With a defined social media strategy in place, marketers can rock social media in 30 minutes a day. Sound too good to be true? It is actually possible if your daily use of social media is built upon a well-developed social media strategy. But, a strong social media strategy does not mean that your brand … Continue reading How to Rock Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day Infographic
In my first YouTube optimization article, 5 Steps for Optimizing YouTube Videos, I focused on: File name of your YouTube videos Search engine friendly video titles Keyword optimization and link building opportunities of video descriptions Best practices for adding tags and categories to videos Categorizing videos into playlists As promised, I want to discuss other … Continue reading How to Use YouTube Annotations
Search engine optimization has not been dependent on a minimal number of factors for a long time now, such as number of times a keyword appeared on a page, and it continues to become a more complex web of on and off-page factors every month. One of the more recent factors that has had an … Continue reading How Social Media Impacts SEO: Infographic
Not sure if your business should have a YouTube channel? Did you know that YouTube is the 2nd most popular and used search engine, with more searches than both Bing and Yahoo? So yes, your business should most definitely have well branded presence on YouTube. YouTube can be one of your most powerful tools for reaching … Continue reading 5 Steps for Optimizing YouTube Videos
The biggest wins of the night were definitely by the brands that took advantage of the blackout during the second half. Oreo, Audi, Duracell, and Tide are all social media Super Bowl winners. With their tweets getting more retweets and mentions than all the TV advertisements. Check out their brilliant tweets below! By Brianna Smith
2012 was a very eventful year for the social media world. (understatement, I know!) Between acquisitions, introductions of new platforms, and grand site design changes, social media was an ever changing environment. Each time things seemed to calmed down, and marketers could catch their breath for a moment, things got flipped upside-down again. But, even though social … Continue reading The Social Media Report Card: Infographic
From the rise of Pinterest to the ups and downs of Facebook post-IPO, 2012 was a big year for social media. The infographic below, courtesy of The SEO Company and Nowsourcing, showcases some of the top social media moments from 2012, including: The complete integration of the timeline format for Facebook profiles and pages Pinterest becomes a top referral source, … Continue reading Biggest Moments in Social Media in 2012
With any inbound marketing strategy, customer outreach must focus on multiple channels; and, as we move further into 2013, well-developed cross-channel targeting will become even more important. However, how do we know where to focus our marketing efforts in 2013? Luckily, the great minds at StrongMail, an email marketing and cross-channel solutions company, did a … Continue reading 2013 Marketing Trends: Changing Role of Digital Marketing
What is Pinterest and How to Use it Pinterest has become the third largest , as well as one of the fastest growing, social media websites. After launching in March 2010, Pinterest was slow to gain traction. But, after summer 2011, traffic grew rapidly from approximately 5 million visitors a week at the beginning of … Continue reading Things are Starting to Get Pinteresting
The Whole Brain Group recently published an intriguing infographic explaining the key components of one of my favorite marketing methodologies, inbound marketing. I was drawn to this infographic because it compares traditional and inbound marketing before delving into the 5 steps to increase traffic and convert leads into customers. In the infographic, the Whole Brain Group breaks down the … Continue reading 5 Steps to Converting Leads: an Inbound Marketing Infographic