Social Media Examiner | Sam Scholfield | Activity http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/samscholfield/activity/feed Sam Scholfield - Activity Feed Sun, 19 May 2013 03:53:21 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/2012-social-media-marketing-report/#post-53164Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic 2012 Social Media Marketing Report in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/2012-social-media-marketing-report/#post-53164 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:23:41 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic 2012 Social Media Marketing Report in the club Small Business @rich-brooks Any update on that? The stats at SMMW were interesting - ready for some more :)

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/pc-security-your-recommendations/#post-53163Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic PC Security - your recommendations. in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/pc-security-your-recommendations/#post-53163 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:20:30 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic PC Security - your recommendations. in the club Small Business I use AVG free at home - mainly because it's free (for personal use) and doesn't slow your computer down nearly as much as Norton. The interface is pretty easy to use and haven't had any virus's etc since […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-often-do-you-blog/#post-53161Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic How Often Do You Blog? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-often-do-you-blog/#post-53161 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:39:42 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic How Often Do You Blog? in the club Blogging I post once a week, every Monday. As my website is maintained in my free time, once a week is all I'm able to do without taking up all of my free time :)
I'd follow @kristi-hines advice. You should be looking at […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-marketing-courses/Sam Scholfield started the forum topic Online Marketing Courses in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-marketing-courses/ Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:16:32 +0000 Sam Scholfield started the forum topic Online Marketing Courses in the club Small Business Hi All,
I was asked by one of my readers whether I could recommend any courses for learning about Online Marketing (via correspondence).
There are LOADS of resources out there for this type of thing, but I was […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/google-reader-is-shutting-down-july-1st-whats-your-favorite-alternative/#post-52035Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Google Reader is Shutting Down July 1st - What's Your Favorite Alternative in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/google-reader-is-shutting-down-july-1st-whats-your-favorite-alternative/#post-52035 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:39:23 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Google Reader is Shutting Down July 1st - What's Your Favorite Alternative in the club Blogging I've been using Feedly for a little while now - that seems like a good alternative.
It also integrates with Google Reader, so a good opportunity to sync your feeds before it goes.
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-subscribe-to-blogs/#post-50533Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic How do YOU subscribe to blogs? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-subscribe-to-blogs/#post-50533 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:01:43 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic How do YOU subscribe to blogs? in the club Blogging Thank you all for your comments and suggestions! @juleswebb I hadn't seen Yahoos solution before, that looks quite good.
@sharijstauch Where do you store your RSS feed?
Thank you all again!
Sam
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/duplicate-content/#post-50532Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Duplicate content in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/duplicate-content/#post-50532 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:58:52 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Duplicate content in the club Blogging Thank you all for your responses and suggestions! I have taken a look at them all :)
@mitch-rezman Yes I have signed up to Google Authorship - will that prevent SEO damage from duplicate content?
Thanks again!
Sam
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-subscribe-to-blogs/Sam Scholfield started the forum topic How do YOU subscribe to blogs? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-subscribe-to-blogs/ Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:01:04 +0000 Sam Scholfield started the forum topic How do YOU subscribe to blogs? in the club Blogging Hi All,
I'm assuming as fellow bloggers, that the majority of you also read lots of articles online.
I have tried a number of methods when it comes to subscribe to a website from getting their emails, using google […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/duplicate-content/Sam Scholfield started the forum topic Duplicate content in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/duplicate-content/ Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:13:06 +0000 Sam Scholfield started the forum topic Duplicate content in the club Blogging Hi All,
Recently I have noticed that there are a number of websites that have been duplicating posts from my website.
I was wondering what steps you take to get these duplicate posts removed.
Thanks!Sam
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/general-blog-training/#post-50273Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic General Blog Training in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/general-blog-training/#post-50273 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:37:04 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic General Blog Training in the club Blogging If there is anything specific to that website, you could install the plugin 'wp help'. That will allow you to add help docs onto the website (just like a normal post). - Sam

