The document provides an overview of social media and search engine optimization techniques. It discusses key metrics related to internet usage and search engines. Various case studies are presented that demonstrate how organizations have used blogs, podcasts, online video and social networks like Facebook and Twitter to engage audiences and optimize search engine results. Strategies for social bookmarking, wikis and monitoring online conversations are also covered.
89. Naked Conversations “ F ormality suppresses dialogue; informality encourages it. Formal conversations and presentations leave little room for debate. They suggest that everything is scripted and predetermined. Informal dialogue is open. It invites questions, encourages spontaneity and critical thinking...Informality gets the truth out. It surfaces out-of-the-box ideas -- the ideas that may seem absurd at first hearing but that create breakthroughs.“ -Larry Bossidy, CEO, Honeywell
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C. How to Use RSS to Build Relationships with Journalists and Key Audiences
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Secret Formula http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/introduction-to-google-search-quality.html For something that is used so often by so many people, surprisingly little is known about ranking at Google. This is entirely our fault, and it is by design. We are, to be honest, quite secretive about what we do. There are two reasons for it: competition and abuse. Competition is pretty straightforward. No company wants to share its secret recipes with its competitors. As for abuse, if we make our ranking formulas too accessible, we make it easier for people to game the system. Security by obscurity is never the strongest measure, and we do not rely on it exclusively, but it does prevent a lot of abuse. The details of the ranking algorithms are in many ways Google's crown jewels. We are very proud of them and very protective of them. By some estimate, more than one thousand programmer/scientist years have gone directly into their development, and the rate of innovation has not slowed down.
C. How to Use RSS to Build Relationships with Journalists and Key Audiences
Mainstream “advertising was like a rude stranger interrupting a conversation to sell you something you neither wanted or needed.” Pg. 53, Googled. “ The buy was more efficient because it was cheaper, more targetted, and Google only charged when the customer actually click on the ad. Google could render traditional ad agencies extraneous middlemen to their client.” Googled Pg. 131 Search marketing, or search-related advertising, is the text ads that appear next to online searches Search Marketing: $5.1 billion 2005, $6.5 billion 2006, $10 billion in 2009, projected Search engine optimization involves trying to elevate a website in search listings when someone searches for a subject, topic or particular organization. Generic names Resellers optimized against a company’s brand SEM is the equivalent of online advertising SEO is the equivalent of online PR SEM drives impressions SEO drives perceptions – Top search results are perceived to be the most important results based on a keyword or phrase. Most people never go beyond the first to page – or first 20 – search results. Taxonomy: Mortgage vs. Loans – jobs vs. careers – couch or sofa? Search Marketing is about embracing preconceptions. What people think, not we what we think. Embracing popular language. Letting go of corporate lingo and jargon. People search the way they think; the language comes from their own personal lexicon. Too often, we try and use our own corporate lingo to refer to how people search for things, but it should be according to popular language, not our own corporate-ese. Information presented out of context Search is tied directly to ROI. Note prepared from “More Agencies Investing In Marketing with a Click,” by Stuart Elliott in New York Times on March 14, 2006 Search satisfies the rising need to prove a return on investment for advertising and marketing expenditures. And that is because an advertiser only pays when someone clicks on a text ad that appears adjacent to search results. CPM vs. CPC
C. How to Use RSS to Build Relationships with Journalists and Key Audiences
Exploit the network effect by having the best content. “ Every time you search, you give Google some value because you pick a certain result. And ervytime to pick a certain result, Google learns something from you. So each time you do a search, you’re adding value to Google’s database.” Googled, Pg. 138
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search An inbound link is a hyperlink transiting domains . Links are inbound from the perspective of the link target, and conversely, outbound from the perspective of the originator. Inbound links were originally important (prior to the emergence of search engines) as a primary means of web navigation; today their significance lies in search engine optimization (SEO). In addition to rankings by content, many search engines rank pages based on inbound links. Google 's description of their PageRank system, for instance, notes that Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. [1] Knowledge of this form of search engine rankings has fueled a portion of the SEO industry commonly termed linkspam , where a company attempts to place as many inbound links as possible to their site regardless of the context of the originating site. Increasingly, inbound links are being weighed against link popularity and originating context. This transition is reducing the notion of one link, one vote in SEO, a trend proponents[ who? ] hope will help curb linkspam as a whole.
