Here is a sample analysis… As you can see, each post or page is graded on search engine standards. Share this on Facebook. Smart Blogging + Smart Traffic = How to Avoid Blog Oblivion. Tags: About Blogs Content Marketing On Writing Better Online Marketing blog content blog marketing blog traffic content marketing with blogs online traffic Web traffic web traffic search traffic How can you learn basic search marketing for blogging in 5 minutes or less? Trust me, I’m no geek. This is so easy a 3rd grader can use it. Digg this! MORE >>

have a theory that would conclude “no,” but before I explain my rational, let’s look at a few more interesting trends from this study: Facebook and LinkedIn lead the way. 500 is Facebook with 74% of companies using it. The researchers theorized that companies are spending more time on Facebook at the expense of blogs and video. 88% see these tools as important for generating web traffic and 81% find them important for lead generation. If the researchers surveyed the exact same sample group, blogging levels may have even gone up in 2011. MORE >>

In the last few weeks he has posted a steady stream of fascinating pictures to Facebook, Google+ and  Twitter , conducted the first Google Hangout from space, uploaded YouTube videos of experiments, performed a live song with the band Barenaked Ladies, and conducted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit, which garnered nearly 8,000 comments. Beyond Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, marketers can tap into Reddit for a thriving source of community. But is that traffic relevant to B2B and B2C marketers or is it all just pictures of funny looking cats ? MORE >>

While the report costs $400, Econsultancy and Outbrain are offering this sample content marketing survey report  at no charge. But the main objectives of content marketing efforts across the board are still mainly reach (traffic and pageviews), engagement and conversion (sales). Let me know what you think in the comments below and follow the conversation on  Twitter ,   LinkedIn ,  Facebook  or  Google+. The survey was representative of 1,300 respondents from both the brand and the agency worlds. Brands Are Slow To Act. What are the biggest barriers? Content Marketing MORE >>

In the end, I found four specific ways that the most successful small brands use social tools to gain a competitive advantage: 1) Build awareness of their unique brand proposition: Facebook’s 600 million+ member platform competes with Television as an efficient branding tool.  They beat larger fashion houses by giving their audience access to high-end fashion in real time via twitter and their Facebook presence.  2) Responding to customer feedback in real-time :  Small brands view Twitter, Facebook, and their blog as canaries in the mine that indicate danger or opportunity.  MORE >>