June 2011

Announcing The World Media Awards and Event

June 27, 2011

Publishers and bloggers from around the world are invited to participate in selecting the nominees and winners to be honored for outstanding performance through innovation and strategies at the World Media Awards and Event this coming October 26, 2011. The purpose of the event it to celebrate the best in blogging and media creation and to exchange publishing best practices. Attendees will learn how to use the latest technologies and techniques to maximize their publishing .....

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How TO: Market Yourself with Freebies

June 20, 2011

Traditionally, one of the best ways to generate website traffic has been to offer freebies. However, in an online world now overcrowded with free content, it’s becoming more difficult to stand out from the rest and market yourself. While it’s still possible to effectively use freebies, you must understand the tricks of the trade and use them effectively. Here are three tips for effectively marketing your website with freebies to help you stand out in .....

10 Top Job Titles to Be on the Lookout for in Social Media Careers

June 15, 2011

This is a guest post by Kaila West. Some industries have job titles and descriptions which are very cut and dry. When one thinks of the work a plumber does, for the most part, the mental picture is of a fellow who comes to the customer’s home and takes care of whatever challenges that are occurring with water related aspects in the home. For the most part this is certainly true and accurate, however, as .....

Adtribution, affiliate adtribution that is by HasOffers

June 14, 2011

Adtribution is important to affiliates because in many sectors consumers take time to research products before they buy them. A consumer might read a review on a blog one day search on Google the next and click on a paid add and then buy the item with a discount code. Right now most affiliate programs would only pay the discount code site a commission because they are at the end of the purchase cycle. This is why they are so .....

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World Bloggers and Social Media Summit Malaysia

June 13, 2011

This week I am in Malaysia for the World Bloggers and Social Media Summit. Now we have met they have asked me to chair a couple to panels On day 1 I will chair a panel called: How to Make Your Blogging Easier and Exciting: Leading Digital Trends & Gadgets On day 2 I will chair a panel called: Business Blogs – Social Media as the Most Powerful Online Marketing and Public Relations Tool: Blogging your own Trumpet! .....

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Using Social Media as Your Business Help Desk

June 13, 2011

This is a guest post by Sidney Angelos. Traditionally, if a customer had some sort of challenge they would expect to call a toll-free number and be connected with a trained professional in the hire of the business. This person, hopefully, had the knowledge, skills and authority to figure out the nature of the caller’s challenge and move that customer towards a satisfactory solution. The Internet, social media communities, instant messaging, mobile smart phones and .....

Top 5 Ways Social Media Influences Politics

June 6, 2011

Social Media and politics have a short but quickly growing history. As the news covergage for Republican presidential candidates ramps up to its already feverish pitch, I took a moment to think about how social media played into the 2008 election, and how it has grown. 1. Polls: When a politician is speaking or a debate is going on, Twitter has increasingly been one of the best ways to take a quick and easy gauge .....

Blogworld New York party

June 2, 2011

Blogworld New York was a small show if you were to judge it by the shows we are used to in Las Vegas you might have missed the crouds, however as a first Blogworld show in New York it was a great success with well over 1000 people attending and some great contacts. Photo by Steve Hall We Trancos held a party with a week’s notice and 50 people came! I would like to thanks Steve at Adrants for .....

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