So, you've decided to bring your company into the world of social networking. Congratulations on evolving beyond the last stone age )but don't feel too bad about being behind: online, anything more than five years old is considered to be part of that "stone age"(. Social media sites can be a great tool in promoting your company,

SpyFu is announcing their new tool called " SpyFu Recon Beta " that gives some essential organic keyword insight and I have been lucky enough to give it a test drive. For any given domain, the tool builds a huge report reflecting the domain keyword positions, changes and potential. Let's take a quick look at what data is waiting for you inside: 1.

There's a good tendency of powerful social media users to write and promote books. Whether you are going to become a published author or not is up to you - but watching those A-listers promote their books can become a powerful lesson for all of us to learn by. Today's case study concerns the best of us: Guy Kawasaki , the co-founder of Alltop.com and the the author of ten books including the newly-published Enchantment.

I love tabs and have played with multiple addons to make the most of tabs in FireFox . One of my best discoveries ever was a handy little addon with a very basic but ingenius functionality: Faviconize Tab helps to manage a tab jam by adding an option to minimize each tab to its favicon )and thus keeps it always in front of your eyes(. The addon turned out to be an awesome task management tool: I use it to sort and organize urgent tasks, create daily reading lists, etc.

Let's face it, we tweet a lot. Most of us have a great habit of sharing any interesting article we come across. And I am sure you are already aware of quite a few browser tricks to quickly grab the page URL, add a comment and share on Twitter. Let me share a few more to add to your arsenal: the following browser extensions off the fastest way to tweet: FireFox Statusus Statusus alows to quickly share any page you are currently reading from right-click context menu.

Keeping up with your social media contacts is one of the most important steps in building online presence. But how not to get lost and cluttered? Today's tool may be an answer. Twitter Digest is an interesting tool that )as the name suggests( allows to create a digest of tweets from your favorite Twitter users to more efficiently keep up with them. Just pick the Twitter list or usernames you'd like to generate a digest for,

We have seen quite a few tools and tips on researching your competition. This quick post shares two free tools that have one thing in common: they let you generate the list of domains that get ranked high for several related search queries )we call them " SERP dominators "(: Competitor List Builder : WhoICompete Search engines crawled Google Search phrases to check 10 Requires registration? Yes Free or Paid? Free One of my unloved toys )because I lack time(,

We've seen quite a few ways to search the web by similarity including similarity-based image search , Ambiently bookmarklet )that searches for "related" pages( and TouchGraph Google Browser )that works based on Google's RELATED: advanced operator (. This week we are looking into an alternative app: Similar Pages The tool uses its own crawler to collect pages around the web and create The Map of Internet Similarity . The map is claimed to contain more than 3.

It's been a while since I discovered xFruits , the fun, yet advanced, RSS feed mash-up tool, for myself and I've been amazed since then by finding new and new ways to benefit from the tool. This post shares some cool uses of the tool you may fall in love with! 1. Reputation management Create one combined RSS feed to track your brand name mentions.

A key premise of social search is that the people you know and trust are the best sources of personally relevant and reliable information. As Maureen Heymans, technical lead for Google Social Search said in a BBC article , "When I'm looking for a restaurant, I'll probably find a bunch of reviews from experts and it's really useful information. But getting a review from a friend can be even better because I trust them and I know their tastes.

I have stated many times how much I adore Google Suggest )while being not a fan of Google Instant , but that's another story(. And because I love Google Suggest so much, I liked this fun FireFox addon I am going to share today. QuickFox Notes is an awesome FireFox addon that lets you take quick notes )yeah, you may have guessed from the name( while browsing. It is built based on FireFox bookmarks functionality which means you will find the interface familiar and usable.

Applications are big, and I mean "sliced bread" big. Not only are they becoming a major part of overall mobile use, but it is becoming rare to find a business that doesn't offer some kind of application to further expand their corporate agenda. Even small businesses are getting on board, with free apps that make it easier for customers to find out about special offers, her coupons or browse new items and services.

Urim is a smart FireFox addon with great potential. It creates a tag cloud of each page that loads covering a few possible applications: The tool can be used to quickly analyze the on-page keyword usage; The tool can be used to instantly understand the page content and create the outline; The tool can be used to easily navigate the page using the tag cloud summary. The addon does the text analysis of the current page to generate the tag cloud consisting of one-, two-,

Machine has its own logics )based on the search behavior( and you will see that you would cluster results differently than either of the tools listed below - this is why these tools do need a second look. Let's take a look at a quick example. How would you cluster the meanings of the generic word [apple]?

It's been quite some time since I shared some tools on researching trends and hot content on Twitter . Today we'll look at a few tools that allow to discover and keep an eye on hot content shared on Facebook. Thanks to Recommendations social plugin provided by Facebook, there have been a few interesting projects popping up that allow marketer a deeper insight into what is being shared online. Discover Hot Content by Domain 1. LikeButton offers a sleek,

I've been using Fridays to share new fun browser extensions related to SEO, search and social media for about two years now. I've shared quite a few FireFox addons that allow for some new searching experiences )like Interclue addon that makes results page more informative and allows for a fun way to preview results or SearchBastard that allows to search multiple search engines within one group and open results in multiple frames or tabs(. Since recently,

Top executives enjoy using Twitter because it gives them an opportunity to connect directly with an audience that is too often distanced by countless layers of mid-management. This access, a success with politicians, has proven to likewise be successful for business executives and celebrities. Below is a list of the five car executives who have taken the public into consideration, and shared their views openly: USA President of Toyota, Jim Lentz,

Last Thursday )January, 6( Vertical Measures has announced their fun Facebook contest called Marketing that Moves You showcasing some of the smartest content marketing examples and case studies. The contestants are challenged to submit examples of great content in action. Submissions are accepted from both individuals and businesses. Obviously, by sharing your case study, you already get recognition and extra exposure )even if you don't win(,

An infographic )information graphic( has been a very effective way to bait for links and social media votes for ages. Like anything else, it can be done right or wrong )I am sure you have seen dozens of poorly implemented infographics by now and maybe a few really good ones(. How to create a good one? The secret is in days )maybe months( of brainstorming. A cool concept doesn't even have to be too very well-designed.

Do you copy-paste links a lot? Most of our readers are most likely to. This post offers a few useful FireFox addons that will let you copy links from the web easier and faster. Enjoy! 1. Copy Links Copy Links addon allows to quickly copy all or selected URLs with anchors to clipboard: A very similar addon: Copy Link URL : this addon lets you select a few links on a page and copy the URLs of them to clipboard )unlike in the above addon,