Sean Donahoe had a dream of finally automating all his Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Google+) posts so he could create a never-ending stream of commissions. In fact, he wanted to launch a full social media campaign that attracted customers from his multiple accounts and networks, and do it all with automation. Based on his personal experience with a plugin he had created for this automation, Donahoe has just released Promote Me Pro. This may be the most powerful Social Media automation plugin for WordPress ever. Just listen to what it can do: • Allows you to... [...]

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Working in a Post-Penguin 2.0 Web”. Michael Garrity says, “Late last week, Google launched its most recent algorithm update in the form of Penguin 2.0. There was a lot ofspeculative discussion leading up to the release about just what changes this new Penguin would reveal. For now, less than a week since Penguin 2.0 rolled out, the actual effects of this update are obviously still pretty obscure and unclear, but already some trends have begun to emerge that hint at what exactly is changing for search engine optimization professionals... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Check Out Flickr’s Clever Job Posting for Programmers”. Seth Fiegerman says, “Yahoo unveiled a major redesign of Flickr’s website last week, and now it looks like the company is taking a clever approach to recruiting engineering talent to Flickr’s team. Flickr has added a link to current job postings for engineers and designers in the source code of its redesigned main page”. Check Out Flickr’s Clever Job Posting for Programmers Mashable.com  [...]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Five reasons you should stop using no-reply email addresses right now”. Michael Linthorst says, “A lot of email marketers use no-reply addresses to send their emailings. The wide variety of excuses to do so range from ‘Nobody answers my emails anyway’ to ‘I don’t want to receive out of office emails’. But when it comes to email marketing, there are no good excuses for using no-reply addresses. Not only will your recipients conclude that you don’t care about what they’ve got to say, no-reply addresses also... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Beyond AdWords: Demand Side Platforms Explained”. Ratko Vidakovic says, “Having worked at a self-serve demand side platform (DSP) for over 2 years, one of the most common questions I get when trying to explain the concept of a DSP to others is: “Isn’t that kind of like AdWords?” Even amongst experienced marketers, most only have a vague idea of how DSPs work and how they ultimately differ from a platform like Google AdWords. Most DSPs are similar to AdWords in that they are used to create ad campaigns. But,... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Bad News for Bitcoin? Feds Shut Down ‘Paypal for Criminals”. Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai says, “In what could be a bad sign for the future of Bitcoin, the feds have shut down Liberty Reserve, a virtual currency exchange system that prosecutors claim was a $6-billion money-laundering scheme designed to help criminals and hackers conceal the origin of their illicit money. Liberty Reserve is a Costa Rica-based online payment network that U.S. authorities dubbed the “financial hub of the cyber-crime world.” According... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Women Collaborating With Social Media More Than Men [Infographic]”. Brian Proffitt says, “While men buy into the productivity of social media use in the workplace more than women, it’s women that actually use those tools more than their male colleagues. A new study from Ipsos commissioned by Microsoft found that 46% of respondents believed that their work was more productive using social media tools. Breaking that down by gender, 49% of men believe they get more work done using social media, with 44% of women making the same... [...]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “101 Awesome Marketing Quotes, Revisited [SlideShare]”. Rachel Sprung says, “When I first started at HubSpot a couple years ago, one of the first pieces of content I was asked to help create was a compilation of marketing quotes from a bunch of really smart people in the inbound marketing industry. It was an amazing project to start with because it helped me get a grasp of the inbound”. 101 Awesome Marketing Quotes, Revisited [SlideShare] HubSpot  [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Planning A Pinterest Contest? Don’t Forget One Pin Is Plenty”. Amy Gesenhues says, “In an attempt to keep marketers from diluting Pinterest’s core value of quality over quantity, the image-focused social media site updated contest guidelines earlier this year, adding a list of “Dos” and “Don’ts” for brands wanting to host Pinterest contests. Pinterest’s compliance language makes it clear that they are in no way responsible for any promotions hosted on their site, and any brand holding a Pinterest... [...]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “When bad content happens to good websites”. Louis Gudema says, “Publishers with quality content are undermining their brands and providing their visitors with a poor experience by attempting to maximize revenue through paid links to poorly targeted, often low-quality third-party content. For example, did you know: The one sure-fire tip for losing weight? That a certain billionaire thinks that the economy is about to crater? That Tom Brady and Bridget Moynahan are having a baby?”. When bad content happens to good... [...]