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35 Must-Read Articles for Social Media Marketers

As an active social media user and marketer, I’m always interested in learning new things to improve my knowledge and abilities. This is a collection of some of the best articles that I’ve found on a variety of topics related to social media.

Strategy:

50 Ways to Use Social Media, Listed by Objective - Web-Strategist

5 Steps to Become a Better Social Media Marketer - Daily Blog Tips

How to Set Up a Domino Effect of Traffic - Vandelay Design

How to Go from Nothing to 550,000 Social Media Visitors in One Month - ViperChill

How to Target the Right Social Media Sites - ProBlogger

How to Promote Yourself on Social Sites Without Actually “Promoting Yourself” - SearchRank

Relationship Building - 6 Tips for Working in Social Media - SEM Clubhouse

Top 10 Reasons Why SEOs Fail On Social Media - SEO 2.0

Top 10 Reasons Why Great Content Fails On Social Media - SEO 2.0

6 Social Media “No-Brainers” You Shouldn’t Forget - Cape Cod SEO

Social Media Optimization: Submit It, But Don’t Forget It - Search Engine Land

StumbleUpon:

A Comprehensive Guide to StumbleUpon: How to Build Massive Traffic to Your Website - Dosh Dosh

How to Write Posts that Set StumbleUpon on Fire - ProBlogger

5 Reasons My StumbleUpon Profile Stands Out - Social Desire

Why StumbleUpon Sends More Traffic Than Digg - ProBlogger

Digg:

How to Level the Playing Field with Digg - Skelliewag

Maximizing the Likelihood of Getting Dugg - SEOmoz

Fark:

Definitive Guide to Fark and Getting Mass Traffic - ViperChill

Linkbait:

Link Bait Ideas - Cornwall SEO

65 Headlines to Jump Start Your Linkbait - Cornwall SEO

6 Sure-Fire Tactics to Re-Ignite Your Linkbait - ViperChill

Analytics:

The Huge Collection of Google Analytics Tipes - Search Engine Journal

Content Development:

How to Have a Constant Flow of Ideas - Social Media Trader

How a Good Title and Description Can Make or Break Your Social Media Submission - SEOmoz

Writing Headlines for Regular Readers, Search Engines and Social Media - Copyblogger

How to Write a Social Media Press Release - Copyblogger

The Unexpected Trap of Writing for Social Media - Copyblogger

Professional Services:

What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer - Techipedia

Tools/Resources:

Tools for Engaging in Social Media - Search Engine Land

General Social Media:

A Beginner’s Guide to Social News Websites - Dosh Dosh

What the Hell Can Social Media Do for Me? - Social Desire

The ABCs of Social Media - Social Desire

How to Commit Social Media Suicide - Social Media Trader

The Limitations of Social Media - Blogtrepreneur

Building Consistent Traffic with Social Media - Vandelay Design

The New Social Media Democracy - NowSourcing


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Originally Published August 13th, 2008

28 Responses

  1. Shana Albert - TheNanny612 | August 13th, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    Wow, great list!! Thank you so much for including me. :)

  2. Derek Edmond | August 13th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    Agreed - great list of excellent posts. I really appreciate that you would include my post amongst them!

  3. Glen Allsopp | August 13th, 2008 at 10:52 pm

    Awesome, cheers Steven :)

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  5. Nick Smith | August 14th, 2008 at 3:53 am

    Fantastic resource, will take a while to read all of this! At the moment I’m using social media to help me escape Windows Vista by raising donations to buy a Macbook - http://www.helpmeconvert.com - this list should help me on my way!

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    Super list, a good compendium.

    We all grow the market, opportunities and knowledge through collaboration.

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  11. Kevin Clenbuterol | August 15th, 2008 at 7:57 am

    i’ve seen alot of these on google, but theres definitely some new ones and good ones.. best thing is its all in one place.. consider this page bookmarked!

    -smpro!

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    Great collection, it was definitely worth a bookmark. It going to take me awhile to get through all of these.

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    Whew, that was an expansive list, thanks for your efforts rounding all that up!

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