Category Archives: Social Media Marketing

There is no denying the ever-increasing importance of the social sphere on search engine optimization and inbound marketing. Google is relying on social signals – especially from their own products – to assess the general buzz surrounding a website, an article and even an author.

Webdirexion has a core specialty in Social Media Marketing, and offers both project and campaign based options. And, below are some articles with tips, traps, and techniques to get you going.

Dealing the Cards – New Interface Engagement Strategies

Webdirexion Social Interaction Wall

What’s in the cards for modern user interfaces? The new Google+ uses cards — surfable squares of content — to boost focus and interaction and we’re trying out two new
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Author: Scott Frangos

Scott Frangos, President, WebDirexionScott Frangos, President of WebDirexion LLC (see ), is a career MarCom professional focused on Content Marketing, Social Media, and WordPress Web Development. He loves introducing strategies and tactics to boost ROI at your websites. He also loves pizza, coffee, and Tai Chi — not necessarily in that order. Scott serves as Founder, Chief Optimizer and Strategist at WebDirexion.com.  Before the Web, he worked in Advertising, Marketing and PR. Currently he is the instructor for the new online course, "WordPress Content Marketing Power". He recently taught a class on Content Marketing with WordPress for the Langley Center for New Media, and in May of 2012, spoke on G+ and WordPress Combo, at WebVisions PDX. Scott is the lead imagineer behind Webdirexion's popular Max-Ref Content Marketing Widgets plugin for WordPress. In the past he has taught HTM, CSS and Photoshop, and also eCommerce and general business courses at colleges and technical schools in the Pacific Northwest. Scott is lucky, blessed, and at times cursed with a right-brain/left-brain ability to both program for the web and work on creative marketing solutions.  He also writes for Content Marketing Institute.  Link up with him at ScottLinkedIn.com. RSS Feed » for Scott's Articles Scott's Latest Articles:

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Rules for B2B Social Media Marketing

42Rules

Another author I met at the 3rd annual Content Marketing Strategies Conference is Michael Procopio, whose book lays out 42 Rules for B2B Social Media Marketing.  I like the B2B
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Author: Scott Frangos

Scott Frangos, President, WebDirexionScott Frangos, President of WebDirexion LLC (see ), is a career MarCom professional focused on Content Marketing, Social Media, and WordPress Web Development. He loves introducing strategies and tactics to boost ROI at your websites. He also loves pizza, coffee, and Tai Chi — not necessarily in that order. Scott serves as Founder, Chief Optimizer and Strategist at WebDirexion.com.  Before the Web, he worked in Advertising, Marketing and PR. Currently he is the instructor for the new online course, "WordPress Content Marketing Power". He recently taught a class on Content Marketing with WordPress for the Langley Center for New Media, and in May of 2012, spoke on G+ and WordPress Combo, at WebVisions PDX. Scott is the lead imagineer behind Webdirexion's popular Max-Ref Content Marketing Widgets plugin for WordPress. In the past he has taught HTM, CSS and Photoshop, and also eCommerce and general business courses at colleges and technical schools in the Pacific Northwest. Scott is lucky, blessed, and at times cursed with a right-brain/left-brain ability to both program for the web and work on creative marketing solutions.  He also writes for Content Marketing Institute.  Link up with him at ScottLinkedIn.com. RSS Feed » for Scott's Articles Scott's Latest Articles:

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Google Plus Marketing Tactics

Webdirexion Google Plus for B2B

Most Marketing Directors understand that Google plus marketing is now more important than FaceBook (business focus demographic) or Twitter (more active users).  So…let’s look at newer Google plus marketing tactics
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Author: Scott Frangos

Scott Frangos, President, WebDirexionScott Frangos, President of WebDirexion LLC (see ), is a career MarCom professional focused on Content Marketing, Social Media, and WordPress Web Development. He loves introducing strategies and tactics to boost ROI at your websites. He also loves pizza, coffee, and Tai Chi — not necessarily in that order. Scott serves as Founder, Chief Optimizer and Strategist at WebDirexion.com.  Before the Web, he worked in Advertising, Marketing and PR. Currently he is the instructor for the new online course, "WordPress Content Marketing Power". He recently taught a class on Content Marketing with WordPress for the Langley Center for New Media, and in May of 2012, spoke on G+ and WordPress Combo, at WebVisions PDX. Scott is the lead imagineer behind Webdirexion's popular Max-Ref Content Marketing Widgets plugin for WordPress. In the past he has taught HTM, CSS and Photoshop, and also eCommerce and general business courses at colleges and technical schools in the Pacific Northwest. Scott is lucky, blessed, and at times cursed with a right-brain/left-brain ability to both program for the web and work on creative marketing solutions.  He also writes for Content Marketing Institute.  Link up with him at ScottLinkedIn.com. RSS Feed » for Scott's Articles Scott's Latest Articles:

