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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity

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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An Open Letter to Jimmy Wales

Webbiquity

Any editor who isn’t embarrassed by the Anvil Media – Attensa Wiki-gate fiasco should be permanently banned. However, there’s a world of difference between PR buzzwords and objective facts. Example: most people would agree that the word “leading&# rarely belongs in a company description on Wikipedia.

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Social Media Marketing Strategies for 2010

Webbiquity

What is critical for marketers to understand is that buyers are talking about two distinctly different sets of products and services here. However, close behind, vendors are the third-most sought source of information; blogs and Twitter are again the preferred platform, with wikis being the least popular. The lessons? Tweet This!

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Here are some random thoughts from a collection of these experiences and feedback from conference speeches: 1) Features are NOT user experiences: Warning…if you ask someone about desired user experience and they say wiki or forum, you have work to do. 4) None of the following are community platforms: Wikis, Blogs or Forums.

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Social Media is Simpler Than You Think

Webbiquity

At its core, social media is not about doing new things, but about doing things you’ve always done as a business person differently. In reality, social media marketing is simpler than you’ve probably been led to believe. Specifically, social media marketing involves five common, very traditional business activities. Tweet This!

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Using ALL the Tools of Social Media Optimization

WebMarketCentral

The term "social media" encompasses several different types of sites, and it's important to use all of them properly in order to really be effective at social media optimization (SMO). So, here are some tips for using different types of social media sites for SMO.

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Chuck's Blog: Why Supporting Knowledge Workers Is Hard For IT

Buzz Marketing for Technology

If youve ever seen an email thread ricochet and morph into something different than what it started with, youll know what Im referring to. Its almost impossible and self-defeating to charge back for accessing the corporate intranet portal, or using enterprise search, or a wiki platform. blogs, wikis, IM, etc.)