Social Media Mashup

From The Article: "How long has it been since you considered the placement of your social buttons? Do you know if longer or shorter tweets convert better? What phrases in your profile attract the most followers? When is the best time to share to reach the most people?

 

If you’re not considering these factors (and they are factors, believe me), you may be selling yourself short socially. If you want to find the maximum amount of followers, increase clickthrough rates on your shares, attract the maximum amount of traffic via social shares and build a tighter network of influencers, you’ve got to optimize your public face".

 

Find Out More: http://blog.kissmetrics.com/social-ab-testing/

Via Antonino Militello

Excerpted from article:

"With the rise in popularity of visual content, marketers are realizing that Pinterest is a great way to show off their brands' personalities, engage their social media fans and followers, and even generate some leads along the way.

 

Here are 28 creative pinboard ideas to power your Pinterest marketing.

1) Idea/Inspiration/Example Board;

2) Philanthropy Board;

3) Marketing Campaign Board;

4) Video Board;

5) Customer Success Board;

6) Products/Services Board;

7) Behind the Scenes Board;

8) Contest Board;

9) Employee Board;

10) Mission Board;

11) User-Generated Board;

12) Blog Board;

13) Content/Resources Board;

14) Testimonials Board;

15) Visual Industry Data/Statistics Board;

16) Industry Infographics/Diagrams/Flowcharts Board;

17) Meme Board;

18) Complementary Products Board;

19) Inspirational Industry Quotes;

20) Events/Conferences Board;

21) Brand Lifestyle Board;

22) Industry Tips Board;

23) History Board;

24) Customer Interest Board;

25) Industry Cartoons Board;

26) A Day at the Office Board;

27) Newsjacking Boards;

28) Boards Organized By Location;

 

Each pinboard is analyzed with many details, links and images.

Read full interesting article here:

http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/33457/28-Creative-Pinboard-Ideas-From-Real-Brands-on-Pinterest.aspx

Via Giuseppe Mauriello

LinkedIn overhauled the look of its homepage on Monday, the end result of which is sort of a mashup of Facebook and Google+.

 

As on Facebook, the design — rolling out over the next few weeks — has more relevant updates on top plus a comment stream that is set off with a different-colored (light blue) background. There’s also a line on top of the stream that shows which people — and how many — commented and liked the post.

Via Bonnie Burns

RT @InsideFlipboard: Everything You Wanted to Know About Google+ on Flipboard: http://t.co/G3he4Big...

Via Rami Kantari

From The Article: "Time Spend by Average Social Networking User per month (Infographic compiled and designed by Go-Gulf.com)

 

Thus measuring time spent and user engagement reflects poorly on the benefits of Google+ which are really all about one key thing: search.

 

Search engine optimization for any given site has always been important and it’s becoming even more so with the constant updates being made by Google, Yahoo and Bing, both on the web and the mobile web.

 

Not to mention the increasing trend where social, local and mobile are morphing into one big platform where reaching and engaging with customers will be the utmost challenge.

 

Posting on a Google+ brand page helps your rankings, in particular as Google rolls out more changes with regards to travel search, Places, Maps and other integration projects yet unannounced".

 

Full Article Here: http://www.business2community.com/google-plus/where-does-google-fit-into-your-social-media-tool-kit-0200211

Via Antonino Militello

From the Article: "Facebook is probably not the first place you would think to go for SEO advice. However, the social media giant is looking to change that.

 

With the help of Distilled, an online marketing agency, Facebook launched a new video that provides users tips on how to optimize their Facebook pages.

 

The video is aimed more at business owners than seasoned SEOs, but it’s the first video Facebook has released providing users with this type of advice for optimizing their Facebook pages for search engines.

 

The video takes users step-by-step through a number of processes for building an optimized Facebook page with a good name and quality, relevant content. Then it shows you how to get links and likes for your new, awesome page.

 

The video does tend to focus more on why all of these things are important, rather than on advanced link-building tips. However, for a small business owner just learning about search marketing, it’s a good beginner’s resource".

 

Take a look at this video here: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-for-facebook-new-video-revealed/44985/

Via Antonino Militello

Robin Good: Matthew Fields has published a really good guide on SocialMediaChimps for anyone who wants to get serious in using Twitter for reputation-building and marketing purposes.

 

In the illustrated article he showcases four key concepts and many small tips and tools that helped his own account (the SocialMediaChimps one) get more than 10k followers in less than 90 days.

 

Useful. 8/10

 

Full article: http://socialmediachimps.com/2012/get-followers-on-twitter/ ;

Via Robin Good