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

Webbiquity

Social media marketing activity exploded in 2009, and so did coverage of these practices. Every social media consultant , corporate marketer and PR professional was challenged to keep up with the latest writing on the topic. 2009 in Review: The Rise of Social Media by The Milwaukee SEO. Social Media Measurement. Jeff Bullas.

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Marketing Content That Sells

The Effective Marketer

David Meerman Scott , in his book The New Rules of Marketing and PR points out that creating quality content is the new imperative: “The tools of the marketing and PR trade have changed. Yup, it is more complicated when you get to the implementation phase of the program, and that’s where most companies fail. United States License.

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free stuff that sells. maybe.

The Effective Marketer

I am enrolled in a free course called Inbound Marketing University , created by HubSpot. As a marketer (HubSpot in this case) the question is whether sales will follow. His eBook “ The New Rules of PR ” was offered for free without requiring any registration from his website and was downloaded 250,000 times.

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inbound marketing training for free

The Effective Marketer

Class: Viral Marketing and World Wide Raves (GF301) Professor: David Meerman Scott, author of New Rules of Marketing & PR and World Wide Rave David is a great speaker and has engaging stories, making his presentation one of the best of the series. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Thanks for doing the reviews.

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

Social media, and discussions of its value for PR and marketing, have become ubiquitous. He also quotes a HubSpot study finding that three-quarters of bloggers in small to midsize companies say that " their company blogs were 'useful,' 'important,' or 'critical' to their business." tools (delicious, Feedburner, LinkedIn et al.),

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 4

WebMarketCentral

With the rapidly increasing use of social media tools for marketing and PR comes growing pressure to demonstrate results. But what metrics are really most appropriate for social media measurement? The set up takes some time, but the end result is a powerful monitoring tool without the cost of a paid social media monitoring application.

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Actifio: The Customer, The Team, and the March Against Phillip

SWZD

Headquartered in Waltham, MA and founded in 2009, Actifio provides an Enterprise Data-as-a-Service platform. At that time there were opportunities in the field of public relations, and he was hired by a PR firm in Boston named Cone Communications , whose clients primarily sold to consumers. About Actifio.