Webbiquity

DECEMBER 28, 2010

And to be fair, even with all of the changes in search over the past year , those basics remain vitally important to search success. While there are several benefits of business blogging beyond SEO, the ability of a blog to enhance an organization’s presence in search is substantial. Post on Google Buzz.

SEO 100

SEO Enterprise Management Digg Press 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 12, 2010

If SEO is about getting your website onto page one of Google, WPO is about owning that page. For example, Jill Konrath is webbiqitous for the phrase “selling to big companies,&# holding all 10 spots on the front page of Google for that phrase. And everything links back the enterprise’s website and blog. Post this on Diigo.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management PR Social Networks SEM 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Facebook, Twitter and even newer tools like Quora may be sexier and get more attention, but blogs are the workhorses essential to making social media marketing work. Research from HubSpot shows that small businesses with blogs have twice as many Twitter followers as those who don’t. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Bebo.

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Webbiquity

MAY 4, 2010

Link to the new blog from your website, Facebook page, LinkedIn and Twitter profiles, other social networking and social bookmarking profiles, comments you leave on other blogs—anywhere you can create a link. Use Twitter. Twitter is the fourth-highest source of traffic to Webbiquity, just behind Google. SEO the blog.

RSS 100

RSS Digg Tagging Blogger 100

Webbiquity

JULY 25, 2011

As online strategy increasingly is business strategy , web presence optimization (dominating the search results for your name and unique tagline) is now more important than ever. Because more than 80% of consumer purchases and 90% of b2b buying cycles now begin with search. Also, keep in mind that search is no longer just Google.

Optimization 100

Optimization Microsite Digg Work Management 100

Webbiquity

JULY 25, 2011

As online strategy increasingly is business strategy , web presence optimization (dominating the search results for your name and unique tagline) is now more important than ever. Because more than 80% of consumer purchases and 90% of b2b buying cycles now begin with search. Also, keep in mind that search is no longer just Google.

Optimization 100

Optimization Microsite Digg Ideal Customer Profiles 100

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Links are good things; they drive direct traffic to your blog as well as helping improve your rank in the search engines. Post on Google Buzz. There are certain over-inflated egos in the worlds of SEO and online marketing who are very poor at this. And you won’t need a visit from Victoria Stilwell. Share this on Bebo.

Digg 100

Digg Blogger Broadcasting Buzz 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Among the many reasons for the popularity of WordPress : it’s affordable, search engine-friendly, reasonably easy to use, and extensible through an incredible array of plugins. Angela Bowman shares her “clean and simple list of the plugins I use most often on my WordPress sites&# for SEO, feeds, forms, security, Twitter and more.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 16, 2010

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li” Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Post on Google Buzz. Despite being a quick, almost breezy read (how often do you read that said about a book on SEO?), Share this on Bebo.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Emarketing Media 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 12, 2011

Twitter Pitching Etiquette: What works, what doesn’t… by COMMS Corner. Pitching on Twitter? Google Launches Blog Finder for Any Topic by ReadWriteWeb. PR pros shouldn’t rely solely on Google’s tool when developing an outreach list, but it’s a good one to add to their arsenal.

PR 100

PR Tools Tips Blogger 100

Webbiquity

APRIL 10, 2017

Google Review Count: 312. Sample review: “Reputation.com…allows you to view search engine results and select if a result is positive, negative, or not you…you have access to the top 20 links, plus you are given the top 20 links for both Google and Bing. Google Review Count: 192. 1) Google Alerts.

RSS 229

RSS Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 229

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

How do blogging and other “real time&# activities like social media posting affect Google search results? 9 Useful Twitter Retweet Button Scripts For Blogs by Cheth Studios. Real Time Search and It’s effect on Corporate Blogging by Chris Baggot’s Guide to Blogging. Share this on del.icio.us. Tweet This!