Don’t worry, this is not the polygraph test former sec. of defense D. Rumsfeld took after H. Katrina. In 2005, Engadget surpassed AARP. In search of critical mass, advertisers have followed Advertisers spent 23.3% percent more on online display advertising. Internet highest ranking media category.
B. Power of SEOed Press Releases International agencies such as Unicef, the UN's children's fund, are spending heavily on publicity campaigns across Asia, explaining how people can help stop H5N1's spread. Taxonomy is critical. But many Asians have heard such warnings before—about severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, another deadly disease, as well as bird flu. In past outbreaks many overreacted, reining in their traveling and spending, causing serious economic damage. Since doom-laden predictions have yet to come true, the danger is that people become blasé.
B. Power of SEOed Press Releases International agencies such as Unicef, the UN's children's fund, are spending heavily on publicity campaigns across Asia, explaining how people can help stop H5N1's spread. Taxonomy is critical. But many Asians have heard such warnings before—about severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, another deadly disease, as well as bird flu. In past outbreaks many overreacted, reining in their traveling and spending, causing serious economic damage. Since doom-laden predictions have yet to come true, the danger is that people become blasé.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search An inbound link is a hyperlink transiting domains . Links are inbound from the perspective of the link target, and conversely, outbound from the perspective of the originator. Inbound links were originally important (prior to the emergence of search engines) as a primary means of web navigation; today their significance lies in search engine optimization (SEO). In addition to rankings by content, many search engines rank pages based on inbound links. Google 's description of their PageRank system, for instance, notes that Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. [1] Knowledge of this form of search engine rankings has fueled a portion of the SEO industry commonly termed linkspam , where a company attempts to place as many inbound links as possible to their site regardless of the context of the originating site. Increasingly, inbound links are being weighed against link popularity and originating context. This transition is reducing the notion of one link, one vote in SEO, a trend proponents[ who? ] hope will help curb linkspam as a whole.
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The most valuable feature Meta Tags offer the web site owner is the ability to control to some degree how their web pages are described on Search Engine Page Results.
The most valuable feature Meta Tags offer the web site owner is the ability to control to some degree how their web pages are described on Search Engine Page Results. Keywords can reinforce the theme, especially if ambiguity exists.
According to the Eyetrack III study of online behavior: 95 percent of visitors to a page read all or part of the blurb. That’s huge when compared with readership stats for any other element on the page. People spend five to 10 seconds, on average, looking at the blurb. It seems like a flash — but that’s substantial in online time. The blurb, in fact, “may be the only thing many readers view,” Eyetrack III researchers say. And that's a crime. Because microcontent — the headlines, summary blurbs, subheads and other "small" pieces of Web copy — actually do most of the communicating online. http://www.poynter.org/content/resource_popup_view.asp?id=27204
Decision to click is based on summary blurbs. Information Out of Context
The most valuable feature Meta Tags offer the web site owner is the ability to control to some degree how their web pages are described on Search Engine Page Results. Keywords can reinforce the theme, especially if ambiguity exists.
Decision to click is based on summary blurbs.
