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Quick toolbox for new social media tools, apps, tips, technology of interest to bloggers, content producers, storytellers, marketing & PR pros. Emphasis on practical not techhy, usable not confusable! ;-)
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30 Terrific Tools for Small Businesses

30 Terrific Tools for Small Businesses | Top Social Media Tools | Scoop.it

What are the right products and vendors to use for my business?  At Docstoc, we have over 30 million registered members, and our small business owners & operators have always asked us this question. 


Sometimes we didn’t have the answers, so we built a free service, ExpertCircle to help business operators discover the best products and vendors other professionals use.  Here are my personal reviews on 30 of the top terrific tools for small businesses, feel free to add your own reviews and thoughts on these products by clicking the links....

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You'll find many of the small business social media and social marketing tools you need in this list.

Jeff Domansky's curator insight, February 14, 2014 2:39 AM

for many small to mid-sized businesses, these are the social media and social business tools that matter. Check them out and pick the best ones for your toolkit.

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6 social networks to watch in 2014

6 social networks to watch in 2014 | Top Social Media Tools | Scoop.it

With the holiday season in full swing and 2013 winding to a close, it's a good time to reflect on the year in social media and look ahead to what might be the next big thing in 2014.


While Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest reign supreme, there are some new unique and niched social networks poised to make a big splash. Here are six social networks I'll keep an eye on in 2014:

Jeff Domansky's curator insight, December 16, 2013 3:46 PM

An Instagram competitor and a Snapchat rival are working their way up the ranks, as well as a site for sports lovers. Keep an eye on them.

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From The Founders of .Co, Pop.Co Is A Fast, Simple Way To Launch Businesses Online | TechCrunch

From The Founders of .Co, Pop.Co Is A Fast, Simple Way To Launch Businesses Online | TechCrunch | Top Social Media Tools | Scoop.it

The company behind the .co domain has been working to associate .co websites with startups and innovation. Now its founders are trying to make it as easy as possible to start a business online with a new company called Pop.co.


thisBasically, Pop.co is a bundle of online services that should remove any barrier between coming up with a cool idea and building a web presence around that idea. This approach is particularly important in a future where entrepreneurs run “three or four micro-businesses at a time, easy come, easy go, and you don’t have to keep the domain forever,” said CTO Tom Lackner — he suggested you should even be able to set all this up from your smartphone.


Lackner and CEO Juan Diego Calle gave me a quick demo of Pop.co. You just pick the .co address that you’re interested in (assuming it’s available, and if it’s not, Pop.co will suggest alternatives), then the company automatically claims it for you, and you can either use Pop.co’s simple web page editor to create the page with just a little bit of typing, or use its simple DNS editor to point the website to a page you’ve created on another service like LaunchRock or Barley....

Jeff Domansky's curator insight, August 13, 2013 1:31 PM

This tool may be exactly what the doctor ordered for your new online business launch. Regardless, you have to admire the patient.

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8 Free Bootstrapping Business Tools

8 Free Bootstrapping Business Tools | Top Social Media Tools | Scoop.it

Free stuff is great. Free stuff that helps your business is awesome. While there are many free business apps screaming for you to play with them, I’m going to focus on 8 of my favorites.Here are 8 free online services that a small business can use to make life a little less complicated

Jeff Domansky's curator insight, December 20, 2013 1:21 AM

Really useful social business tools.

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What is Google’s Hummingbird update really? SEO experts are conflicted!

What is Google’s Hummingbird update really? SEO experts are conflicted! | Top Social Media Tools | Scoop.it

That noise you hear in the distance is the sound of SEOs polishing the keys on their keyboards, trying to answer what is Hummingbird?


And they’re making big claims about knowing the answer. If you don’t believe me, click on one of the links at the top of this paragraph. Even though there’s enough Hummingbird content to keep you reading well into the night, you shouldn’t bother.


Why not?


Because it’s noise


Rand Fishkin says hummingbird is about longtail.


Danny Sullivan says hummingbird is about conversational search.


Ammon Johns says long-tail optimization is gone, and big brands may have been gifted more leverage than ever.


3 experts. 3 Answers. Let’s cut the BS. What is Google’s Hummingbird?

Jeff Domansky's curator insight, October 26, 2013 1:29 AM

This is one of the most thoughtful and sensible articles about SEO that I've read in years. Chase Anderson does a great job of analyzing Google's new Hummingbird algorithm and providing a practical view on how to respond to it and what the future of SEO will look like. Highly recommended reading for SEO newcomers and oldtimers who need a fresh perspective.  9.5 / 10