Business Blogging 100

Business Blogging Tips Business Best Practices 100

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Read on to learn how social media is changing PR, how pitching bloggers is different from traditional media outreach, how to optimize press releases for search and online distribution, which tools should be in your social PR toolbox and more here in some of the best articles and blog posts on social PR of 2010 so far.

PR 100

PR Marketing Automation Services Blogger Eloqua 100

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Li really “gets&# social media from the social, search and business perspectives, and this shows throughout the book.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning 100

Webbiquity

JUNE 30, 2010

increasing a firm’s credibility and visibility in search), developing a blog isn’t the right move for every organization. The result is that other blogs and social networking sites become productive sources of blog traffic, as well as being helpful for search. Post on Google Buzz. It takes time to build that.

Business Blogging 100

Business Blogging Business Blogger Digg 100

Webbiquity

OCTOBER 13, 2010

A simple tool like Google Alerts would pick up most stray citations. I’ve used this tool on behalf of small clients for finding hundreds of key influencers on Twitter, blogs and various other social networking sites and forums. If Google Alerts had been developed with a focus on social media, this would be it.

Social Media 100

Social Media Budget Programs Tools Marketing Management 100

Webbiquity

JUNE 15, 2010

It supports a brand, and needs to integrated with other marketing and PR activities rather than treated as a separate island (just as, for example, a company’s search and display advertising should communicate a consistent message). The business value of blogs, Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, LinkedIn connections, etc.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs 100

Webbiquity

AUGUST 5, 2010

Higher search position? On Twitter, shine the spotlight on your blog. Search Optimization Tips for Bloggers by SEO Wizardry. Pete Hollier offers tips for search optimizing a blog, some of which also apply to standard websites (keyword research) and some unique to blogs (using SEO plugins). Post on Google Buzz.

Business Blogging 100

Business Blogging Tips PageRank Business 100

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. Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn groups, community sites (e.g. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Bebo. Share this on Mixx.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Business Paid Search Agency 100

Webbiquity

MAY 30, 2010

The Twitter Avatar Roast: 10 Types of Profile Images by Tremendous News. An inspired taxonomy of Twitter avatar types, from “The People Who Think We’re So Interested In Them We Need To See Their Childhood Photos&# to “The Nothing-Is-More-Natural-Than-Me-Just-Kinda-Laughing-Not-Noticing-You’re-Taking-A-Picture-Of-Me Guys.&#.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

How To Measure The Value Of A Fan Or Follower In Social Media by Search Engine Land. Social Media Has Direct Influence on Brand Search by Marketing Charts. The Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media by Search Engine Journal. Facebook: Who you know; Twitter: What you know by Social Media Today. Matt Churchill. Kelsey Childress.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Budget Programs Media 100

Webbiquity

JULY 28, 2010

This isn’t a tactical, do-this-on-Facebook-and-then-that-on-Twitter type of roadmap either, but rather a sequence of exercises to explore, monitor, justify, plan and measure a social media program. Google currently indexes more than 10 billion sites.) Post on Google Buzz. One million websites. Share this on Bebo.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Planning Media 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Blogs represent 50%, Facebook 47% and…Twitter scores 41%.”. Improving Your Search Engine Rank Using LinkedIn by CompuKol Connection. How To Use Linkedin To Generate Business by Search Engine Land. LinkedIn Group versus Facebook Group by Search Engine Journal. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Bebo.

Linkedin 100

Linkedin Tactics Tips Work Management 100

Webbiquity

JULY 18, 2012

Yet we tolerate exactly that type of behavior from leading search and social media sites every day, and even reward them with growing traffic and more of our precious time. A potential Google killer , Facebook killer or even Twitter killer may not do it with superior technology, but simply with a better user experience.

Facebook 100

Facebook Google Digg Privacy 100

Webbiquity

OCTOBER 5, 2010

While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business. Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009.

Twitter 100

Twitter Stats Tools Tips 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 31, 2011

Twitter came of age in 2010, growing at a scorching pace —from 75 million users at the beginning of the year to more than 190 million by the end of December. Twitter is used (officially) in 65 of the Fortune 100 companies , 63% of small to midsized businesses, and nearly half of all B2B enterprises. How can I get more retweets?

