In case you missed it, there’s been some talk lately about whether or not RSS is dead. You may be wondering exactly what RSS is — RSS stands for Really Simply Syndication (sometimes just called a feed) and it’s a method for one website to send out it’s content in a way that other websites and programs can easily read. RSS feeds make it really easy for people to subscribe to your website and get updates via email or RSS readers (such as Google Reader or iGoogle). Whether or not RSS is used directly by people, RSS is still important for your business because it used behind the scenes by many websites, applications and social networks vital to your online presence.
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Strategy
How-To: Setup Monitoring in HootSuite
A vitally important part of achieving success with social media is responding when someone does reach out to you. When you’re just starting with social media, this may seem like a pipe dream, but if you’re not watching for responses, you may miss them when they happen. As your social media presence grows, it’s equally crucial to monitor for mentions and responses so they do not become lost. I use HootSuite as my main Twitter application, which not only has monitoring, but also stats and scheduling. Here’s how to setup HootSuite to monitor Twitter for mentions, responses and keywords…
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Measuring Social Media Marketing Success
I’ll be speaking at Social Media Michigan’s September meeting with the topic:
Measuring Social Media Marketing Success
The ability to measure the effectiveness of marketing starategies and calculating ROI is a key to a successful marketing campaigns. Weather it’s traditional marketing or social media
marketing; as a marketer your responsiblity is to not only create comprehensive social media
marketing startegy but also, create key matrix for measuring success in social media.
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