As you already know, some of the scarcest (rarest) yet most valuable information a CEO can obtain is honest, unfiltered feedback. Think about it. You interact all day with managers, employees, and handlers working to keep the boss happy and therefore keep their job. Sure, being surrounded by “Yes men” can be more comfortable, but [...]
Set up alerts and feeds to catch every mention of your name, company, brand, employees, domain, etc. You want to get notification before a problem escalates or enters the top search results. There are hundreds of tools that can help you manage your online reputation, but as a small business owner or individual, the following [...]
Why we keep hearing in every meeting, every presentation and nearly every discussion about social media, the question arises: “Can You Create ROI?” It’s a legitimate concern—we’re running a businesses here, not free NGO —and beyond anything else we do, we sell things to make $$$ . And while numerous other benefits of social media [...]
Hopefully, if you’re participating in social media marketing, you’re using more than just the tools everyone else is using. Sure, most social media marketing plans often start with the obvious contenders, such as Facebook and Twitter, mostly because the audiences there are so vast and diversified that you’re bound to find people interested in [...]
Social media is currently all the rage because it’s new. But let’s be honest here. It’s really not that new. In fact, we’ve been offering social media services for 2 years now, well before most even knew about the potential of social media or believed in the promise of the technologies. In other words, if [...]
Let’s say you meet a guy at a dinner party — we’ll call him Mike. Mike’s daughter is selling hot dogs to raise money for her school class. The immediate day after you meet Mike, he starts calling you and emailing you with requests to help his daughter out. (You don’t tell him you’re a [...]
This is quite obvious, but hear me out. Social media is more than just broadcasting. It’s about connecting and networking. Every so often, a potential client comes to me and asks me to promote a blog post or article, mostly because they don’t have an audience for the blog post to spread on its own. [...]
We are sharing with you couple of tips , if you are planning a social media programme : 1. Be clear about your objectives 2. Be clear about your measurables 3. Select the right suppliers and partners who understand your brand, can generate fresh content and are comfortable in the social media environment 4. Strive [...]
Social Media Monitoring (SMM) can be a powerful supplementary tool to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for getting your web site ranked and found by your target audience. Every organization wants to better know their customer segments. Traditional market research and focus groups can be expensive and time consuming. Social media monitoring now provides a cost [...]
Why this is important: Because the conversations are going to happen, with or without you. It is always better to be an informed participant in the dialogue, and to understand the lay of the land before you take your first steps. In the case of building your brand online, ignorance is definitely not bliss. You [...]
This post will be so clear Have Twitter accounts for your company and yoursself. Have a Facebook account for yourself and a page for your company. Have a WordPress blog, create an administrator account using your name, and blog at least 3 times a week. Once you start to use these tools, assign someone within [...]
For social media to be effective you must: Identify your niche and your best target audience. Listen. Better understand your prospective clients marketing challenges, obstacles, and frustrations. Be transparent. The success of your audience must be more important than your own. But it goes without saying if you can help your audience with their success [...]
In the SEO business there are fair number of experts, but in Social media there are so so many social media marketing experts, many of whom are self-proclaimed gurus in their field. The 10,000 hours line …. To be good in anything you need to spend 10,000 hours doing it ! What exactly does it [...]
When we started selling social media package with SEO package, most were like why ? does it effect my SEO results ? keep it short this is compare between Google Caffeine and Google Index : Rankings are unlikely to fluctuate. Taken across all of the keywords for a client there should be a tiny percentage change [...]
So a new client on the door, the client is so exicted about having social media campaign, but : 1. He is not planning to tweet as much as you have in mind. 2. He is not into facebook applications . 3.The idea of blogging once per week sounds like heavy load. 4.The team he [...]
Going beyond the business and closing deals , this weekend we had the chance and thanks to @jordantimes to be part of Amman 350 ,it was so perfect, it was amazing , we as social company tweeted about, joined the effort and what we believe in as services do double the results when it comes to down to [...]
People from middle east not far from social media , but the way they use social media is just far from what other parts of the world using it. For example: most social account by far on middle east created for finding a date at the end of the day. 1% or less of social [...]
A lot of companies are trying to get on the social media bandwagon. You might have two companies, both wanting to leverage the power of social media but one gets it right and the other struggles. The biggest shift for a lot of companies is to make sure your mindset is outward-in rather than inward-out. [...]
Because we work with so many business owners & entrepreneurs , we know that one of the greatest things that you can do for your company is…automate it! You see, far too many small business owners are trying to do the work of an army. They believe if they simply work harder, longer, and faster they will be [...]
Social media is like teen sex. everyone wants to do it, nobody knows how. when it’s finally done there is surpirse it’s not better. Anyway…. Of the many misconceptions with online marketing is that social media is only for large brands. Truthfully, small business’ that invests resources and time wisely can improve customer/client loyalty and [...]
