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How to add Facebook comments to a blog (WordPress, Blogger, Other)

I have been researching this quite a bit and so I wanted to do a post about it. And it was quite a pain. I wanted to add Facebook comments to a site that didn’t have blog functionality (Big Commerce, I will do another post on this). The way that Facebook comments work is that [...]

The Importance Of A Fan Base & How To Grow One (via KISSmetrics)

I thought that this was great. Many times we think that social media is for marketing. It isn’t. It is for engaging. Check this out. ++ Click Image to Enlarge ++Source: The Importance Of A Fan Base Infographic

Social Media Analytics | ZAPSOCK

I know that I don’t normally discuss analytics, I just thought that this was a great slideshow on social media analytics. It is something that I have been thinking about lately. There are some links to A LOT of great tools.

Unmarketing | ZAPSOCK

I heard this the other day. I’m not sure where. It might have been Brian Solis. It could have been Social Media Examiner. I apologize for not getting the citation correct. Credit should go where credit is due. But I thought about “Unmarketing” for a long time. I actually came across the UnMarketing Blog. Basically, [...]

LikeButton.me | ZAPSOCK

LikeButton.me Have you checked it out yet? It is really a great way to monitor how people are sharing your content on Facebook! Add your site’s URL. It will show how many people have shared your site. You can see which posts were the most popular. If you have a brand monitoring strategy, this must [...]

So I Did It… | ZAPSOCK

I took my own advice. This may be the first time in a long time. I thought about it for a long time after I posted my previous post today about utilizing the power of Facebook for good. And I did it. I started a Facebook group called “When This Group Reaches 1M Members, I [...]

Stopping World Hunger With Facebook | ZAPSOCK

I see a lot of Pages and Groups on Facebook that are called, “I bet I can find 1,000,000 people who want to stop world hunger” or “I bet I can find 1,000,000 people who disapprove of the health care reform bill.” I don’t join these groups. Why? Because I don’t see what these Facebook [...]

I Despise Social Media | ZAPSOCK

It has been awhile since I last posted. I have been pretty busy with a few things. I have a few exciting projects in the works that I am pretty excited about. I have also been doing marketing for Utah Baby Guide and Free Baby Magazine. Both magazines are really great resources for new and [...]

Social Media at its Best | ZAPSOCK

I just started using two new applications: TweetDeck and Flock. I love them both. Some of the functionality overlaps, but there are aspects about both that I really like. Flock: Blog Composition – You can compose your blog posts within the browser. When you are done, you choose which blog you want to post to. [...]

Get the Flock Outta Here! | ZAPSOCK

I just downloaded Flock for Mac. I am testing it out. It seems a little overwhelming. I am actually writing this post with the browser’s built in blog editor. Now let’s see what happens…. Blogged with the Flock Browser