As usual, groovy stuff across the blogosphere this week in social marketing…
General Social Marketing & Online Business
Target Practice from Danny Brown: Great, short post about where you’re heading in this economy and how your mindset may be holding your business back significantly.
Measuring Engagement and Return on Relationships from Beth Kanter: Great, great post about how to measure something as organic as relationships and engagement. Great links to invaluable resources.
17 Keys Ways Social Media Marketing is Different Than Traditional Marketing from Microgeist: Great, complete list of the major differences. You understand these, you’ll be far ahead of most “experts” LOL
Social Media – The Ashton Kutcher Effect from BusinessWeek: Great article, looking at the power of celebrity. One question I have is what happens with all that traffic from Twitter, I’d love to see some stats.
Reasons to Rethink Community Building from AdAge: There are only so many profiles and communities your audience can join and actually actively participate in. Think about that when you build your communities.
Social Media Monitoring and Online Reputation Management
The Future of Social Media Monitoring from ReadWriteWeb: Great stuff, as usual, highlighting what you need to know about the future of monitoring your brand (etc) online. It’s more than just Google alerts friend.
Internet Marketing
Get Listed in Google Maps from Duct Tape Marketing: Absolute truth in this post from John, Google Maps is a great way for local business to get listed in Google, when local people search for services and products.
Social Networking and Microblogging Tips
5 Tips for Creating and Promoting a LinkedIn Group from HubSpot: LinkedIn is still a valuable tool for businesses and marketers to build community, these are some great, simple tips.
Retailers Encouraged to Use Social Networking from WebProNews: The data completely supports the value of connecting with your audience on a social level, yes, even for retailers.
Video and Viral Marketing Tips
Online Video – Viral Isn’t Everything from Clickz: Great post about doing video for so many other benefits than just the “viral” thing, go beyond the buzz and get some real results.
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