WebMarketCentral

APRIL 15, 2008

In fact, social networking serves as a great equalizer for small businesses, as anyone with an Internet connection can now launch a successful, global marketing campaign. These five sites require less commitment and cost little to no money for a successful marketing campaign. Small businesses will truly be on an even playing field.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 6, 2009

How can you maximize your results through social bookmarking sites like Digg? Learn the answers to these questions and more here in some of the best blog posts on social media marketing and optimization of 2008. Why is online reputation management so important? How does social media relate to SEO?

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 22, 2007

Digg Another social tagging site that provides a free "Digg It" button for your blog to let readers easily tag your posts for increased visibility. Digg is monitored by Google Alerts , which further increases your blog's exposure. Zimbio Web 2.0

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Creating a successful viral marketing campaign has been likened to hitting home runs—you never know which at-bat is going to produce one, so the key is to make a lot of trips to the plate. Put another way, there is no magic formula for producing a viral campaign, you just have to try different concepts.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Social media, and discussions of its value for PR and marketing, have become ubiquitous. But which social media tool do marketers find most valuable? Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best articles and blog posts on social media marketing from this year so far. practices, blogs and more.

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 26, 2007

A surprisingly effective tool for B2B marketers, considering that the site makes a big deal of saying "You must not use the Service for any commercial purpose, to distribute any advertising or solicitation of funds or goods or services without express prior written approval of Netvouz." 5) Digg 6.5% social bookmarking sites.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 3, 2007

social tagging and its impact on marketing practices. Marketers that embrace these technologies and integrate the new brand/customer dynamic into their strategies will engender the loyalty of the customers." He recommends that marketers reward their best customers with valuable information (something I've said before ) and use Web 2.0

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

It seems like so much of what is written about search engine optimization (SEO) assumes that you're writing a blog post, or a news story, or the next great "how to" article that's going to be syndicated far and wide on article marketing sites. It simply can't compete with the latest Britney-Spears-abducted-by-a-three-armed-alien type story.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Social media email signatures can also include elements like AIM name, Digg page, Sphinn profile and Ning group. Matthew Balthazor This Senior Marketing Manager at TechWeb added his Twitter link and Facebook profile to a standard email signature. YouTube, StumbleUpon, Technorati and Second Life: about 20% of Web 2.0

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 29, 2007

As pointed out at PaulStamatiou.com , "While you shouldn't quote Alexa rankings as ultimate truth, Alexa data is useful for comparing website to website, especially when those websites are in the same market (ie: Digg.com vs. Reddit.com)." Digg Alexa Rank: 88 del.icio.us 15 of the sites listed here fall into that group.

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WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Note: This is a guest post written by Christopher Angus, an award winning Internet Marketer. Many journalists cruise techy social media sites such as Digg and Reddit looking for interesting stories to cover and link too. While Google and social media are two separate entities, they are closely intertwined.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Okay, with Digg , del.icio.us , Searchles , Zimbio et al does the world really need another such site? Here's another social media tagging site look into, as well as a new place to keep track of everything web-related that's important to you. First, Zanby is a new social media site.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 28, 2007

development and marketing efforts? This listing of 53 social bookmark sites ( BlinkList , Digg , RawSugar , etc.) logos, typesfaces, colors The web marketing news and resources portal: WebMarketCentral.com The B2B IT go-to-market and lead generation specialists: KC Associates Contact Tom Pick: tomATwebmarketcentral.com

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 27, 2009

7 Strategies to Invite More People Into Your Audience by Problogger Social media rockstar Chris Brogan details several strategies to not just grow your blog audience, but also attract the right kind of readers (these do not include getting on the first page of Digg).

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

That experiment showed that tagging B2B thought-leadership content on social media sites increased traffic growth for B2B websites by 50%, and on a B2B marketing blog by more than 100%, over 60 days. Back in May of this year, I reported the results of a test of the impact on B2B website traffic growth using Web 2.0 social tagging.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 18, 2009

Discover these answers and others here in more of the best posts from the past year on social media marketing and PR. Top 10 Business Applications for Facebook by Duct Tape Marketing Of the 1,000+ Facebook apps built thus far, only a very small number—perhaps a couple of dozen or so—have value for B2B marketers and PR pros.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 3, 2008

TypePad Widget Gallery An extensive list of widgets that can be added to TypePad blogs to help promote content through sites like Bloglines , Digg and del.icio.us , as well as add cool features, collect email signups, embed a chat box, monitor traffic, create online polls and more.

