Recommended Reading This Week
Here are our top picks for what’s buzzing on the web this week….
- Free PR Advice – Comment on relevant blogs with something of value
From Social Media Today: From Josh Morgan, how commenting on blogs if done correctly can be effective for your business…
- The Winnie the Pooh Guide to Blogging
From Copyblogger: Given that the happiness and feelings of his friends are Pooh’s chief concern (other than hunny, that is), he’d likely build a strong community as a blogger. Here are six social media lessons we can all learn from the lovable bear who’s stuffed with fluff….
- Aligning Social Media Within Companies
From Chris Brogan: Where do the various social media tools belong in a company? Chris offers some good suggestions in this post.
- Online Video Growth Continues
From eMarketer: As more data about 2008 Internet usage in the US is released, online video increasingly looks like one of the year’s big winners. US Internet users viewed 12.7 billion online videos during November 2008 alone, up more than one-third over November 2007, according to data released in January…
- Quick Ways to Irritate Your Visitors
From Quick Online Tips: Some common webmaster mistakes that make site visitors click away rather than enjoy browsing your site…
- Two Basic E-Mail Tactics
From eMarketer: Review of study showing that sending out the right e-mail message with a short subject line on Monday or Tuesday can be most effecitve…
- Why Text Remains King of the Web
From Micro Persuasion: Insightful article from Steve Rubel on why text still dominates the social web and why videos don’t generate nearly as many links, mentions, or conversations vs. plain old text. And why the text surrounding any video you create for the web is so important…
- Get Inbound Links from Web 2.0 Sites
From Quick Online Tips: Almost everyone who has some knowledge of search engine optimization understands the importance of inbound links: the more inbound links you have to your site, the higher your rank in the search results of the major search engines. However, actually getting other sites to link to…
- 49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats
From The FutureBuzz: Sometimes it is easy to get lose sight of just how staggering the numbers are of people collaborating, researching, and interacting on the web. I thought it might be fun to take a step back and look at some interesting/amazing social media, Web 2.0, crowdsourcing and internet…
- Analytics Toolbox: 50+ More Ways to Track Website Traffic
From Mashable: Review of more than fifty analytics tools to help you monitor and analyze your web traffic. (Update of 2007 simliar review)
- 70+ Free iPhone Apps for Social Media Mavens
From Mashable: We’ve gathered up over 70 apps that will help you stay in touch with just about anyone, whether they are across the world or using the same Wi-Fi hotspot as you. Oh, and did we mention that all of these are 100% free? What isn’t to love?…
- 7 Social Media Predictions for 2009
From Search Engine Watch: It’s a new year, which means it’s time to raise a virtual glass within your social network and toast your collective social graphs for a great 2009. Here are seven things to look for this year….
January 16th, 2009
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