The Buzz Bin

Digital Labz discusses the importance of successful marketing using a “quality link building campaign. The blog shares a list of 70 social media sites “that allow do follow links; which should have the potential to contribute to the search rank of the page being linked.” Check the list out and offer your suggestions.

Bob Gilbreath provides a step-by-step model on how to strategically use social media rather than jump on the bandwagon. He hopes that people will see how “a strong business objective and insight can help understand the opportunities for social media.” Visit Marketing with Meaning to read his four step model.

Buzzoodle Blog’s Ron McDaniel asks, “Are you a sales gardener or a sales hunter?” Ron uses a sales gardener as an example for a marketer stating, “A successful sales gardener is someone that uses Inbound Lead Generation effectively to more easily close leads that come to them…A sales hunter will go out and produce generate leads quickly.” So which one are you? Figure it out by visiting Buzzoolde’s Blog.

Do you know what social marketing is? Alex Rampy differentiates between social marketing and social marketing in terms of Web 2.0. She states three themes she “finds consistent between the two applications: freedom vs. control, mission vs. mantra, and voice vs. message.” Do you agree with Alex? “How can social media marketing and social marketing learn from each other?” Share your thoughts and join the discussion on SocialButterfly.

Shailesh Ghimire shares a tip that he believes every business should know about setting up a business presence on Facebook: the difference between a page and profile. Through the latest design, “Faceboook has made a clear distinction between profiles and pages”: profiles = individuals and pages = businesses. Continue reading the other changes Facebook made in order to accommodate businesses on Social Media Wiz.