Social Media

Image by Shiny Things The current economic climate has made travel execs focus on the bottom line.  Brand awareness is all well and good, but when it comes to social media, monetization is the top priority for travel executives, says EyeforTravel.  They surveyed travel execs this time last year, prior to their social media conference, and [...]

Peter Kim has - with the help of many social media thought leaders - assembled a fantastic array of 2009 predictions on his blog.Click the link for the full document; excerpts selected by Peter Kim below:Fourteen great minds on social media have shared thoughts on what 2009 may have in store for us. Here's some of what they're thinking:"Although it is now cheaper to launch an initiative leveragin

In early December 2008, WordVessel posted a series of blogs about social media sites. At the time, I had already joined LinkedIn, but was having a difficult time finding my way around the site. When I wrote the post, I couldn't recommend it.But that has since changed, so I wanted to make an amendment to my earlier post.One of my ACFW buddies found me on LinkedIn and made a link. Finally, I had my

Check out this slideshow from Stephane Bouchez! It provides some good insight and stats related to social media and social networks and how they affect the travel industry and marketing tourism online. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xsitemarketing.com%2Fsocial-media%2Fsocial-media-and-the-travel-industry'; addthis_title = 'Social+Media+and+the+Travel+Industry'; addthis_pub = ''

I found this very cool tool for checking out social media sites! A. for your own user names B. for your competition or cooperating agents     It's called Username Check and it should only take one minute to sign up.  This little application searches 68 social media, networking, bookmarking and multi-media websites to see if a given username has been taken. There are a few

We have a real treat for you today here at the Tomato. Brian Brady, easily one of the most well-known Mortgage Bloggers on the planet, has just delivered to us, a solid piece on a topic that we both feel really needs some clarity: Social Media. If you are struggling to embrace social media as a viable marketing strategy, this post, and the announcement at the end is your ticket to success. It's Ab

Dándome una vuelta por mis feeds... Dí con una entrevista interesante que habla sobre como una marca como Dell integra de manera estratégica el social media. Se trata d ela entrevista realizada por Jeremiah Owyang de Forrester a Bob Pearson Dell.Creo que es relevante, pues el nuevo enfoque 2.0 debe considerarse como algo global, que no solo puede mejorar o optimizar tu inversión en comunicaci

Windy City Social hosted an outstanding networking event at the Mid-America Club December 10th. Thanks to everyone who stopped to speak with me about the economy, social media, the state of advertising.Special thanks to the organizers who threw together one of the biggest and most interesting networking events this year!

I've written a couple of posts recently about social media and social networking, and how this can help generate awareness and potentially funding for your social cause.There is a new podcast from Allison Fine on using social media for social causes, with her latest update including some interesting interviews on this topic.Mike.

At the base level, social media is a pretty easy thing to define. A lot of marketers have trouble encapsulating what it means to be in the social media space, and whether a campaign is comprised of "just another website" or a functional 2.0 experience. This post is designed to create a very general framework to assist in understanding and developing true social media campaigns.Let's have a look at

One of the most valuable, free, and overlooked forms of marketing and advertising is commenting on blogs. We state it over and over at the end of every post we make, and while many take us up on the offer, there are hundreds if not thousands who visit and completely miss the boat. Below, we’ve inserted [...]

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Social media site, Pownce, announced today that it will be closing the site down in two weeks. According to the Pownce blog, they will "be closing down the main Pownce website two weeks from today, December 15th."

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Imikimi.com is a website that allows social media users to edit their photos or images through the website. The website is easy-to-use and newbies will surely be addicted to it. Website Outlook Price: $813kThe website offers various predefined images where users can add their photo. These predefined images are categorized to various categories. Classic for those images that where used more than a

Have you considered developing content specifically to drive traffic from social media sites? Have you also considered what you want from that social media traffic, and what to do with it once you hav...

Being a strong proponent for the socialization of current dictionaries, Leximo is going to have a strong presence in Social Media. Leximo will never be about us, it will always be about you, the users, as laid out in The Leximo Manifesto.With that being said, we have set up several profiles and accounts on numerous social media sites. These sites will provide channels of communication between our

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When your 80-year-old mother forwards a video to you each day and your mother-in-law writes a blog, you can't help but pay attention to the growth, acceptance and utility of… TM talks SEO, Web Design and Online Marketing from a B2B and B2C point-of-view. Yes, I'm here to help!!

