was sitting on this post for the right time, and today’s New York Times article about blogger stress is the perfect trigger. It’s giving stress to bloggers, and why not? The temptation and the envy exist because for every A-list blogger (really, they are more like publishing companies) there are 1,000 others who want to be A-list. What should I do? Subscribe to our RSS feed for our Marketing Edge podcast follow Albert Maruggi at [link] Marketing Edge » Blog Archive » Blogging and American Top 40 is it coming to this? 2008 is the Casey Kasem era of social media. MORE >>

Personal Branding: The five elements of being seen as a thought leader through crowdsourcing Marketing Research: Cold, hard cash versus focus groups Social Marketing: Twitter contest boosts followers 43% Online Marketing: Cyber Monday reactions from 17 of your consumer marketing peers Archives January 2011 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Sherpa Bloggers Adam T. I’ve been focusing on how the buyer experience and the sales. Recruit multiple bloggers Effective blogs are updated frequently. Lisa Keller : Great post! Tip #2. MORE >>

Subscribe to our podcast « Market researchers are the secret winners in the blogosphere Political thinking will help companies better participate in social media » 2008 full of spices for corporate marketers – REI potential is just one example Marketers, here is a social media recipe with some zing. Dell Outlet did it ([link] and received an award from the Society for Ne w Communications Research. What should I do? Maruggi is a frequent speaker and conducts workshop sessions on new media. Disclaimer: I’m also an REI member, but so are thousands of other people. MORE >>

Getting Your Small Business Ready for Google+ by Blue Focus Marketing. Mark Burgess explains how small business can build trust and creatively use circles on Google+ (“This insight [that people prefer to share specific information with specific groups of friends or followers] led to the creation of Google+ circles, a major differentiator between Google+ and Facebook.  Google+ Creates Data Gold Mine For Advertisers by MediaPost Online Media Daily. Google+ (or Google Plus) is many different things, depending on who you ask. It will fundamentally change SEO. ”). MORE >>

Research shows that companies that added a Twitter sharing button increased Twitter mentions sevenfold.). Start following people, thought leaders, and bloggers in your industry, and provide valuable tweets along the way to entice them to follow you back. There are a number of ways Sales can use Twitter : to research companies, stay abreast of industry news, determine appropriate times to contact leads, gather feedback, and stay connected with customers if they change jobs. Suffering from blogger's block? Conduct a mini focus group. HubSpot ). MORE >>