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Social Media in plain english by Commoncraft – RoryMartin.com
Posted by Rory Martin in Social Media Marketing, Social Networking on June 23, 2009
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The Story Of Twitter In Picture Form – Seattle Social Media Agency
Posted by Rory Martin in Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing on June 22, 2009
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RoryMartin.com – Use PRWEB to write Press Release – Seattle Social Media Marketing
Posted by Rory Martin in Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking on June 21, 2009
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As a Seattle Web Design company that specializes in Seattle Search Engine Optimization and Seattle Social Media Marketing, we recommend using BlogTalkRadio.com for better SEO. It’s got deep linking like LinkedIn. In this audio blog I share with you how to write your first press release using another amazing source for press online: PRWEB.
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This show covers how to write your first press release from PRWEB. For more info visit our website at www.rorymartin.com. Why Use PRWeb: Drives Traffic, Increase Sales, Easy to Use, Cost effective Generate Publicity, Measure Results. It Drives Traffic to your Site. PRWeb raises your visibility online where millions of people are searching for information. Be found on search engines. Your PRWeb release will be indexed by search engines like Google, sent to top news sites like Yahoo! News and placed into over 250,000 RSS feeds pulled each day by bloggers, journalists and consumers. Appear on other premium sites. PRWeb also helps you build backlinks and inbound links from other premium sites, one of the most important assets to build your website’s credibility in search engines. All of this helps more people find you online and click through to your website. It Increases Sales: PRWeb releases not only help more people find you, they help more people buy your products or services. Reach millions of potential prospects. Unlike email marketing, online news releases have the potential to reach millions of potential customers who aren’t on your mailing list. Attract potential customers with your news. A PRWeb release is like a “virtual sales brochure” that can be seen by millions and uses actual news about your company to attract potential customers. It’s Easy. You don’t need to be a PR or marketing expert to start building online visibility. No training necessary because Seattle Social Media Marketing Experts RoryMartin.com will set it all up for you. There’s no special “know-how” required — even if you’ve never written a press release before we make it so easy that all you need to do is select a visibility level, drop in your content and send your release.
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Now That It’s The One Millionth and First Word, “Web 3.0″ Can Be Retired To The Dictionary
Posted by Rory Martin in Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Web Design and Development on June 10, 2009
I kid I kid but…seriously?
As a Seattle Web Design company that specializes in Seattle Search Engine Optimization and Seattle Social Media Marketing, I think TechCrunch is sweet and reference it as much as possible. The following are some examples of how we’ll work with you even if you’re not a big corporate company but have monthly marketing budget.
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What do you do if you are an obscure language group in Austin, Texas looking for attention? You declare “Web 2.0″ the one millionth word
in the English language. So says the Global Language Monitor, which looks at usage of words on the Web and adds them to its online dictionaries. “Web 2.0″ has been in common usage for a long time, even though Merriam-Webster does not yet recognize it. But interest in the term peaked long ago, and everyone is pretty much ready to move on now. Even John Battelle and Tim O’Reilly, who popularized the term with their Web 2.0 conferences, realize the term is stale. They are looking to extend their brand by calling their next conference “Web Squared.” I guess Web 3.0 was taken.
Kudos to the Language Monitor for picking the one word guaranteed to get them coverage. I just don’t think that “Hai Joi” (Word No. 999,999) or “Noob” (No. 999,998) would have elicited the same response. However, their definition is not so great:
Web 3.0 – The next generation of web products and services, coming soon to a browser near you.
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Use Twitter for Search Engine Optimization – RoryMartin.com Seattle Web Design
Posted by Rory Martin in Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing on May 7, 2009
Great article from this guys blog:
As a Seattle Web Design company that specializes in Seattle Search Engine Optimization and Seattle Social Media Marketing, I really like this stuff.
With the newfound popularity of microblogging/presence networks like Twitter, these may well be the next haven for people looking into optimizing their sites for search engines. Twitter can be used not just for messaging, but also to generate traffic, particularly since Twitter allows for embedding links in tweets. Plugins like Alex King’s Twitter Tools even automate things for WordPress bloggers. You can set it to post a tweet automatically every time you publish a blog post.
Secondly, Twitter status pages themselves are starting to get indexed by the search engines, and I would think many of these have been getting good Google PageRanks on their own. To illustrate, the twitter.com home page has a PageRank of 9/10, which is considerably high. Matt Cutts’s Twitter page has a pagerank of 6/10, while my own Twitter page has a PR of 0/10, as I have joined twitter recently.
