2009 Top 46 Social Media Marketing Sites You Need To Know:

December 31, 2008

On may 29th, 2007 I published this article about 15 Top Social Media Marketing Resources which was picked up by Web-Pro news and got a lot of traffic and buzz: that was right after I reserved socialmediasystems.com (it was available then for under 9 dollars!) and formed Social Media Systems LLC in March of 2006.

Now, as is usually the case with me, there are a million copy cats out there claiming to be experts in ’social media marketing’, as traditional SEO becomes outdated (related article: see The slow death of SEO).

You cannot get anything short with the words social media in it now, and a whole industry is emerging replacing traditional SEO (search engine optimization).

Now, since things have changed so much, it is time to update the list: 46 Social Media Marketing Resources you cannot be without:

The New Standard For Service: Realtown Seal Of Approval

December 30, 2008

The Realtown Seal of Approval: After beating this drum for so many years, I gladly herald the new Realtown Seal of approval: now is the beginning of the standardization of Internet products and services, with standards of quality, fair pricing, and good service. I suggest you look for this when you do business with any Internet vendor. Read more

Real Estate Social Media Marketing: What Is Off Site Publishing

December 25, 2008

Nobody is more of an advocate for a modern, content rich, growing website with video and lead capture and search engine rankings, and a budget for marketing than us: but this article is about the most underutilized opportunity there is for instant lead generation from search engine rankings for free: Social Media Publishing.

Building and maintaining rankings on your target domain is a task and takes time and an every growing website, and you should do it: but don’t overlook the opportunity to have instant rankings on Google and others by publishing directly to existing niche sites, and to sites that are aggregators of content.