http://www.new07.org Niche Blog Reviews Covering Retirement, Business, Real Estate News, Finance, Credit and Press Releases Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:17:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.new07.org/social-media/facebook-what-why-who%c2%a0how http://www.new07.org/social-media/facebook-what-why-who%c2%a0how#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:00:26 +0000 cgseo http://www.new07.org/business/facebook-what-why-who%c2%a0how Continue reading →]]> I’ve noticed more and more Facebook Fan Pages popping up and it’s great.  Fan Pages are a great way to connect with people, build your credibility and ultimately generate leads and grow your business. The problem is most people are making one BIG mistake when it comes to their pages.  More on that in a minute.  First let me give you an overview on what I’m going to talk about today…. What Are Fan Pages? Why Are They Important? Who Can Build A Fan Page Who Should Build A Fan Page The “Big Mistake” So Many People Are Making How To Build A Good Fan Page What Are Facebook Fan

]]> http://www.new07.org/social-media/facebook-what-why-who%c2%a0how/feed 0 http://www.new07.org/social-media/how-to-promote-and-manage-linkedin%c2%a0group http://www.new07.org/social-media/how-to-promote-and-manage-linkedin%c2%a0group#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:30:36 +0000 cgseo http://www.new07.org/business/how-to-promote-and-manage-linkedin%c2%a0group Continue reading →]]> A couple of weeks ago I had the deal with Mike Clough , who manages The Blog Zone group at LinkedIn. As the result of the deal, I became manager of his subgroup Guest Blogger and announced this subgroup as MyBlogGuest official home at LinkedIn. I am pretty much new to managing an active LinkedIn group like this, so I decided to do some research. In this post I am sharing my findings (that seem to be working for me!): 1. Start a

]]> http://www.new07.org/social-media/how-to-promote-and-manage-linkedin%c2%a0group/feed 0 http://www.new07.org/social-media/google-releases-official-buzz-share%c2%a0buttons http://www.new07.org/social-media/google-releases-official-buzz-share%c2%a0buttons#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:01:15 +0000 cgseo http://www.new07.org/business/google-releases-official-buzz-share%c2%a0buttons Continue reading →]]> Google’s next order of battle for Google Buzz – Share Buttons. If you’ve felt envious of sites such as TechCrunch and Mashable which were quick enough to come up with their customized Google Buzz Share Buttons, Google will now let you do the same without having to hack through some codes and all. And it’s also the official Google Buzz Share Button. So Google announced that starting today expect to see Buzz buttons around the web particularly on sites such as The Huffington Post, Glamour, YouTube, Blogger, MySpace, GigaOM and more. These buttons will make it easier for you to share and post interesting items you encounter around the web to your Google Buzz account. In addition, independent sharing widget provides such as “Share This,” “Shareholic” and more have started implementing the Google Buzz share button. If you want to have a Google Buzz button on your own sites/blogs, you can easily do so by getting the codes from buzz.google.com/stuff . You can customize your button in a few clicks, copy the Javascript code, paste it to your blog/site code and you’re good to go. And while you’re there, you might also want to grab the code for putting a follow me on Buzz button as well. This will make it easier for your friends and fans to follow your Buzz posts. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Google Releases Official Buzz Share

]]> http://www.new07.org/social-media/google-releases-official-buzz-share%c2%a0buttons/feed 0 http://www.new07.org/social-media/twitter%e2%80%99s-global-growth-by-the-official%c2%a0numbers http://www.new07.org/social-media/twitter%e2%80%99s-global-growth-by-the-official%c2%a0numbers#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:10:59 +0000 cgseo http://www.new07.org/business/twitter%e2%80%99s-global-growth-by-the-official%c2%a0numbers Continue reading →]]> The Twitter blog is running a post today announcing some numbers related to Twitter’s overall growth not only in the U.S. but internationally as well. According to the post, more than 60% of Twitter users are from outside the U.S. This is definitely a huge leap from Twitter’s early days were users were primarily employees and their friends. Now, Twitter users have become a group with diverse identities. Some specific proofs of Twitter’s growth in other regions: In Chile, right after the recent earthquake, Twitter saw a 1200% increase in signups from most Spanish-speaking countries.  This is a big leap from November 2009’s 50% increase in signups. In Columbia, Twitter signups rose by 300% In India, signups rose by 100%, thanks to Twitter’s tie-up with Bharti Airtel of India which allowed Twitter users to send and receive tweets via SMS. plus other countries such as Indonesia, Haiti and more Interestingly, most of the incidents of increase in signups happen right after Twitter played significant role in providing a fast, realiable and real-time information updates  during national emergency situations, accidents, disaster and events. This only goes to show that Twitter has now evolved from a mere social networking micro-blogging platform to an effective, reliable and very updated communication tool.   Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Twitter’s Global Growth by the Official