Twitter 100

Twitter Tools Tips Best Practices 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 10, 2010

Traditional ROI measures fail to take into account the search value of social media engagement, as well as the value of the customer service and product enhancements that social listening and interaction can provide. 8 Excellent Tools to Extract Insights from Twitter Streams by Social Media Today. by HubSpot.

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing Budget Social Marketing Paid Search Agency 100

Webbiquity

MARCH 3, 2011

How can you utilize texture, transparency, and even Twitter to spice up website design? 20 Resources for Displaying Twitter Updates by Mashable. Jacob Gube presents 15 examples of creative and unique ways that organizations have integrated Twitter feeds on their websites, plus five resources to help display a Tweet feed on any site.

CMS Development 100

CMS Development Design Marketing Websites Industry CMS 100

Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

Why Use Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn for Content Marketing? B2B Voices ( Trade Youtube Twitter Leads Sales ). Biznology ( Search Engine Public Relations Social Media Mobile Marketing Promotion Transparency ). CeeKue ( Promotion Word of Mouth B2C CRM Google Content Tips ). June 8, 2010. Dianna Huff ( @diannahuff ).

B2B Thought Leadership 100

B2B Thought Leadership B2B Marketing Advertorials Thought Leadership 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 10, 2010

PeoplePond is a secure social profile site that can be connected to your Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts. For anyone who wants a cool, custom Twitter background but is design-challenged, My Tweet Space provides a wide selection of free and low-cost professionally designed backgrounds to enhance one’s Twitter presence.

Tools 100

Tools Enterprise Management Marketing Management Best Practices 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2011

and 2) there are more ways for people to search than just Google and Yah-Bing (YouTube is now the second-largest search engine and Facebook SEO is its own emerging discipline). How to use search to shield your brand from negativity by iMedia Connection. Why B2B Marketers Should Leverage Flickr by Search Engine Land.

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Optimization Paid Search Agency Tips 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 8, 2010

Include each author’s Twitter link as well. Excessive use of content that been posted or reported elsewhere may generate search engine hits, but it doesn’t add value and so won’t make your blog stand out. Ad programs such as Google AdSense are popular and easy to integrate. Share this on del.icio.us.

Business Blogging 100

Business Blogging Adsense RSS Effectiveness 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Email marketing remains one of the top spending priorities for online, after search and display advertising. Add Google Analytics to Emails and Gain B2B Lead Generation Intelligence by Industrial Marketing Today. Facebook and Twitter are the social tools most commonly integrated with email campaigns. Post on Google Buzz.

Marketing Budget 100

Marketing Budget Email Marketing Tactics Tips 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 17, 2011

At its current rate, Twitter will process almost 10 billion tweets in 2010. 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. Are Twitter Followers Better Than Facebook Fans?

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Stats Social Media Marketing Budget 100

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

How about a real-time search tool to see what’s being said about your company or any topic of interest right now? Interested in an easy way to stay current on key Google Analytics traffic stats from your desktop? You can narrow search results to a specific timeframe and sort by date or source. Polaris. ** 5 Stars.

Social Media 100

Social Media Budget Programs Tools Media 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

According to a HubSpot study, 71% of marketers viewed Twitter as a useful marketing tool last year, up from just 39% in 2009. Facebook added more than 200 million users last year, and Twitter more than doubled in size, adding 115 million. Learn to leverage the social-search connection by iMedia Connection. Adoption soared.

Social Media 100

Social Media Paid Content Tactics Tips 100

Webbiquity

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This can be measured in a variety of ways such as number of “mentions&# of your company across social media channels, traffic driven directly from social media sites, and increases in branded search traffic (often the result of exposure through social media or traditional PR activities). Post on Google Buzz. LinkedIn, Facebook).

Social Media 100

Social Media Allocation Social Marketing B2B Marketing 100