Posted by Keenan Steel This post was originally in YOUmoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community.

Whether you are just getting started or have an existing business that you need to infuse some life and growth into, here is a good strategy that you should follow. Whether you call this your blueprint or your cheatsheet or your To Do List doesn’t matter – just read it, absorb it and get to work on it!  J While this blueprint/cheatsheet/action plan is based on solid and proven strategies – every industry and every site is different and you need to determine what works for you and then maximize your efforts on those areas to further maximize those results.  (Use a stats program to track your results!) OK, without further delay, here is the plan…. Lay The Foundation

For companies trying to make sense of social media and online marketing, it’s important to take a step back from all the “TwitFaceBlogTubeIn” mania for a second and look at the nature of how these things are going to work for the overall business. There are many questions that need answers:  ”Should we develop a strategy first before engaging?”,  ”Should we experiment and develop a strategy as we go?”, “Will it ever be OK to ask customers if they want to buy directly within social channels or will we always have to tiptoe around the subject?” Here are a few considerations to help answer those questions and establish the framework for a sustainable and successful social media marketing program.

Americans are spending more time on Twitter.com than ever before, according to new data from Experian Simmons DataStream Click to read the rest of this post…

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For the past several weeks, whenever I went to my AdWords account and clicked on a client from my MCC view, I was presented with a promotion to add Google TV ads into my marketing mix. The thing is…

Posted by randfish You might have noticed that SEOmoz has been heating up with some spiffy new changes of late. Our engineering and product teams are in a groove, and that means cool new stuff every 2-3 weeks. Last night, some really slick new features rolled out and today, Linkscape’s updated too (our last one was only 21 days ago – meaning data is awesomely fresh).

A new report from Experian Simmons says US-based Twitter users are spending more time on the Twitter.com website than ever before. But the report also cautions that overall visits to Twitter are down

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