]]> http://www.new07.org/social-media/twitter%e2%80%99s-global-growth-by-the-official%c2%a0numbers/feed 0 http://www.new07.org/social-media/how-do-you-un-clutter-your-twitter%c2%a0stream http://www.new07.org/social-media/how-do-you-un-clutter-your-twitter%c2%a0stream#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:44:46 +0000 cgseo http://www.new07.org/business/how-do-you-un-clutter-your-twitter%c2%a0stream Continue reading →]]> Let’s face it, the more people you follow, the more challenging it gets to notice all important updates on Twitter. To me, following fewer people is not an option because I think this is anti-social. I follow back every single Twitter profile that seems valid and is related to one of the topics I love (like search, social media, blogging, etc). This way, as of today, I am close to following 3300 people which makes it really hard to really “follow” what everyone says. The clutter is enormous. All of my Twitter friends (as well as myself) retweet each other multiple times which makes the clutter even heavier. So how do you make sure you are properly updated of news coming from your Twitter friends? I am aware of two tools that seem cool for that ( please add yours in the comments! ). Cadmus Cadmus is the web based tool that claims to group your friends’ Tweets to help you focus on what’s important. I do wish it had some desktop application but the online version works pretty well to make it worth having the site bookmarked and checking it a few times a day. Each unique entry has “Related” tweets section containing similar conversations (those containing similar keywords). So if you get interested in more details, you can click on “Related posts” link: Here’s my stats for example: Cadmus has analyzed 108,411 of your updates and grouped 32,892 related ones, around 30% of all your updates. Another great feature is “Personal trending topics” which are like the trending topics in Twitter but it is just from the people you follow. This seemed like a great way to find out what your friends are buzzing about. ReadTwit ReadTwit , the tool I previously covered , allows to subscribe to your friends’ updates using Google Reader. The best thing about the tool is that it: Filters repeated links in ReTweets; Allows to exclude any user or hashtag from your feed (I wish there were also an option to follow only selected users). So how do you manage to keep an eye on what your friends are tweeting about? Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . How Do You Un-Clutter Your Twitter

