http://www.socialmediamarketertips.com Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:37:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is a lot of talk this past week on Twitter about what is right and wrong in social networking. More specifically the social networking done on Twitter. It would seem that some people have a problem with some of the ways that people tweet, or use twitter in their ... http://www.socialmediamarketertips.com/2009/01/is-there-a-right-or-wrong-way-in-social-networking/ So, I was looking for some new books to sink my teeth into. When I order new books I try to order across the board so that I always have something useful to read for the different segments (personalities??) of my life. This weekend I bought books on ... http://www.socialmediamarketertips.com/2008/12/twitter-revolution/ I like this idea. Darren Rowse wrote about developing a twitter landing page today over at Problogger. I like this idea, which Dareen says he got from Laura Fitton's (@pistachio) guest post on TwiTip Twitter can't be underestimated as to what it means to your overall web presence. How you are seen, ... http://www.socialmediamarketertips.com/2008/12/twitter-landing-page/ It's funny the way things turn out. Shortly after I hit the publish button on my last post about TweetLater I received this tweet... Thank you Maria for the heads up on that post! The post that tweet is referring to is called "Twitter Automation, A Terrible Trend " Of course, I ... http://www.socialmediamarketertips.com/2008/12/is-automation-a-terrible-trend/ Awhile back I let you all in on a new Twitter tool called Tweetlater . In that post I said I was setting up an account to see if it was going to affect my twittering in any way. Since then there have been several others who have weighed in ... http://www.socialmediamarketertips.com/2008/12/tweetlater-good-idea-or-bad-one/ Before there was MySpace or Facebook there was social media. It wasn't exactly called social media, but the concept was there. Blogging. Blogging can be called social media, or social networking, because it enables the owner of the blog to do a few things. Connect with readers in a ... http://www.socialmediamarketertips.com/2008/11/how-does-blogging-fit-in-with-social-media/ It was only a matter of time before it had to happen. A way to monetize with Twitter has been developed by a European company called Magpie. The idea is much like that of ads showing up in blog posts. You give permission to Magpie to gain access to your ... http://www.socialmediamarketertips.com/2008/11/make-money-on-twitter-with-magpie/ In the realm of social media marketing there are certain things you absolutely must do. You can't get away with cutting corners and leaving anything out. Kind of like breathing... you have to do it. If you don't, you die. Social media marketing is, of course, more important than ... http://www.socialmediamarketertips.com/2008/11/10-social-media-marketing-dos/ I've been told recently that there are in the area of around 3,000 social networking websites on the internet now. Probably by next week there will be countless more. That's a crazy number. It's a little overwhelming and can scare someone away from engaging in social media and might ... http://www.socialmediamarketertips.com/2008/10/top-10-social-networking-sites-to-be-actively-engaged-in/ Social Media Marketing is the flavor of the year. Since the beginning of '08, social networking has taken off and provided marketers, affiliates, service providers, and consultants another avenue for getting the word out about themselves and their websites. With each new day there are thousands of new people, ... http://www.socialmediamarketertips.com/2008/10/three-tips-for-integrating-marketing-into-social-networking/