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Use of Hashtags – Listening to your Market

Use of Hashtags in Social Media

Even though social media marketing is growing as a B2B tactic, marketing managers are still reluctant to dive in – maybe  because they think it could be a time drain
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Author: Julie Hume

Jule Hume, SEO Marketer at WebdirexionJulie Hume, Editor, SEO and Social Media Marketer: is a career Marketing-Communications professional, having served as Director of Communications for Amari Hotels and Resorts, and Content Director for eThailand. For the past several years, she has worked independently as a writer, SEO specialist, and Social Media Marketer for a variety of clients. Currently she is attending Hootsuite University to keep her social media skills updated, as SEO continues to merge with Social Media. Julie enjoys a good mug of coffee, long walks with her children and dog on the island where she lives, and a good laugh watching professional comedians.

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Five top B2B Social Media Tactics

B2B Social MediaU sers

Does social pay-off for B2B?  Yes.  Next question.  Do C-Level executives all embrace social media?  No. But here are some good tactics, followed by a couple of examples of using
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Author: Scott Frangos

Scott Frangos, President, WebDirexionScott Frangos, President of WebDirexion LLC (see ), is a career MarCom professional focused on Content Marketing, Social Media, and WordPress Web Development. He loves introducing strategies and tactics to boost ROI at your websites. He also loves pizza, coffee, and Tai Chi — not necessarily in that order. Scott serves as Founder, Chief Optimizer and Strategist at WebDirexion.com.  Before the Web, he worked in Advertising, Marketing and PR. Currently he is the instructor for the new online course, "WordPress Content Marketing Power". He recently taught a class on Content Marketing with WordPress for the Langley Center for New Media, and in May of 2012, spoke on G+ and WordPress Combo, at WebVisions PDX. Scott is the lead imagineer behind Webdirexion's popular Max-Ref Content Marketing Widgets plugin for WordPress. In the past he has taught HTM, CSS and Photoshop, and also eCommerce and general business courses at colleges and technical schools in the Pacific Northwest. Scott is lucky, blessed, and at times cursed with a right-brain/left-brain ability to both program for the web and work on creative marketing solutions.  He also writes for Content Marketing Institute.  Link up with him at ScottLinkedIn.com. RSS Feed » for Scott's Articles Scott's Latest Articles:

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Social Media Roadmap for B2B Marketing

Social Media B2B Leads

Social Media outreach and engagement for B2B Marketers can be challenging.  In the swirl of hype, and trumpeting by Gurus, often smart tactics are overlooked — or worse, not tried
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Author: Scott Frangos

Scott Frangos, President, WebDirexionScott Frangos, President of WebDirexion LLC (see ), is a career MarCom professional focused on Content Marketing, Social Media, and WordPress Web Development. He loves introducing strategies and tactics to boost ROI at your websites. He also loves pizza, coffee, and Tai Chi — not necessarily in that order. Scott serves as Founder, Chief Optimizer and Strategist at WebDirexion.com.  Before the Web, he worked in Advertising, Marketing and PR. Currently he is the instructor for the new online course, "WordPress Content Marketing Power". He recently taught a class on Content Marketing with WordPress for the Langley Center for New Media, and in May of 2012, spoke on G+ and WordPress Combo, at WebVisions PDX. Scott is the lead imagineer behind Webdirexion's popular Max-Ref Content Marketing Widgets plugin for WordPress. In the past he has taught HTM, CSS and Photoshop, and also eCommerce and general business courses at colleges and technical schools in the Pacific Northwest. Scott is lucky, blessed, and at times cursed with a right-brain/left-brain ability to both program for the web and work on creative marketing solutions.  He also writes for Content Marketing Institute.  Link up with him at ScottLinkedIn.com. RSS Feed » for Scott's Articles Scott's Latest Articles:

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Marketing Channel Attribution for ROI Reporting

Attributie visitors to goals by source.