]]> http://www.new07.org/social-media/how-do-you-un-clutter-your-twitter%c2%a0stream/feed 0 http://www.new07.org/social-media/announcing-our-1st-ss-spring-summit-contest-winner-%e2%80%93-ben-cook-skittzo%c2%a0 http://www.new07.org/social-media/announcing-our-1st-ss-spring-summit-contest-winner-%e2%80%93-ben-cook-skittzo%c2%a0#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:24:35 +0000 cgseo http://www.new07.org/business/announcing-our-1st-ss-spring-summit-contest-winner-%e2%80%93-ben-cook-skittzo%c2%a0 Continue reading →]]> We are only 33 days away from the 2010 Search & Social Spring Summit ! Only 68 tickets are still available. We have sold out for past events and foresee the same for this one. Act FAST! This is one of the most important conferences that you will ever attend in the search marketing industry. Top experts within the field are flying in from all over the country to be a speaker on our panel. Search marketing is ever-evolving and the news, trends and strategies will all be covered during those two days. And the most important reason to go is for the hyper-networking opportunities! Congratulations to Ben Cook, @Skitzzo , for winning the first ticket to the summit! Cook entered in the Twitter contest by making up a team name, in his case Team Bacon, and having as many Twitter users tweet out Team Bacon. Cook put his best foot forward and brought about some hard-hitting strategies like antagonizing his competition as well as saying he won’t tweet politics for 6 months. Great job, Ben! Now, what about Team Guns @KennyHyder , Team Bieber @Daver , Team Speedbag Club @Cyandle , Team Joe Hall @JoeHall and Team KickAss @TheMadHat ? You guys still have a chance to redeem yourselves (see below). And for anybody else who is still looking to get a free ticket to the Search & Social Spring Summit, here are a list of four other contests that will end this week ( IMPORTANT: some of the deadlines have changed to this week! ):   1)        VIP All-Expense-Paid Trip to Tampa, FL for the summit : Those who participate have to reach out to their friends, colleagues, etc. and get them to register on the event website. Whoever gets the most people to sign up by Thursday, April 15 th , 2010 will win the VIP package. Since tickets are selling at a fast pace, you can purchase your ticket now and we will reimburse you if you win. Click here for more info. Those who already entered, where are the results? Show your marketing skills. Yes, I am talking to you: Kiran Voleti, Michael Gustman, Peter Brooke, Robert Enriquez, Jason Owen, Kenny Hyder, Donovan Pete, Lisa Kenny, Renee Petro, John Koehler, Vivian Hoang, Paul Fach, Jörg Gammanick, Darren Ortsman, Tom Conte, Marcela Curran, Sam Khwaja, Michelle Dye, Dipali Thakkar, Shailendra Singh, Inga  Weireter, Nicole Burney, Petra Kraft, Scott Hemmons, Eric Weidner, Erin Martin, Roy Morejon, Geoffrrey Levin, Tu-Anh Pham, Nishant Mehta, Casey Yandle, Gene Gerwin, Ben Cook, Melissa Fach, Surjanu Chaudhuri, Nathan Driver, Mike Wells, Kieran Hawe, Chris Azzari. 2)      Your Story Contest: We’ve had some amazing responses from  several people. It was great to hear everyone’s story on how they came into the internet marketing industry. There’s still a chance for the rest of you to share your story here . We will end this contest at 12pm EST TODAY, March 31, 2010 . 3)      YouTube Contest : Everyone who is entering needs to tell us an interesting story that they had through a social media network. Did you send a private, steamy message to someone on Facebook and it ended up going public? Did you break up with someone or got dumped on Myspace? Let us know! This will run until Thursday, April 1, 2010 . Click here for more info. 4)      SEOtini Contest: What’s a search marketing conference without a little bit of alcohol to get the blood going? Our signature drink, the SEOtini, will be created by YOU! The one with the best recipe will win this contest. Enter here . This contest ends Friday, April 2, 2010 . Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Announcing our 1st S&S Spring Summit Contest Winner – Ben Cook (@Skittzo)

]]> http://www.new07.org/social-media/announcing-our-1st-ss-spring-summit-contest-winner-%e2%80%93-ben-cook-skittzo%c2%a0/feed 0 http://www.new07.org/social-media/2-more-alternative-uses-of-twitter-favorites-you%e2%80%99ve-never-known%c2%a0about http://www.new07.org/social-media/2-more-alternative-uses-of-twitter-favorites-you%e2%80%99ve-never-known%c2%a0about#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:16:31 +0000 cgseo http://www.new07.org/business/2-more-alternative-uses-of-twitter-favorites-you%e2%80%99ve-never-known%c2%a0about Continue reading →]]> It is always fun to discover new and new possibilities of well-known tools. I already shared one tip on how Twitter favorites may help you better understand what your friends like and build closer relations with them. This week I am sharing two more interesting uses of Twitter favorites: Subscribe to Your (or Anyone’s) Friends’

]]> http://www.new07.org/social-media/2-more-alternative-uses-of-twitter-favorites-you%e2%80%99ve-never-known%c2%a0about/feed 0 http://www.new07.org/social-media/google-bookmarks-rolls-out-social-list%c2%a0feature http://www.new07.org/social-media/google-bookmarks-rolls-out-social-list%c2%a0feature#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:49:24 +0000 cgseo http://www.new07.org/business/google-bookmarks-rolls-out-social-list%c2%a0feature Continue reading →]]> Although Google has already stopped supporting its Notebooks service, those who did not delete their accounts can still use the service and its features. One of Google Notebooks’ feature is the creation of lists of interesting content you found on the web. This feature is now ported into Google’s other online service – Google Bookmarks . Items you add in your Google Bookmarks account are previously for private viewing only. But now, you can create a list containing some of  your Bookmarks’ items and share it with your friends and contacts. According to Google : “We’re working hard to improve Bookmarks and make saving and sharing stuff on the web easier than ever. That’s why we’ve created lists. Like labels, lists let you organize your stuff into categories. But they can do so much more! And to create your Bookmarks list, simply follow these steps: Select the checkbox next to the item(s) you want to add to a list. At the top of the page, under  Bookmarks , click  Copy to list . To add the item(s) to an existing list, click the list name. To add the item(s) to a new list, click  Create a new list and follow the instructions. In addition, the Google System Blog notes that you can easily convert previously created Bookmarks labels to a list. Likewise, those whom you invite to view your list can also add new webpages to it. In short, the  list feature has just transformed the Google Bookmarks service into an online collaborative tool. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Google Bookmarks Rolls Out Social List