SEO-wise, subfolders are treated as part of the original domain, while subdomains are treated as separate sites altogether. Therefore, whatever SEO benefits twitter.com is getting will trickle down to its subfolders, including user status pages and tweets.
And then there are the alternative uses of Twitter. And I think this is better than link blogging using a full blogging platform or even social bookmarking services like stumbleupon.com because of the push aspect of Twitter.
And it’s not only the push aspect. Each time I post a link on my Twitter status page, all of my followers’ friends pages get to display that link, too. If I have thousands of followers, not only does Twitter push the link to their clients (IM, desktop client, mobile phone, or even web), I also get thousands of new inbound links toward that link I just posted.
These, among other reasons, make me think Twitter and other microblogging/presence services may be ripe for the picking for SEOs. Unfortunately, spammers have also started to mass-produce tweets with links to their own sites. At least they won’t be disturbing anyone, unless they have friends/subscribers in their networks (which can be done with some social engineering).
Of course, sometimes this may not work as intended. For instance, Twitter is limited to 140 characters per post, and so most Twitter clients (including Twitter’s own web interface itself) use URL shortening services like urltea.com and tinyurl.com. I discussed the disadvantages of short URL services a while back with some friends, and my concern is basically about the URL shortening services getting the link love instead of your own domain.Where there are web apps, there will always be people looking for ways to explore–and possibly exploit–these for their own purposes.
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Conenza Tops Cool Vendor List for Social Networking Companies
Posted by Rory Martin in Social Networking on April 4, 2009
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Conenza Named “Cool Vendor” in Social Software Report by Gartner
Vendors selected for the “Cool Vendors in Social Software” report are “innovative, impactful and intriguing”
SEATTLE, WA, (PRWEB) March 17, 2009 – Conenza, a leading provider of corporate social networking solutions for enterprise alumni and employee communities, today announced that it was one of four vendors listed in the “Cool Vendors in Social Software, 2009” (1) report by top analyst firm, Gartner, Inc.
According to the Gartner report, “social software is one of the hottest areas in the software industry.” Strategic CIOs and HR leaders are leveraging social software to retain access to the valuable knowledge of departing employees, reduce recruiting costs, facilitate effective employee on-boarding and off-boarding, and build extended talent pools of company-savvy collaborators and contributors.
“In today’s challenging economic environment, companies are looking for ways to quickly increase efficiency and cut costs,” said Tony Audino, Conenza CEO. “A private and secure corporate social network can enable a company to enhance collaboration and the sharing of best practices and information across the enterprise, identify and leverage the unique skill sets of employees and corporate alumni, and create valuable connections between and among current and former employees around the globe. With world-class technology and more than a decade of ‘online community-building’ experience, Conenza guides Global 2000 companies in building and growing vibrant online alumni and employee social networks, providing a competitive advantage in talent management, knowledge retention, business development, and high-value marketing.”
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The Five Pillars of Social Media Marketing
Posted by Rory Martin in Social Media Marketing on March 19, 2009
Great article from MarketingPilgrim.com
Any and all forms of Social Media Marketing tactics fall under at least one of these five forms of action. Often the same channel will incorporate two or more of these:
1.   Declaration of Identity
2.   Identity through Association
3.   User-initiated Conversation
4.   Provider-initiated Conversation
5.   In-Person Interaction
Identity-based Interaction is your declaration of your value, who you are, and where you can be found. Your customer happens upon your online identity that you, as a provider, define and declare. This is anything from your About Us pages on your blog or website, to your MySpace profile, to your Naymz profile. Here, there is very little interaction outside of your own declaration, but this becomes critical in defining how you can benefit your marketplace.
There has been a recent outcrop of websites created purely for this function. An expanded business card, if you will. Most also include the opportunity to link to your other forms of presence online, bringing together your presence in one place…well, kind-of. They include:
•   Naymz
•   Ziki
•   ClaimID
•   SuprGlu
•   LinkedIn
Association-based Interaction is your customers’ opportunity to associate themselves with you and you with your customers. Most obviously, this is accomplished through things like becoming “Friends†on MySpace, you and your customers’ BlogRoll, or through their social bookmarking. This is your customer wearing your company’s logo proudly – Like Andy wears his Beatles shirts.
The most explicit form of allowing for this ability is through social bookmarking sites. I say this, and not social networking sites, because this is the sole function of these sites. Make it easy for your customers to bookmark your site, blog posts, etc with their favorite tool.
50 Social Sites That Every Business Needs a Presence on
Posted by Rory Martin in Social Media Marketing on March 19, 2009
Great article from Relevantlyspeaking.com
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Inside CRM has created an essential list called “50 Social Sites That Every Business Needs a Presence on”. This is a listing of sites you can leverage to help your company network, advertise, recruit, and more.
