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| | One of my clients have a number of partners who they would like to feature more prominently than the usual reciprocal link page on the corporate website. Has anyone used Facebook or another social network to create some sort of online trade show where your community can look at numerous … |
 | I saw a blog post on Brian Solis (Mr. PR 2.0 blog) about using mind maps to visualize your social media self. I am sharing this image because I know it can be very helpful in developing a social media strategy for your business. What do you think? |
| | How do sites that have No-Follow practice/policy benefit from it? What is the commercial point of this rule? Especially if it's social media sites like Twitter (if I am correct about it)? |
| | I just read a blog about how some companies are buying twitter followers and paying them to tweet about their products. The companies mentioned are relatively large but would you pay a small number of people to tweet about your product for a short period of time to build a … |
| | Unlike so many others, I would REALLY like for mine to be useful and actually popular. There are so many that fails on so many different aspects. To set mine apart, I have taken on the idea of it being a cookbook based site. Using the Drupal CMS, I have … |
| | Has anyone here used webinars as a way of attracting new members to their communities? I work with a company that does webinars regularly and does them well and now that they are getting into social media marketing and looking to build up their on-line following I was wondering if … |
| | Does anyone know if there is a way to track the number of mobil users who are participating in an online community? I ask because I was on another forum where there was a similar discussion and nobody seemed to have a clue. As I have a client who is … |
| | I belong to a number of Linkedin groups and I was wondering about starting one under the auspices of one of my client as a way of creating an advisory group/channel for new opportunities. Has anyone started a Linkedin group and what were your results? |
| | I am working on a couple online communities and I was hoping some people would know the biggest mistakes you can make while designing a online community. I don't want to run into legal trouble. |
| | I have monitored social media buzz on particular keywords and brands via qualitative measures and it is time consuming. I found some good approaches like: 1. Google Trends 2. Google Alerts 3. Going to Twitter Search Someone recommended Viral Heat. But its a pay service. But if it saves time … |
| | Hi I have grown a few online communities in the past and I noticed that if you are trying to plug a service or increase awareness of something through an online community, you also need to track a few metrics. For example on yahoo groups, I not only cared about … |
| | Have you used Google Trends to access keyword trends? I have used it and it was interesting to see the results for Michael Jackson on the day and time shortly after his death. The results correlate with news reports that Google and Twitter encountered slow connection due to excessive traffic. … |
| | In a few groups I belong to, I have seen very active discussion on members accusing posters that their posts were spams while the poster insist they are just informing. I also have noticed this on Twitter. Some members do not post any thoughts but just a bit.ly link while … |
| | I was just reading a July 10th piece on Mashable about SuperFan, a site that takes the fan page concept from facebook and encourages people with real loyalty to sports and entertainment figures and groups and offers them an opportunity to create communities. I was wondering if anyone has seen … |
| | I'm a newbie in need of some guidance... I have several commerce sites. I want to create a social networking community and have it be interactive with my commerce sites. Specifically we're intending to do several Blogs, multiple Chat rooms (both public and private) and a Question/Answer site. We'd like … |
| | im a newbie can u all help me how to growing with IM SNIP |
| | There are a number of different paid and free tools available to track web traffic and web related trends. I have used a number of them and many of them have their strengths and weaknesses. The choice/s of your selected web analytics software depends on the purpose of your website … |
| | This graph is representative of companies with over 250 employees. With smaller companies, it is usually a one person role. In other companies I have seen, it is an integrated approach in a small operation. What do you think of the graph? |
| | Im sharing some values from eMarketer. Despite the recession, small businesses are spending more on advertising on online networks rather than mobile advertising and podcasting. My question for the small business advertisers is: How has it been the ROI for such marketing tactics? |
| | Hi I have designed a social networking site cum chat site called [url]www.beezzee.com[/url] I have submitted my site to major search engine.But the traffic is limited.How do i increase the traffic. |
 | I do a podcast over on my website where every Monday I do a segment called "This week in Tech History". I run down historical events for the week. I've been pondering doing this show on a daily basis rather than a weekly. It would be produced Monday through Thursday … |
| | If you have not created a Facebook page for your business, start doing it soon. If you have created one for your business, what has been your experiences? [url]http://www.facebook.com/advertising/?pages[/url] |
| | When someone follows you on Twitter, do you send them a thank you email? I am trying to access a best practice discussion here. The information available from social media experts range from one extreme to another. |
 | I would like to host a [COLOR="Red"]COTS [/COLOR](Forum, Video Vault, File sharing venue) that would enable Premium members/subscribers to access specific content and Trial members limited access to "generic" content. I'd like to leverage the many videos I have produced on Screencast and be able to create and provide (password … |
| | A popular option nowadays have been to include a facebook page and twitter account to promote your business. But the issue is, just because it exists does it means that one has to advertise there. I noticed so many accounts on Twitter that are business related but hardly have any … |
