• Now, the answers to your questions.
• Having a blog attached to your primary website, i.e. http://socialnetworkingspiderweb.com/blog/ is great for SEO and you will not be penalized by the search engines.
• When you sign up for all of these social networking accounts I recommend that you create a second email account to use for all of them.  You will/may be getting a lot of email and you don’t want it to clog up your primary or business email account.  You can use the same email address for all accounts you set up.  You can also use the same Username, etc.  Vary your profile information a bit fo each of them.
• Set up 5 accounts per week.  Only sign up for accounts that are relevant to your niche.  Example, don’t sign up for a teenage, girlie social network if you are promoting Harley Davidsons.
• Install the Onlywire WordPress plug in to your primary blog. http://flowlifefitness.com/fittoflow
• Put links from your blog to your website and to website to your blog.  Don’t just link to the main page, link to sub-pages and posts.
• After you build out your Onlywire and Ping.fm accounts (Ping also has a wordpress plugin), create your google, live and yahoo profiles.  Then find some other social networks in your niche or business networks to create accounts on (like Biznik) to help promote your main site and blog.
• Set up some free blogs on wordpress.com, blogger, typepad and post articles to them with links back to your main site and blog. Try to make unique, not duplicate content, by re-writing articles/posts from your main blog.  Use KEYWORDS in the name for your blog.  e.g. if you want to be found as a “personal trainer seattle” or “personal training capitol hill” these should be the names for your satellite blogs.
• If I sign up my blog under the url http://fittoflow.com instead of the http://flowlifefitness.com/fittoflow with ‘fittoflow.com’ still linked within flowlifefitness.com will flowlifefitness.com get all the traffic and google points?

Who gives the best services for website design, internet marketing, social media marketing, SEO, etc. worldwide? Such as proweblabs.com and islamvebiz.net..

What is exact social media marketing and how we can use it

I graduated 6 years ago with a B.S. in Marketing. The field has changed so much from the traditional methods I was trained in and has finally reached the digital age.

My goal is to work in Marketing Communications, but I’m finding that my experience just doesn’t cut it. Companies are looking for team members who can build a website, design graphics, be a social media expert, design, create and print marketing materials, etc.

I am well-aware of the various social media methods, but I’m not a pro as I do not understand the methodology behind creating a "social media marketing plan". Where can I learn this stuff? Is there a class or certification program in West Michigan?

I have no idea how to design a website unless it’s one of those easy template styles you can do online. I’m considering going back to college. Any solid advice would be great.

I’m having a hard time understanding what exactly social marketing is. I know that it is a technique used by an organization to address a social cause and which seeks to influence public opinion and behavior so that society, not the organization, benefits.

Here are my questions…
Is this an example: The employees of a large corporation that manufactures and sells say, scientific calculators (or any product other than bikes), volunteer to ride their bikes to work in order to decrease carbon emissions. This information is noted on the company website and given to the local news media.

In my opinion, the action of these employees may influence some members of the public to ride their bikes to work, so society benefits by (small-scale) reduced carbon emissions. Therefore, I think this is social marketing. Am I correct?

In the case above, the corporation does not sell more of its product, but does earn goodwill. So, isn’t the corporation benefiting indirectly? Is an indirect benefit an acceptable result of social marketing?

Here’s another example: This corporation donates its scientific calculators to the local schools. The corporation does not profit financially because it is a donation (I’m ignoring the tax benefit of donations here), but again, earns goodwill. This scenario doesn’t influence behavior but does benefit society (the students). Is this considered social marketing?

One more question:
I’ve seen the term ‘social media marketing’, which refers to companies and/or their employees using social networking, such as blogs, to keep the public informed about their products, interests, citizenship. Are social marketing and social media marketing the same?

Thanks!

Hi everybody! I have just started doing freelance work as a web designer/developer. I’m having a little trouble deciding on a company name. The services I currently offer (or am looking on offering) include:

Web Design/Development (CSS, XHTML, Flash, CMS)
Social Media Marketing
Web Analytics
SEO
Google Ad Campaigns
Graphics Design

Some of the names I have so far are:

JustGil Designs (which I currently use)
ToeJam Designs
twoAny2 Designs
22Black Designs

Any comments on the names above or suggestions on any playful or professional names would be greatly appreciated!

As a side note I finished my first contract (www.MonkeysArt.com). Any comments on the site would be awesome!

Thanks in advance!!

-Gil-

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I am a creative intern at an Ad firm, and I try to switch my career focus to marketing, especially social media marketing. But my Creative Director offers me a position of Creative coordinator. Should I take it? I am looking for professional experience from both marketing and advertising, and plz be as detailed as possible. I appreciate for your valuable advice!

San Diego, San Francisco or somewhere else. I have family in LA and I just don’t think I would love it there. I am a mid 30′s single African American woman, who loves culture, arts, fashion, diversity, and good eats. I am also a social media marketing consultant who currently works with fashion retail and small boutique stores. And I own my own naturally handmade bath and body products company. Where would I prosper with my career and business? I like city living, but need to pay suburban prices. Where should I go?

I need a slogan for my online marketing business. We are a full service online marketing company. Our services include: SEO, PPC, social media marketing, web design, blogging, online reputation management, email marketing, etc. The name of my company is SearchDog Marketing and I’m in desperate need for a slogan. Please Help!!