should make that process as easy as possible as well.

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19 New Featured Sources on the B2B Marketing Zone

Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

Why Use Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn for Content Marketing? Dianna Huff – B2B Marcom ( Small Business Newsletter Email Campaign Facebook SEO Budget Writing ). Biznology ( Search Engine Public Relations Social Media Mobile Marketing Promotion Transparency ). What’s a Facebook fan worth? June 8, 2010.

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4 Detective Tricks to Find Your Customers in Social Media | Social.

Convince & Convert

JUNE 15, 2010

At conferences, I am often asked something along these lines, “My boss thinks none of our customers are on Facebook, but I think they are. Add data collection fields for Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin (at a minimum). Have you added the ability for email recipients to share content on Twitter, Facebook, Digg and elsewhere?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

MARCH 9, 2010

A recent study by Econsultancy called “ The Value of Social Media &# shows that companies are overwhelmingly using the “Big 4″ of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Linkedin for their social media efforts. Where twitter might be good for designers, facebook is perhaps better for small businesses.

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Blog Marketing Tactics - 10 Tested, Proven Ideas

Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Invest in a custom design In my own blogging from 2005 – 2009 I was using/tweaking various free themes, which did the job. Sample image from 2009 blogger quotes project 7. The Future Buzz Facebook page is being used primarily as just another way for readers to get content 8. Yes, blogs are best consumed through feeds.

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What the Future Holds for B2B Social Media Marketing

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! In terms of the tools B2B companies use, 77% used Facebook (compared to 83% for B2C) and 73% utilized Twitter (compared to a shockingly smaller 45% for B2C companies). Learn more.

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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

A national survey of reporters and editors revealed that 89% use blogs for story research, 65% turn to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and 52% utilize microblogging services such as Twitter. 92% said they personally use LinkedIn, versus 56% on Facebook. 92% said they personally use LinkedIn, versus 56% on Facebook.

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The State of the Blogosphere 2010

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2010

On Facebook this month, the average user created 90 pieces of content and contributed to the more than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) Even with RSS, bloggers take to Twitter and Facebook to help create bridges between social and interest graphs to related content.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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B2B Marketing Zone

(Almost) 100 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Blog Posts and Articles of 2009

Best Social PR Guides, Tips and Tools of 2010

Webinars

Trending Sources

What’s So Funny About Social Media and Online Marketing?

Webinars

The Top 3 Priorities for 2010 Marketing Budgets

How to Match 10 Key Success Metrics to Your Blogging Strategy.

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

19 New Featured Sources on the B2B Marketing Zone

4 Detective Tricks to Find Your Customers in Social Media | Social.

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Top 47 B2B Marketing Posts - Hot Topics Ning and Facebook - July 2010

Blog Marketing Tactics - 10 Tested, Proven Ideas

What the Future Holds for B2B Social Media Marketing

Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

The State of the Blogosphere 2010

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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