SMM Series :The 6 Tips & Trick on Facebook Marketing

When it comes to social networking there’s little doubt that Facebook is the largest and most influential of the social networks online. It has more than 500 million registered user and, at the time of writing this, the average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events. For businesses this means that a Facebook page or other piece of Facebook real estate is a serious way to generate social and viral traffic but only if it is done well.

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SMM Series : SMM Tips & Tricks

Social media marketing is a relatively new marketing concept that involves increased social interaction on websites and has gained enormous popularity over the last year or two. There are a number of different types of social media sites but all of these have in common that their users can participate on the website by sharing comments, posting their own content or making friends online. If you are still new to social media and need a few marketing tips, read on:......READ MORE HERE

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SMM Series – Facebook Traffic System – The Next Marketing Opportunity?

To be hyper effective at marketing in any business, you need to laser target your marketplace. It is very possible to get hyper amounts of targeted traffic to your business when you know where to look.

Traditional Means of Communication

Traditionally, marketing communications were conducted via print, broadcast and such traditional media through disruptive advertising, where advertisements appear in between the content of interest for the customer.

Traditional media does give a large reach to a marketer with its programming of mass appeal. However, the wastage is equally high, since a large portion of the audience would belong to a different segment than the one that is to be targeted by the marketer......READ MORE CONTINUE

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SMM Series - How to Select a Social Media Monitoring Service

The focus is on social media monitoring in this final articlein the series on Selecting a Media Monitoring Service.In earlier articles, Determining Your Media Monitoring Needs, Print News Monitoring vs. Online News Monitoring, and Broadcast Monitoring for TV and Radio News, I describe the various approaches to news monitoring.

Definition: Social Media Monitoring
The social web is a fast-growing and fast-changing “platform” for consumers to discuss companies and products.Social media monitoring is the process of listening to online consumer reviews and conversations about your company, its brands and services.The overarching goal of social media monitoring is to learn from listening – better understand consumer concerns about your organization, and then employ that knowledge to enhance your products and services. READ MORE

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SMM Series - Small Business Video Marketing - Best Practice

There are still debates going on about how business owners can use social media marketing, however the actual number of CEOs engaging in social media is surprisingly low.

In 2010 it seems that businesses have either grown comfortable, or have been forced to accept sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare.. For instance, there are many impressive CEOs using Twitter to reach out to consumers by creating a personalized touch to their business. Tweeting CEOs like Tony Hsieh of Zappos and Guy Kawasaki of Alltop are well-known for their successful social presences and large followings as a result.....READ MORE

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Promote your Business with Twitter Hashtags

If only there was a way that you could watch your marketing message instantly hit number one in the search results. You didn’t even have to worry about how competitive your key phrase was. All you had to do is submit it and then instantly see that you hold the top place. Well you absolutely can do this!

Alright so maybe I lied a little. I didn’t say WHAT search engine or for how long right? Twitter has a handy feature called a “hashtag” that lets you do just this. Utilizing this to promote your new product, web page or blog post can get you that coveted #1 spot (at least until someone else tweets using the same hashtag).
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SMM Series – SMM Intro in 3 minutes

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SMM Series – The Basics

With so many things to consider when starting out online in the business world, SMM or Social Media Marketing can be one of the most important element. This is a term that is used to describe how participating in differing online social groups can help a business generate traffic to their site to produce sales. It can also be of great assistance in building important business contacts that can help you become a reputable business on the Internet.

This form of Internet marketing can also be used to attain branding and marketing goals through participation in various online social groups. The term Social Media is an all-inclusive term to describe the space and activities therein, such as videos, images, audio and written content.

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SMM Series – How to Create a Search Engine Friendly Website

Many webmasters complain about their website not ranking well in the SERPs. What they fail to realize is that their website is not search engine friendly. An SEO friendly website contains more than keyword filled Meta tags and content.
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SMM Series –Twitter As A Sales Tool – Tweak Your Sales through Tweets

With the advent of Web 2.0, the virtual world took a turn to the best. Yet, when it comes to employing Web 2.0 in internet marketing, nothing can be as effective as social media. However, despite the many options available for e-Marketers, Twitter proves itself to be one of the best solutions to get promotional [...] READ MORE

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SMM Series – 1Automate Marketing In Social Media Through TweetAdder

There is little doubt that most believe that one of the most effective forms of marketing today is through Social Media. Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn normally provide opportunities that you will not be able to take advantage of any other way. Primarily, that is in getting the word out to people who are reading your [...]
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SMM Series – Brand Me – Defining Yourself

Define yourself. When beginning, this is the first step in branding yourself. You need to realize that you are very good, even an expert, at what you do. You surround yourself, either in your job or in your circle of friends, with others who are experts in what you know. Then, you begin to believe [...] READ MORE

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SMM Series – Choose a Domain Name That Boosts SEO

There are two ways of selecting a domain name. You can choose the domain name first and use it as your organization name or vice versa. Most of the old organizations prefer to retain their brand name in their URL.
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SMM Series –12 Favorite and Little Known Tips for LinkedIn

Most business professionals are on LinkedIn at this point.
LinkedIn tells us that:
LinkedIn has over 70 million members in over 200 countries.
A new member joins LinkedIn approximately every second, and about half of our members are outside the U.S.
Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are LinkedIn members.
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SMM Series –How Much Do You Know About SEO?

So just what do you know about SEO? When it comes to SEO are you a Novice, Intermediate or Expert? Regardless of your level, this article from a 10 year SEO war veteran may prove helpful.
One of my biggest problems in trying to help other webmasters – I naturally and wrongly assume they know all [...] READ MORE

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