Social-media. Social_media. Promotion. 8 Social Media Commandments. Will_mcinnes_photo At the Cisco Partner Velocity conference in Paris, Will McInnes (pictured), a social media guru, shared 8 social media commandments with roughly 200 VARs and managed service providers (MSPs). The VAR Guy often yawns when someone claims to be a social media guru. But in this case McInnes is the real deal and his eight tips are pure gold. Take a look. 1. Know Your Networks: Whether it's LinkedIn or Twitter, dive in. And forget user myths. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Four ways to succeed: 1. 2. 3. 4. Top 5 Budget Social Media Monitoring Tools. Viralheat – our favourite low cost solution In the run up to Monitoring Social Media 09 I’ve been checking out some of the free or low-cost social media monitoring solutions. I’ve been hearing that many of the top marketing agencies still use free monitoring tools: but which ones?
And how do they compare to the high-end paid-for solutions like Visible Technologies, Brandwatch etc? There are lots and lots of these services, but here are thumbnail reviews of 5 of the most best: SocialMention (Free) Often described as the social version of Google Alerts, SocialMention offers a really user-friendly interface. The big problem with SocialMention is that you can’t save your searches and come back to them.
BrandsEye ($1 month) BrandsEye is more of an old-school reputation management tool than a social media monitoring service. Trackur ($18/month with free trial) This is one of those services that, thanks to it’s founder, Andy Beal, get’s a lot of online promotion and coverage. Ubervu (Free) 33 Hot Social Media and Digital Marketing Tips (and 8 Killer Quo. Social Media Marketing Applications - 10 Proven Ideas - Online M. Tenured digital marketing professionals have been applying social media for end business and marketing objectives for years. But what is clearly valuable to some is still a mystery to many.
Whether you’re a marketer trying to get buy-in for social media from the top or a small business owner wondering why you should bother, knowing high impact applications of social media are helpful. If you’re looking to build relationships with connected, influential individuals (and what business isn’t?) Then it’s no longer a question of if you should engage in social media, rather it’s the how and the why. If you’re wondering how, a great starting point is viewing TopRank’s social media roadmap presentation. Following are 10 tried and proven applications of social media: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Conclusion The 10 potential applications of social media listed above are merely a primer to get you thinking. 10 Technology-Company Blogs to Model Your Blog After.
By now, most marketers and small business owners understand the kind of impact blogging can have on businesses . They understand that blogging helps with SEO . They understand that it helps build traction on social networks . And they understand that it's a way to build a community around their business . There's usually just one thing they're unsure of: Whether blogging is right for their industry. Over the next few weeks we're going to address some of these concerns with a series of posts highlighting top business blogs in different industries. Today we're starting with this list of top technology-company blogs: This list was generated by Blog Grader , a free Grader service from HubSpot.
The blogs on this list received the highest percentile score for blogs we track in the technology industry. If you're in the technology industry, check out these blogs. One final note: Do you think there's a blog that should be included on this list? Webinar: Blogging for Business.