Webbiquity

AUGUST 5, 2010

Struggling to increase blog traffic? Learn how to make your blog the center of your social media efforts, build traffic, write great posts and more here in some of the best tips, tactics and guidance for blogging of 2010 so far. Post on Google Buzz. Want more comments? Higher search position? Better results from social media?

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The prolific Galen De Young first clarifies which commonly used metrics aren’t particularly important (and why), then does a deep dive into several more valuable ways to measure the impact of a corporate blog, including analysis of total site traffic driven by your blog, your blog’s impact on search traffic, and visit quality.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Measurement: as Li notes, “Measurement comes in many different forms, from website traffic to the number of retweets your content is getting.&# She provides an excellent taxonomy of the social media landscape, categorizing the different types of social media tools into: • Social News Sites (Digg, Reddit, Kirtsy, etc.).

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Writing on the Web

DECEMBER 9, 2010

It can be a lead generator, delivered as a digital download or ebook. Post on Google Buzz. From your blog post series, you now have several articles that can link back to your sites when posted on article directories, giving you “Google juice.&#. Blog this on Blogger. Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The bottom line is that while social media marketing definitely provides benefits (such as a higher conversion rate for organic search traffic ), it’s not generally effective as a direct promotion tool. Here are seven valuable ways to use social media for business beyond direct selling or lead generation.

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Writing on the Web

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

As a blogger, you know by now that increasing your traffic means grabbing your audience’s attention and keeping it. And the range of viewership is startlingly diverse–even my mother, a woman hailing from a different country, culture, and generation–is obsessed. Post on Google Buzz. 20@googlemail.com.).

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 9, 2010

While larger numbers are generally better, keep in mind that it’s easy to inflate a Twitter following (note all of the spammy “Internet marketers&# with ridiculously large follower counts) and that in terms of generating business value, quality is more important than quantity. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Bebo.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

When we help clients generate news in the traditional news publications–both print and online–we will use Twitter to post links to those stories and give our clients a “shout out.&# Post on Google Buzz. For example, “PRO: Twitter gives us a great way to leverage PR. How to Reach Out to Bloggers by Chris Brogan.

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Webbiquity

JULY 28, 2010

consumer-generated media, touchpoint analysis, measurement and metrics, planning a campaign (ugh, social media campaign ?), Sole practitioners and managers at smaller companies can also get some value from it, but will generally be interested more in simplified planning with a greater emphasis on execution. Post on Google Buzz.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

lead generation content is often promoted differently than thought-leadership content). Top 21: The Best Article Directory List by Friday Traffic Report. Post on Google Buzz. Developing A B2B Content Promotional Strategy In 7 Steps by Social Marketing Forum. Article Submission Sites. Share this on Bebo. Share this on Facebook.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 7, 2010

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via natural search results. This gave birth to a whole industry centered on optimizing search results for a given term. For B2C or B2B Marketers this was a huge revolution. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Based on my own anecdotal research, natural search typically drives at least 40% and average more than half of all unpaid traffic to b2b websites. Create content on a blog or produce videos, and promote using Digg, Twitter, and other social bookmarking and social networking sites. Buyers won’t buy from you if they can’t find you.

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 18, 2008

7 Reasons Why Niche Social Media Outlets are Better Than Digg by AjaxNinja After noting that "Digg has an immense amount of traffic and getting landed on the front page will send a tsunami of new readers to your blog or website, but getting onto the front page is incredibly difficult.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Blogging for Content This is the scenario where you are writing a blog with considerable emphasis on search optimization, attempting to drive traffic to the blog via strategic content creation and keyword inclusion. Funneling traffic from the blog to some other Web destination (typically a corporate site or lead form) is the prime objective.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Android Mobile 2.0 Increased spending on online marketing is driving companies to try new and innovative means of getting the word out about their products and services — one area that’s getting a lot of buzz with B2B marketers is social media.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 18, 2009

What are some of the best free tools for monitoring social buzz about your brand or company? SES San Jose: Social Media Analysis and Tracking by TopRank Online Marketing Blog Jessica Cameron-Ruud provides detailed notes on this SES panel discussion featuring Todd Parsons of Buzz Logic , Rob Key of Converseon , and Edmund Won from iCrossing.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Using Google to Generate RSS Feeds for non-RSS Sites. Subscribe by RSS feed or by email today! Share this post! One comment so far, add yours! Related posts. A Fistful of Greasemonkey Scripts To Pimp Up Your Gmail and Reader. Google Reader. 5 Excellent Productivity Tips For Google Reader. Caleb Elston on 27 Jun 2008 at 11:37 am. Blog Search.

