A Few Web 2.0 / Social Marketing Tools

A Few Web 2.0 / Social Marketing Tools

Just a quick post to let you all know about a
some Web 2.0 / Social Marketing tools to make
your internet life a little easier and maybe a bit
more effective.

First off is Social Marker. This is an interface
that will allow you to move straight through each
of your Social Bookmarking sites automatically
signing you in, and autofilling most common fields.

I especially like their widget, which you can see
at the bottom of each of my posts, right after my
digital signature. Well worth the time to check out
and use as they are hooked into 46 different Social
sites and services.

Check them out HERE

Next is a nice little service that for Microblogging
to twitter, jaiku, Pownce, facebook, myspace and
bebo simultaneously.

It is called hellotxt

Very simple to use. Just fill in your username and
password for each of your accounts once, and allow
it to verify your data and you are ready to roll.

Check it out HERE.

I have already mentioned the Social Linking
BlackBook for 2008 in a previous post, but it
bears repeating...

This thing is just chock full of Web 2.0 / Social
Marketing resources tactics and info that you
really can't afford not to read it.

Just take a look at the top of the right hand
sidebar to grab a copy gratis...

More coming later today so check on back!

Floyd Bogart

What Web 2.0 Really Means...

What Web 2.0 Really Means...


Call me slow, but it has finally hit me that amid all the
hoopla about Web 2.o; Social Bookmarking, Blogging,
and Networking sites like MySpace and Facebook that
it's all really about one thing:

Involvement

Yeah, I know... Pretty obvious isn't it?

The only real way to benefit from the shift in emphasis that
encompasses what is known as Web 2.0 is to be integrally
involved in your market's online community. Through Social
Bookmarking of relevant sites, writing articles on pertinent
subjects, involvement in relevant forums, networking on Facebook
and yes... Blogging!

These are the ways that we will all gain influence, readers - and
thus traffic and thus revenue streams, and thus sales as well.

Nothing else will do!

I have fought this without realizing it for way too long, becoming
like Homer Simpson sitting in front of his computer and saying:

"Okay, send me money!"

None of this is to say that there is no need for marketing tools,
and there is no shortage of quality products available to overcome
the obstacles that anyone seeking to make a living online face.
None of them will alleviate the need for each of us to roll up our
sleeves, wade in and get involved in whatever niches we choose to
market to.

Frankly, I'm kind of relieved and for the first time in a while am
not at a loss as to how to start each day:

Just wade in...

Floyd Bogart