Comments for RoryMartin Blog http://blog.rorymartin.com Building Social Solutions for Every Business Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Comment on 50 Social Sites That Every Business Needs a Presence on by SocialFan http://blog.rorymartin.com/seattle-social-media-marketing-and-design/50-social-sites-that-every-business-needs-a-presence-on/comment-page-1/#comment-300 SocialFan Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:48:26 +0000 http://blog.rorymartin.com/?p=49#comment-300 I've been watching the growth of online professional networks for about a decade now. I would say that these split into two main types - relationship based and connection based. Tools like Plaxo are for ease of connection only. Linkedin is probably the best of the relationship based tools. Perhaps the worst of all the relationship based tools is Ecademy which is mainly comprised of slightly weird people offering strange life enhancing nonsense. The site has something of a history of treating its customers with contempt and has made some collaborations with rather shady organisations over the years. Not recommended for serious business people. I’ve been watching the growth of online professional networks for about a decade now. I would say that these split into two main types – relationship based and connection based. Tools like Plaxo are for ease of connection only. Linkedin is probably the best of the relationship based tools. Perhaps the worst of all the relationship based tools is Ecademy which is mainly comprised of slightly weird people offering strange life enhancing nonsense. The site has something of a history of treating its customers with contempt and has made some collaborations with rather shady organisations over the years. Not recommended for serious business people.

]]> Comment on Make Your Keywords Pack a Punch by John http://blog.rorymartin.com/search-engine-optimization/make-your-keywords-pack-a-punch/comment-page-1/#comment-220 John Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:58:04 +0000 http://blog.rorymartin.com/?p=316#comment-220 Ok so as an upholstery website I was up there for awille, and then dropped off. If you put on upholstery Shoreline I'm up there. Also about how long does it take when adding keywords for Google to recognize them, and make you rank higher? Ok so as an upholstery website I was up there for awille, and then dropped off. If you put on upholstery Shoreline I’m up there. Also about how long does it take when adding keywords for Google to recognize them, and make you rank higher?

]]> Comment on Forbes: 10 Social Media Mistakes by SEO Tips for bloggers | Bonne Vie http://blog.rorymartin.com/social-networking/forbes-10-social-media-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-213 SEO Tips for bloggers | Bonne Vie Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:43:58 +0000 http://blog.rorymartin.com/?p=457#comment-213 [...] top 10 social media mistakes your business is making: You need to sit down and create a social media plan, you need to engage and listen, you should [...] [...] top 10 social media mistakes your business is making: You need to sit down and create a social media plan, you need to engage and listen, you should [...]

]]> Comment on Social Media Marketing – The Value of Business Blogging by Shaylee http://blog.rorymartin.com/seattle-social-media-marketing-and-design/social-media-marketing-the-value-of-business-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Shaylee Tue, 03 May 2011 14:44:21 +0000 http://blog.rorymartin.com/?p=309#comment-92 You hit it right on the head Rory! Blogging is so important in building value and trust within your brand! The more value you can provide the more you can position yourself as a leader within your industry! Blogging is also great because you are creating sharable content! There are many factors to high rankings in search engines but "the amount of shares" a piece of content receives in the social media is starting to have more weight in how high a post can rank. Outside of just optimizing for your services, blogging allows you to pick low hanging key terms to rank high for that will drive additional traffic to your site! ~Shaylee You hit it right on the head Rory!

Blogging is so important in building value and trust within your brand! The more value you can provide the more you can position yourself as a leader within your industry!

Blogging is also great because you are creating sharable content! There are many factors to high rankings in search engines but “the amount of shares” a piece of content receives in the social media is starting to have more weight in how high a post can rank.

Outside of just optimizing for your services, blogging allows you to pick low hanging key terms to rank high for that will drive additional traffic to your site!

~Shaylee

]]> Comment on Five Leading Contributors to Facebook Fan Value by Shaylee http://blog.rorymartin.com/seattle-social-media-marketing-and-design/five-leading-contributors-to-facebook-fan-value/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Shaylee Tue, 03 May 2011 14:34:45 +0000 http://blog.rorymartin.com/?p=305#comment-91 Great post Rory! Facebook is also a great tool for list building too by having a welcome tab that captures leads! ~Shaylee Great post Rory!

Facebook is also a great tool for list building too by having a welcome tab that captures leads!

~Shaylee

]]> Comment on Social Media Monitoring : Radian6 vs. ScoutLabs by Erin Korogodsky http://blog.rorymartin.com/social-networking/social-media-monitoring-radian6-vs-scoutlabs/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Erin Korogodsky Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:41:27 +0000 http://blog.rorymartin.com/?p=278#comment-48 What a great post - thanks for digging so deeply into Scout Labs! We love hearing about the things you find useful. Erin What a great post – thanks for digging so deeply into Scout Labs! We love hearing about the things you find useful. Erin

]]> Comment on The Albert Einstein Guide to Social Media by Craig http://blog.rorymartin.com/seattle-social-media-marketing-and-design/the-albert-einstein-guide-to-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Craig Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:01:22 +0000 http://blog.rorymartin.com/?p=253#comment-42 This, more than any one article I've read so far, distills the dilemma facing us as we struggle to get started with social media. We think we know what we want, but are too easily sidetracked with the next great idea. Slow down, simplify, focus, strategize and begin. Easier said than done! This, more than any one article I’ve read so far, distills the dilemma facing us as we struggle to get started with social media. We think we know what we want, but are too easily sidetracked with the next great idea. Slow down, simplify, focus, strategize and begin. Easier said than done!

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