Online Marketing and Social Media Faves (3/8/10)

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Great online marketing and social media resources being posted across the blogosphere this week, including excellent information for non-profits, Twitter for business, and insight into making your offers stand out.  All really good stuff.

• Twitter Starts Routing All Links Through New Anti-Phishing Service
  This is about time, there have been so many phishing scams since Twitter has blown up.
• Report: Location Sharing Is Coming to Facebook
  Interesting to watch major social media sites all getting on the location aware bandwagon. Great news for local businesses.
• When you abuse permission…4 sites NOT to visit
  Super fab call out of blackhat, spammy SEO tactics that will ultimately cause the businesses more problems than they will benefit. Shame.
• Is Trust In Twitter Misplaced?
  Great reminder that we all need to take a look at the social networks we're marketing on and take a good look at their purpose... and results.
• 5 Ways to Increase Donations through Social Media
  Great basic ideas on how non-profits, ministries, and political groups can encourage donations. Definitely worth a look if you're heading in that direction.
• Make What you Offer Customers Stand out
  Fabulous information for any business (large or small) about offers your customer can't refuse. Great insight to say that it all starts with trust!
• 8 Easy Twitter Monitoring Ideas
  Great tips on monitoring and engaging on Twitter for small business and entrepreneurs. Practical too :-)
• Using Google Alerts To Work For Your Small Business
  Great look at the basics of using Google Alerts for your small business.
• Social Media Is Not an Eating Contest
  This is absolute truth for any small business, non-profit, or entrepreneur. Social media is not about quantity. You should always focus on quality... and thus results.
• The SEO Implications of Social Check-in Sites
  Great information, especially for local and small businesses to pay attention to.
• Why eBay Partner Network Makes 200% More Money Than AdSense On My Blog
  Great information on Ebay's Partner Network, especially if you are an entrepreneur with niche blogs.
• YouTube Turns on Automatic Captioning for All Videos
  Google is working on making sure web content is accessible by everyone, especially the hearing impaired. Great news for everyone who uses YouTube to market.
• The Secret of Small Business Social Media – You Must be Present to Win
  Great tips about the reality of winning in your social media marketing, including actually participating ;-)
• Thou Shalt Blog: What Marketers Can Learn from the Church's Foray into Social Media
  Great look at ministries and what small businesses can learn from church activity in social media.
• Facebook Ads Can Now Do Local Targeting for Thousands More Cities
  Facebook's addition of thousands of local targeting is another reason your small business, ministry, non-profit or political group needs to take a second look at their advertising platform.
• Singing the Praises of the Twitter Hashtag
  Great information about using Twitter Hashtags to engage intelligently on Twitter, without draining too much of your time.
• Online Marketing Tip: Work Smarter Not Harder
  Without Monitor, your marketing will always be in “fly by the seat of your pants” mode. You’ll never understand where to invest your time, where not to invest your time, what’s working and what’s not working.

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Maria Reyes-McDavis is a colossal geek brainiac, certified genius IQ with university degrees in Finance, Economics, Business Management and an MBA. Maria has served over 300 pro-level, digital marketing clients as founder of online marketing firm Digital Peas & Carrots. Maria is Founder and Editor of Hyphenated Americans, a conservative politics blog and Proverbs 31 Project an online women's ministry. Most importantly, Maria is a wife to her king, mother of 3, lover of basketball (Go Lakers & Clippers!), classic cars and is currently training for professional women's roller derby!

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