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Branded Social Media Monitoring Tools in 60 Seconds. How to Remove False Information about Yourself on Internet. Bloggers are usually well aware of the dangers of being accused of libel, and that’s why most independent online journalists are very careful to make sure that everything they write about someone on their blog is backed with documentation and evidence.

But when someone writes something libelous about you, you need to be well prepared to fight back hard. So what can you do? And how can you remove false information from the internet and ultimately remove that info from Google. What is Libel? In the United States and in many countries around the world, truthful statements about another person are safe to publish. However, publishing outright lies with the intent to defame or injure the reputation of others is illegal.

In the U.S., the victim of libel has the right to bring a civil lawsuit against the defamer. Beg For Mercy Before you do anything else, swallow your pride and contact the person who published the information. Shut Em’ Down #1 – Report All Terms & Conditions Violations to the Host. How-To: Build & Manage Your Brand Identity with Social Media.

Are you using content marketing as part of your digital strategy to grow your business? If so, you're not alone. According to the Content Marketing Institute, the lion's share of marketers (some 92%) report using content marketing. In the fast moving world of digital strategy, things are always changing. What should you expect in 2014 to change in the world of content marketing? Hana Abaza of Uberflip has put together an infographic detailing five key content marekting trends for the coming year. In summary, they are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Blog with Integrity, Inc. Blog with Integrity. Marketing Roadmaps. Disclosure: I am Vice President, Influencer Marketing at BlogHer. Advertising and social media marketing programs are a significant source of revenue for my company and for the bloggers in our advertising network. It’s not a secret that I am something of an ethics/best practices aficionado. As a result, I pay particular attention to the terms of service and acceptable use policies of the social platforms commonly used in sponsored programs. The good news is: I love it so you don’t have to Recently (1/31/2014), Pinterest changed its Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) to explicitly prohibit both compensated pins and ads that could be confused with Pinterest content.

Specifically prohibited per the AUP : “Create or show ads that look like or could be confused with Pinterest content (for example, embedding Pinterest actions like Pin, follow or unfollow in your ads)Directly compensate users for Pinning, following or unfollowing” However: Not Allowed: Allowed: More to come, I am sure! The Go To Mom Child Development and Positive Parenting Videos an. Blogs on Marketing to Moms | Brand Marketing E-ssentials. Brand Marketing E-ssentials | Everything you need to know about. Why Silicon Valley needs the Unvarnished truth. After 15 years of covering Web startups, it’s not often that one strikes a chord in this jaded journalist’s heart. But one new Silicon Valley company strikes me as not just timely, but necessary. It’s called Unvarnished, and it aims to collect reviews about people. This has caused predictable alarm among people who have reason to worry about their reputations. Michael Arrington hinted at the existence of the startup Sunday, calling it a “Yelp for people.”

He argued that “reputation is dead” and that anything anyone might have to say about anyone else amounted to nothing more than youthful indiscretions or the gripings of disgruntled employees. That’s nonsense, of course. From what VentureBeat has learned about Unvarnished, it’s far from an online version of the “burn book” in Mean Girls. Instead, Unvarnished aims to gather fair and honest reviews about people who wouldn’t normally hit the limelight — mid-level product managers, senior engineers, and the like.

Altimeter Group : A Holistic Approach To Emerging Technologies. Making Your Website Multicultural. Alltop - Top Branding News. A Blog. » The Facebook F8 story that no one seems to be writing… If you develop Facebook applications, or have a website you’d like to integrate with Facebook connect, you have undoubtedly seen at least some of the videos from the F8 Conference this weekend. By and large, I found the announcements impressive, the technology decisions smart, and the overall direction of the platform to be very exciting. Plenty of stories have been written about these initiatives and the impact they’ll have on the internet at large.

