Best Social Media Articles

With this long weekend in the U.S. I have had a chance to catch up on my social media reading. Some of the best blog posts I have read are:

The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos: Have you ever watched a video with 100,000 views on YouTube and thought to yourself: “How the hell did that video get so many views?” Chances are pretty good that this didn’t happen naturally, but rather that some company worked hard to make it happen – some company like mine

How We Got Our SEO Blog Featured On Sky News: A interesting post from Altogether Digital how they managed to get their blog mentioned on Sky News the UK’s equivalent to CNN

Social Media Marketing is Branding: Stoney deGeyter writes, “Think of all the ways that companies use branding to build awareness of themselves or to promote their social awareness and customer service values. None of these things lead directly to conversions but they do lead to higher company awareness and the good old fashioned fuzzy-feelings we get when we know that that we are valued as a customer. Because of the direct interaction social media affords the client with their customers, it truly is better than any branding campaign, including one-on-one customer service.”

Top 100 Social Media and Social Networking Blogs: Laura Milligan put together a list of the top 100 social media and social networking blogs. And we made it yea us:)

Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit: Interview with a top Reddit user that is full of great tips

Jane from SEOMoz- Presentation from SMX London on LinkBait: A great concise and informative presentation by Jane from SEOMoz on LinkBait

Leave a Comment and Get free Linkbait / Viral Content Ideas: Glen Allsopp has a great post going where he is giving away free linkbait ideas for your web site if you leave a comment. he is giving away some tremendous ideas here for free.

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