Posts Tagged ‘social media news’
Weekly Social Media sites, tools and posts round up (18-12-2009)
December 18th, 2009
Welcome to another installment of the ‘Weekly Social Media sites, tools and posts round up’
1.First off today is the Collective Christmas Twitter-driven app, a chance to find out if you’ve made Santa’s naughty or nice list. Pay him a visit to see what gift you deserve. (Collective is a client of Liberate Media).
2. Gigya Toolbar. By now you must have seen those fancy toolbars on blogs that hover at the bottom of the page. Gigya Toolbar is one such toolbar, that you can use for your own blog or website. To learn more about its features click here.
3. Ustat is a free website value calculator but it also gives you additional information, such as; whether your website is indexed in the correct places, social information and a SEO score. Here is how Google shapes up.
4. Twitterfall lets you easily follow trending topics on Twitter, you can also search for key words, a nice touch is the ability to search for Tweets from a particular location. Twitterfall is also highly customisable.
5. Seachzooka lets you create one advanced search for all the different search engines, meaning you don’t have to search through every individual search engine to find what you are looking for.
Social Media post of the week: Top 50 Twitter Tracking and Analytics Tools
Christmas bonus: B2B Social Media Presentations | Social Media B2B,
Social Media Metrics Superlist: Measurement, ROI, & Key Statistics Resources
SEO post of the week: 15 Sites for Learning and Mastering SEO
Have a Happy Christmas and see you all in the New Year
Andy
Weekly Social Media sites, tools and posts round up (30-10-2009)
October 30th, 2009
Welcome to another instalment of the ‘Weekly Social Media sites, tools and posts round up’
1. Twibes Twitter Groups, create your own tribe ‘twibe’ or sign up for an existing one. A twibe is a group of Twitter users interested in a common topic who would like to be able to communicate with each other.
2. istatz allows you to value your website based on a number of factors, including: Google PR | Alexa Rank | Compete Rank | Backlinks Checker | Server IP | Website Age | Domain Whois | Domain Creation and Expiration Dates | Estimating Web Traffic | Domain Value and Worth | Website Server Data | Analysing Potential Google Adsense Income and text Link Value | Check DMOZ Listing | Check Yahoo Listing | Reverse IP | Search Engines Backlinks | Number of Indexed Pages and more.
3. Schmaps is a nice tool that promotes your events via Twitter. You create your event page and that gets tweeted out via a tiny url. The event page consists of a map, i’ll be there section, your imported Twitter background and all the Twitter comments surrounding your event.
4. Wordpress TV is a platform to showcase all things Wordpress including how to’s, new technologies, and expert interviews. This should be your first port of call if you ever run into Wordpress issues!
5. Add new followers is a Twitter tool that automates the task of finding target followers based on keywords.
Social Media post of the week:33 Hot Social Media and Digital Marketing Tips (and 8 Killer Quotes)
SEO post of the week: The 30 Free SEO Tools You Must Know
More of the same next week.
Weekly social media and web 2.0 news round up for week ending 18th of April
April 18th, 2008
We have been scouring the blogosphere all week for the best hot social media and web 2.0-related news and resources. We have also added all the new links to the Liberate Media resource/research page, - it’s a little slow to load but well worth the wait!
Twitter: news/resources
James Karl Buck Twitters his way out of Egypt Jailhouse
Twitter Spy - Twitter public time line in real time
Summize Realtime Twitter Search
Blogging: news/resources
10 Easy Ways to Get in The Habit of Blogging
More Practical Tips For Starting A Corporate Blog
General social media: news/resources
Social Media: Tools the alpha geeks use
Real People Don’t Have Time for Social Media
Building a Popular Social Media Profile: Seven Essential Characteristics
Get off Twitter, Lay Off the Blogs, and Put Some Thought Back Into Your Email Campaigns
Etiquette For A Social Media World
YouTube Dominates Video More than Google Dominates Search
Social Media To Create Social Media Training - social media training wiki
edopter.com: social trendcasting - discover and share the next big trend
12 Tips for Getting Your Startup Featured on Mashable
South Africa’s First Social Media Press Release - The Standard Bank Pro20 Series (cricket)
Second Life resource list - is it still a good place to build brand?
Please tune in next Friday for the next weekly round up…
Best weekly social media and web 2.0 news round up for week ending 28th March 2008
March 28th, 2008
We have been scouring the blogosphere all week for the best social media and web 2.0-related news and resources. We have also added new links to the Liberate Media resource/research page,
Here is our weekly round-up:
- The Social Organization: Social Media Examples
- How to Breathe Life Back into Your Blog
- Analyze Your Web Traffic With Google Analytics: Video Tutorial
- Tweetburner: we allow you to keep track of what happens to the links in tweets shared with you, by you, by your friends and every other twitterer.
- Facebook Security Lapse Leaves Private Photos Exposed, Even Paris and Zuck’s
- Top 10 Twitter conversationalists - What’s their motive?
- What do you want from Social Media?
- The Ready, Fire, Aim, Reload Strategy for Social Media Success
- 38 Must Reads on Online Reputation Management
- Sound Investments For Your Website
- Social Media Advertising Will Happen As Expected
- What Are The Benefits of Podcasting?
- 12 social media tools to find people online!
- Twitter is The New Facebook
- LinkedIn Business Directory: It’s Just Like Facebook
- Is Twitter where bloggers go to die?
- ADAGE POWER150: THE UK BLOGS
- Why Does Your Search Traffic Suck? The 7 Most Likely Reasons
Please tune in next friday for the next weekly round up…
Best weekly social media and web 2.0 news round up for week ending 21st March 2008
March 21st, 2008
We have been scouring the blogosphere all week for the best social media and web 2.0-related news. Here is our weekly round-up:
We have also added new links to the Liberate Media resource/research page,
- 15 Free Social Media White Papers and Ebooks
- Successful Tactics for Social Media Optimization
- Almost 7 Ways To Re-Optimize Your Posts
- 10-things-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-25
- How To Compare Results on Different Search Engines
- The Web in Charts—Google vs. Microsoft-Yahoo vs. China
- StumbleUpon - Demographics and Returning Traffic Spikes
- Social Media Influencers: You Don Have to Be Popular to Be Influential
- Hosting your video is not always the best choice
- Blogs Are Public Documents - Bloggers and Commenters Beware
- Twitter Fan Wiki - This is the unofficial place where all twitter resources can be found.
- Is Blogging Good Search Engine Optimization
- 2 new studies show shifting attitudes towards social media
- How to have a Constant Stream of Blogging Ideas
- Secret Guide to Social Media in Large Organizations
- Tracking the Buzz: How to Monitor your Brand Effectively
- Strategies for Quickly Building an Audience with Social Media
- PR & “Edgework” Via Facebook
- The huge list of Facebook technology groups
- 7 social media website and their impact on seo
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