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Social Media Basics: Ignore Digg like you would Google

Social Media Optimization  Nov 06 09

I came across a post last month by Rebecca at 10e0 called Is Digg the Google of Social News Sites?. In the post Rebecca points out some interesting traffic data. Top Social News Sites Based on Unique Visitors in August 2009: Digg (17.4 million) Yahoo! Buzz (7 million) Propeller (800,000) Reddit (670,000) Mixx (660,000) Digg was a hot topic in the social marketing field [...] Full story...

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How the Boston Celtics are using Social Media

Social Media Optimization  Nov 11 09

Really interesting article in the Boston Globe yesterday on how the Boston Celtics are using social media to not only increase revenues, but also to reach out to fans who cannot see the team live.

Don’t Forget Search

Social Media Optimization  Nov 04 09

Really interesting research data from ad network Chitika, via eMarketer on the quality of visitors from social networking sites.

Social Media Basics:Web Site v Blog

Social Media Optimization  Oct 30 09

One of the most asked questions I get about social media, is how do I get started? Most people are thinking that my answer would be to create an account on Twitter or Facebook, so they get this look of surprise when I tell them to start a blog.

Top 15 Brands Social Media Presence

Social Media Optimization  Oct 27 09

Great tweet from Michael Brito, aka @Britopian last week on a Study of the Top 15 Brands Social Presence Comparison The Top 15 Brands as decided by Interbrands and they then looked at the level of presence of each of these brands on the two main social media channels: Twitter and Facebook.

How Coke uses Social Media

Social Media Optimization  Oct 26 09

Good interview with Carol Kruse, Vice President, Global Interactive Marketing for The Coca-Cola Co.on eMarketer.

Reputation Management TSA Style

Social Media Optimization  Oct 21 09

I came across a fascinating story on Michael Gray’s blog blog about the TSA and how it used its blog to refute a passenger’s story.

Social Media and Small Business Not Connecting

Social Media Optimization  Oct 12 09

Really interesting findings in a Citibank/GFK Roper small business survey that was released on Friday.

Retailers Love Facebook and Twitter

Social Media Optimization  Oct 08 09

I must say I was shocked to read on eMarketer , that a combined 99% of surveyed online retailers currently employ (86%) or plan to employ (13%) Facebook Fan Pages.

Too tweet or not to tweet, that is the question

Social Media Optimization  Oct 05 09

So I was at Elite Retreat last week in New York. A group of 30 very successful online marketers. So the questions were asked about Twitter.



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