SEO Mentor

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I had the opportunity to interview my Mom for my second Monday interview podcast and was able to ask her a couple question about SEO and Social Media. Find out what the normal everyday person knows about SEO and Social Media.

Here is the transcript of the interview below if you would rather read:

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Ideas by Garrett Pierson and Illustration by Mike Dyson

With the growing phenomenon of Social Media, there seems to be a disconnect between how much is too much. I myself spend hours daily on Plurking (Plurk.com), Tweeting (Twitter.com), Friend Feeding (FriendFeed.com), Digging (Digg.com), Tagging (Technorati.com), Stumbling (Stumbleupon.com), Bookmarking (Google Bookmarks), Reading (Reddit.com), Facebooking (Facebook.com), Favoring (Faves.com), Propelling (Propeller.com), Hellotxting (HelloTXT.com), Mixing (Mixx.com), Eating (Del.icio.us), and that is just the beginning.

With all of this crowding the mind and giving us all Socialitis we need to put on our project managers hats to bring us back to reality so that we can keep our heads on straight. Yes this is all a lot to work with, but Social Media Marketing is totally changing the dynamics of how we market and network online but we need to remember that social media is not just another direct marketing channel. Social media marketing makes it possible to construct brand awareness and create customer loyalty, as long as you go about it the right way and get organized.

With this all in mind here are 10 tips, tools, and suggestions to get the most out of your social marketing campaign and to not go crazy:
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So with all the buzz about Twitter and all the million blog posts done about this new Social Networking site, lo and behold another similar site pops up and is the talk of the web. So what is this new social site well it is Plurk.com and it is causing a storm. Some people have been calling it Twitter on meth, but you be the judge. Is Plurk just a Twitter Clone?

Social Media Mom, Kristen Munson talks about how she was , “At first I was a bit overwhelmed and did not see the attraction.” If you would like to see what others are saying about Plurk then check out all the recent posts at Sphinn.com and watch this video below from YouTube.com explaining what exactly Plurk is and how to use it:

Now that I am using Plurk I have found things that I really like and hate when comparing it to Twitter. First of all I really like the timeline concept that Plurk uses and I love the more visual effect it gives. I also like that you can divide friends into cliques. Some things I don’t like is that there is not a easy mobile updater like Twitter has although I have heard they are working on making the mobile “SMS” option easy and accessible.

So I will let you all decide what you think. For me I use it and like it for the most part. You can start following me at http://www.plurk.com/user/yourseomentor!

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