Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

A while back I created a post called – There is no “campaign&# in Social Media because when marketers use the word “campaign,” it tends to suggest an initiative to get a message out to a targeted group of constituents. Related posts: Social Media speeds Onboarding I am officially up and running now in my.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Social media is by definition slow.

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Wondering Out Loud

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The social media revolution is over and it’s time for all of us to take a collective deep breath – in through the nose and out through the mouth. Now, before you accuse me of being a complete moron for proclaiming the end of social media, let me clarify what I mean. Blogs are nice, but RSS feeds, Diggs and del.icio.us

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

This is Episode 25 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Eric Boss & DJ Waldow’s Social Media Stat of the Week ( This week : The Wall Street Journal reports more people are turning to YouTube as their news source). Digg, it’s more of like the demise of Digg.

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 26, 2007

Based on two months of testing across a half-dozen B2B websites and blogs, these Web 2.0 Overall, Web 2.0 sites didn't drive a large amount of direct traffic (depending on the B2B site, Web 2.0 The percentages shown below are the proportion of total Web 2.0 5) Digg 6.5% tags: web 2.0,

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Recent Media Appearances. The trip was centered on speaking, client work, and meetings to prepare for the Future of Media Summit 2008. At the same time, the extraordinary rise of social media means that the thoughts arising from millions of conversations are now available to the world at large. RECENT MEDIA APPEARANCES.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 3, 2007

Hot on the heels of my last post came several news announcements on the growing influence of Web 2.0 First, there was Use Web 2.0 Author Joe Lichtenberg contends that "Customer engagement drives loyalty, and effective (and judicious) use of Web 2.0 Next, MarketingVOX reported that Web 2.0

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late… posted in Uncategorized |. The answer is NOT always social media/community - that would be another warning sign if it was. 6) Social Media is not new…just digitizing the norm: Reminded of this all the time. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 4, 2010

Brian Clark uses a series of one-liners from the inimitable comedian Steven Wright to illustrate his thesis that copy matters when writing blog posts, white papers, web copy or anything else you hope will be read and acted upon. ’ Content marketing within the realm of social media is extremely powerful, but it does have a downside.

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Biznology

OCTOBER 11, 2010

This is my final post on the skewed Web. In the early days of Web 2.0 awareness, much was said about the new —now old—Web being all about participation: in the age of User-Generated Content , everybody and their mother became a publisher, leveling the playing field. Image by prettyflower via Flickr.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Recent Media Appearances. « Professional services network offsite: Tapping the Power of Collaboration | Main | Audio stream of radio interview on Facebook, networks, connectivity, and media » Eight steps to thriving on information overload. Can you use media summaries or industry updates? RECENT MEDIA APPEARANCES.

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Webbiquity

MAY 20, 2010

A Top 25 List of Social Media, Web 2.0 & Marketing ‘Best-Of-Lists!’ 25 Free Social Media Marketing & SEO Ebooks, White Papers + Other Downloads by SEOptimise. ** 5 Stars. Where can you find the best online tools for competitive intelligence? ’ by Futurelab. Share this on del.icio.us. Tweet This!

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

A growing number of Web 2.0-savvy Based on my informal research, here are the most popular social media elements people are adding to their Web 2.0 email signatures: Twitter page, LinkedIn profile and blog link: these are the most popular social networking elements, used in about half of Web 2.0

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 28, 2008

. - Unisfair Upgrades Its Virtual Events and Environments for Businesses - Restoring the Meaning of Virtual Collaboration - Recording of Friday’s webinar on the future of work - The Design of Knowledge Work … The Industrial Era vs. The Networked Age - From Secretaries to Virtual Assistants to … Social Media Assistants?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 28, 2008

Intranet 2.0. © 2006 Prescient Digital Media. Also helping overcome e-mail fatigue at leading organizations are effective policies on e-mail use and the use of social media such as wikis and blogs. Social media. Digg this Post to del.icio.us © 2006 Toby Ward - Prescient Digital Media. Intranet 2.0.

