Basic Civil Engineering first year Notes- Chapter 4 Building.pptx
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1. Blog & Twitter
What is it?
What is the trend?
What are the possible evolutions?
2. Creation and Distribution of Content
• What is it?
- Creation of a powerful content is about the quality (expert and concise),
visual (pictures or videos), and engaging (personal, opinion, interaction)
- A good distribution is clear share buttons, rss feed, SEO (keywords &
backlinks)
- For twitter: tweet-up, retweet, replies, hashtags and content in 140
characters
• What is the trend?
- Content curation and rich media content blog like tmblr
- Micro-blogging sites like tipepad conversation. Answer fun questions like
« Your best friend calls you and tells you he/she's really sick? How do you
show you care? »
- New Tools to find best content from blog, web, video, pictures…
thoora.com, hashtagify.com,
• What are the possible evolutions?
- People in call center behind twitter profiles for customer services
3. PR/Marketing Use of Blogs
• What is it?
- Key bloggers become experts/tastemakers because they establish themselves as an authority within a
specific niche, commonly offering an avant-garde POV that positions them as an appealing alternative to
mainstream media
- Innovative PR’s/Marketers turn to bloggers who can reach potential consumers on a personal level that
still feels like the voice of an expert. The “short-lead”/viral nature of blogging (and the potential of cross-
contamination of multi-platform exposure it provides) can lead to instantaneous results in brand
awareness and sales
• What is the trend?
- Blogs are now viewed as a more serious information source and agencies are being established to
‘represent’ bloggers and align them with appropriate branding opportunities
- Blogs have taken to embedded ‘product placement’ as a result of these brand partnerships, which can
lead to less original content. Editorial content and e-commerce experiences are blending as blogs start to
sell brands and brands start blogs on their e-commerce sites (Agency Example: Digital Brand Architects,
Brand Examples: Ralph Lauren, Schik)
-Since blogs offer visitors an interactive experience (due to commenting, sharing etc) which consumers
have come to expect and that a standard editorial feature cannot offer, brands can help grow their own
‘social voice’ through a presence on blogs which is becoming an increasingly important factor in how
consumers choose brands today (Example: Pink Pony campaign)
• What are the possible evolutions?
- More bloggers will take on the role of online ‘personalities’ and brand consultants causing their personal
image will outweigh their content. Smaller brands may have less of a presence as contracts with bigger
names continue to sweep the blogosphere
- Blogs may begin to take on the look of a shoppable online catalog and the lines between online
magazines and blogs may become more vague
4. PR/Marketing Use of Twitter
• What is it?
- Instantaneous social media platform that thrives on inclusion over exclusion because any user can
follow a person/brand of interest (unlike FB where the interest in the relationship if more likely to
be mutual)
- Beyond a socializing platform, Twitter is a fast-paced source users turn to for information (news,
sales)
- Mass appeal involves easy access to photos, external links, hashtag trends and retweets
• What is the trend?
- PR’s/Marketers use Twitter not only to get brands in front of a high quantity of people, but in front
of high quality of people whose voice and approval can ensure numbers and status for that brand
- Twitter often replaces impersonal email/press release outreach because the person receiving the
Tweet and/or DM immediately knows this person is a ‘follower’ and has a vested interest in them
- The “voice” of successful twitter handles are often personable but authoritative and offer
‘followers’ the feeling that they are actually ‘insiders’ This humanizes the Twitter experience when
interacting with a brand (Examples: @OscarPRGrl, @DKNYPRGirl)
• What are the possible evolutions?
- September 2011 announcement of official Twitter Web Analytics tool is predicted to affect small
and medium businesses the most, and may cause remaining skeptics to invest in Twitter
opportunities
- Advertising on Twitter with rates depending on the popularity of the handle (Brands are already
individually paying for sponsored links)
- More brands will recognize the power of the use of hashtags to create ‘Twitter chats’, or
concentrated conversations among users genuinely interested in a topic (this can extend to
Twitterviews)
5. On-page optimization of a blog
• A properly optimized blog can get higher SE rankings.
• If possible, use your primary keyword in your blog
domain (URL).
• Use your primary key phrase in your blog header tags
and the Title tags of your posts.
• Use your secondary keywords in the body of your post.
• Use your keywords in the anchor text of links.
• Your archives and previous posts should be accessible
from all pages of your blog so that they will also be easily
spidered.
6. Micro-blogging Identifying Hashtag (Twitter)
• A #hashtag (a word or abbreviation with the # sign directly in
front of it)
• How to identify numerous #hashtags :
What is the Trend?: Learn about trending hashtags. When something starts
trending, What the Trend? will provide a quick blurb on what's going on with an
explanation of what the hashtag means if it is an abbreviation.
Hashtags.org: Hashtags.org gives the recent tweets with the tag and its use
(provides graphs and hour-by-hour information on top hashtags).
Monitter: Tracking tweets that have a certain hashtag in real-time
Track hashtags with lower popularity try a Twilert. (It provides a daily email about
when a specific hashtag was used.)
Notas del editor
Blogging is a great tool both for traditional search engine optimization (SEO) purposes, a properly optimized blog can get higher Search Engine rankings.Higher Search Engine rankings means, we can get more traffic to the site.Today blogs are very effective for achieving high rankings as search engines place high value on web pages that have daily updated content. Search engines value qualitative and fresh content that is wisely optimized in order to get top positions.On-page optimization of a blogOff-page optimization of a blogThis process is very similar to optimizing a website, and optimizing a blog post is similar to optimizing a Web page. In general most popular blogs are search engine friendly because they are text-rich, content-rich, frequently-updated Web pages.
Twitter is the hottest micro-blogging site and communication platform at the moment.However a workaround was made and it's a #hashtag (a word or abbreviation with the # sign directly in front of it). It's a user-created standard for identifying tweets belonging to a topic. Simply include the hashtag (#socialmedia, #Twitter, #Google, etc.) in your tweet and other people searching for the same tag will be able to find it.