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Friday Links – Slow News Day Edition (Small Business E-commerce Link Digest – August 3, 2012)

by Tim on August 3, 2012

This is what happens when we get into August: The world gets much, much quieter. So, with little fanfare (and perhaps less of a theme tying them together), here are the links I found particularly interesting this week:

Mashable looks at how to capitalize on web-generated sales leads.
Forbes lists the top 25 websites for CEOs.
Social Media Examiner offers up 22 top blogging tools loved by the pros. (I’d add my top blogging tools, 5 top tools for curating content and 5 WordPress plug-ins I can’t live without to that list, too).
Pew releases new findings on consumers’ mobile phone frustrations.
And TechCrunch reports on Google’s update to its PageSpeed Service, because, as we all know, speed matters.

And, just for fun, you’ve got to check out this very funny (if a little “inside baseball”) graphic Frank Fuchs of LocallyType.com posted today:

Anyway, have a great weekend, Big Thinkers. We’ll see you back here next week.

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Social, Local, Mobile… Oh My! (Small Business E-commerce Link Digest – November 18, 2011)

by Tim on November 18, 2011

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I’ve been asking all week whether you’re still talking about the mobile web including looking at whether you need an app for customer reviews. And, I’m not the only one. Here’s this week’s round-up of the best social, local, mobile write-ups on the web:

Rachel Sprung on the HubSpot Blog looks at 20 ways to increase content visibility on the “Top 4″ social networks. What are the “Top 4,” you ask? Why Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. And I’m glad, Rachel includes LinkedIn there, because it’s often overlooked as a key component of your online marketing.
Not sure about LinkedIn? Lisa Barone of Outspoken Media answers why your business should maybe stop ignoring LinkedIn. Great read. And the comments are rock-solid, too.
While we’re on the topic of LinkedIn, the social network’s own blog shows how to add a LinkedIn Recommendations widget to your site and how to gain insights into your LinkedIn company page’s performance.
Speaking of gaining insights into performance, I want to put in shameless plug for my latest HSMAI white paper, “Best Practices for Hotel Website Analytics.” While it’s specifically tailored to the hotel industry, many of the lessons apply regardless of your business. It’s a free download, so check it out.
And, while we’re discussing social and tracking, Mashable has a great review of Facebook’s user tracking secrets. Well worth your time.
Mashable also takes a look at PayPal’s new Facebook app that lets you send money to your friends on the social network. I’ve said before that social commerce is hiding in plain sight. This underscores that point just a bit.

Finally, I’ve shared a couple of videos this week to demonstrate the power of the local, social, mobile web. But it’s possible little can illustrate it as effectively as Social Revolution’s 2011 presentation, which I’ve got right here:

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More mobile memes (Small Business E-commerce Link Digest – March 25, 2011)

by Tim on March 25, 2011

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Since I’ve spent much of the week mulling over the meaning of mobile marketing (try saying that fie times, fast), I thought we’d end the week with a quick recap of the myriad messages making their way around the ‘net about mobile. Enjoy!

Want further proof that mobile is amassing meaningful mindshare? (Sorry. I’ll abolish alliteration after this, alright?) MobileMarketingWatch reports that “…3 million coffee-crazy customers have purchased their morning joe using Starbucks Card Mobile.” That’s amazing (and, I swear, that last alliteration was MobileMarketingWatch, not me). According to the post, Starbucks CEO Howard Schulz “…maintains that both mobile payments and social networking will remain vital aspects of the company’s “blueprint for growth” in the future.”
For all of its growth, though, tracking mobile usage remains a bit of trick. Fortunately, Google seems to recognize this and is changing its tablet target options for paid search. Very cool news, indeed.
Of course, none of this helps you even a little bit if you don’t offer mobile options for your site visitors. Fortunately, our old friends at GetElastic offer some great tips for developing multi-platform mobile apps.
And, finally, don’t get discouraged if you’re a little overwhelmed by the myriad messages… um, I mean the variety of opinion and insight around mobile. Take heart in what Frank Reed has to say about deciding what really matters and apply it to your own business. Mobile continues to evolve and we’re all learning from one another every day. I, for one, can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.

Hope you have a great weekend, Big Thinkers. Be safe and be ready to get right back at it next week.