Local Businesses Using Social Media Marketing

Great list of local, small businesses using social media marketing to connect with their local audience.

http://www.mariareyesmcdavis.com/9vj

Social Media People and Transparency

Great take on what really matters in social media from Kyle Lacy.

http://www.mariareyesmcdavis.com/pn4

New blog post --> There’s a Silver Lining In Everything http://twurl.nl/z7eq1n

Manifest Success Vol Quote of Day: Do You! http://twurl.nl/a8nw6r

Turning up your landing pages during this time of slow-down... http://budurl.com/63tt -- ok, now I'm heading out LOL

Time for spongebob, hot cocoa, and some snuggles from the little guy... ya'll rock, but this is my fave part of day :-) See ya in a bit!

Great stuff in this landing page makeover post from @copyblogger... http://budurl.com/jen5

The White House is live blogging... how freakin' cool! :-) http://budurl.com/qrrl

Twitter to charge businesses? Interesting to see how they come out with all this ... http://budurl.com/43a8

Searchers all love Google, but not entirely faithful :-) Remember, there are other SEs out there... http://budurl.com/hjjy

Manifest Success Vol Quote of Day: Just Do It http://twurl.nl/mq1ue1

New blog post --> Best Social Bookmarking Sites by Alexa and PR Rankings http://twurl.nl/c4ic1d

Manifest Success Vol How Do You See Your Business as a Spiritual Life Coach? http://twurl.nl/pz4gua

Heading out with kids, more snow falling, I know it's dark but us L.A. peeps love it! It's so fluffy :-)

Oh goodie, @Ron_Hudson is almost on, dude makes me laugh and so savvy :-) http://budurl.com/5jws

Interesting thing to watch the Cash4Gold social media drama unfold, good post covering :-) http://budurl.com/t6sj

Manifest Success Vol Quote of the Day: Opportunity and Optimism http://twurl.nl/gva1pp

"mommy your beauty belongs outside, in the sun" with sweet talkin like that, time 4 me to disconnect and take a "lil man" break ;-) See ya!

Manifest Success Vol Emotional Healing with Art http://twurl.nl/8wyuod

Reading @ the indirect power of social traffic -- good, good stuff from @cmiddlebrook :-) http://budurl.com/vcya

How to check referrer URLs from StumbleUpon, good snippet of know-how :-) http://budurl.com/3qgs

Great post on content publishing and how you can benefit from Google's universal search... great tips. http://budurl.com/bmf6

@bendtheweb rocks! Download his free report for #TwoChicksCreating http://budurl.com/k2mu

Downloading @nancymarmolejo's social networking credibility part 4 of series, good stuff so far :-) http://budurl.com/huqg

Why local business needs a mobile website, as far as I'm concerned all blogs/sites should be mobile ready! http://budurl.com/3k7e

Are you creating a 360 customer relationship? Customer experience is key to success, great read: http://budurl.com/7gxr

Reading tips for blogger outreach, great basics for all bloggers, business or otherwise :-) http://budurl.com/r4yh

The Dahli Lama is on Twitter? Nice! http://budurl.com/7n9j

New blog post --> Blogging 101: Blog Design and Layout http://twurl.nl/pks57w

New blog post --> Internet Marketing Week in Review http://twurl.nl/s173h4

I Am Digital Diva -- Digital Diva is Under Development http://twurl.nl/0errvt

Manifest Success Vol Contributing Authors Call for Manifest Success Volume 2: Motivation, Mo.. http://twurl.nl/zs55f4

Quality. (enough said) http://budurl.com/n8vp

Taking off for the day :-) Lots and lots of chocolate chip cookies to make, or I'm a sitting duck in this house tonight :-) G'Day all :-)

On the phone with the amazing @nancymarmolejo, masterminding and brainstorming, she totally rocks :-)

Great tips for personal branding and keeping it all in sync online :-) http://budurl.com/zjl3

Great post from @potent regarding domain name opportunities you may have missed ;-) http://budurl.com/xsa2

Great tools listed from @mashable, free online monitoring, very important task for any biz in social media :-) http://budurl.com/rqsg

Great post, 7 top flaws of business blogs, completely agree with most of them. http://budurl.com/tp3t

Reading - what's my SEO from Twitter... http://budurl.com/hrrt

Reading - 5 tips for getting traffic to new blog with no budget, good tips :-) http://budurl.com/f676

Taking off 4 day, hot date w/ my lil guy, getting off the mountain, weekly trip to town, feed the Lithia Park ducks... http://budurl.com/ya78

@shannoncherry, great post how to tick off (not) reporters & media, great mistakes to watch for in gettn publicity. http://budurl.com/cdg2

@cmiddlebrook is brilliant! Matching Revenue Streams to Traffic, not all traffic is the same, especially in SM http://budurl.com/zl9s

Social media ECHO chamber, completely agree w/ guest post from @kevinpalmer! Newbies be careful of the fishbowl view! http://budurl.com/73fm

Glad SELand publishing results @ SM links confirming what me & clients already knew, key is PART OF BIGGER STRATEGY: http://budurl.com/73fm

sorry... previous link here: http://budurl.com/e75k Google execs face jail time for user-generated video? WTH!