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 16, 2008

Social media (blogs, podcasts, forums) and social networking sites ( Digg , del.icio.us , StumbleUpon , Searchles , etc.) Social media and social networks are simply an online version of that table at the coffee shop. Here are several of the best news articles from last year on social media strategy and tactics for marketers.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

Social Bookmarking 2.0. as a media professional, i cant understand how a company can so blatantly spam people like that. Rate: 47 ratings Sign in to rate. Views: 31,977. watch in standard quality. watch in high quality. more share options ). fewer share options ). This video will appear on your blog shortly. Great tool, I love it.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 10, 2009

In "The 4 C's of Social Media," I noted that coming up with a concise definition of social media , like defining "art," is challenging. Another is to look at the different types of websites and tools that comprise the social media landscape. 8 LinkedIn 14 11,246,726 +137.4% 8 Plaxo 1,440 2,629,043 +144.7%

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 18, 2009

How should you measure the impact of social media? Discover these answers and others here in more of the best posts from the past year on social media marketing and PR. Discover these answers and others here in more of the best posts from the past year on social media marketing and PR.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 7, 2010

For a good example check out these searches for the terms Facebook Marketing and Social Media. Personal branding expert Dan Schawbel suggests that your profiles should be rich in keywords that anyone would be searching for. Clearly there is a new practice emerging here, a practice I feel B2B marketers can benefit from if they focus on it.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 6, 2009

Everybody uses Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, but which niche social media sites are worth investigating? How can you maximize your results through social bookmarking sites like Digg? How does social media relate to SEO? Why is online reputation management so important? Have a good one and you'll see positive returns."

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WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 12, 2009

While Google and social media are two separate entities, they are closely intertwined. However, the most advantageous aspect to performing well in social media is that many people who frequent the sites are webmasters and blog owners. Tags: Web 2.0 Google ranks its results based on several hundred quality signals.

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 7, 2008

Social media sites are multiplying like rabbits. A while back, I posted the Alexa rankings for 42 popular Web 2.0 As Paul Dunay points out, the explosion of social media sites has spawned its own acronym : YASN (Yet Another Social Network). tags: Social media sites, Alexa rankings, Web 2.0

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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. Tools like HubSpot do a great job of quantifying social media leads, but still have some last-click bias. The recent United Airlines breaks guitars incident is one extreme example of this.

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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? What's the best tool for social media research and learning? How can you explain the value of social media to skeptics?

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Can social media really increase revenue? 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. domain to enhance your company's web presence. Take Advantage of.TV

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 1, 2007

Part 1 of this series rated the various types of viral media; this post focuses on promoting your viral content to get maximum exposure and pass-along. Trade publication editors are more likely to write about viral media that are industry-related (and creative) than those that rely primarily on humor.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

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 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.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Most Web 2.0 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 ). What's Cool About Twitter Fans of Twitter believe it is a key social media tool for business.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

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. potentially viral, and increasingly searchable.

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 18, 2008

Here are some of the best blog posts on social networking and social media marketing strategies and tactics. Among the complaints about Digg are its excessively broad audience and categories and the site's lack of transparency. This early success with social media can have long-lasting effects on search engine rankings as well."

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 5, 2009

The emergence of social media changed all that of course, so now that person can vent online to, essentially, the entire world. And search engines love social media, which helps expose that rant to anyone searching for the company's name. Create accounts on social bookmarking sites like Wikio , Mixx , Digg and/or StumbleUpon.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Now, in the web 2.0 I ran into this when I was launching our internal social media proficiency effort. world, we can find people with similar interests as ours far more easily. We can more easily share and leverage the knowledge and experiences of others. I couldnt even find a consultant to do it for me. Save to del.icio.us.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 15, 2008

Note: the following is a guest post from expert researcher and freelance writer Heather Johnson on how businesses can effectively use social media as a component of PR efforts, and efficiently focus their efforts on the most productive sites. Indeed, it is currently the reigning champ for promoting many types of Websites.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media. Social media. Whether youre socializing on Facebook , updating Twitter , or just adding a new bookmark to Ma.gnolia , social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. Welcome to Social Media U. Lesson # 2 Know What Web 2.0 25 Comments.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

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. Okay, with Digg , del.icio.us , Searchles , Zimbio et al does the world really need another such site?

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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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