According to the Eyetrack III study of online behavior: 95 percent of visitors to a page read all or part of the blurb. That’s huge when compared with readership stats for any other element on the page. People spend five to 10 seconds, on average, looking at the blurb. It seems like a flash — but that’s substantial in online time. The blurb, in fact, “may be the only thing many readers view,” Eyetrack III researchers say. And that's a crime. Because microcontent — the headlines, summary blurbs, subheads and other "small" pieces of Web copy — actually do most of the communicating online. http://www.poynter.org/content/resource_popup_view.asp?id=27204
http://www.kepcorp.com/press/press.asp?RID=1905&L=&Y=2008&Q=3 According to the Eyetrack III study of online behavior: 95 percent of visitors to a page read all or part of the blurb. That’s huge when compared with readership stats for any other element on the page. People spend five to 10 seconds, on average, looking at the blurb. It seems like a flash — but that’s substantial in online time. The blurb, in fact, “may be the only thing many readers view,” Eyetrack III researchers say. And that's a crime. Because microcontent — the headlines, summary blurbs, subheads and other "small" pieces of Web copy — actually do most of the communicating online. http://www.poynter.org/content/resource_popup_view.asp?id=27204
A podcast is a radio or television program that you subscribe to over the internet. Name is inspired by the popular iPod made by Apple, but it’s misleading. Watch or listen on your computer or portable MP3 player. Anyone can distribute Remember when they said we’d have 5000 channels? Well we actually got is tens of thousands of programs Fragmentation is the audience. With this many choices, it is becoming less and less realistic to think you can actually change mindsets by buying ads in the Wall Street Journal and on Meet the Press. Tomorrow's c-level executive is tuning into different programs, where there are no ads.
A podcast is a radio or television program that you subscribe to over the internet. Name is inspired by the popular iPod made by Apple, but it’s misleading. Watch or listen on your computer or portable MP3 player. Anyone can distribute Remember when they said we’d have 5000 channels? Well we actually got is tens of thousands of programs Fragmentation is the audience. With this many choices, it is becoming less and less realistic to think you can actually change mindsets by buying ads in the Wall Street Journal and on Meet the Press. Tomorrow's c-level executive is tuning into different programs, where there are no ads.
A podcast is a radio or television program that you subscribe to over the internet. Name is inspired by the popular iPod made by Apple, but it’s misleading. Watch or listen on your computer or portable MP3 player. Anyone can distribute Remember when they said we’d have 5000 channels? Well we actually got is tens of thousands of programs Fragmentation is the audience. With this many choices, it is becoming less and less realistic to think you can actually change mindsets by buying ads in the Wall Street Journal and on Meet the Press. Tomorrow's c-level executive is tuning into different programs, where there are no ads.
A podcast is a radio or television program that you subscribe to over the internet. Name is inspired by the popular iPod made by Apple, but it’s misleading. Watch or listen on your computer or portable MP3 player. Anyone can distribute Remember when they said we’d have 5000 channels? Well we actually got is tens of thousands of programs Fragmentation is the audience. With this many choices, it is becoming less and less realistic to think you can actually change mindsets by buying ads in the Wall Street Journal and on Meet the Press. Tomorrow's c-level executive is tuning into different programs, where there are no ads.
Podcasting took off when Apple integrated podcasts as a way of selling more ipods Podcast University
Podcasting took off when Apple integrated podcasts as a way of selling more ipods Podcast University How to submit a podcast to itunes
Nearly 200,000 downloads to date
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Swap ourmedia for “The Way Back Machine” Demo: ourmedia, libsyn (sandbox) and ipressroom Blogger demo Promoting feeds on iTunes, Yahoo! and Podcast Alley Feedburner and ipressroom
D. Build Awareness, Generate Media coverage and Reach New Audiences through Electronic Media To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
D. Build Awareness, Generate Media coverage and Reach New Audiences through Electronic Media To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
Nearly 200,000 downloads to date
Pocasts are audio files, usually but not always in the popular MP3 format, that are distributed via RSS. There are podcast directories, like podcast alley, where you find and subscribe to podcasts about everything from the business of public relations and politicial campaigns to child rearing and religious sermons or godcasts as they are known. Typically, they have some sort of organized format that they adhere to, and you since you locate them through text based search engines, there is a text summary, often reffered to as show notes, that describe each podcast. The better the show notes, the better the chance someone will find the podcast based on keywords and phrases. To automatically download podcasts to your MP3 player, you need podcatcher software, the most popular of which was a free application called iPodder, which you can download at iPodder.org, until Apple made podcasts accessible through their iTunes music story only recently. Since then, Apple iTunes added podcasts through their music store, the podcast listener audience size has exploded. Guesstimates of the total audience size and growth rates vary, but what is known is that: Your talking to a very motivated audience Podcasting provides direct access to constituents without a media filter. It lets us reach an audience of technology-savvy consumers, a key demographic when it comes to engineering tipping points. Crosses boundaries of time and space Low barrier to entry Cost-effective Podcasting is like Tivo for the Web. You can use it to broadcast audio or video via the Net to MP3 players. Since LCD screens aren’t common on MP3 players, audio remains the dominant format. Listeners can download podcasts, listen on the go, pause, rewind and fast forward. Since they’re MP3 files, you can also listen to them on your computer.
