Every blogger wants more traffic. The key is a balanced strategy of search engine optimization (SEO), social media, syndication and guest posting. So where does blog traffic come from, and how does this change over time? What’s important here isn’t the specific results from this blog, but what those results say about how to get more traffic to your blog. Six conclusions that can be drawn from this graph: It takes time to build a blog audience. Don’t expect miracles right out of the gate, or get discouraged by low blog traffic at first. MORE >>

My bike ride started me thinking about the importance of building social media momentum. Blogs associated with lots of tweets and comments may get to a point where they’re popular just because they’re popular while worthy blogs may never get noticed unless they receive validation in the way of traffic. So the question today is, if you have great content, how do you develop validation — social momentum — for it? LinkedIn Groups. 4) Grow your potential audience. Building business connections on the social web is a numbers game. MORE >>

Indisputably the largest business-oriented social network, LinkedIn has emerged as a crucial site for professional networking, B2B marketing, hiring and job seeking. LinkedIn now boasts more than 200 million members across 200 countries, and adds two new members every second; what’s more, 35% of LinkedIn members use the site daily. Furthermore, due to its multiple sharing options including buttons, apps, personal updates, company updates, and industry-focused group discussions, LinkedIn is often among the top three or four traffic sources for B2B blogs. MORE >>

He recently commented that he could relate to the research on the explosive growth of social media in small businesses because he was witnessing it first hand. Since that time, we’ve established a presence on multiple social marketing channels and positioned ourselves as an industry leader in the social space. Our social media growth has paralleled the rapid financial growth of our company. One of the overused phrases in social media marketing is “joining the conversation.&# B2B Social Media…Where to Engage? MORE >>

It’s no secret that social media is an important channel of digital marketing. For B2B marketers, there are endless opportunities for leveraging social media platforms and strategies. While the report reveals that, in 2012, social media as a whole brought in a smaller fraction (5%) of traffic and leads to B2B websites, it shows great potential. Twitter in particular proved to be the strongest performing platform for generating leads through social media. Stacey Acevero (@sacevero) : “Social Media Manager, @Vocus @PRWeb. MORE >>