Dog Tweets: How entrepreneurs decide how to post on LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter.

How entrepreneurs decide how to post on LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter. http://ow.ly/8MvYM

4 easy tactics for becoming a must-follow account on Twitter.  http://ow.ly/8MHte

5 Ways Writers Can Break Out of the Tired Old Social Media Box.  http://ow.ly/8Mxlx

How to keep your face out of LinkedIn ads. http://ow.ly/8Mw6j

Don’t create your next info-product until you watch this cool video that explains a smart 5-step system. http://ow.ly/8Onwp

13 Ways To Get More Traffic & Publicity From Slideshare. http://ow.ly/8OA68

Top 30 PR Do’s and Don’ts. http://ow.ly/8OzE4

18-point checklist for proofreaders. http://ow.ly/8PTc9

Press Release Tip: Always include a strong call to action & explain EXACTLY what you want people to do (click, call, write…)

The Inside Scoop on Using Twitter Lists for Profit and Sanity http://ow.ly/8Rgbr

Dog Tweets: Write killer headlines using this clever trick

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter.

How to write irresistible blog intros. http://ow.ly/8Em6E

Chicago Tribune Offers Sunday Book Review Section for $99 a year. http://ow.ly/8FRZM

Facebook timeline becoming mandatory for all users. (Ugh.) http://ow.ly/8HvgH

4 Simple Steps to a Facebook Timeline that Tells Your Marketing Story. http://ow.ly/8FSh9

Write killer headlines using this clever trick. http://ow.ly/8GLQO

3 good reasons to snip a LinkedIn connection. http://ow.ly/8H6lT

The 50 most influential social media experts. http://ow.ly/8Hv7E

How to have happy subscribers that stay on your email list. http://ow.ly/8HvgH

5 fab tips for online PR success. [Bet you're not doing most of this. I'm not.] http://ow.ly/8Hxzv

10 quick (and easy) tips to improve your writing. http://ow.ly/8I1yi

15 magnets to help you capture & convert leads at your website and more tweets

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter.

PR Pros: When you write a press release, do you share it on social media sites? Experts disagree. http://ow.ly/8486v

15 magnets to help you capture & convert leads at your website. http://ow.ly/83XYg 

Heading To a Trade Show in 2012? 5 Tips for Getting the Most ROI Out Of Your Event: http://ow.ly/859iM

Retailers: 17 ways to use Twitter to engage your audience. [No excuse not to tweet!] http://ow.ly/83UdR

Publicity Tip: Readers LOVE year-end lists, like this one, The 50 Best Workout Songs of the Year. http://ow.ly/83RUZ 

The Essential word List for Lazy PR Writers.http://ow.ly/859s3 

5 ways to master the new Facebook timeline. http://ow.ly/86rsi 

When Business Blogging Works Too Well… | Writing On The Web by Patsi Krakoff, The Blog Squad http://bit.ly/ukgnlr

Do you have a form at your website? Add this clever tool to encourage people to promote you: http://ow.ly/85fX7

Local news outlets among Google’s most-searched terms:  http://ow.ly/85ath

Mari Smith to share her Facebook ‘pot of glue’ Wednesday

Pot of glue that makes facebook pages stickyWhy is it that some people have so much trouble generating interest in their Facebook pages? Yet other people, like Mari Smith, one of the world’s foremost experts on Facebook, seem to have a big pot of glue that they slather onto their pages and capture whoever happens to stop by?

Mari’s glue is in the form of interesting videos, status updates that tip off fans to other people’s how-to articles about Facebook and Internet marketing, and compelling polls and surveys.

She promotes other people’s webinars, teleseminars and products that she thinks her fans will find valuable. And she sparks lively discussions that make readers stick like glue to the page and, often, participate.

Mari does something else that keeps those fans coming back for more—and this is the page’s real value.

Almost every day, she answers people’s questions about Facebook and a variety of other topics. Sometimes the same questions keep popping up. And she keeps giving the answers.

She travels the world, speaking at conferences and working with corporate clients. When she’s away, she recruits someone else to answer questions for her.

Mari Smith, Facebook fan page adviceNeed to contact Facebook about a knotty problem? Mari leads readers her directory of more than 120 forms for contacting Facebook.

Confused about the best webinar service to use for your own webinars? Or other products and services? She shares her recommendations for vendors, and explains why.

And what about those unlucky souls who appeal to her when they try to log onto their Facebook pages, but the pages seem to have vanished into thin air? She has linked, many times, to the blog post I wrote on 5 things to do if your Facebook fan page disappears.

Befuddled by all those Facebook apps and how to use them?  Mari is standing by, ready to help.

Is it any wonder she has amassed more than 43,000 fans?

mari Smith's Facebook page

 

That’s why I’ve invited her to be my guest guest on a webinar at 4 p.m. Eastern Time tomorrow, June 29, on The Best Ways to Attract Facebook Fans, Provide Sterling Content and Keep Them Coming Back for More (Just Like the Celebrities Do).

If the time is inconvenient for you, register anyway, because you’ll get the link to the video replay within 48 hours.

She will discuss a wide variety of topics, including the value of a Welcome page, when to use Facebook ads, how to use email to generate Likes, tagging, autographing and more.

I’ve asked her to address the topic of Facebook contests and the rules that govern what you can and cannot do.

Join us! Register here, and bring your questions.

9 ways to use Hubspot’s free marketing charts & graphs

Hubspot's 100 Awesome marketing stats, charts and graphs If you want  to learn more about marketing, social media, search engine optimization and blogging, you’ll love Hubspot’s newest freebie: a collection of 100 Awesome Marketing Stats, Charts & Graphs.

It’s based on original research and data from a variety of sources, including analysis of Hubspot’s 4,500 business customers, surveys with hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses, and dozens of well-respected publications like MarketingSherpa, eMarketer, Pew Research and McKinsey.

You can click through the slide show presentation at their website, or download the PDF file for your own use. 

You’ll find stats, graphs and charts on inbound vs. outbound marketing, SEO, social media, blogging, Facebook and Twitter. 

Here are a few examples:

google search statistics
 Link-sharing among blog readers peaks around 7 am 
Twitter users statistics

 Here are nine ways Publicity Hounds can use this presentation:

  • To re-evaluate your own marketing strategies and decide if you’re spending money and other resources in the most effective marketing channels.
       
  • Social media and marketing consultants can use the stats when meeting with prospective clients.
       
  • Speakers, include them in your handouts and Power Point slides.
       
  • Authors, use the stats in books you’re writing about these topics. (I asked Hubspot if this OK, and they said yes, as long as you attribute the info to them.)
       
  • Share the slideshow on Twitter and Facebook and in your LinkedIn groups. (See advanced strategies for writing a killer LinkedIn profile, cashing in on groups and using LinkedIn Company Pages as a giant, free billboard.
       
  • Blog about the freebie, like I am here.
      
  • Write a blog post elaborating on just one of the stats, graphs or charts, and feature the slide.
        
  • Use the stats or graphics in a video on a marketing or SEO topic.
       
  • Include the stats in a press release. (Take my free email course on 89 Ways to Write Powerful Press Releases.)

What other ways can you think of to use this?