This is an essential list for any business with an online presence. If you are only limiting your marketing scope to banners, search and blogging then you are missing out on reaching more potential customers, business partners, and employees. Below is an exceprt of the list:
If your business limits its online presence to advertising banners and blogging, it’s missing out. The Internet provides powerful networking opportunities that allow users to effectively target their audience by logging on to social sites like LinkedIn, Digg and more. Take advantage of these tools by asserting your company’s presence online and reaching more potential customers, business partners and employees.
Social-Media/Social-Bookmarking Sites
Share your favorite sites on the Web with potential clients and business partners by commenting on, uploading and ranking different newsworthy articles. You can also create a member profile that directs traffic back to your company’s Web site.
- Reddit: Upload stories and articles on reddit to drive traffic to your site or blog. Submit items often so that you’ll gain a more loyal following and increase your presence on the site.
- Digg: Digg has a huge following online because of its optimum usability. Visitors can submit and browse articles in categories like technology, business, entertainment, sports and more.
- Del.icio.us: Social bookmark your way to better business with sites like del.icio.us, which invite users to organize and publicize interesting items through tagging and networking.
- StumbleUpon: You’ll open your online presence up to a whole new audience just by adding the StumbleUpon toolbar to your browser and channel surf[ing] the Web. You’ll connect with friends and share your discoveries, as well as meet people that have similar interests.
- Technorati: If you want to increase your blog’s readership, consider registering it with Technorati, a network of blogs and writers that lists top stories in categories like Business, Entertainment and Technology.
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Creative Business Growth- A Workshop With Local Experts – The Lab
Posted by Rory Martin in Social Networking on March 12, 2009
Velocity Art And Design
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Creative Business Growth: A Workshop With Local Experts
March 19 6-8 pm at our Seattle Store
251 Yale Ave N. Seattle WA 98109Â 206.749.9575
Guest Experts include
Rory Martin: Seattle web design – Rory has run web design and marketing firms for 12 years including www.rorymartin.com. His areas of expertise are growing small businesses with limited resources, search engine optimization, applying social media to business models, and web design in Seattle.
Tracy Schneider: A writer with the Seattle P-I and principal of her own marketing firm, Tracy excels in unconventional marketing for business and non-profit organizations. Tracy will be discussing how to promote one’s company through traditional and non-traditional means.
Kristen Rask and Andrea Porter: Owners of Bluebottle Gallery and Schmancy, Andrea and Kristen are collectively the Grassroots Business Association. Speaking on the GBA, their perspective as retailers, and how to support a network of small businesses. They will also be addressing growth of a retail business.
Thanks to Trophy Cupcakes and DrySoda for the refreshments.
Join us for an excellent lecture on Seattle web design.
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Competitor Analysis in Seattle
Posted by Rory Martin in Uncategorized on March 10, 2009
The RoryMartin.com method of competitor analysis in Seattle is the process of reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of existing and upcoming competitors. The analysis provides an offensive and defensive strategic framework through which to identify opportunities and threats.
Seattle competitor analysis is an essential part of corporate strategy. Many firms do not conduct this type of analysis often enough. Instead, many companies operate on impressions and intuition, based on experience. As a result, traditional practices place most firms at risk of having competitive blindspots due to a lack of this, competitor analysis.
No matter your location, firms in Arlington, Auburn, Bellevue, Boise, Bonney Lake, Bremerton, Des Moines, Edmonds, Everett, Gig Harbor, Graham, Indianola, Issaquah, Kent, Kingston, Kirkland, Lake Stevens, Langley, Los Angeles, Lynnwood, Marysville, Mill Creek, Mukilteo, Oak Harbor, Olympia, Orting, Portland, Port Gamble, Port Orchard, Poulsbo, Puyallup, Redmond, Renton, SeaTac,  Seattle, Silverdale, Snohomish, Southworth, Steilacoom, Suquamish, Tacoma, Tukwila, Tumwater, and Yelm, can all benefit from local Competitor analysis.
One useful technique is making a competitor overview. The steps include:
- Define your business – scope and nature.
- List your competitors.
- Determine your customers and what benefits they expect.
- Determine your industry’s key success factors.
- Rank the key success factors by giving each one a value.
- Rank each competitor using the key success factors.
- Add each of the columns for an assessment of each competitor.
Let RoryMaritn.com help you implement your Competitor analysis in Seattle, online and in your local communtiy.
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