| | Has anyone used the 2008 version of the Community Server software? It seems great on the surface (and using the demo) for a social networking site, but I would like to hear some user experience or feedback. |
| | Just took a look at [url]www.collecta.com[/url] . It is in Beta and is billed as a real time search engine that searches twitter, RSS feeds, and various social media outlets for results. Looks interesting but unsure what the potential is. |
| | Hi I discovered a new social bookmarking site, Pinboard.in. It is a simple site and for short term tagging. But I wonder if businesses will submit their tags here, though the site's tagline is "Social Bookmarking For Introverts". |
| | I just read a blog post where the author states that to maximize your SEO efforts, and the benefits as well, the SEO specialist or team inside an organization should share the SEO strategy with a number of different parties within the enterprise so that everyone is working towards the … |
| | Alright this is my question , If you start your forum on a host such as forumotion is it worth it in the long haul? I know you could still get money off of ads and such .. that seem like a win/win.. But then again the server isn't garuanteed … |
| | The Internet Advertising Bureau just published their social media metrics definition. IAB is helping lead the standardization of social media metrics. http:// [url]www.iab.net/socialmetrics[/url] In previous posts, I have stirred conversations about this topic. With social media being such an integrated part of today's digital age, it is important to ascertain … |
| | Hello Everyone, I am a new member here searching for some input on my new marketplace. Currently we just launched and have around 50 members from our notification list that we setup during pre-launch. The problem we see with a marketplace is that we have to attract buyers and sellers, … |
 | Can someone please recommend an ad network that we can use for a green site. We would like to display all green and ethically responsible ads. Thanks |
| | Just today, I received a message from a rep from an online research community. I wonder if anyone on this board would actually use such services for their business, especially if it was a small business. |
| | Social media can be accessibile on most mobile devices nowadays. Which applications do you have on your mobile to monitor your online community? I know I have Facebook on my Blackberry but not on my iTouch. What do you have? |
| | It's a simple question, why do you use social networks? or why don't you use social networks?  |
| | For all honesty senior.can you help me how can i improve on this IM carreer.as are newbie i don't have any exprience on this site.But i'm wanna be try and try and try again as i can.. need u guideness.. thank. |
| | Just remember that the two major search engines have only been on the scene less than 15 years or so, but the web was already populated with many sites. Thus, have you promoted your business before "social media 2.0" became a commonplace practice on online marketing? If so, which tactics … |
| | Hi Many businesses have created a Facebook group or a Facebook Page. There are differences between the two and unless a business is music related, a myspace identity is not created for the business. I personally recommend creatinga Facebook Page rather than a Group. What have been your experiences about … |
| | hello.... i am new here. this looks like a site with great content. great job. i have one question. i am looking into creating an online community/social network. does anyone know of any that i may purchase [w/ source code]? no reason to re-invent the wheel i guess. i just … |
| | I have been presented with a somewhat odd challenge and I was wondering if anyone had any experience or tips they would like to pass along. One of my clients has a website they build in Umbraco, a CMS system created in Denmark and that has very little in terms …  |
| | Hi Many tout social media as a part of marketing strategy, my question for you is whether it has been an afterthought or has it been fully integrated to your marketing strategy? There is a difference between, "oh, lets put create a twitter account and see who follows us" to … |
| | Hi Many people tout using social media to market your business, but I hardly read any posts about measuring social media and tying it up with return on investment (ROI) through metrics and analytics. As I am compiling a list of social media tools, I wonder which metrics really matter … |
| | Has anyone found new and interesting ways to use links to social media sites to increase SEO results? |
| | Hi, I'm starting a blog & forum about the upcoming MMORPG DC Universe Online, I have some fairly good domains;eg, for my blog i'm using DCUOInsider.com & forum DCUO-Forum.com. I don't know how/where to start to get members, I could spaff IRC channels but I don't think this would be … |
| | Hi, we are planning to launch a community-oriented web application, where users can create tournaments sites. Our concern is that, after a while, users won't find their favourite custom URLs, because they will be taken. So, we are wondering whether to make custom URL a pay feature or not. What … |
| | I've submitted to the top search engines,directory's and did a lot of article submission. I installed google analytic a few days back and found out that I don't get much traffic from key words. You can search my site "mmospot". Please give me some ideas on how I can improve. … |
| | People believe that by using adsense in our blogs we can earn some money. I have the same idea with that. I have a definite problem, though. My adsense can not work well. The search for content does not want to show up. I have only two button in my … |
| | For those using social media or planning on using social media as part of their marketing plan (and ultimately their SEO and SEM efforts), Facebook is the Claude Raines of social media. Facebook is invisible to the search engines and there does not seem to be an abundance of work … |
| | I have a adult blog which most of the traffics are from india . i have putted Exoclick on April 2009 and i have made 11.82$ at 2022 clicks and in May 2009 i have made 16.33$ at 3070 clicks . i have made 28.15$ in two month but i … |
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