]]> http://www.new07.org/social-media/google-bookmarks-rolls-out-social-list%c2%a0feature/feed 0 http://www.new07.org/social-media/how-nestle-could-have-fixed-their-problems-online-for%c2%a07-49 http://www.new07.org/social-media/how-nestle-could-have-fixed-their-problems-online-for%c2%a07-49#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:06:26 +0000 cgseo http://www.new07.org/business/how-nestle-could-have-fixed-their-problems-online-for%c2%a07-49 Continue reading →]]> Dear Nestlé, I’m living in London for a little while and Kit Kat bars here taste way better than they do back in New York.  I’ve actually had friends ask me to bring them back for them.  I’m really bummed though because after 25 years of eating Kit Kat bars, I’m not going to buy them anymore. On Friday, you gave the world a shining example of how brands shouldn’t behave online.  It’s a tough break that you were very publicly called-out by Greenpeace for being a contributor to rainforest deforestation.  However, your Draconian response of bullying YouTube into taking down the “Have A Break?” campaign video and insulting your fans and detractors on Facebook has lead to an unmanageable PR nightmare that was totally avoidable. All you had to do was say, “We’re sorry. We’ve heard and share your concerns and are working with Greenpeace to find ways to fix this problem as soon as possible.  Please visit nestlecares.com or twitter.com/nestlecares to follow our journey towards sustainability.” Nestlecares.com would have cost you $7.49 on Godaddy and a Twitter profile is free.  I found you a promo code (cjc749fat) to get the discount on the domain, which usually costs $9.99.  It only takes 30 minutes to set up a Tumblr blog and Twitter profile and there’s no hosting costs. In 15 minutes a day, you could maintain both sites by posting updates on your commitment to sustainability, ie ditching your palm oil vendor or your efforts in Tanzania to increase coffee yield for farmers while maintaining sustainability standards.  On days when you didn’t do anything, you could post interesting content related to sustainability that you find while researching how to make your company better. Admitting fault is endearing and makes a corporation like you guys seem a bit more human.  When Anssi Vanjoki, #2 at Nokia, publicly apologized for prematurely releasing the N97, which had some pretty substantial bugs, and announced a commitment to fixing the problems as quickly as possible, he bought the company a lot of good will with jilted consumers.  Instead of owning up to your mistakes, you insulted your Facebook fans and tried to navigate your way out with corporate doublespeak. By the time you posted a press release about your commitment to become fully sustainable by 2015, it was way too little, way too late. A big part of being social online is actually being social.  If you were at a party and someone took 30 minutes to respond to a question and then insulted your grammar and walked away, you probably wouldn’t want to talk to them again.  If you had simply said “We messed up” the moment Greenpeace posted their campaign it might not have gone viral, and your customers would be focusing on your commitment to sustainability instead of dead orangutans… which are not cool with the urban influencer and early adopter markets these days. 2015 feels very far away and kinda seems like lip service.  However, daily updates on your quest to sustainability would make your efforts seem a bit more real.  You had a really great opportunity to rebrand your company one day at a time by creating really great content about sustainability. I don’t know if you totally missed the boat, but it kinda seems like you did.  I’m only one guy, but I used to love eating Kit Kat bars and was going to bring back like £20 of English ones for my friends in New York, but now they’ll have to wait until 2015.  Sorry, guys. Sincerely, Josh Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . How Nestle Could Have Fixed Their Problems Online For

]]> http://www.new07.org/social-media/how-nestle-could-have-fixed-their-problems-online-for%c2%a07-49/feed 0 http://www.new07.org/social-media/10-ways-all-employees-can-contribute-to-link%c2%a0building http://www.new07.org/social-media/10-ways-all-employees-can-contribute-to-link%c2%a0building#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:40:22 +0000 cgseo http://www.new07.org/business/10-ways-all-employees-can-contribute-to-link%c2%a0building Continue reading →]]> It’s not a hidden secret that link building is an essential part of SEO, but how you go about building links can make a huge difference in your organic visibility. Having your company buy into the fact that actively building links to your site can help your bottom line can help make your efforts a lot easier. Instead of having an in-house SEO or marketing department focused on link building, why not leverage the power of the entire company and have everyone contribute. Roles and

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