Social Media Resources: Links, Tips, and Tools
Colin Welch of Silicon Beach Training recently began a fantastic discussion for LinkedIn’s Social Media Marketing group. In “Making the Most of Social Marketing,” he provides an extensive list of social media resources, including background information, tools, and platforms. Group members commented with a wealth of worthwhile additions. We’ve compiled and organized a new list that represents the best platforms, tips and tricks:
What is Social Media?
- Creating a web presence – why bother?
http://kendallcopywriting.co.uk/2009/01/14/creating-a-web-presence-why-bother/ - What Social Media Is and What Social Media Is Not
http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/01/what-social-media-is-andwhat-social.html
Social Media Tools
Bookmarking
- Building Social Bookmarking Networks 101
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/building-social-bookmarking-networks-101/16154/ - Digg
http://digg.com/ - Stumbleupon
http://www.stumbleupon.com
Blogging
- 10 Things to Do Before Launching Your Blog
http://ow.ly/wZ3K - How To Blog: A Beginnerʼs Blog Publishing Guide
http://www.masternewmedia.org/independent_publishing/blogging-how-to-blog/guide-to-publishing-first-blog-20071104.htm.htm
- Facebook
http://www.facebook.com
Link Building
- Linkbaiting for Fun & Profit
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/linkbaiting-for-fun-profit/2541/ - Methods of website linking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_website_linking
Memes
- ʻMemeʼ explained on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Boolean Searching on the Internet
http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp - The Bloggerʼs Guide to SEO
http://www.seobook.com/bloggers - Google Social Search Launches, Gives Results From Your Trusted “Social Circle”
http://searchengineland.com/google-social-search-launchesgives-results-from-your-trusted-social-circle-28507 - How to optimize website images from a SEO perspective
http://blog.avangate.com/optimize-website-images/ - SEOmoz | 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/21-tactics-to-increase-blog-traffic - Search engine optimization – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization
Social Media Outlets
- Facebook
http://www.facebook.com - Flickr!
http://www.flickr.com/ - FriendFeed
http://friendfeed.com/ - LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/ - MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/ - Twitter
http://twitter.com/home - Hootsuit-Manage Multiple Channels from One Place
http://www.hootsuit.com
Social News
- Alltop, all the top stories
http://alltop.com/ - mixx
http://www.mixx.com - reddit
http://www.reddit.com
Trending Tools
- About Ask.com: IQ
http://sp.ask.com/en/docs/iq/iq.shtml - Digg
http://digg.com/ - Google Trends
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends - Popular Bookmarks on Delicious
http://delicious.com/popular - Twitter Search
http://search.twitter.com/ - Yahoo! Buzz Index – Todayʼs Top 20 Overall Searches
http://buzzlog.buzz.yahoo.com/overall/ - Tweetmeme
http://tweetmeme.com/
- Mashable – Twitter Lists, Resources & How-Tos
http://mashable.com/2009/01/01/twitter-user-types/ - Foursquare
http://foursquare.com - Listorious
http://listorious.com/ - My list of tips for getting the most out of Twitter
http://www.joshrussell.com/2008/10/07/my-list-of-tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-twitter/ - Topsy
http://topsy.com/ - TweetDeck – Twitter, FB & MySpace app
http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/ - Twitterfall – a way of viewing the latest ʻtweetsʼ of upcoming trends
http://twitterfall.com/
Web Analytics-Tips and Tools
- Google Alerts
http://www.google.com/alerts - Technorati
http://technorati.com/ - FeedBurner
http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home - Google Analytics
http://www.google.com/analytics/ - Social Mention
http://www.socialmention.com/ - Technorati
http://technorati.com/ - Web analytics – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_analytics - Woopra
http://www.woopra.com/
Wordpress
- WordPress › WordPress Plugins
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ - WordPress › WordPress Themes
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ - All In One SEO Pack WordPress Plugin
http://semperfiwebdesign.com/portfolio/wordpress/wordpressplugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/ - ShareThis
http://sharethis.com/
Author:
Elissa Nauful Plumley
Tags: Alexandre Poitras, Barbara White, Brian Reilly, Bruce Kwan, ChrisTompkins, Colin Welch, Daniel van de Wetering, Ed Alexander, Flores Aguero, Hana Nguyen, Jackie Luper, Jeff Mesnik, Laura Lloyd, LinkedIn, Lorena, Mary-Lynne Foster, Patrick Dixon, Phil Caulfield, Ralph Risk, Randy Kemp, Scott Hayes, Silicon Beach Training, Social Media Marketing Group, Suryakant Behera
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