May 2011
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Google Predicts Online Advertising Surge →
According to the VP of Google Advertising, Google predicts a tenfold up-swing in online advertising over the next few years.
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WatchVideo marketing is not a new concept. Since its introduction in 2005, YouTube has been turning video marketing into a requisite for any company. As of this year YouTube has been monetizing over 2 billion video views per week.
Companies of today use video marketing to effectively explain and sell their products and themselves. These videos vary drastically in purpose, style, and caliber. While...
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Guest Post: Social Media Takeaways from #ProSEO...
On May 16th & 17th, Distilled, with help from SEOmoz and a few other companies, put together an SEO conference to remember. Of the SEO and marketing experts, @matclayton of mixcloud gave one of the top presentations of the conference. Mat spoke about social media and how and why it is effective.
Some of the key points Mat touched on included Facebook tools, tips, and other useful Facebook...
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RSS Feed of Get With It →
So.. get with it.
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Facebookers Can Now Tag Businesses in Photos
As of recently, Facebook made adjustments allowing business pages and brand pages to be included in photo tags.
For instance, if you own a mustache shop and someone takes a photo of their pet wearing one of your staches, your store can be tagged through the mustache.
The tag leads Facebook users to your company’s Facebook page (your company does have a Facebook page, right? where you post...
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Tap11 Update
I got in I got in! I got my acceptance letter email from Tap11 University!
Now, it’s no Tel Aviv University. In fact, Tap11 has no educational accreditation at all.
But in all seriousness, Tap11 is quite useful for businesses. It offers a lot more than just statistics for tweets. The site allows you to link up all of your social networking sites and blast identical posts to each in...
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These Go To Eleven
Tap11 immediately gained my respect when I discovered that its name derives from the infamous Spinal Tap scene.
Things get better from there. An analytics program for Twitter, Tap11 helps you to “monitor, measure, engage, and manage” your tweets.
Don’t take my word for it. Tap11 has been recognized by Chirp, The Webby Awards, the Mobile Excellence Awards, and others.
Tap11’s boilerplate...
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It’s okay. I hate my life too.
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APP OFF Update
QuickerFeet retweeted my last blog post. So they definitely gained a point for promoting my blog, and are now ahead of Engage.ly in the APP OFF.
Engage.ly: 4.9
QuickerFeet: 5.9
Now let’s hope they make use of my criticisms (and lose the techno).
Post by Sarie Drake
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Introducing QuickerFeet — a new app for the iPhone/Android market. The app allows mobile users to receive real–time updates on specials and promotions in their area. Known as “quickies” (groan), these deals can be sent out by business whenever they need to clear their shelves.
Sound familiar?
I recently wrote about an eerily similar service provided by Engage.ly. You know what that...
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Brand Yourself -- Cat Scratch Style
My new favorite thing: Pilot Handwriting. Recently, I Stumbled Upon this totally boss site. The application allows you to turn your own handwriting into a digital font.
Simply write out the letters of the alphabet, take a photo of the block of letters with your smartphone, and upload it to PilotHandwriting.com. The site recognizes and records each letter.
How does this apply to social media...