My thought for the day: It's always less expensive to expand and improve your current customer base than get new customers. :-)

Ppl, if you have a popup on your blog, make sure it fits in all screens, I can't get past half the darn one's to get to the blog! Usability?

Top ten blog monetization strategies ranked in order, don't agree with order, love the list :-) http://budurl.com/fd4r

What a HUGE mistake, companies are ignoring customer feedback and not tracking WOM? ridiculous! http://budurl.com/hame

Great stuff from @lizstrauss, blogger best practices and reaching out. http://budurl.com/vljn

Great, great article, The GodFather Way of Internet Marketing. Good tips for anyone marketing online! http://budurl.com/e5zh

Reading, boost your blog traffic today, good general tips :-) http://budurl.com/utde

Great list of social media metrics information from across the Net.. http://budurl.com/7dyn

Reading: how Michale Phelps screwed up his reputatino in Google in 24 hours. http://budurl.com/jvp6

Great stuff @copyblogger, The Pick Up Artists Guide to Online Marketing... really good nuggets here :-) http://twurl.nl/m0m7ov

Old media versus new media, status shared by @mashable. Interesting... http://twurl.nl/kznxm4

We've come a long way! Such a funny video to watch circa 1981, news through home computers!?! Whudda thunk it! ;-) http://twurl.nl/ev60bs

One of best ROI discussions around social media/social web, I've seen in a while. Several nuggets throughout post! http://twurl.nl/epe8g6

How to survive a social media revolt, great tips for all biz, small & large :-) http://twurl.nl/2kf0m8

Unplugging an hr or so, finally getting to New Language of Marketing 2.0 given by Sandy Carter, this book is amazing! http://twurl.nl/q408od

How many missd opportunities do U miss because U didn't give that great idea a second thought? I do mobile ph tip: http://twurl.nl/roej5z

Time to give the nanny a break, donut time with my little guy and spongebob... my favorite part of the day! :-) See ya in a bit!

So much to do, so little time - set actionable goals. Great post from @cmiddlebrook http://twurl.nl/k6mjzm

10 reputation monitoring tools worth paying for, some of these are great, use for clients. http://twurl.nl/uhdurg

Is Twitter an alternative for RSS and subscription models, I don't believe so... ? http://twurl.nl/eyh02i

Great review of BloggersBase from @gyutae http://twurl.nl/twhgiu

Top "performing" brands on Facebook (pages): http://twurl.nl/3wdwca

Interesting... how to build a social media cheat sheet for anything... http://twurl.nl/5gmf0n

Good question from blog herald, is your blog ready for IE8? http://twurl.nl/qr5keu :-)

reading great tips on maximizing your blog's performance within design and layout... good stuff. http://twurl.nl/shbcyy

Awesome stuff about viral marketing loops, great insight into the real nature and opportunity in viral marketing. http://twurl.nl/p7y54t

Interesting, one side we're told every1 is jumping in2 SM due to recession/cost, BusinessWeek article says otherwise. http://twurl.nl/67u1ai

Are you giving your online interest "vested interests" and opportunities to invest themselves? Good read here. http://twurl.nl/ncwkki

Reading awesome post 50 ways to promote your book, good basic stuff here. http://twurl.nl/75v136

We're experiencing database issues, and working to resolve... MRM might be unresponsive, intermittently this weekend :-) See ya on Monday!

Mhought for day: A small pot boils fast, U can tell alot @ person by how much it takes to get them upset... don't sweat the small stuff :-)

Tasteful ad tactics for social media, good stuff here. http://twurl.nl/pghw1v

Reading about social ticket selling, Facebook connect, and EventBee, pretty cool stuff coming out :-) http://twurl.nl/x1spnz

Reading: Good stuff on choosing the right blog platform, especially good considerations for business :-) http://twurl.nl/z3qqxl

Cool tips on ways to sync FB and Twitter updates, there are others, but these work :-) http://twurl.nl/2gcqrh

Cool, 30 apps for doing business on Facebook, some good ones here :-) http://twurl.nl/wnodqu

Follow up a great, traffic blog post, by springboarding it. We do this all the time at WSD :-) http://twurl.nl/12v3lo

Businesses are slow to adopt social media and here's why, good insight in this post, http://twurl.nl/t8c83y

21 ways to write posts that grow your blog, from @problogger http://twurl.nl/y8sp6n

Tracking news in real-time on Twitter, interesting information from Neilsen Wire blog. http://twurl.nl/3avoki

Reading, 11 reasons you can't ignore social media, hopefully we all realize it :-) http://twurl.nl/m31xwp

Great, great guest post on @louisgray dot com, good info for getting started in social media. http://twurl.nl/4uuvl0

this is only for fun and absolutely hilarious, bloggers will get a kick out of it :-) http://twurl.nl/tcrd17

Looking over a collection of social media stats from across the net, nothing too surprising. http://twurl.nl/dnuwfv

Great video from @chrisbrogan, Sony's actions in social media, great stuff to think about in what you're going :-) http://twurl.nl/x2lbog

