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Re: How To Build Links For Assets In No Time With Buzzstream

beckjamin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:38:39 -0000

Thanks Bill, I can expect to see you at the next http://phillyzombiecrawl.com/ ?

Re: How To Build Links For Assets In No Time With Buzzstream

Bill Sebald — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:08:13 -0000

I love Buzzstream and zombies. Perfect post.

Re: How To Build Links For Assets In No Time With Buzzstream

beckjamin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:26:52 -0000

Great question Rich,

For infographics I explain why this graphic will be great for their readers & maybe include other sites that have used the graphic as well.

With any outreach you can't force them to use your content, not my style anyways, the best you can do is explain how it's a benefit to them and then it's up to them if they want to post it.

If the content/graphic is not high quality or a bad fit for their readers they probably won't post.

Let me know if you have any other questions about outreach or Buzzstream, I'm glad to help.

Re: How To Build Links For Assets In No Time With Buzzstream

Rich Tucker — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:03:04 -0000

Very informative post.... now I just need to test out Buzzstream...

I do have a question... when you are emailing prospects are you just letting them know you are sharing the infographic because you think if may be of interest to their readers... and hope they use it?

Re: List of Photo Sites For Linkbuilding

Soni Sharma — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:12:50 -0000

cool list

Re: Talking Ecommerce SEO With Bill Sebald

Bill Rowland — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:35:27 -0000

Actually, the hashtag was the synthesis of many different stories rolled into one. I think that when the story regarding the @content_muse incident made its way back to the East Coast, some friends familiar with similar situations felt compelled to dedicate the #sebald hashtag accordingly. As a result, whenever whenever a member of the local SEO community manages to live up to the name... they receive this badge of honor.

Re: Organize Your Life With Evernote

beckjamin — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:42:28 -0000

Glad you like it Gary!

Re: Organize Your Life With Evernote

Gary Andrew — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:13:27 -0000

This is awesome find, Benjamin! I admit I'm a bit unorganized with my stuffs lately. This is something I really needed. Thanks!

-Gary

Re: Talking CRO With Nick Eubanks

Nick Eubanks — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:52:03 -0000

Hey Hyderali -

I actually removed stumble upon from my site's sharebar because I was seeing the same thing, lots of times it sent traffic, but the traffic was so low-quality that it almost serves no purpose - not to mention that low on-page metrics (high bounce rate, low time on site, low # of pages per visit) could actually potentially hurt your organic rankings.

Re: How To Use Social Media To Your Advantage Like Anthony Pensabene

beckjamin — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:54:34 -0000

You nailed this comment my friend! Well said.

Re: How To Use Social Media To Your Advantage Like Anthony Pensabene

beckjamin — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:53:34 -0000

I agree, I've learned so much from some people who don't have a "huge social following" but have amazing things to contribute.

Re: How To Use Social Media To Your Advantage Like Anthony Pensabene

beckjamin — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:48:06 -0000

This is one of the big reasons why I love our industry! All the amazing people I get to meet & work with.

Re: How To Use Social Media To Your Advantage Like Anthony Pensabene

JulieJoyce — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:37:18 -0000

I think the people I get the most from in social media are people without huge followers. There are exceptions of course but I've definitely had some amazing conversations with people who aren't household names, although Anthony Mensa Penne really should be followed by anyone with a brain.

Re: How To Use Social Media To Your Advantage Like Anthony Pensabene

Don Rhoades — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:11:32 -0000

Excellent, Ben. Anthony has a way of bringing out the best interactions from me. Hardly any of my responses were SFW, but it's hard to get me to engage a thank you tweet, because it seems redundant/unnecessary. I try to hit everyone with a personal thank you and it eats up my day and doesn't elicit any further discussion. Pensabene was vague, but he nailed it.

Re: How To Use Social Media To Your Advantage Like Anthony Pensabene

AnthonyPensabene.com — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:44:36 -0000

Wow - dude. I'm most humbled and appreciative you take notice. I would say people should listen to you :) .

Thank you so much for your peer support and additions to the community, Ben.

I look forward to more discussion with you, as well as great minds in the Philly area (Eubanks, John-Henry, David, and the one-and-only #Sebald, and others).

Hey, man. Thank you. :)

Re: Talking CRO With Nick Eubanks

hyderali — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:56:47 -0000

Fantastic Interview Ben!

Thank Nick for sharing some of the important points to successful CRO. I agree with you that we should not just focus on the end game but also on "micro-conversions" like sign-up & time on site which now a days most of the companies forget to see.

But I feel that every traffic will not generate conversion like traffic from Stumbleupon where we get around 200 daily but the conversion is 0 & the time on site is 10 to 15 sec which is overall very bad. I hope you can advice something on this.

Thanks.

Re: Talking CRO With Nick Eubanks

Nick Eubanks — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:23:49 -0000

Hey Ben - Thanks so much for this opportunity to share some thoughts, this was a lot of fun!

Re: Tips For Speeding Up The Outreach Process (Guest Post)

beckjamin — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:49:47 -0000

Hi Matthew,

Thanks for pointing that out, I've updated the link so you can access it now.

Let me know how it works for ya.

Thanks for reading!

Re: Tips For Speeding Up The Outreach Process (Guest Post)

Matthew Shepherd — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:18:12 -0000

Thanks for the tips Ryan. I tried to access the Google Doc but it said you need to grant access. Looking forward to taking a look at it.

Re: Staying On Top of Social With Topsy

Abdallah Al-Hakim — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:18:53 -0000

great. Let me know what you think if you get a chance. I look forward to engaging here or on another discussion

Re: Staying On Top of Social With Topsy

Benjamin Beck — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:15:44 -0000

Thanks for your comment, and for being so transparent about working for Engagio. I'll have to check it out.

Re: Staying On Top of Social With Topsy

Abdallah Al-Hakim — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:39:56 -0000

thanks for this detailed review of Topsy. It seems pretty cool but it is limiting to twitter and google+. I imagine they will add more in the future perhaps. You might also want to check out Engagio which integrates with most of the social networks and focuses on the conversations in these networks. I am bit biased (since I worked for them:) but I think they are great service.

Re: Talking Agile Marketing With Jonathon Colman

Jonathon Colman — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:27:02 -0000

Thanks for a fun interview, Ben! It's hard to follow in the footsteps of John Doherty and Anthony Pensabene, but I hope that these agile marketing and content strategy resources will help us continue to move things forward.

A question for you and your readers: how are you moving from SEO to content strategy? Not just content marketing, but the Big Picture: content governance and policy, the lifecycle on content, mapping the content systems and processes at your organizations, etc.

How do folks out there work with content as part of their holistic user experience?

Re: What I Wish I Would of Known in College to Get My Dream Job Faster!

Tyson Stevens — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:26:26 -0000

Man, Ben. I just sent this to my sister, who's still up in the Burg. She wants to work in an art museum. I told her a while back that she needed to start a blog and curate art that she finds online so she could show potential employers her curating capabilities.

I laid out the benefits. She still hasn't acted on it. I'm hoping that you become the second of "two or more witnesses" :) to prompt her to make the decision.

I hope she reads this post.

Re: Talking Content With Anthony Pensabene

Sean Smith — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:37:22 -0000

Genuinely great guy! It's a pleasure to talk to him on Twitter and follow what he puts out. Glad to read this interview and to hear where the actual idea for the blog name came from!