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11 Free Tools for Social Media Optimization

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Plenty of bloggers are talking about the inevitable intersection of social media marketing and search engine optimization. Keyword optimized social content and channels of promotion provide abundant signals to search engines for improved visibility on standard, social and real-time search.
The changing nature of social media marketing and optimization create the need for tools whether for […]

Ford’s Focus on Social Media: Scott Monty Interview

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

When you think of successful consumer brands in the social media space, names like Dell, Zappos and Pepsi come to mind. Another is Ford. Last year the Ford Fiesta movement generated tremendous amount of awareness (and pre-orders) for a vehicle that wasn’t available to the public yet. At the same time, it inspired a […]

Poll: Best Royalty Free Stock Photo Sites for Bloggers

Monday, March 8th, 2010

As with many bloggers, we’ve been using royalty free images for many years.  Many bloggers make use of images from Flickr and we have too but you can’t always find the right image there. I’ve even made a point to take more photos of people, places and things while traveling for later use in blog […]

5 Ways to Weave LinkedIn Into Your Marketing Mix

Friday, March 5th, 2010

From Facebook to Twitter to You Tube, there’s no limit to the number of social networking sites that can be leveraged to interact with customers and prospects, and build positive brand awareness.
LinkedIn, however, stands apart from the crowd. The roots of popular sites like YouTube and Facebook are founded on the entertainment side of things. […]

My Top iPhone Apps for Social Media Marketing

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

It’s a little ironic that I’m writing this post about iPhone apps using WordPress on a Motorola Droid (Devour actually), but it allows me a chance to experience how hard it is to blog, using a tiny tiny tactile keyboard and also finally get this post started.
Ah, back to a full sized Logitech keyboard and […]

Customer & Influencer Research in Social Media

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

“If you don’t eat your meat you can’t have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat!” Pink Floyd, The Wall.
That quote from Another Brick in the Wall reminds me of the cart horse situation with social media marketing:  If you don’t know your customers you can’t engage them. […]

5 Sure Fire Tactics to Promote a Business Blog

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Relevant, Consistently Updated Content + Flawless Technical Functionality & User Experience = Perfect Blog Launch
What’s missing from the equation above? You guessed it: blog promotion.
Creating a glitch-free blog with informative content means next to nothing without attracting readers.
Start promoting your blog today with these five effective tips:

1. Involve influential industry bloggers.
By linking to […]

OMS10 B2B Marketing Case Study: Marketo

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Our agency TopRank Marketing has been working with Marketo providing SEO, content and blog marketing consulting services for about 2 years. I finally had the opportunity to meet Marketing VP Jon Miller in person today prior to his presentation at Online Marketing Summit: Marketo’s Secret Sauce for Demand Generation.
Marketo is one of the fastest growing software […]

How Journalists Use Search & Social Media

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

TopRank ran a survey of journalists, reporters and editors on their use of search and social media in 2008. We found 91% use search engines like Google to do their job. 64% use social networks.  Published in Jan 2010, a George Washington University and Cision survey of journalists reports 89% use blogs and 65% use social […]

15 Social Media Answers From OMS10

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Online Marketing Summit 2010 in San Diego is host to a smorgasboard of internet marketing topics and this afternoon I am priveledged to participate on a panel about Social Media. Panelists include:

Chris Baggott, CEO, Compendium Blogware
Lee Odden, CEO, TopRank Online Marketing
Michael Senger, CEO & Founder, StoneMass
Caitlin McCabe, Founder, WhiteLabel Marketing
Ben Hanna, VP Marketing, Business.com

That’s a […]