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The blogosphere is a pretty big place these days. So big in fact, it seems to be getting more and more difficult to pull in a decent readership let alone garner a healthy dose of engagement on your posts. This problem is particularly frustrating because of the incredibly rich content and innovative ideas that often go virtually unnoticed.[read more]

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The most important question then is how can a social media marketing plan help your general SEO strategy? The answer is simple – by generating inbound links. One of the Holy Grail elements of SEO is to gain in-bound links for your website.[read more]

Your website is a vessel. You’re the skipper. Will you guide your passengers to the destination they seek or allow the voyage to end disastrously? If you want to dictate the destiny of those who willfully board your boat, you best understand the importance of navigation.[read more]

"Link building is a slow process. It is to be done strategically and let it grow organically."[read more]

"Having landed and created huge ripples in the social networking sphere, Google+ has continue to grow at a particularly rapid pace, increasing by over 10 million users in the space of a week, having now reached 20 million. There’s been a great deal written about it in comparison with Facebook and to some extent Twitter, but I’d like to draw on one of the key ways that it differs from the two; SEO. "[read more]

The update to Google’s algorithm referred to by many as “Panda” has stirred a great deal of conversation within the search community, with its effects being felt by a number of high profile websites across the internet. Google has endeavoured to combat the effects of spam within its results for some time now, so it’s not really a surprise that the update penalised some of the link farms influencing search rankings.[read more]

This list is referenced in my post: A Socially Networked Company Makes for a More Human Workforce (via The Social Workplace)It’s only natural that everyone wants to know what everyone else is doing. Building an effective enterprise social technology strategy means looking into what other companies have deployed and whether or...[read more]

  Credit:  David Mignoni  Note:  this tool is dead simple and easy to use.  If you're an experienced social media user, you probably know about this tool already.  If you don't, then here you go!  If you already know about this tip, then please pass it on - to someone who could benefit from this...[read more]

News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 13 February - SkyGrid launched its real-time information platform for institutional investors. The service tracks online and traditional media sources, adding reputation, sentiment and other media metrics. Coverage is limited to publicly-traded US companies for...[read more]

As you will know I rarely mention on “Biz Growth News” specific successes i have enjoyed for fear of being seen to brag. However I felt I just had to share something I found out today as for me it's a great example of the power of business blogging. If you have heard me speak at live events, on podcasts or teleseminars...[read more]

» 12 predictions for Enterprise Web 2.0 in 2008 | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com (tags: enterprise2.0 hinchcliffe predictions) » The 10 top challenges facing enterprise mashups | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com (tags: enterprise2.0 mashups predictions) Social Graph API - Google Code (tags: google socialgraph api)...[read more]

Wells Fargo Blogs: Join The Conversation I came across the Wells Fargo blog portal today. It's a fantastic implementation, especially for such a “traditional” business. Tags: communityportal, blogging, corporateblog, dailylinks View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia Link to original post[read more]

Mediasnackers | Report | Non-linear Navigation A quick tour of non-linear navigation and a prediction that it will have big impact on how consumers (especially younger audiences) find and experience web content. (tags: emergingmedia content media design digital trends future innovation) YouTube Warp YouTube's new non-linear...[read more]

“All we did was add more elves.” Ann Bologna, president of Toy, on the success of the “elf yourself” campaign for Office Max, that drew visitors to visit the site and create 123 million elves, translating in to a reach of 26.4 million people. “The difference is that we now have to provide a little...[read more]

A Macumentary | BFG Blog Coming soon - a documentary about the power of Apple and a look at the cultishness of their community base! Tags: apple, technology, documentary, dailylinks AT&T- News Room Interesting… AT&T News Room has elements of a Social Media Press Release. Tags: socialmedia, pr, web2.0, dailylinks Space...[read more]

5 Disruptive Technologies To Watch In 2008 “around here, e-mail is the new snail mail” — presence awareness will change the way your company will communicate in 2008.” ~ Jive Software CTO Matt Tucker (tags: technology trends 2008 information+week jive+software presence+awareness disruptive+technology)...[read more]

Total and Utter Crap: Gizmodo's Stupid CES Prank on Motorola and Us BloggersTotally unprofessional on Gizmodo's part. Have lost all respect for those guys. Link to original post[read more]

Over the last six months or so I've come across hundreds of useful tips and tools online. Rather than keeping them to myself, I thought I'd share a few of them with you. I've grouped the list "Tips" and "Tools" under eight categories: 1. Analytics/Measurement 2. Blogging 3. Micro-Blogging 4. Miscellaneous 5. Mobile/Telephony 6. PR/News...[read more]

Workstreaming With Microblogs (tags: workstream blogs blogging presence) Re-inventing membership online and off (tags: membership rsa socialnetworks) The Five Principles Of Successful Design (tags: design principles ideas) Index On Censorship's new issue on "cyberspeech" - Boing Boing (tags: censorship freedom internet) Fav.or.it...[read more]

Acronym shortage to adversely impact tech sector Friday fun. (tags: humor)Link to original post[read more]