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21 Tips to Balance Social Media Addiction, Tweets, Life and Real Work! | The Marketing Nut

21 Tips to Balance Social Media Addiction, Tweets, Life and Real Work! | The Marketing Nut | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
How do you manage time as a social media addict business leader? Focus on goals, objectives and inspiring and connecting with your audience and community

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yeohyc's curator insight, April 16, 2013 7:16 AM

Less than 45 hours to go to meet @PamMktgNut, @BritishCouncil & @esBritish friends at Social Media Tapas, Madrid! :)

Tom George's curator insight, April 16, 2013 8:41 AM

It's so important to maintain a balanced lifestyle. In our quest for succes we must not allow ourselves to become to obsessed with things. I always enjoy content from The Marketing Nut.

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How to Use Twitter for Business and Marketing

How to Use Twitter for Business and Marketing | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Twitter for Business: Read an updated checklist of everything your business needs to do on Twitter and start seeing great results.
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How to measure and report social SEO metrics

How to measure and report social SEO metrics | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Social signals such as tweets, +1's and likes can help you become more visible in search and get your content indexed quickly. In this way, social activity can increase organic search traffic to your site.

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Neil Ferree's curator insight, April 9, 2013 2:59 PM

My formula for tracking metrics is not so much the coiunt rather how the social signals → social shares → engagements → relationship to a qualified interesterd prospective customer

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15 Insider Tips for Creating a Content Creation Machine [SlideShare]

15 Insider Tips for Creating a Content Creation Machine [SlideShare] | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Check out these tips for making content creation faster, easier, and more effective.
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Content Marketing + Authorship + DiY Process is the Perfect Storm

Content Marketing + Authorship + DiY Process is the Perfect Storm | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Content Marketing is a skill set every online marketer should have in 2013. There is mounting evidence social signals are beginning to influence the SERPs

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Neil Ferree's curator insight, March 30, 2013 10:11 PM

You are the Brand so you want your http://bit.ly/RichSnippet to show up in the SERPs 

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Why Koreans Love Tumblr, And Other Social Network Surprises ...

Why Koreans Love Tumblr, And Other Social Network Surprises ... | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Bitly, the popular URL-shortening service, released a graphic visualization of the world's social networking site usage this week. The interactive graphic, which includes international favorites such as Weibo and Renren ...

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yeohyc's comment, March 28, 2013 7:21 AM
Welcome @D_Blundell! :)
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6 Facebook Metrics You Should Be Measuring . . .

6 Facebook Metrics You Should Be Measuring . . . | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Facebook Page Statistics: Here are the statistics you need to measure and how to measure them to determine your Facebook Page’s performance.
Suzanne Schumacher's curator insight, March 18, 2013 9:23 AM

I'm so pleased to see that I already suggest most of them when saying which ones count.

AlGonzalezinfo's curator insight, March 18, 2013 1:27 PM

cool scoop! 

from the article:

 

Do you feel lost when you’re looking at your Facebook Page statistics?

Well, you’re not alone. Facebook metrics can be overwhelming and most Facebook Insights terminology is still hazy for many of us.

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Facebook’s Revamped News Feed Aspires To Be A Personalized Newspaper - AllFacebook

Facebook’s Revamped News Feed Aspires To Be A Personalized Newspaper - AllFacebook | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
In an effort to clean up the clutter, Facebook introduced a redesigned news feed Thursday. Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, ironically enough, compared the company's vision to that of a newspaper.
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Introducing Google+ Sign-In: simple and secure, minus the social spam - Google+ Developers Blog

Introducing Google+ Sign-In: simple and secure, minus the social spam - Google+ Developers Blog | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Official source of information about the Google+ platform
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How to Use Hashtags in Your Social Media Marketing | Social Media Examiner

How to Use Hashtags in Your Social Media Marketing | Social Media Examiner | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
How to use hashtags in your social media marketing to create successful campaigns and maximize your exposure across all social media channels.
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Social Shares SEO

Social Shares SEO | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Listly List - Social SEO | Social Signals - Google Plus is Social SEO | Scoop.it, How to Build a DIY Content Marketing System, Content Marketing System, ThingLink Touches, 12 Top Tools to Manage Your Social Media Marketing | Manta Marketing...

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Neil Ferree's curator insight, February 16, 2013 6:37 PM

Did you know a well curated Listly page will find its way to page 1 of Google so long as a few optimization tactics and metrics are properly packaged


A Google search for social shares seo will generate the above SERPs

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8 Ways to Discover Valuable Social Media Content | Social Media Examiner

8 Ways to Discover Valuable Social Media Content | Social Media Examiner | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Facebook content curation: Use these 8 tips to quickly find awesome content to share on Facebook that your audience will love.

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Gaurav Pandey's curator insight, February 7, 2013 7:32 PM

This comes from one of my favourite sites. Great tips. 

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Study: Facebook Page Post Ads generate 14% higher ROI for retail sector than Marketplace ads

Study: Facebook Page Post Ads generate 14% higher ROI for retail sector than Marketplace ads | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it

Page Post Ads in the Facebook News Feed generate 14 percent higher return on investment for companies in the retail sector compared to ads in the sidebar, a study from Nanigans has found . . .