But, here’s a story that I haven’t seen written (or at least, hasn’t bubbled up in Hacker News): a lot of this stuff doesn’t actually work. All of the developers must know this. The forums have been down since launch. The Like Button With the announcement of the social plugins, I was immediately interested in getting the Like button up and running. It was live on CNN.com… sometimes. Facepile I thought the Facepile plugin made for a great pitch. Facebook Connect Log in to sites around the web with your Facebook password. Fixes Coming Soon? Power Friending: Demystifying Social Media to Grow Your Business. Tools To Analyze Competitors’ Website Traffic. Alexa.com - Compare traffic and trends of websites up to three websites. Provides Alexa rank, reach and page views of the websites. But, I guess it takes data only from the visitors who have the Alexa toolbar. Google Trends – use commas to compare unique visitors to multiple sites. Quantcast – Will be helpful if at all the competitors are “quantified”.

Also, you need to register to get the complete report. Spyfu – One can know the keywords the competitor is bidding on Adwords. Compete.com – They claim as - Competitive metrics for every site on the web powered by the largest pool of online consumer behavior data in the industry. ComScore - Is definitely not cheaper and not completely accurate either. Hitwise - Hitwise reports offer a concise analysis of market trends in any one of Hitwise's 160+ industry categories or on thousands of categorized websites.

MarketLeap – Is a leading provider of integrated digital marketing solutions. Let me know if I have missed any good websites here. 25.4 Billion Reasons Why Search Engines Want Your Social Media V. I have recently started to take a closer look at the increasing impact of Social Media “Online Video and its importance to getting found online because of the facts and figures emerging that can’t be ignored… in fact its hard to get your head around them. Comscore announced in August 2009 that over 25.4 Billion video views ocurred in the USA alone (Yes…. Billions not millions). This is up from 14.3 Billion In December 2008. This is a 78% increase in just 8 months.

Google’s sites such as YouTube had a 39% market share with the closest competitor being Microsoft sites with 2.2%. (Google owns YouTube by the way). In a Video interview by ”Reel SEO” with of Ogilvy’s Marketing Director Interactive Robert Davis, Robert tells Andy Plesser of Beet.tv that they have seen a tremendous rise in traffic to video content coming from search engines, especially over the past 6 months. 2. One phrase that struck me was “pain point” which is an interesting “re-terming” take on a “business problem”.

The Top 5 Social Media Channels « Jeffbullas's Blog. Marketing is going through a lot of changes due to the rise of the Web and the latest technologies, including Social Media where you can easily and efficiently publish and promote your content and get your message out to your customers and potential clients. The old marketing paradigm consisted of cold calling, mass media (radio, TV and newspaper), fax broadcasting, direct mail and all the other traditional marketing mediums. The ability of these channels to produce effective cost efficient results is waning as new technology such as caller ID, email spamming filters, as well as government regulations being put in place such as do not call registers.This is what you could also call “Push Marketing” or “Interruption Marketing”.

In this video I look at what are the Top 5 Social Media channels and the some of the interesting facts and figures that will give you some insight in to how these platforms can assist you in pulling customers to you by gaining their permission. 195inShare. 10 Foundational Tips for Bloggers Wanting to Make Money Blogging. How Online Video Can Increase Your Sales By 30% The use of online video is continuing to grow and develop as higher broadband speeds become more widespread worldwide and the appetite by the younger generation for viewing rather than reading. The old chestnut phrase , “A picture is worth a thousand words” begs the question, “How many words is a video worth?” Zappos (an online shoe retailer) does shoes and social media remarkably well and utilizes online video very effectively.

They use video to engage with the buyer as much as possible. Their use of video to create “virtually” the reality experience of a bricks and mortar store, as if the buyer were in store and “more”continues to evolve. They use online video to Describe their shoesHow to use the productTo demonstrate Note: The videos are about the products, are with real Zappos employees and not models or actors… a bit of authenticity happening here, not stock photos with incredibly handsome and beautiful people. They are testing interactive video on their site for Nike products.