Finding people to follow on Twitter can be a bit daunting at first. There are so many different directories and tools it can take you forever to get to know them all. So, here’s a few of my favourite tools, and a couple of tips on how to make the most of them.
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Oct 2010
As a marketer, you have countless new ways to get news, industry information, keep an eye on your competition, listen to what your customers say, et al.
You can visit blog and news websites, you can use social bookmarking sites, such as Digg or Stumble Upon, or news aggregators such as Alltop or Popurls, take a dip in your Twitter stream or do a search in Google.
Personally I use a lot of these tools. But my favourite one is good old RSS. I love my RSS Reader.
The mass media marketing the rat race is all about Awareness. You have to get noticed. So you shout for attention. But there’s other ways of generating business rather than interrupting people with annoying ads. How? Through caring.
OK. You are just starting out with your blog or social media newsroom. You have written and published a great blog post, and it now sits there on your blog.
Because your blog posts are search engine optimised to your Keyword Strategy (On Page SEO), you will eventually start getting traffic through search engines.
But you also want some people on your blog TODAY!
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Sep 2010
I ran into a helpful little website called ‘We Are Visible’. It offers a couple of really easy to follow video tutorials, that help you set up a Gmail account, a Twitter account, a Facebook page and a WordPress blog even.
As an online marketer, you may well be asking, why is On Page SEO so important? And how seriously do you need to take it?
Well, On Page SEO is a great way to work your Keyword Strategy. You can take the keywords that are most important to you and apply them to SEO tags and attributes on your page. This means you will get found by the people who are searching for you.
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Sep 2010
On Page SEO is a major factor for getting good organic search engine results. In my blog post the ABC of Search Engine Optimisation, I talked about the three most important elements of SEO. They are: Links, Keywords and Tags (code).
On Page SEO is about Keywords & Tags
On Page SEO means optimising your web page for a certain keyword or keyword combination.
You do this by making sure these keywords are used in the URL and in the most important SEO tags.
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Sep 2010
Social Media & SEO: In the last month or so I have published quite a few posts on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). I talked about the importance of Basic SEO Knowledge, the chances Google offers you as a marketer, Self SEO Diagnostics and Developing a Keyword Strategy.
But this blog is about marketing on the social web. So, what’s with all the SEO?
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Sep 2010
Over the years, your old website has probably gained loads of incoming links from other websites.
These links do two things. They help people find your site from other websites, which gives you traffic. Plus, they also help improve your SEO – your search engine optimisation, which helps you get better search engine results.
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Sep 2010
I like Vodafone. I’ve been a customer for years. Mostly because their reception is good. And that’s the most important factor for a network operator.
But I don’t love Vodafone. I’m not a fan. And that’s a shame actually, because as a loyal customer, I think I am a prime target to become a fan. I don’t really get why Vodafone is not focusing more on improving customer loyalty: especially in a market where people easily switch providers. It simply doesn’t make sense.
Hi! I’ve been a B2C/B2B marketer for nearly 20 years: founder & consultant at Storywise, brand director at Commodore, marketing director at MonteVerdi.TV and head of marketing & promotion at EMI Music. Today, I’m a proud husband, father of two & content marketing specialist at
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