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Winning out of 926 applicants and securing the top honors for podcasting.
Product focused, rather than listener focused
Nearly 200,000 downloads to date
Episode of my podcast interview with Jeanette Gibson that served as an example of why he should be a “new media evangelist” at Synopsis, a Fortune 1000 company with 4,500 employees. All sales are direct. Created Synopsis TV for their intranet: SynopsisWorld. Twice Weekly 3 to 4 minutes each Product intros Benefits Employee stock purchase plan Connects a voice with a face Accessible on SynopsisWorld or via VPN tunnel Created a 16 page DIY video document for distribution to employees First they brought in a professional crew, but it was too formal. Too inauthentic. Used handheld consumer video camera, no lights, no big deal and captured a more personal connection.
Citizen Journalism Principles of journalism Press Release as Feature Stories PR vs. Advertising PR as content creator and Sheppard
Michael Richards: During a November 17, 2006 performance at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood, California, Richards responded in a "rage" (self described) to a black heckler by launching into a racial tirade. The incident was caught, in part, on a cell phone video camera by an audience member. The clip, conveniently subtitled, made it on to YouTube where its different postings had over 5 million total views. Clip – 2:47 This illustrates the fact that increased transparency means you are always under observation. Picture of me at Urinal – OMG, how’d that get in there? You see what I mean, there is no privacy anywhere
Nearly 200,000 downloads to date
Nearly 200,000 downloads to date
Nearly 200,000 downloads to date
Nearly 200,000 downloads to date
Nearly 200,000 downloads to date
Demo: ourmedia, libsyn (sandbox) and ipressroom Blogger demo Promoting feeds on iTunes, Yahoo! and Podcast Alley Feedburner and ipressroom
Demo: ourmedia, libsyn (sandbox) and ipressroom Blogger demo Promoting feeds on iTunes, Yahoo! and Podcast Alley Feedburner and ipressroom
Demo: ourmedia, libsyn (sandbox) and ipressroom Blogger demo Promoting feeds on iTunes, Yahoo! and Podcast Alley Feedburner and ipressroom
Demo: ourmedia, libsyn (sandbox) and ipressroom Blogger demo Promoting feeds on iTunes, Yahoo! and Podcast Alley Feedburner and ipressroom
Demo: ourmedia, libsyn (sandbox) and ipressroom Blogger demo Promoting feeds on iTunes, Yahoo! and Podcast Alley Feedburner and ipressroom
Demo: ourmedia, libsyn (sandbox) and ipressroom Blogger demo Promoting feeds on iTunes, Yahoo! and Podcast Alley Feedburner and ipressroom
Demo: ourmedia, libsyn (sandbox) and ipressroom Blogger demo Promoting feeds on iTunes, Yahoo! and Podcast Alley Feedburner and ipressroom
Demo: ourmedia, libsyn (sandbox) and ipressroom Blogger demo Promoting feeds on iTunes, Yahoo! and Podcast Alley Feedburner and ipressroom
Demo: ourmedia, libsyn (sandbox) and ipressroom Blogger demo Promoting feeds on iTunes, Yahoo! and Podcast Alley Feedburner and ipressroom
Origins of MySpace Copyright To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
Origins of MySpace Copyright To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
Origins of MySpace Copyright To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
Origins of MySpace Copyright To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
Origins of MySpace Copyright To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
Origins of MySpace Copyright To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
Uh-oh. We've got another social-media-meets-public-relations disaster on our hands, and this one doesn't even involve any airlines yet . Food giant Nestle, already under pressure from environmentalists, became the subject of a Facebook- and Twitter-based "twitstorm" when the operators of the corporation's Facebook page took a hostile approach to critics. So here's how it appears to have started: Environmental activist group Greenpeace has long been putting the pressure on Nestle to stop using palm oil, the production of which has been documented as a source of deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions, and endangered species loss. A provocative new Web