Common Craft released this explanatory video several months ago - I had been meaning to mention it as it does a great job of explaining how social media can help you or your clients.Check out the other great videos at Common Craft.

Why should I care about Social Media Optimization?You should care about Social Media Optimization (SMO), because you care about your company's image. There's an old saying that goes something like, "A happy customer will tell one other person about his good experience. A disgruntled customer will tell ten people about his bad experience." Good or bad, that's powerful marketing. Social Me

Claudio Ancillotti ha preparato questa Guida per illustrare alle Aziende in termini semplici le potenzialità dei Social Media. I Social Network se usati in modo intelligente possono far aumentare la visibilità nei motori di ricerca ed ottenere più visite.       

First off, my name is Kimmie and I will be sharing with you weekly DIY fashion PR updates, focusing on how independent designers and fashion PR agencies can use Social Media and other free or low-cost tools to build brand awareness and connect with potential customers in powerful new ways.

You're about to enter the MatWix Who says you can't make a Blog Post look like a website every now and then? Why not bring the boring links and text to life sometimes? Do you dare or desire to be different once in awhile? Are you stuck, and just part of the everyday Social Media Matrix? Ready to meet the Oracle? Has NEO peaked your curiosity yet? Are you an AGENT, or are you the ONE? Pick

By Brian Easter (c) 2008 Why should I care about Social Media Optimization? You should care about Social Media Optimization (SMO), because you care about your company's image. There's an old saying that goes something like, "A happy customer will tell one other person about his good experience. A disgruntled customer will tell ten people about his bad experience." Good or bad, that's powe

I've been on Twitter for several months now, and as my list of followers keeps growing, I occasionally get asked "How do you get so many followers?"  It's a bit hard to explain in 140 characters (the limit on Twitter), so I kept saying I'd write a post about it some day...  Now that I've got an Active Rain account, I figured I'd make my experience with Twitter my inaugural post. I have

In my work, i get alot of opportunities to work with branding managers, PR agencies and Sales executives who want to know how social media can improve their bottomline. I usually spend anywhere between 30 to 90 mins frustrating myself over conversations such as these."Will my brand getting involved in social media generate sales leads? or"I want a social media plan that will allow me to change my

I came across the What the F**K is Social Media presentation by Marta Kagan on Slideshare today and was really impressed with how well it tells the story of social media. It's simple, yet compelling. Some of the content in...

Domus Consulting Group will be offering their well reviewed Social Media Marketing Workshops starting this week, offering their one hour weekly webinar every Monday at 10:30-11:30 Nevada time over 12 weeks. Their first session is being repeated this Thursday and...

Any small business owner knows that picking the right location - possibly in a busy mall or highly-trafficked downtown corner -- results in more customer visits and opportunities to make sales. The same rule has also proven to hold true for the Web. The rush for online real estate back in 2000 was similar to the Texas Gold Rush for domain names and created a totally new industry of "squatters".

Dari sebuah nice conversation dengan seorang top internet marketer Indonesia, Pak Alvin Yudistira, saya setuju bahwa social media saat ini telah menjadi sebuah tool yang paling powerful untuk meningkatkan/optimasi sales dan branding melalui internet. Bukti nyata adalah keberhasilan Obama menjadi Presiden AS yang mengubah sejarah. Obama menggunakan kekuatan social media untuk menggalang dana dan du

Every once in a while AdvertisingAge features a great guest writer with something meaningful to say. The Digital President by Adam Cahill, Senior VP-General Manager, Carat Boston, is an outstanding read about how President-Elect Obama can leverage social media to create an administration with more transparency and public communication than ever before.Here are some of his key points:MyWhiteHouse.c

And I’m not sure I like it! God I hate the Internet sometimes. Generally when I’ve just done something I spend all my time advising people against - buying based upon what someone you dont know says. I’ve just ordered some stuff from Graze.com on the basis of what Kieron from here.org.uk wrote in his blog. Why [...]

Like it or not, the Internet is changing, and it is changing fast. This change, however, is in our favor. In favor, that is, of individuals, small businesses, authors, and small presses. Web 2.0 and Social Media are here to stay, and are likely the beginning infrastructure of a fresh, new Internet. So, if you [...]

