2012 has brought with it a wave of web design trends. In keeping with this holistic approach, we selected the following as the top web design trends to implement this year: 1. In many ways, this trend is becoming a best practice. Social Media Integration. Having social media integration on your website is now as crucial as having basic navigation. To sum up, not every trend is worth adopting just for the sake of it being a trend. Good web design is a necessary part of your larger web marketing and user experience picture. HTML5, CSS3 and JQUERY. MORE >>

With the amount of helpful content about social media marketing growing faster than Facebook’s user base or Lindsay Lohan’s court appearances, it’s tough to keep up. Here’s a modest contribution to help with that effort; more than six dozen of the best, most bookmark-able articles and blog posts about social media tactics, tools and strategies written so far this year, by leading writers like John Jantsch , Lori Dicker , Lee Odden , Lisa Barone , Jay Baer and many more. Social Media Marketing Tips, Tactics and Guides. Social Media Tools. MORE >>

In my  Marketing Prediction post from last year, I did not break any new ground when I predicted that 2012 would be all about social, content and mobile. predicted that we would see increased buzz talking about how to become a social business , how to execute content strategy  and how to create a more mobile-optimized digital experience for our customers. Content marketing has become a huge buzzword in marketing lately as people have mastered the mechanics of social media channels but are finding that they aren’t seeing any results. StrategyDo you Agree? MORE >>

by Jesse Noyes | Tweet this No social media strategy, if done thoughtfully, is easy. Luckily for all of us, we have the advice Ekaternia Walker and Bryan Rhoads , both members of Intel’s Social Media Center of Excellence. The duo penned a chapter in our highly popular Social Media ProBook that’s so rich in knowledge, we decided to share their wisdom here. If you want your social media marketing plan to bloom, you have to water it carefully. Investigate and invest in tools for social media monitoring, publishing and tracking ROI over time. Get Organized. MORE >>

A month ago, I had the pleasure of doing an interview on the Social Business Strategy Map with Neil Davey, Editor of MyCustomer.com in the UK, which is one of Sift Media's business publications. Neil and I spoke at length about how companies can use the Social Business Strategy Map to create their own strategy and stepped through the process. How To Map Out Your Social Business Strategy Vanessa DiMauro guides us through a strategy map for social business initiatives to help organisations frame this emerging field in a larger business context. MORE >>