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On Social Media Marketing: Get Out Now... You're Doomed to Fail

Thanks Genevieve for the post, lots of helpful info.  

I'd really like to start seeing cost estimates that a small business can look at to help them make their social media budget. Social Media can be powerful but I suspect most small businesses with less than 10 million in sales or less than 10 employees might have a hard time eeking out ROI even within a year.

On How to Get Eyeballs on Your Business with a Blog [INFOGRAPHIC]

I love how straight forward this post is, it makes the case and is great for sharing with people I know in small business who so far avoid blogging. Thanks Genevieve for sharing this.

On Google's Powerful New Marketing Tool: Think Insights

Thanks Mike for this post, it's like a fresh cup of coffee and my eyes are now open. I'm really looking forward to trying this out, especially the real time insigts.

Craig

On Top 10 SEO Reputation Management Tools Online

Thanks Amanda for the overview. This is something I have shyed away from in the past but now seeing some free tools I can get my feet wet before jumping into spending some cash...

On Facebook: Waste of Time for Most Advertisers

Oh people talk about the numbers, they talk about them in dark corners when no one else is around or they talk about the numbers while they're in the shower far ways from their clients.

Don't get me wrong I love Social Media and all its possibilities but for most small businesses the amount of time and money needed to be spent is huge compared to results. In time things will clear and the fog will lift from the path so everyone will see the way.

Nice post J,C,  Thanks

On Cloze - Will The Real Influence Score Please Stand Up

Thanks David, looks interesting but one question. Are these scores public like Klout or private for your eyes only?

On "Talk to people as human beings," says Gini Dietrich, marketer and author.

Talk to people as human beings....Who knew?  Of course I'm poking fun at how easily so many people seem to have lost the skill do do just that.  Thanks Mike for presenting Gini's insights on this, no one can be reminded of this enough....

On How to Create Awesome Web Content and Achieve Top Search Engine Rankings

I don't think there is a better illustration of what works than, " writing about the things people are interested in." Congratulations to Larry and thanks David for this evergreen reminder...

On Blogging For SEO

Good reminders of the importance of SEO and your blog. I especially like your sentence with "a route that helps direct the curious." It bring up all kinds of creative possibilities...Thanks

On Why Brands are Becoming Publishers [VIDEO]

Well Done... one of those rare interviews lending itself to being watched over and over. A long koan where each viewing reveals more.... Thanks...   My only complaint was the background music was too loud at the end and washed away both participants a bit...

On 3 Social Media Lessons 'Big' Business Can Learn from 'Small' Business

Thanks Brad for a refresher in what all companies would do well to remember. But i don't know about helping the large lumbering giants with good advice...:)  Let's leave them lost in the forest as they already take up too much air...

On Secrets to Leveraging the New Facebook for WordPress Plugin

Brett sounds like an interesting plugin. I have one question, when you say disable do you mean just the FB part of another sharing plugin or disale all other sharing options?

Thanks