If you’re attending NAR 2008 in Orlando, make sure you attend the Web 2.0/Social Media panel sponsored by Diamond Dwellings. [more at Diamond Dwellings] Panelists include: Jeff Turner @respres from Real Estate Shows Teresa Boardman @TBoard from StPaulRealEstateBlog.com Cyndee Haydon @cyndeehaydon in Clearwater, Fl. Her blog is from SandbarstoSunsets.com Ines Hegedus-Garcia @ines from — [

Studies conducted over the last four years have shown that the usage of social media sites at the workplace has been steadily increasing. Unfortunately the use of these applications has been causing a lot of avoidable expenditure to companies. FaceTime Communications has been conducting studies through NewDiligence, measuring the impact of social media. Employees at the [...]

…over 50 people change their avatars on Twitter just to celebrate. ShareThis Related posts:How to Avoid Suffering From Blogging & Social Media OverloadThe Value of Social Networking RelationshipsInternet Based Avatars: The Complete Guide

Photo by foundphotoslj While I was living out in Amherst, MA I worked for the computer science department creating math problems in Adobe Flash (well it was Macromedia at the time). The project was called “Wayang Outpost”. It was a virtual SAT tutor that toned in on a students problems and presented exercises to help [...]

PR Couture has entered audio-land with a new feature, a fashion PR radio show focused on fashion PR Professionals. For our first segment, we chatted with Jaclyn Johnson, community manager for Pronto.com about how social media is impacting PR strategy. Jaclyn has been working in social media marketing for about 5 years. She began at a [...]

I've been reading Problogger lately and some other social media experts on how they link their social media accounts to their blogs and gain traffic and popularity. I really didn't understand on how, but I kinda get some ideas... As what I understand on Problogger's post, he used the Home Base and the Outpost concept by Chris Brogan. Problogger and Brogan both successfully use this concept on thei

Как-то так получилось, что когда у нас в Центральном офисе бушевал антициклон под названием “консервация” 002&Doki, мне было ну совсем не до них. В ИРР база отвалилась (уже починила), в Яндексе немного упали (как упали, так

Social Media Networking and Blogging: The New Party Line? Do you remember hearing about how telephones used to all be on Party Lines? The way it worked was that you had a specific ring pattern assigned to you and when the ring matched your pattern, the call was for you. Your neighbors shared the telephone line with you, but they had a different ring pattern. However, curiosity would get the b

YouTube is a social media which is very effective in introducing new products to the public. It has become famous all over the world. In fact, many has followed its style and imitated it in broadcasting items or people. Many became famous because of youtube, no doubt about that.Social media has become the number one trend these days, especially it is very affordable. It is interesting to know that

With so much power to drive people to various websites across the Internet, why are none of them greatly involved with charity? I’m not talking about donating - I’m sure that the companies or their executives donate. I’m talking about making a difference.

The Nielsen rating system has released numbers for its estimates on the biggest and fastest-growing social media sites in the U.S. for the month of September, and there are a few surprises among the list. The biggest social network in the U.S. is still News Corp.'s MySpace, Nielsen's numbers found. But the bad news is that its traffic has only grown by 1 percent since September 2007, keeping it

Social Media Marketing has taken the Internet by storm. Suddenly everyone is talking about it.  SMM is about establishing credibility and trust so that people want to do business with you, rather than trying to persuade them through advertising and other traditional marketing methods.This is part 2 of 2 of our guide to getting started with Social Media Marketing.

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Last week, I noticed that an ad spot was purchased on my sidebar and saw that it was called Tip’d. I took a gander at the website and found out about this new social media site pertaining to the topic of finance, much like PF Buzz. It turns out that many other popular personal finance bloggers [...] Related posts:Policies Disclaimer I am not a financial professional of any kind....Stock T

Social Media Marketing has taken the Internet by storm. Suddenly everyone is talking about it.  SMM is about establishing credibility and trust so that people want to do business with you, rather than trying to persuade them through advertising and other traditional marketing methods.This is part 1 of 2 of our guide to getting started with Social Media Marketing.

Social media tools create a means by which a business can engage their audience with communication and start a conversation that they may not have had the opportunity to otherwise. The consumers can ask questions, comment and receive feedback. This allows the business to use these tools to better reach and understand their customers where the focus is on the conversation rather than th

This panel was done differently from the rest at the Social Media: The Marketing Summit conference at the beginning of this month.  Instead of a self-moderated panel, event organizer Lisa Picarille moderated this by grilling the two panelists from Best Buy on Blue Shirt Nation (BSN), their internal social network.  The panelists were: Steve Bendt, Sr. [...]

