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SMP Podcast Episode 1: Social Media and Web 2.0 Basics for Business
Social Media and Web 2.0 Basics for Business
In this episode Social Media Power founder Deltina Hay gives and overview of social media tools for Web 2.0 optimization. Tools like social networking, media communities, WordPress, blogging, RSS feeds, podcasting, social media newsrooms, crowd-sourcing, social bookmarking, and widgets.
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Social Media Tip of the Day: Google proves the importance of social bookmarking.
Have you seen these little symbols following many Google search results lately?
Those mean that there are tags in social bookmarking sites (specifically StumbleUpon) with the key terms you entered, or that the resulting URL has been tagged.
So, if you do not have one yet, you should be thinking seriously about launching a social bookmarking strategy.
The […]
A shout for our social media e-book.
JD at Social Media gave our e-book a shout, saying it was
…worth the price for anyone looking for a grounding in the nuts and bolts of social media.
And, that it
…will give you the underpinnings for the elements you need to address in your organization’s social media strategy.
Thank you, JD!
The 30 Minute Facebook Application
Continuing our series on tapping the power of Facebook, we will demonstrate a way for anyone with an RSS feed to painlessly build a Facebook application in only 30 minutes.
First, what is a Facebook application?
If you are familiar with Facebook, you probably have an application or two on your page or profile already. If not, […]
Social Media Tip of the Day: Build a Solid Social Media Strategy
All of the social media tools and technologies that are out there can be overwhelming, no doubt. But, if you focus on the sites and tools that truly make sense for your business, you will find that the choices narrow down substantially. Take the time to build a solid social media strategy before you begin […]
Social Media Tip of the Day: Recommended Tool- Widgetbox.com
Widgetbox is one of Social Media Power’s favorite tools. It is a tool for creating and sharing widgets for blogs and Web sites. What we like most about this tool is that we can show clients how to create their own RSS feed widget in about 10 minutes - once they have decided on an […]
Social Media Tip of the Day: Keep Your Feed Healthy
It would be nice if we could just create a feed once and assume it will never go out-of-date or that it will remain error free, but that is not the case. And, if you are not monitoring your feed subscriptions regularly, you may not even notice there is a problem. If your feeds are […]
All About Social Media News Releases
A social media news release is just like a traditional news release, except it is also social media and Web 2.0 optimized. In short, this type of news release encourages interactivity, is easily shared in the social Web, and contains other Web 2.0 elements.
Generally, these elements include:
Multimedia items such as downloadable images, audio/video files, or […]
Social Media Tip of the Day: Make it Easy for Others to Share Your Site
There are a number of nice tools out there that can make it painless for your readers to bookmark, email, or share your site or blog posts with others. Yes, you can add a widget from many different bookmarking and crowd-sourcing sites, but why not use one widget that will allow addition into all of […]