video campaign (warning: may be a bit nauseating) on behalf of Greenpeace's U.K. arm targeted the food manufacturer as a threat to the livelihoods of orangutans, and according to Greenpeace, Nestle lobbied to have the video removed from YouTube , citing a copyright complaint. Cue plenty of free press for Greenpeace. But it got worse. These days, just about every brand has a public forum in the form of a Facebook fan page, and Greenpeace supporters--whom the activist group had encouraged to change their Facebook profile photos to anti-Nestle slogans that often incorporated one or more of the company's food logos--started posting to the Nestle fan page en masse. Nestle countered with a mild threat: "To repeat: we welcome your comments, but please don't post using an altered version of any of our logos as your profile pic--they will be deleted." A Nestle rep diving into the comments of the thread with responses like "Oh please...it's like we're censoring everything to allow only positive comments" didn't calm things down. One of the logos that's popped up among Facebook users who want to support Greenpeace's campaign against Nestle, modifying the Nestle Kit-Kat candy bar logo. Now, to be fair, Nestle has the right to protect its intellectual property (though several intellectual-property attorneys with whom CNET spoke said that the logo-alteration issue would have a relatively shaky foothold if it ever went to court), but that's not what the Web sees; rather, these come across as two instances where it's been attempting to stifle criticism by citing copyright and trademark. And the remarks on behalf of the page administrator were what really pushed it over the edge. Reactions on the page ranged from "Hey PR moron. Thanks you are doing a far better job than we could ever achieve in destroying your brand," to "It's not OK for people to use altered versions of your logos, but it's OK for you to alter the face of Indonesian rainforests? Wow!" to a gentler "I like some Nestle products so I qualify as a 'fan.' I would like Nestle to make them even better by removing palm oil. I would like to enjoy my Kit-Kats without feeling responsible for rainforest destruction and orangutan deaths." Comments from a decent handful of Nestle supporters were drowned out. Finally, under fire, the Nestle rep apologized for snapping back at fans. "This (deleting logos) was one in a series of mistakes for which I would like to apologize. And for being rude. We've stopped deleting posts, and I have stopped being rude." Putting aside all judgment on who's right and who's wrong in this situat
Origins of MySpace Copyright To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
News Corp. “…acquired MySpace for in July 2005 for $580 million. After just two years of its existense, the ytouth opriented social network and music sitehad sixteen million monthly visitors,; that number would quadruple over the next 14 months.” Google, Pg. 144
Origins of MySpace Copyright To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
Origins of MySpace Copyright To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
By summer 2008 “…there were 465,000 social networks on Ning, with 10 million registered users, 40 million unique users each month, 5 billion omnthly page views, and 116 employees working form a building in Palo Alto.” Googled, Pg. 150. Some more thoughts: 1) Quechup has just raised the bar for me to try new services out. Now I won’t try things out until dozens of my friends tell me that a service is safe to try. That means that competing with Facebook (or MySpace or LinkedIn or Plaxo) is going to be very tough. Services won’t go viral anymore because we just won’t believe the email we’re getting from our friends. 2) This has been going on a long time and has gotten to the front page of Digg , but I continue getting these things (I’m getting a few of these emails every day from people who should know better). 3) This is really pissing off a lot of people. I’ve seen tons of posts like this one over on Matt Dickman’s TechnoMarketer blog . 4) It’s sad that some companies feel they are going to be able to make a business on top of strategies like this one. I’d love to support a lawsuit against the company for doing this.