These are the tools and resources that individuals, corporations, and nonprofits alike can use to communicate, create, and connect on the social web…for social change.read more | digg story

Consumers expect a social media presence The highlights of the 2008 Cone Business in Social Media Study came out recently. The results of the study point to a growing trend in how consumers want to be reached by businesses. The study found that 60% of American consumers use social media and of those more than half [...]

For those of you following this series on the business use of social media and implementing the tips on using social media in your business, this article and research firmly supports your efforts at using social media to interact with the community and promote your brand and business.

At Problogger, Darren posted a pretty good article relating to how he uses social media sites to help build his business. [ read post ]. Without getting too heavy in to the article, it basically describes how he uses social media to drive traffic back towards his blog, and a beneficial byproduct of this have [...]

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Affiliate Summit held their Social Media 2008 conference yesterday in New York City. The event was held at the Baruch College Vertical Campus (an odd location for sure, and one hell of a walk from the subway, as I found out the hard way!), and about 500 people turned out for the conference. The event [...]

Marketing 2.0 for Christians and Pastors: Interactive new media and web 2.0 tools offer a rich array of opportunities to spread your message and connect to potential church goers. Its also new and innovative way to create conversation and community about important personal, spiritual, and theological issues. How You Leverage Social Networking + New Media for [...]

Education New Media and Web 2.0 Resources: Hopefully these resources can help acclimate you and your students to the next generation of web communication and interactivity. Enjoy! • David Airey has a useful Wiki Syllabus • Howard Rheingold at Stanford University has a popular social media syllabus • Social Media Training Wiki • You can also find top [...]

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This should be interesting, as the topic is on the intersection of social media marketing and search.  The speaker is: James Lamberti, Senior Vice President of Media and Technology, comScore. Started with a comScore plug - that’s kind of a turn off for me personally.  I’m the kind of person that is savvy enough to look you [...]

Another brand spotlight on a brand that’s really made social media work for them.  I’m surprised that I actually use this bank and never knew about some of the nifty things they are doing with blogs. Edward Terpening, Vice President of Social Media Marketing, Wells Fargo Great presentation - well put together and I’m very excited that [...]

I vow to present you with unbiased notes since I’m a big fan of Trackur & Andy Beal on the Reputation Management school of thought, so I hope to expand my own knowledge a bit.  The panel consisted of: Paull Young, Senior Strategist, Converseon Todd Steinman, COO, M80 Daniel Riveong, Head of Search Marketing, e-storm.com The presentation was a [...]

This presentation focused mostly on Cisco’s launch of a new router ASR 2000, but they parlayed a singular product launch into an entire social media network for Cisco for uber users of networking tools that brought fun into the mix. LaSandra Brill, Manager, Web & Social Media Marketing, Cisco. Wow… the computer she was using prompted her [...]

So blogging Shel’s keynote worked nicely, so here’s my take on Tara Hunt’s presentation. Tara Hunt, Founder and CEO, Citizen Agency. Something unique that I noticed right off the bat is that Tara’s presentation had a lot of slides, but they weren’t information - they were just words on the screen that she was reading, which I [...]

The days are getting closer for surely an election that will go down in the books as one of the all time greats…or worst depending on how you look at it of course. Unlike the previous elections this one has taken hold of social media techniques and doesn’t plan on letting go until Nov 5th. As [...]

I’m going to attempt to post this RIGHT after it’s done, so as I’m typing Shel is talking.  Don’t worry about not being rude.  I have an uncanny knack of being able to type without looking at the screen.  Nifty, huh?  I digress, this presentation was given by: Shel Israel, writer, GlobalNeighbourhoods.net Shel took most of the [...]

Day 1 has concluded with some great after hours discussion for the Social Media: The Marketing Summit at Moscone Center West in San Francisco, presented by mThink.  A day full of good pannels on various aspects of social media, including the panel with myself, Brian Caldwell, and Celine Takatsuno on the affiliate channel and how [...]

