Social Networking
How To Be A Successful Web 2.0 Puppetmaster
By Nelson Tan
One of the key characteristics of Web 2.0 is participation, collaboration and moderation through the use of web applications. Web 2.0 sites derive their power from the human connections and network effects from this characteristic that is made possible, and grow in effectiveness the more people use them.
The idea of “participation, collaboration and [...]
Twitter & Advertising: Do These Two Really Belong Together?
By Merle http://WebSiteTrafficPlan.com
The latest craze sweeping the Net right now is Twitter. This micro-blogging tool has evolved into millions of loyal users who love and use it daily. Twitter attempts to answer the question, “What are you doing right now?” It’s very similar to text messaging, but your “tweets” are only seen [...]
Social Media Marketing – Don’t Make These 3 Mistakes
By Enzo F. Cesario
The Cluetrain Manifesto asserts that “Markets are Conversations.” The Manifesto is a document published in 1999 and 10 years later is still considered to be an outstanding treatise on the Internet phenomenon – in regards to the impact and opportunities of Internet and web technology on the modern businessman. Nowhere has this [...]
How to Market Your Book with Social Media
By Melinda Copp
Social media web sites, such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and even MySpace, can be perfect places to market a book. If you are already connected to the online networking and media world, stay there, and start promoting your work. If you are not connected, consider adding a few of the following strategies to [...]
Social Media and SEO Myths
By Scott Bywater
I was reading this book the other day about the death of advertising.
It was a book written by a web 2.0 search engine fan and he was saying there was going to be a death of advertising and everything would be done via search engines, social media, etc. going [...]
Don’t Just Type Your “Tweets”- Speak Them
By Merle
When it comes to social networks, Twitter is definitely king. With millions of users, and new ones coming on board daily, this micro-blogging service is a very powerful communication tool.
In the space of 140 characters, you can type short messages and instantly send them to your “followers”. But what if [...]
In What Way Can A Blog Be Good For My Business?
By Lynette Chandler
It isn’t long after you start your business before you hear people begin to tell you, it’s a good idea to get a blog started. Unfortunately, some times people don’t tell you why or are only able to give you a sketchy idea why. How is blogging why. How is blogging helpful [...]
How To Use Twitter To Generate Traffic
By Nelson Tan
Twitter is still a relatively new social networking site, and there are still thousands of marketers who are not using it to its full potential. Some are not using it at all. As with just about any other social networking site you can mention, you have to put in the work at the [...]
5 Online Networking Mistakes You Are Making And How To Fix Them
By Biana Babinsky
Here are a few typical responses I get every time I recommend online networking as a tool to increase the number of newsletter subscribers and clients:
“People with whom I network online are not interested in what I sell. I spend a significant amount of time networking, and have absolutely nothing to show for [...]
Five Ways to Maximize Your Time When Social Networking
By Janet Barclay, MVA
Social networking has been around in some shape or form since the late 1970s, when users could dial into Bulletin Board Systems to communicate with others sharing common interests. With the development of the World Wide Web in the 1990s, these systems have been supplanted by more sophisticated systems, leading up to [...]
