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How important is social proof?

 

I was stumbling the other day, when I came across this post on Copyblogger. It was written in 2008, so you would think that it is completely outdated by now. But I don’t think it is. The power of social proof is still valid in the same way it was 4 years ago. . . . → Read More: How important is social proof?

Social Media Optimization

We are all familiar with SEO. We know that there is on-page and off-page optimization and that this is critical for your page rank. But with the arrival of social media, the dynamics of ranking in the search engines has changed. As you could read in my previous post, Google Plus is fastly becoming an integral part of SEO.

As a matter of fact, I strongly suspect that we will stop making a distinction between SEO and Social Media Optimization (SMO) in the not so distant future. It will all be part of the same effort. So, what does SMO mean? Since we are still in the early stages of SMO, I don’t believe that that has been fully defined yet. But there are a few things within SMO that are obvious. For example, if you send out a tweet, it can create a back link for you. If you write a post on a social media platform, such as Google Plus or Facebook, you can create an easy link back to your blog as well.

The same holds true for profile pages on all the social media platforms. On most, if not all, you can leave a link to your blog or money pages. And all these social media platforms have a high PR themselves, which means that the links back to your site carry weight also. It could not have been easier to create high PR backlinks. Continue reading Social Media Optimization

Google Plus will get you more social traffic

Google has done it again. They announced the arrival of Google Plus your World, where they have now started integrating social media into the search engine. This is not a new phenomenon. After all, Bing has done it for quite a while now. And I have to admit, I have avoided Bing for exactly that reason. I don’t need a search engine to find out what is happening on Facebook and Twitter. So, this latest move by Google does not make me very happy. But before I go on a rampage, let me show you what I am talking about (just in case you have not seen it yet).

If you do a search on Google, while you are logged into your Google account, what shows up on the first page is posts from the friends you have in your Google Plus circles. It now specifies the number of personal posts the search engine has found on top of the regular pages that it always provided. It looks something like this:

You do have the option to turn this personal search on or off, through the 2 buttons in the top right corner: Continue reading Google Plus will get you more social traffic

Top Twitter trends of 2011

HootSuite analyzed over 200,000 Twitter trends of 2011 to determine the top topics. If you are anything like me,  you will go “oh yeah, that happened in 2011 also…” when you see the top 10 topics in the various categories. As you can see, social media has become an integral part of our life.

Continue reading Top Twitter trends of 2011

Targeted traffic from StumbleUpon

Happy New Year to all of you. I wish you the best year ever! May all your dreams come true and may you reach all your goals for this year. As far as my plans for this year are concerned, I will be launching my second online product in the next few weeks. It is a course that teaches you how to take advantage of the #1 source of social traffic online, which is StumbleUpon.

StumbleUpon is an amazing platform, that has doubled its members to 20 million in the past year. The beauty of StumbleUpon is, that your page will continue to be shown to Stumblers long after your Facebook link and Tweet have disappeared. Stumblers are a very active group. They add more than 2 million new pages to the StumbleUpon database every month.

As a result they are an amazing source of content. To give you an indication, here are the most popular StumbleUpon links for 2011: Continue reading Targeted traffic from StumbleUpon

The most powerful way to use LinkedIn

I don’t talk a lot about LinkedIn, even though LinkedIn is a very powerful social media platform. One thing I really like is the fact that a large percentage of its users is not just a member, but actively uses the platform. I have found the groups to be the most powerful part of LinkedIn. Granted, it depends somewhat on the niche you are in. But I have seen people who build their entire online presence using LinkedIn groups only.

If you have created a group, you probably already know the benefits. But if you have not yet considered this option, here is an article I found that spells out 10 of the best reasons why you may want to reconsider: Continue reading The most powerful way to use LinkedIn

Social Media in 2012

What is in this article for you:

I give you some of my predictions for social media in 2012

so that you can start the new year well prepared.

Last week I talked to you about the fact that YouTube did the biggest work over in their history. This week we can add Twitter and StumbleUpon to the list. And with Facebook changing almost non stop it is clear that the social media giants are gearing up for an interesting new year. Social media may have become a part of most people’s daily life, but it certainly is not done developing into maturity.

What can we expect from the social media platforms in 2012. Here are some of my thoughts:

Continue reading Social Media in 2012

YouTube gets a new layout

What is in this article for you:

We discuss the latest changes to the YouTube home page

so that you can incorporate it into your internet marketing plans.

This week YouTube rolled out a new home page. It is the biggest makeover in the history of the social media giant. With this new look, YouTube is making an effort to keep their visitors on the site longer.  YouTube is making an effort to gain some territory vs television, knowing that people on average watch 5 hours of televsion compared to the 20 minutes they spend on YouTube.

Here is a picture of what the new home page looks like: Continue reading YouTube gets a new layout

One email account for all purposes

What is in this article for you:

We discuss the many emails you can build out of one gmail account

so that you can manage your emails faster and easier (including spam).

I am writing this post the day after Thanksgiving and, for those who celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you had a great time. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year. It is a great opportunity to reflect of everything that has taken place in the year so far and be grateful for all the things that have come your way. I have a lot to be grateful for. My business is doing spectacular, I have developed my first online products this year, I am in great health and, last but not least, I have you – reader of my ramblings on this blog. I am very thankful for all of you, who have contributed to my success online and hope that I can repay the favor to you one day. Continue reading One email account for all purposes

How to build a Facebook iFrame

What is in this article for you:

We show you how to set up a Facebook iFrame,

so that you can build the exact Facebook landing page you want.

I am sure you have seen the pages on Facebook, where you have to click the like button to see the content of the page. You used to be able to build such a page using the, so called, FBML. But as part of yet another Facebook change, you now have to set up an iFrame to accomplish this goal. This may sound technical and complicated, but it is not that hard at all. You don’t need third party services to do this. As a matter of fact, I came across this great article that describes in great detail how to build a Facebook iFrame: Continue reading How to build a Facebook iFrame

 
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