There are so many things to learn once you join ActiveRain.  How to create links, add photos, use HTML, don't spam or hijack, add video etc., not to mention Channels, ReBlogging, Outside Blogs, Localism and the Referral Network just to name a few.  It's no wonder some of our new members and visitors get a bit  overwhelmed in the beginning.  In this post, I am hoping to help YO

There are so many things to learn once you join ActiveRain.  How to create links, add photos, use HTML, don't spam or hijack, add video etc., not to mention Channels, ReBlogging, Outside Blogs, Localism and the Referral Network just to name a few.  It's no wonder some of our new members and visitors get a bit  overwhelmed in the beginning.  In this post, I am hoping to help YO

I recently created a quiz for my company which I will be developing a case study for soon to explore what happened with this viral marketing strategy. I scored 96% on it! How addicted are you? 96% This quiz was provided by - Search & Social - Media Experts a Social Media Expert Quiz Bookmark to: Hide Sites

[Cross-posted] Not directly about fashion, but possibly still of interest to those in to blogging and social media, particularly their relevance to modern business. My friend Tim Kitchin (left) has an excellent video series, Window Cleaning, on his company’s website. Tim leads the first video on social communication (a very fitting introduction), while Johnnie Moore [...]

Craig Newmark, owner of Craiglist.orgA social media entrepreneur thatdoes more than sit at home allday at the computer in his PJs Image by AP/Stephen Chernin source Wired So much has already been written on how powerful of a marketing tool social media can be that I don’t want to spell it all out again here. Visit Problogger, [...]

In their own words"Social Mention is a social media search engine that searches user-generated content such as blogs, comments, bookmarks, events, news, videos, and micro-blogging services.”Why it might be a killerPeople love to read about key figures and their latest activities, as well as being abreast of what others have said about themselves.Some questionsHow often [...]

Two outstanding reports released this week:Technorati's State of the Bloggosphere 2008andEMarketer's College Students' Social NetworkingBoth studies tackle some complex methodologies and manage to create a well done, very readable report that may help your agency or company make more informed decisions when planning social media campaigns.Combine these reports with Sapient's recently released Bran

BlogWorld was a huge success this year… even better than last. We’re lookin’ forward to even a better event next year. Based on the Event, I decided to list a few event-related social media and web 2.0 sites… Share This

Blogs 101 aims to provide our viewers with blog implementation, optimization and promotion tactics. Now in Part 3, I will explain social media marketing and outline a selection of strategies for socially marketing your blog. Full Article

We all know the economy sucks. We hear it in the news, we read about it in print media, and we read about it online. I see shows on MSNBC and CNBC with people arguing with one another about how to better our market and we see experienced entrepreneurs shelling out helpful advice to [...]

The genesis of this post started long time back when I started the Social Media Marketing space in India for a while now. After hovering around in the Web, I've found very few comprehensive lists on Social Media Blogs in India. So this effort is primarily to put all those insightful & interesting blogs under "Top Social Media Blogs in India's" list and rank them accordingly. The "Top 10 Socia

Hyroglyphs, originally uploaded by dangerouspenguin. Disclosure: I am a HUGE fan of social media, the internet, web sites and all versions of communication tools. But that doesn't mean that they are always the hammer to your nail of a marketing...

Google Friend Connect allows you to create traffic effortlessly and adds various social features to your web site. With just a few codes, you get more people getting more profoundly attracted to your web site. It attracts more visitors to your site and these visitors visiting your site bring along their pals from other [...]

This week, Jessica dives further into SEM and Social Media with an audio follow-up. She discusses how large your SEM keyword groups should be, mistakes to avoid in Social Media marketing, and much more. Click here to play interview. Have more questions for your marketing experts? Feel free to drop us a line: jonathan (at) xeal (dot) com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's important to know how social media sites can be dangerous and valuable at the same time and more importantly, consider how it might affect YOUR future while you use them today.

Last week I decided to become a dofollow blog. Not only to encourage comments...

Er zijn zo van die dagen dat je denk dat het gemiddeld intellectueel niveau van een seo-geek héél laag moet zijn. Blijkbaar begrijpen sommige seo-bloggers nog niet dat de “baas” meeleest. Zo had David Naylor een backlink tip om via een omwegje backlinks met linkjuice op je Twitter profiel te plaatsen. Helaas voor hem en allen [...]

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If you've ever wondered that the future of on the ground news video may look like, take a look at the remarkable footage being gathered by the folks at Weather.com.   As the social media team has  done more and more to invite user contributions,  the video quality and content continues to literally blow us away.    First with Gustav,  then Hanna,  and n