From CMOs to Marketing VPs down through Managers and to the trenches, I hear the same attribution questions… how do you attribuite leads and sales to the correct marketing channel?
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Author: Scott Frangos

Scott Frangos, President, WebDirexionScott Frangos, President of WebDirexion LLC (see ), is a career MarCom professional focused on Content Marketing, Social Media, and WordPress Web Development. He loves introducing strategies and tactics to boost ROI at your websites. He also loves pizza, coffee, and Tai Chi — not necessarily in that order. Scott serves as Founder, Chief Optimizer and Strategist at WebDirexion.com.  Before the Web, he worked in Advertising, Marketing and PR. Currently he is the instructor for the new online course, "WordPress Content Marketing Power". He recently taught a class on Content Marketing with WordPress for the Langley Center for New Media, and in May of 2012, spoke on G+ and WordPress Combo, at WebVisions PDX. Scott is the lead imagineer behind Webdirexion's popular Max-Ref Content Marketing Widgets plugin for WordPress. In the past he has taught HTM, CSS and Photoshop, and also eCommerce and general business courses at colleges and technical schools in the Pacific Northwest. Scott is lucky, blessed, and at times cursed with a right-brain/left-brain ability to both program for the web and work on creative marketing solutions.  He also writes for Content Marketing Institute.  Link up with him at ScottLinkedIn.com. RSS Feed » for Scott's Articles Scott's Latest Articles:

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Social Media Marketing for Law Firms

Lawyer site on Twitter

According to Google Keywords Tool 14,800 people are looking for an attorney in Seattle every month. Given that people jump on the internet to research everything from pet supplies to
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Author: Julie Hume

Jule Hume, SEO Marketer at WebdirexionJulie Hume, Editor, SEO and Social Media Marketer: is a career Marketing-Communications professional, having served as Director of Communications for Amari Hotels and Resorts, and Content Director for eThailand. For the past several years, she has worked independently as a writer, SEO specialist, and Social Media Marketer for a variety of clients. Currently she is attending Hootsuite University to keep her social media skills updated, as SEO continues to merge with Social Media. Julie enjoys a good mug of coffee, long walks with her children and dog on the island where she lives, and a good laugh watching professional comedians.

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Proving Social Media Return on Investment

What about Social Media Return on Investment?

If you’re like us, you have a boss, or “internal client” that wants to know how all that Social Media work is paying off?  Too many times, people default to
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Author: Scott Frangos

Scott Frangos, President, WebDirexionScott Frangos, President of WebDirexion LLC (see ), is a career MarCom professional focused on Content Marketing, Social Media, and WordPress Web Development. He loves introducing strategies and tactics to boost ROI at your websites. He also loves pizza, coffee, and Tai Chi — not necessarily in that order. Scott serves as Founder, Chief Optimizer and Strategist at WebDirexion.com.  Before the Web, he worked in Advertising, Marketing and PR. Currently he is the instructor for the new online course, "WordPress Content Marketing Power". He recently taught a class on Content Marketing with WordPress for the Langley Center for New Media, and in May of 2012, spoke on G+ and WordPress Combo, at WebVisions PDX. Scott is the lead imagineer behind Webdirexion's popular Max-Ref Content Marketing Widgets plugin for WordPress. In the past he has taught HTM, CSS and Photoshop, and also eCommerce and general business courses at colleges and technical schools in the Pacific Northwest. Scott is lucky, blessed, and at times cursed with a right-brain/left-brain ability to both program for the web and work on creative marketing solutions.  He also writes for Content Marketing Institute.  Link up with him at ScottLinkedIn.com. RSS Feed » for Scott's Articles Scott's Latest Articles:

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Five Health Marketing Infographics Reviewed

Healthcare Marketing Infographics

Healthcare and Medical Marketing is an interesting space — Marketing Communication pros, are just now becoming comfortable with tools and tactics for social media campaigns and content marketing.

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Author: Scott Frangos

Scott Frangos, President, WebDirexionScott Frangos, President of WebDirexion LLC (see ), is a career MarCom professional focused on Content Marketing, Social Media, and WordPress Web Development. He loves introducing strategies and tactics to boost ROI at your websites. He also loves pizza, coffee, and Tai Chi — not necessarily in that order. Scott serves as Founder, Chief Optimizer and Strategist at WebDirexion.com.  Before the Web, he worked in Advertising, Marketing and PR. Currently he is the instructor for the new online course, "WordPress Content Marketing Power". He recently taught a class on Content Marketing with WordPress for the Langley Center for New Media, and in May of 2012, spoke on G+ and WordPress Combo, at WebVisions PDX. Scott is the lead imagineer behind Webdirexion's popular Max-Ref Content Marketing Widgets plugin for WordPress. In the past he has taught HTM, CSS and Photoshop, and also eCommerce and general business courses at colleges and technical schools in the Pacific Northwest. Scott is lucky, blessed, and at times cursed with a right-brain/left-brain ability to both program for the web and work on creative marketing solutions.  He also writes for Content Marketing Institute.  Link up with him at ScottLinkedIn.com. RSS Feed » for Scott's Articles Scott's Latest Articles:

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