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 30, 2009

Understandably, as businesses begin to invest more marketing/PR dollars into social media, there is great concern over the ROI of these activities. A fundamental problem with this of course is that all marketing ROI calculations are imprecise, at best. Measuring social media marketing ROI is a worthy though elusive goal.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 18, 2007

As B2B buyers become increasingly immune to traditional marketing and more reliant on word-of-mouth vendor referrals, sellers need to become more sophisticated in building customer loyalty through relationship marketing , and converting this loyalty into referral business. social tagging site, sort of company-sponsored version of Digg.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

sites fall into one of a few increasingly well-defined categories, such as social bookmarking (Digg, del.icio.us, Searchles), social networking (LinkedIn, Facebook) or file sharing (YouTube, Flickr, podOmatic ). Most Web 2.0 Twitter, however, stands alone. Okay, there's also Pownce , but Twitter is better.)

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What common mistakes should you avoid in social media marketing? Get the answers to these questions and others here in the final set of the best posts on social media marketing from last year. Which social bookmarking sites have the most clout? Can social media really increase revenue? Take Advantage of.TV More Search = More Customers.

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 17, 2009

StumbleUpon and Digg) is "spiky" and doesn't convert well, but supports SEO through the links generated. Google’s Top Search Engine Ranking Factors by Green Marketing 2.0 Google’s Top Search Engine Ranking Factors by Green Marketing 2.0 Social traffic (e.g. There's lots more red meat for web analytics data junkies as well.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 2, 2009

8 Directory Submission Red Flags by Small Business Search Marketing Matt McGee offers advice on what to avoid when obtaining links through directory listings, including directories that require a reciprocal link, display excessive advertising, or include a lot of links to low-quality sites.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

How 30 minutes a day can result in 250 inbound links by Search Engine Marketing Exposed Anthony Kirlew , a.k.a. How Can Marketers Harness The Social Web? by NxtERA Marketing Blog Ex-Forrester VP Elana Anderson provides five strategies marketers can use to harness, rather than manage, the social web for the benefit of their brands.

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 23, 2009

Author Andrew King, president of Internet marketing firm Web Site Opimization, LLC has really done it. In Website Optimization: Speed, Search Engine & Conversion Rate Secrets , he gives away all the secrets of creating a website and search marketing program that effectively sells products and services. Buzz , Digg and Photo.net. "A

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 31, 2008

This is based on the past 12 months worth of traffic data for this blog and for the WebMarketCentral marketing portal site. The WebMarketCentral Blog - Top SMO Sources of Referral Traffic Technorati - 6.05% StumbleUpon - 2.15% Searchles - 1.75% Facebook - 1.07% Digg , del.icio.us Here's the detail behind my response to Harry.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Here are more of the most useful business, social media and web marketing tools of 2008. Follow me on Twitter badges / logos / buttons by limeshot marketing Lots of bloggers are adding Twitter follow-me buttons and badges to their blogs, but thanks to limeshot, you no longer have to limit yourself to standard light-blue-and-white graphic.

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 30, 2008

Two weeks ago I shared some online marketing/PR wisdom from GM's social media guy, Christopher Barger. He likes Ning , Digg , del.icio.us , Reddit , Facebook , and Lee LeFever's In Plain English videos. Here are a few more of his thoughts to wrap things up. but recognizes that it has an impact.

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WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I, like many other many other web marketing professionals, am left sputtering with a mix of disgust and rage, fumbling for an adjective that conveys sufficient contempt: despicable, vile, loathsome, abhorrent, abominable, wretched, odious, detestable, downright evil. Yet mention the "nofollow" tag, and that all changes.

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 10, 2008

And it's pretty clear from Guy Kawasaki's ultimate mommy blog list (a bit dated now, but still interesting) that when it comes to blog naming, moms are way more creative than most marketers. For example, my blog subhead includes the text "B2B lead generation and marketing, Web 2.0 What personality do you want your blog to have?

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