4 brands with blogs that don't suck - Digiday. 6 Guaranteed Ways to Get More Followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ Follower count is often considered one of the vainest of vanity metrics.
I can relate. I’ve had my fair share of ego tied to that golden number on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn—pointing out my follower growth to a friend one day and archiving emails just as fast as I could when growth doesn’t come. Still, despite the vanity, there is value in follower count. While it seems like a smug number to chase, followers have a proportional impact on how far and wide your message spreads and the volume of how you convert. I think the best bit of advice on followers I’ve read is from our co-founder Leo: Quality is key. Follower count is one of the metrics we keep a close eye on with our social media reports andaudits. The dead zones: When not to post on social media [infographic. Trying to find the prime times to throw up the post you hope will go viral?
SumAll has created graphics illustrating the times posts are most likely to crash and burn, as well as when they’re most likely to garner attention in these two quick-and-easy infographics for your reference. Happy posting! Via SumAll. The Complete Guide to Stand-Out Social Media Formatting. You're not ready for content marketing. We can all agree that it would be a pretty poor strategy for someone to jump into the deep end of a pool without having mastered the doggie paddle.
Just because you have a swim suit, you are not necessarily ready for the 1000-meter freestyle. Likewise, just because you have content, you are not necessarily ready for content marketing. Much like other areas of your business, you need to master the basic skills before you get started. But where to start? “Brands need to think and act like publishers,” said Michael Brenner, vp of marketing and content strategy at SAP. Publishers understand four pillars of content creation that brands still wrestle with: They know what interests their audience, the power of images, how to operate a newsroom, and how to move quickly. Marketing_technology_jan2014.png (2600×1950) 5 new rules of Campaign reporting for Digital Marketing Agencies. Times have changed for Digital Marketing agencies.
The days of PPC+Display+SEO+Affiliates have given way to an uncontrollable proliferation of native advertising, social and medium-specific campaigns. A myriad of ad hoc campaign management platforms combining content management and bidding capabilities continuously overlap at tagging and attribution level. And while everyone has their sight and best intentions on a particular “common framework” nirvana, data piles up as indigestible spreadsheets, that have become the bane of the army of “reporting monkeys”.
How can new Digital Marketing agencies cope with this new scenario when it comes to serving the campaign reporting needs of their clients? Excel is not an option anymore. Pinterest. How I lost my $50,000 Twitter username. My $50,000 Twitter Username Was Stolen Thanks to PayPal and GoDaddy I had a rare Twitter username, @N.
Yep, just one letter. I’ve been offered as much as $50,000 for it. People have tried to steal it. Password reset instructions are a regular sight in my email inbox. While eating lunch on January 20, 2014, I received a text message from PayPal for one-time validation code. Later in the day, I checked my email which uses my personal domain name (registered with GoDaddy) through Google Apps. From: <support@godaddy.com> GoDaddyTo: <*****@*****. ***> Naoki HiroshimaDate: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:50:02 -0800Subject: Account Settings Change Confirmation Dear naoki hiroshima, You are receiving this email because the Account Settings were modified for the following Customer Account: There will be a brief period before this request takes effect. If these modifications were made without your consent, please log in to your account and update your security settings. Sincerely,GoDaddy Let The Extortion Begin 1. How to create perfect posts on every social media platform. 10 Ways to Find Great Content to Share on Social Media.
Would you like to quickly and easily find quality content that can be shared across various social networks?
Sharing a lot of useful content is a vital part of networking. Curalate: Pinterest, Instagram Analytics & Marketing. Pinterest. Pinterest. (7) Pinterest. The Best [And Worst] Times To Post On Social Media. Posted by Shelly Kramer on September 26, 2013 · 15 Comments It’s the conundrum of social media marketers everywhere: you’ve got great content to share on your social networks, but if no one sees it, does it do any good?
And that’s why discovering the best (and worst) times to post on your social media sites is a critical part of your overall digital marketing success. When it comes to discovering the optimal posting time on a social media platform, you generally have three options: trial and error, data analysis or implementing others’ research. Let’s dive in and take a quick look at each—then you can be the judge about what works best for you. Trial And Error (and A/B Testing) Experimentation and testing is not only fun, it’s imperative. If you’re not yet testing how your content performs, start. Data Analysis Let your data be your road map. 80-rules-social-media.jpg (JPEG Image, 2000 × 3448 pixels)