Here are 3 Mini SEO Tips Include a keyword in that attribution link. Stop linking your company name only and at least include the “Website Designed” portion. Even better, use something like “Designed by: Company Name – A New York Web Design Company.” Once you design a few sites with your keyword-rich attribution link, change [...]
We can’t say we are even dedicating half of my time to online social media and we constantly find ourself overpowered. So how Social media looked at 2008 And for 2009 : We will not comment , we will leave it to you !
Early today we were attending brainstorm on how to have new approach, for one of our regional partner, sometimes it’s just God blessing people don’t know us , there were some whispering about seo companies in middle east. Let’s just be clear : AIGCMIDDLEAST proclaims itself to be “the leader in social media solutions.” AIGCMIDDLEAST [...]
You can’t just sign up for accounts on Twitter, Facebook, etc. and hope for it to pay off. You have to work hard at it and be consistent in the way you use it — you can’t just sign up and leave. Successful social media marketing involves signing up for social media accounts and actually [...]
We got this question once every couple of days, so how to stay current on seo and all these new ways ? Ok here is how we stay current :….. Lol of course we will never share it . BUT SEO BlOGS IS A GOOD START FOR YOU
Twitter Marketing, Facebook Strategy, Community Building WHAT ? Some would like to define that as social media, but is it a Strategy ? One thing we are sure about it’s social a proof and culture shift . One of the best ways to encourage a culture shift and social proof , is by embracing it in a top-down [...]
Social media is like teen sex. Everyone wants to do it. Nobody knows how. When it’s finally done there is surpirse it’s not better. The facilitation of word of mouth with technology. Trackable conversational content about brands, products or anything. Consumer generated content that influences perceptions. It’s a fancy way to describe the zillions [...]
Because it’s the next big thing…and some still have doubts
Each day we at aigc middle east meet new people; some are really awesome, some funny, some you really say wow. but all share one thing : – Why you don’t share your clients list? - You share one or two..why not the rest ? -Why not @ least show your latest projects on your portfolio ? Well…here [...]
Social Network – A social structure which facilitates communication between a group of individuals or organizations, that are related by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as: a special or common interest; shared values; visions, ideas, or perhaps ideals; financial exchange, friendship, kinship, dislike, conflict or trade. Social Connections – These are people [...]
When it comes to marketing, “free” is one of the most powerful, most overused, and most wrongly used words in the English language. You see, when most people want to use this word in their marketing, they’ll write it in big, bold letters, slap it in the headline, and wait for it to work its [...]
Your eyes on : seo + social media + YOUR PEOPLE we are getting so much info from last week, and Micrsoft : the love of windows 98.
We at Aigcmiddleast promoting the marriage of social media and SEO, and running integrated campaigns for our clients aka partners, here are thoughts about that from many sources: “I do think social sites have some shoulder-brushing with SEO,” he says. “But they are part of a mix of social and non-social elements that help make [...]
Definition of a Social Ad: An online ad that incorporates user interactions that the consumer has agreed to display and be shared. The resulting ad displays these interactions along with the user’s persona (picture and/or name) within the ad content: 1.Data Used for Social Ads: Social ads can use 1) profile data, such as [...]
Yesterday amous got DM, about that but we hold the news to make sure it’s not scam..and it’s real her majesty queen rania on twitter …we @ aigcmiddleast wants to welcome her on twitter and to the social media of 2009…. to every e-marketing manager we met …WE TOLD YOU ….TWITTER. soon to come [...]
I was reading #socialmedia tweets and one of my followers DM her blog post’s about when you about if your brand accepted on social media or not ..or what i love (after hard times) to call Social Approve. original post can be found here : Have you arrived? Read Jason Bread comment too.
What does social media fund raising mean for donors? The usefulness of social media fund raising isn’t limited to the actual fund raisers. In this new environment, donors can expect more from their causes and make more informed decisions. Donors today suffer from what called “philanthropic overwhelm,” in that there are too many charities to [...]
Given the fact i go daily for meetings with new companies , all got most what i say but some still wonder why ? why now not before? why now not after? Why to have site on internet ? “everyone else is doing it.” Why to have social accounts? “We have to be on Facebook [...]
Based on: “For the past 100 years of the industrial era, most or all the information a consumer was likely to have about a product came from a company’s (or its competition’s) advertising. Advertising would inform, engage, entertain, and even create aspirations. This communication was one-way, defined by the media that carried the ads. [...]
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Social media is a fairly new phenomenon, so for those of you who aren’t incredibly familiar with the idea, here’s an abridged explanation. Social media refers to activities that integrate technology, social interaction and the use of various forms of multi-media, like text, pictures, videos and audio. It’s based on the idea of building communities [...]