Social Media
From growing your audience to advanced content promotion to building your brand, the importance of social media to digital marketing can't be overstated. Whether you've been in the game from the very beginning or are just starting to wonder how social media tools can apply to your own professional life, the resources on this page can help you reach the next level.
We've hand-picked some of our favorite pieces of content to get you started with learning about social media marketing. Once you’ve studied those, check out the most recent Moz Blog posts about social media below.
Social Media Competitor Analysis: The Complete Guide : A detailed breakdown of how to analyze your social media competitors for a better understanding of your consumers, and to help grow your brand.
How to Turn One Piece of Content into Multiple for SEO : A simple guide to scaling your content publishing output and providing value to your audience.
How Social Media Trends Can Influence Your SEO : Actionable steps for taking advantage of social media trends and building it into your brand’s digital marketing strategy.
Social Media, Influencer Marketing, and SEO : In our free SEO Learning Center, we'll show you how social media, influencer marketing, and PR play a role in search engine optimization.
Creating a Social Media Strategy : The key to success is to have a plan. In this video, you’ll learn how to lay the foundation of all your future social media work.
Life After Google is Now: 9 Pieces of Advice on How a New Site Can Succeed Without Search
Illustrated London News has a 170 year history as a content and print company. Recently we made the obvious move to bring one of our print publications online - PODIUM an intelligent view of sport. Read how I decided to abandon the un-loyal scraps of long-tail search and to Design for Social.
Three Pitfalls That Every SMB Should Avoid on Facebook
There are no doubts that Facebook has been successful in building synergies between what they provided online and what users wanted to do in real life. It has created such an ecosystem that now Businesses, large and small, are actively working out strategies to reach out and engage with users.
Do Social Signals Drive Traffic?
Are Likes, +1s, and Tweets really driving traffic? I ran a couple of correlation studies to find out. The impact of Google +1s may surprise you.
Tracking the KPIs of Social Media
Social media receives a massive amount of attention on the web and attracts a great deal of interest from marketers, too. The primary complaint of those who invest seems to be consistent: it's hard to measure the impact to the bottom line. On this point, I must concede - while social's an exciting new area for online marketers, its value isn't always commensurate with the effort required and even when it is, it's tough to prove that point to clients or executives asking for justification.
The Convergence of Search and Social Media
Search vs. social seems to be the battle of the decade. And while I don't believe that search engines will soon become extinct at the hand of social media, it is true that more and more people are finding content through social media. What this shift comes down to is a simple case of credibility.Level Up Your SEO Skills With Our Free Training
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Data: Identify Yourself Authoritatively for More Followers
For more data on social media and busting of unicorns-and-rainbows social media myths, be sure to register for the Science of Social Media webinar. This webinar is actually going to be certifed as the largest online marketing seminar ever by the Guinness World Records folks. The easie...
5 Tips for Meeting Online Friends IRL
Sometimes, social media can be anything but social. In honor of Mozcon, I offer 5 tips for turning online connections into IRL relationships.
How To: Win Tweets and Influence Search Engines with PayWithaTweet
PayWithaTweet (hereby known as PWaT) is a service that enables web publisherss to give visitors content in exchange for a Tweet or facebook share. In this post, I will share...
Experiments on Google+ and Twitter Influencing Search Rankings
Do tweets still effect rankings? How about Google+? The mystery began on July 3rd when Google Realtime Search went dark. The next day we learned the underlying cause to be Google loosing access to...
How to Build a Great Contest
A few weeks ago I launched my very first contest on one of my various french websites. My objective was to increase my Facebook fans, Twitter followers, newsletter signups and improve the notoriety of my website. The contest is now over and I've had time to analyze the results and I must say I am quite impressed! It took me quite some time to plan out my contest. I read all the blog...