Findings: Why You Don’t Need to Tweet to Get Traffic from Twitter http://snipurl.com/9k5xy

Mobile search has a tremendous amount of opportunity for targeted traffic, it's still an untapped SEO area. http://twurl.nl/okgtrt

Facebook's user engagement and stats data from InsideFacebook, http://twurl.nl/ntc3e4

Reading: social media presences of top U.S. papers, interesting stuff. http://twurl.nl/ewmzj4

Helpful uses for Twitter in the real world, good examples from Mashable. Cool break of market with Twitter reports. http://twurl.nl/0g0dqv

Great list of posts that share why and how social media is important for business. http://twurl.nl/ac37e0

Reading: Selling social media, good read for anyone looking to understand the benefits of social media for business. http://twurl.nl/htb7jc

Yummy, it's bisquits and gravy time and a hot date with my little guy and spongebob :-) Woo hoo :-)

Reading SELand's recent Talent Imitates, Genius Steals, great information on harnessing the power of social media. http://twurl.nl/meihub

Happy monday night to all ;-) Enjoy your eves!

Congratulations @debbichambers on bestseller in 3 categories for your book :-) I'm so happy to have been apart of that! On to the next!

Stepping out, my little guy and me are taking kick boxing classes together :-) He's a power machine, but oh so cute in his gear :-)

What can Winnie the Pooh teach you about blogging? Alot, check out this great post on @copyblogger http://twurl.nl/van2vi

Ya Google, there may be an easier way to move your blog from one platform to the next, gotta test this thing out. http://twurl.nl/24ajlc

Here's a good list of 10 blog directories you should be listed in :-) http://twurl.nl/oek1jh

Getting online with @prosperitygal and the TwoChicksCreating interview on blogging in 2009. http://twurl.nl/7g32ox

@bendtheweb You're too kind Jack :-) By the way, love the post on Social Media Experts! Hilarious but oh so true! http://twurl.nl/tnkeaz

Thanks for the great call lady @nancymarmolejo :-) As always, you totally rock my world with your brilliant ideas ;-)

Good morning all :-) Getting ready for masterminding call with the amazing @nancymarmolejo, she totally rocks!

My fave, Boboli whole wheat pizza with mushrooms and spinach :-) My little guy has good taste! See ya in a bit, Spongebob is calling ;-)

Good polling from Twitter peeps on how restaurants can use Twitter for business growth. Good ideas. http://twurl.nl/7frtqt

Thinking, I wonder how many people/businesses are making decisions based on fear? Fear kills the possibility of success.

11 Internet marketing trends to ignore in 2009. Funny, but true stuff. http://twurl.nl/w78sx2

Do's and don'ts of an effective press release, good stuff from @johncow :-) http://twurl.nl/acextf

Reading great post from @traffikd, 10 tips for effective guest posting. http://twurl.nl/4ed5px

Must read for all participating online as part of a marketing plan. Good list to guide you. http://twurl.nl/iab6fj

Great post, the idea of marketing sideways with great business examples. Completely applicable to social media. :-) http://twurl.nl/6kkyg1

I can't believe I made it through all my Google Reader new items... what a weird feeling :-) Happy Wednesday to all :-)

10 things to do when losing subscribers, I say try these anyways to maintain and grow subscribers, all the time :-) http://twurl.nl/r3jftr

Hilarious post from @potent with real truth to remember in your blog copywriting :-) http://twurl.nl/gju7oe

Tips in this post parallel what makes business successful on Twitter as well. Good read. http://twurl.nl/x0mdaj

This post from @lizstrauss is profound and a positive contribution to social media thought tank. Excellent. http://twurl.nl/v5jkpw

I just love the way @bendtheweb says things, great pick up and insight. Good stuff. http://twurl.nl/n7j14b

The basics are still important in online marketing, good information @ getting your biz found. http://twurl.nl/vmp48f

SEO Theory calls it the best for 2008, I think some of the best posts across the board. Really good SEO info. http://twurl.nl/posj8a

AMAZING article on the importance of links when using social media. Important. 2 Great tips. http://twurl.nl/e2hlv0

Solid tips on dealing with detractors, negative pr, and other negatives from online... http://twurl.nl/tyerd7

Great WSJ article on marketing in a Web 2.0 world for business. Good basics :-) http://twurl.nl/yujv4e

Great data supporting the power of WOM in social media, whether from brand rep or otherwise... http://twurl.nl/2vi60u

Great list web trends for 2009, beyond social media, businesses need 2 pay attention to these for marketing planning. http://twurl.nl/mqefmm

Unbelievable, in 2008 my Google Reader saw over 2,000 subscriptions, 50k+ posts, and I shared 3,400 items.... is that possible Wow! :-)

Technipedia's Best of 2008 and my post that made the cut :-) http://twurl.nl/q6fdi4 http://twurl.nl/wrduhd

Time to take the kids to school, woo hoo, 2 week vacation is officially over .... get out! :-) Mommy has work to do ;-)

Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous 2009! Now back to business :-) Enjoy your week!