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/seo-keyword-stuffing-is-working/#post-49967Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic SEO keyword stuffing is working?! in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/seo-keyword-stuffing-is-working/#post-49967 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:02:37 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic SEO keyword stuffing is working?! in the club Small Business Thank you all for your responses. I'm glad the general opinion is that the techniques being used on that page isn't the best way to go. I have advised my clients accordingly.
@supereb Yes I see your point that […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/seo-keyword-stuffing-is-working/Sam Scholfield started the forum topic SEO keyword stuffing is working?! in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/seo-keyword-stuffing-is-working/ Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:30:49 +0000 Sam Scholfield started the forum topic SEO keyword stuffing is working?! in the club Small Business Hi All,One of my clients has sent me this link and informed me that they are number 1 in Google for all of their locations - http://seoconsultant.gb.net/sitemapEverything about this page, and the pages it links […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-have-an-online-marketing-blog/Sam Scholfield started the forum topic Do you have an online marketing blog? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-have-an-online-marketing-blog/ Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:54:03 +0000 Sam Scholfield started the forum topic Do you have an online marketing blog? in the club Blogging Hi all!
I have been searching for some online marketing blogs that members of this community might run or contribute too.
By online marketing I mean anything from social media to conversion generation.
If you could […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/whos-coming-to-social-media-marketing-world/#post-49894Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Who's coming to Social Media Marketing World?? in the club Facebookhttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/whos-coming-to-social-media-marketing-world/#post-49894 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:38:43 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Who's coming to Social Media Marketing World?? in the club Facebook I will be there! I'm very excited to be heading out that way to meet you all! I'm still not sure which speaker track to go down though.If anyone would like to connect before the conference, just click my name […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/ive-been-remiss-welcome-e-n-brown/#post-49762Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic I've been remiss...welcome, E N Brown! in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/ive-been-remiss-welcome-e-n-brown/#post-49762 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:46:34 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic I've been remiss...welcome, E N Brown! in the club Small Business Congratulations @supereb ! Good job on being so active :)

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/old-blog-needs-a-new-look/#post-49761Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Old blog needs a new look. in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/old-blog-needs-a-new-look/#post-49761 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:35:25 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Old blog needs a new look. in the club Blogging Hey @supereb,I'm a WordPress dev so might be able to help you :)Pretty much all themes come with pre-defined widget areas, e.g. a sidebar.When you switch between themes, you might have to put the widgets back in, […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/top-social-media-analytics-tools/#post-49229Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Top Social media analytics tools in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/top-social-media-analytics-tools/#post-49229 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:32:52 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Top Social media analytics tools in the club Blogging I mainly use Google Analytics these days. I still use Sprout Social for quick stats about my social networks, however I'm more interested in which networks are bringing traffic to my website - which is where […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/social-media-examiner-badge/#post-49228Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Social Media Examiner Badge in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/social-media-examiner-badge/#post-49228 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:21:15 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Social Media Examiner Badge in the club Blogging Hi Conrad,SME have set up a fan page where you can grab a badge - http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/fans/If you have a WordPress website, just add a text widget to your sidebar then copy and paste the code into […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/call-for-social-media-marketing-guest-posts/#post-45318Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Call for social media marketing guest posts. in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/call-for-social-media-marketing-guest-posts/#post-45318 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:27:09 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Call for social media marketing guest posts. in the club Blogging @albertmora Hi Albert, Can I also suggest that you create some incentives for posting on your website. As far as I can see, the only benefit is one link back to my website.
Can I suggest you state stats like how […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wishlist-or-premise/#post-45316Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Wishlist or Premise? in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wishlist-or-premise/#post-45316 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:12:43 +0000 Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Wishlist or Premise? in the club Small Business Hi Margie, 
I haven't used Wishlist, but I do use Premise and find it extremely useful. They are also regularly updating it with new features and functionality - like email provider integrations and split testing […]
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