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Hubspot

JUNE 23, 2010

Digg - Digg is a social news website that allows members to submit and vote for articles. G Google Buzz - Google Buzz is a social networking and messaging tool from Google, designed to integrate into the company's web-based email program, Gmail. Quantcast - Quantcast provides website traffic and demographics for websites.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

It’s already happened in the consumer world: Sites like Digg (social curation) which have little or no original content have become key resources for information. You will be navigating your prospects through this sea of content by leading them to the most relevant important information.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Digg - Digg is a social news website that allows members to submit and vote for articles. Inbound marketing leverages tactics such as SEO, blogging, social media, lead generation, email marketing, lead nurturing, and analytics. Quantcast - Quantcast provides website traffic and demographics for websites.

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 23, 2009

Buzz , Digg and Photo.net. "A A link from one of these high Pagerank sites drives a lot of traffic and is worth hundreds of links from lesser sites." Use social networking to get high-value links by contributing content and tagging links on sites such as relevant industry blogs, YouTube , Facebook , del.icio.us , Yahoo!

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Business Mobile 2.0 Within 24 hours, the company had generated fifteen new customer references and were able to immediately turn this information into media coverage. 4 Tips for B2B Marketing on Facebook [.] Here’s a digest: [.]

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 10, 2010

Rebecca Weeks provides a “cheat sheet&# with five key tactics to increase website traffic through social media, including interaction on the most popular social networking sites, using free Twitter tools to maximize the value of that platform, and getting exposure on social news sites. Top 25 Social Networks by Navel Marketing.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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.&# We need to get some VIRAL BUZZ ?going We need to get some VIRAL BUZZ ?going We need to get some VIRAL BUZZ ?going

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Remember, you need to write on topics that will generate organic links. Notice all those Twitter users with 20,000+ followers but no blog/website traffic? The Future Buzz Facebook page is being used primarily as just another way for readers to get content 8. What did I learn?

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Mobile 2.0 Increased spending on online marketing is driving companies to try new and innovative means of getting the word out about their products and services — one area that’s getting a lot of buzz with B2B marketers is social media.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

How to: Use B2B Social Media for Lead Generation by TopRank Online Marketing Blog. Among them: asking questions, getting answers, building your brand, and driving targeted traffic to your website. 6 social sharing best practices for driving traffic by iMedia Connection. So, Your CEO Wants to Tweet!

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

APRIL 5, 2010

B2B Online Marketers Focus on Lead Gen - eMarketer , March 4, 2010 Lead generation for B2B Marketing. Relevant blogs can drive targeted direct traffic from the blogger’s social media sphere of influence. Generating a Buyer Persona with Facebook Advertising , March 30, 2010. 7 Demand Generation Best Practices , March 11, 2010.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

A natural by-product of that is that recruiters such as myself will network with people on LinkedIn to generate referrals for openings. The only reason youre seeing 361% traffic growth is because 250,000 jobs were lost in the U.S. My guess is that as the economy worsens, LinkedIn traffic will continue to increase. RECENT JOBS.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

SitePoint co-founder Mark Harbottle tells me that many designers use the site for lead generation, and that often, winning designers find that contest holders will turn into long term clients who forgo the crowdsourcing option on future projects to work directly with a designer whose work they know they like. Research & Development.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 17, 2011

According to MarketingSherpa research, marketers working in social media report an average 27% conversion rate for organic search traffic, while those not using social media reported a 17% rate. However, Facebook and Twitter send the most-engaged traffic as measured by average viewing spent time per visitor.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Sharing accounts for nearly a third of all referral traffic, and shared links are “clicked on 4.9 Still, the top 10 social networks account for nearly 80% of all social network traffic. Infographic: Social Media ROI Statistics by Digital Buzz. ” Social Networking Growth Stats and Patterns by Social Media Today.

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seo.co

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Most businesses realize they should have a website, but simply having a website is only the first step, and doesn’t guarantee that you’ll receive any significant traffic. There are no roads that lead to it, no traffic driving by and seeing it. Otherwise, you won’t rank highly, and you won’t be getting any organic search traffic.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Another notable Pam Dyer post, this one summarizing a study from online advertising network Chitika which shows that Twitter is the best place to share news: 47% of the outbound traffic from Twitter goes to news sites, vs. 28% from Facebook, 18% from Digg and an imperceptable share from MySpace. 50% of mobile Internet traffic in the U.K

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 16, 2010

Todd Heim supplies a helpful guide to best practices for building a following on and generating traffic from social bookmarking sites like Digg, Reddit, Mixx and Propeller. and analyzes their capabilities in four sectors: customer communication, brand exposure, driving traffic to your site, and SEOs.&#.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 26, 2011

Ranking highly for an informational—rather than transactional—can end up drawing a ton of traffic to your site and putting a big load on your servers for no real business benefit. profitable) than just showing up well for high-traffic terms. Post on Google Buzz. What Is SEO, Really? by SEO Book. Related Post. Share this on Bebo.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

“Have you EVER gone back after purchasing a piece of software and calculated whether or not you generated more money from that tool than what you spent on it? Lead generation: Real-time, data-driven B2B marketing and sales by MarketingSherpa Blog. Post on Google Buzz. No, of course not.&#. Share this on Bebo.

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