By summer 2008 “…there were 465,000 social networks on Ning, with 10 million registered users, 40 million unique users each month, 5 billion omnthly page views, and 116 employees working form a building in Palo Alto.” Googled, Pg. 150. Some more thoughts: 1) Quechup has just raised the bar for me to try new services out. Now I won’t try things out until dozens of my friends tell me that a service is safe to try. That means that competing with Facebook (or MySpace or LinkedIn or Plaxo) is going to be very tough. Services won’t go viral anymore because we just won’t believe the email we’re getting from our friends. 2) This has been going on a long time and has gotten to the front page of Digg , but I continue getting these things (I’m getting a few of these emails every day from people who should know better). 3) This is really pissing off a lot of people. I’ve seen tons of posts like this one over on Matt Dickman’s TechnoMarketer blog . 4) It’s sad that some companies feel they are going to be able to make a business on top of strategies like this one. I’d love to support a lawsuit against the company for doing this.
Statistics : SAP Community Network: nearly 2 million total members Growing at ~30,000 new members per month >200 countries and territories worldwide (led by: U.S., India, Germany, UK, Japan, China…) 6,000 posts per day in 200+ discussion forums 1 million unique visitors per month 200,000 members have ever contributed their knowledge/ experience 1/100th of 1% of the top contributors are designated “SAP Mentors” and less than 10% are SAP employees (Edgework) 5,000 bloggers
Knowledgeable: They must have a foundation of knowledge in the area which the online community will be focused. "If my community is going to be CPAs, than I want someone with a finance background. Ground that person in the expertise of the people that you're trying to attract." Outgoing: Community managers should be fairly extroverted, who like to engage with other people. Positive: Unlike a good project manager, who excels at risk management, a good community manager encourages participation and naturally find reasons how things can work. Supportive: Good community managers alleviate fear, uncertainty and doubt that may arise from discussions, as well as help members learn how to use the various pieces of the social network interface. Tolerant: Someone who is not overly critical or judgmental, but able to see the good beyond the typos, spelling mistakes or cultural gaffes.
The most valuable feature Meta Tags offer the web site owner is the ability to control to some degree how their web pages are described on Search Engine Page Results.
D. Build Awareness, Generate Media coverage and Reach New Audiences through Electronic Media To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
D. Build Awareness, Generate Media coverage and Reach New Audiences through Electronic Media To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
D. Build Awareness, Generate Media coverage and Reach New Audiences through Electronic Media To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
D. Build Awareness, Generate Media coverage and Reach New Audiences through Electronic Media To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
D. Build Awareness, Generate Media coverage and Reach New Audiences through Electronic Media To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
D. Build Awareness, Generate Media coverage and Reach New Audiences through Electronic Media To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
D. Build Awareness, Generate Media coverage and Reach New Audiences through Electronic Media To appreciate the shift, important to understand what makes news. Vanity Fair WSJ Pecking order has changed. Scoble went from mid-level to sr. management. Bloggers ended Dan Rather’s career. 1/11/07 - First time in federal court, 2 press seats reserved for bloggers to cover trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. And they’re talking amongst themselves.
Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference Web sites , attracting at least 684 million visitors yearly by 2008. There are more than 75,000 active contributors working on more than 10,000,000 articles in more than 250 languages . As of today, there are 2,621,320 articles in English ; every day hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world make tens of thousands of edits and create thousands of new articles to enhance the knowledge held by the Wikipedia encyclopedia.
Brochures are not conversations Press releases are not conversations Ads are not conversations, although they are becoming more so… Blogs are conversations. People can post comments on blogs and discuss individual posts. And blogs posts link key words and phrases to other blogs and web pages. Together, this network of links form the basis of online conversations. And we discover information online accordingly. This is something you can’t do in conventional print.
Brochures are not conversations Press releases are not conversations Ads are not conversations, although they are becoming more so… Blogs are conversations. People can post comments on blogs and discuss individual posts. And blogs posts link key words and phrases to other blogs and web pages. Together, this network of links form the basis of online conversations. And we discover information online accordingly. This is something you can’t do in conventional print.
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