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How To: Make Your Links Do Follow Links in Google Plus | Bill Hartzer

How To: Make Your Links Do Follow Links in Google Plus | Bill Hartzer | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Here is a nifty, simple search engine optimization trick that I bet you didn't know. There is actually a way to make sure that the links you post in Google+ are

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Neil Ferree's curator insight, April 10, 2013 3:38 PM

How to acquire a DoFollow Link on Google Plus

Mac SEO Tips - Glenn Bearsky's comment, June 15, 2013 11:27 PM
Great SEO tip. Just tried it out. Thanks!
Neil Ferree's comment, June 16, 2013 10:12 AM
I agree Glenn (albeit) a strong headline and a powerful image will usually trigger a lot more opens and clicks which IMO is way more useful than a do-follow link
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Google Plus Profile Page Rank

Google Plus Profile Page Rank | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
G+ Page Rank There's been a lot of talk lately about the page rank of G+ profiles and if it is ranking signal. Since Page Rank for web pages is at the core of the Google algorithm it is probably safe to assume that it also plays a ...

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Neil Ferree's curator insight, April 9, 2013 3:40 PM

Backlinks to your Blog need to be Earned by Doing the Heavy Lifting then your social shares will come to pass

Mac SEO Tips - Glenn Bearsky's comment, June 15, 2013 11:35 PM
Beyond Google+ and other social media sites internal ranking of profiles - it's also smart to selectively build your own EXTERNAL links to your profiles at Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, FriendFeed, Tumblr, YouTube, etc. If content deserves promotion - so does WHO is creating and publishing it as well.
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How to See EVERYTHING in Your Facebook News Feed

How to See EVERYTHING in Your Facebook News Feed | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
If you don't want to miss any updates whatsoever, you can kick it old school and set Facebook News Feed to view every single post in real time.
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5 Tips to Benefit from the New Facebook News Feed - MySocialAgency

5 Tips to Benefit from the New Facebook News Feed - MySocialAgency | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Facebook is changing things again, which of course means we have to change things again. Here are our top 5 tips to benefit from the new Facebook news feed.
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Showcase Yourself Online by Bringing Together Your Key Links in One Page with Enthuse


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Didier Daglinckx's comment, June 12, 2013 3:19 AM
What makes it better than the other similar sites ?
Robin Good's comment, June 12, 2013 4:22 AM
I think it offers an alternative way of presenting info, and it gives you a lot of options to actually showcase data about who you are. Pressfolios is another good one in this direction.
Robin Martin's curator insight, December 2, 2013 2:42 PM

Robin, now I've got tons of work to do but these tools will make it much easier! Thank you!!

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Facebook Quietly Loosens Restrictions On Cover Images For Pages - AllFacebook

Facebook Quietly Loosens Restrictions On Cover Images For Pages - AllFacebook | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Facebook quietly lifted almost all of its restrictions on cover images for pages, keeping in place the rule that text can only occupy 20 percent.
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DiY Content Marketing System Update

The purpose of this video is to answer the question;

 

IS SOCIAL SHARES THE NEW SEO?

 

Since the answer is YES you need ask?

 

what do I need to know?what do I need to do about it?

 

The Name of the Game is Get in the Game!

 

To get in the game, you need to become part of the conversation. If you're a dog lover, you don't want to be marketing to cat people, so being in the right conversation matters.

 

DiY Content Marketing on SlideShares

 

Once you've tagged the right monitoring signals you need package your marketing message using social various sharing tool + apps so you can syndicate your content (message) to your top socials and become part of the conversation.

 

Social Signals →

Social Shares →

Social Engagements →

Relationship → Customer


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Adam Donkus's curator insight, April 2, 2013 2:46 PM

Lots of useful nuggets in Neils video..

 

Neil Ferree's comment, May 1, 2013 3:31 PM
Thanks for the mention Adam • amazing how many smart business owners have not embraced social content marketing to the extent they should have by now?
Adam Donkus's comment, May 1, 2013 3:38 PM
It is gaining. As all of the search engines continue to use social media footprints as a major factor for rankings, it should pick up steam.
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YouTube To Launch Music Subscriptions | TechCrunch

YouTube To Launch Music Subscriptions | TechCrunch | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.
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The (Lack Of) Clarity In Facebook’s New 20 Percent Text Rule

The (Lack Of) Clarity In Facebook’s New 20 Percent Text Rule | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Since my last post regarding Facebook’s now infamous 20 Percent Rule (infamous meaning of course ‘MORE than famous‘), there has been plenty of uproar over how Facebook has gone about enforcing the new rule.
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The World's Top 5 Pinners on Pinterest | Jeffbullas's Blog

The World's Top 5 Pinners on Pinterest | Jeffbullas's Blog | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
The expression of passion is no more evident than on Pinterest. So if you love fashion, create a Pinterest account and start pinning photos of images that display what has caught your eye.
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How To Get Someone's Attention On Social Media

How To Get Someone's Attention On Social Media | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Let's face it: It's a competitive world we live in, and ultimately only those that take action are remembered. When it comes to our industry, getting noticed can prove to be very difficult in a world where everyone claims to be a "social media guru".
Casey Strachan's curator insight, February 16, 2013 5:39 PM

Let's face it, it's a competitive world we live in, and ultimately only those that take action are remembered.

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Google+ surpasses Twitter to take number 2 social network after Facebook

Google+ surpasses Twitter to take number 2 social network after Facebook | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Google+ is the rising star when it comes to global social networking. Twitter, YouTube and Facebook all grew...
BelizeNet.com's curator insight, January 31, 2013 10:41 AM

You really should try Google+, it is so different that Facebook, and I find much more informative.  It does take a little getting use to, but well worth the effort. If you join, circle me at:

 

https://plus.google.com/107733269574737813168/posts