Five Favorite Social Media Posts

Here's a round up of my top five favorite articles on social media that I've read this week:

• 7 Important Google Plus Marketing Tips for Small Business Owners - I know I'm still trying to get the hang of using Google+, are you? Here are some great ideas for using this important medium.

• Social Media Marketing Fortune 500 Style - How are the big boys using social media for their branding efforts? Check out Heidi Cohen's post on research of various social media tactics.

• 5 Quick Things You Can Do This Week to Fix Your Marketing - Copyblogger gives some good, yet simple ideas anyone can do to improve their marketing initiatives. 

• The 10 Greatest Marketing Campaigns of All Time - Hubspot is by far my favorite go to for social media and marketing wisdom. Once you're past the photo of Kanya West, you'll glean some good marketing ideas! 

• 26 Tips for Your Social Network Profiles - Social Media Examiner is my most recent discovery. Try one tip a day and watch your presence grow in a month!

What's your favorite marketing tip? Share below! 

Five Replacement Options for Google Reader

Google will officially shut down Google Reader this July 1st. For all you bloggers out there, be sure to read my recent post Tips to Deal with the End of Google Reader. 

But have you taken steps to continue to receive the blogs you love? If not, here are a few alternatives for you to take immediate action on:

Feedly - Probably one of the most popular readers available, Feedly will transfer your subscriptions with a very user-friendly interface.

• Bloglovin - Newer to the market, but exploding in popularity, Bloglovin will also easily transfer your subscriptions. 
• Hootsuite - I live on this social media application and was pleased to learn I could manage my RSS feeds and quickly view their content, side by side with my LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter feeds.
• Email - As popular as social media sites have become, you're probably still receiving must of your information via traditional email, so why not sign up for email notifications?
• Facebook - If your blogger updates his status on Facebook with his blog posts, start following him with the rest of your friends.

Find your favorite and move today!