This post originally appeared on Social Web Thing as Part Three in a series exploring search engine optimization and content creation. Part Two can be found here.
10 Attributes of a Fantastic Community Manager
January 27, 2012
This post was originally published on Ben Cotton’s blog Social Web Thing.
As we celebrated Community Manager Appreciation Day this week, I thought about the attributes, skills and behaviors that make a successful Community Manager (you can view all the #CMAD conversation on Twitter).
Writing Content for Search Engines in 5 Steps
January 11, 2012
This post originally appeared on Social Web Thing as Part Two in a series exploring search engine optimization and content creation. Part One can be found

10 Steps to Undertaking a Successful Blogger Outreach Programme
March 2, 2011
Originally posted on Social Web Thing.
This post is the third of a series looking at online influencers. The first listed great free tools that help identify influential people and the second suggested practical considerations when

10 Free Data Visualization Tools
December 6, 2010
Originally posted on Social Web Thing.
In my day to day role I often need to create a graph, chart or table to simplify what can sometimes be a lot of data into a salient point or to tell a story. Here are 10 free data visualizations tools; some provide the metrics, whilst the others highlight relationships between data, as well as displaying the information in a visual, understandable and digestible way. Although, a couple are in beta, you may find them useful…

10 Free Tools to Identify Online Influencers
September 20, 2010
Originally posted on Social Web Thing.
In my day to day role I am frequently involved in the identification of online influencers who we feel may be suitable to engage with on behalf of a client. Subsequently, I’ve been encouraged to write a series of three blog posts listing some of the free tools that I use to identify, select and engage with influencers.
This post looks solely at ways to identify (watch out for selection and engagement in coming weeks)…

How To Add Your Tweets To Your Blog
June 2, 2010
If you are one of the millions of people active on Twitter then there is also a good chance that you may be creating content elsewhere on the interweb and committing your thoughts more fully to the blogosphere. If that is the case then you ought to consider using one of the many widgets available that enable your tweets to appear on your blog (or website for that matter). Not only is this aesthetically pleasing and gets readers involved in your tweets, it also helps strengthen your personal social media ecosystem – by this, I mean using one platform on which you are active to…












