Analyzing your reach and traction has become job one in the social universe as pretty much everyone and their grandmother sign up for the likes of Facebook, Twitter, and now Google Plus. (Yes, my grams is on Google Plus.) So how do you stay on top? Well, for a quick overview of your social metrics, you can use the Wildfire webapp, which offers a myriad of features at just a few keystrokes and/or clicks.

Measure Your Performance
Use the Wildfire Social Media Monitor to glean insights about the growth of your social media fanbase on the leading social networks. With daily tracking, you have visibility into growth trends small and large.

Track Your Competitors
No company is an island. Gauge your social media success against others in your industry by comparing your follower bases across the leading social networks. Quickly find out if you’re gaining traction or leaving your competitors in the dust.

Receive Alerts
Whether you’re just starting out or already an expert in social media, Wildfire’s alert system will inform you of meaningful trends and activity that’s relevant to your social presence.

If you’re a budding (starving?) musician, today’s online social outlets could be the PERFECT avenue to fame and fortune for you. Everyone is pretty much on the bandwagon when it comes to Facebook and Twitter, which makes the possibility of your musicianship spreading virally a very real one indeed.

But, how about if instead of just linking to your music, you could require a “shout” from your listeners in order to download the tune? Doing so would guarantee you at least the exposure to the friend circles you are once-removed from.

Well, you can! Using Tweet for a Track, you can share a link to your social network that requires any visitor to republish your link to their friends before getting access to the audio file you have uploaded.

It’s free to use, so get to it!

It’s that time again! What time, you ask? Why, Blog Comic Friday, of course!

Have print mediums really become archaic, and a thing of the past, or have they only become outdated for certain types of queries?

If you liked this comic, check out Ranked Hard for more!

Markup Heirarchy – Advantages in SEO
Soh Tanaka explains how to keep your unique, content rich content at the top of your markup, and display it to your users however you want.

16 Useful .htaccess Tricks and Hacks for Web Develoeprs
SEO friendly redirects and SEO friendly URL’s aren’t the only thing .htaccess is good for!

Live Domain Drops and Daily Domain Catching
GoDrops.com has daily domain name giveaways, as well as a constantly updated dropped domain list on the right side of their site! Be sure to follow GoDrops on Twitter to keep up with thier special freebies!

That’s all for now, stay tuned for the next SEO Strategy Round Up!

Where, oh where are thou?

Note: These are in no particular order.

01. Simple Bits

02. Lee Dodd

03. Shoemoney

04. Ungarbage
I really like this site. : )

05. Instinct
Prepare to enter bizarre-o world.

06. RockHer
This is the MySpace of Dana “Killer” .. artist for BandSpaces.com, one of the most prominent design firms that major artists seek for MySpace design.

07. Business Paper

08. thibaud

09. Radius Design Bureau

10. Green Earth Flowers
I really like a little feature they have, the website displays different greeting texts based on time and whether or not the boutique is open.

11. Viki.Works

12. Created 201

From 8everything over @ MojoPixels.com.

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tools/brushes.html
http://www.misprintedtype.com/v3/goodies.php
http://getbrushes.com/photoshop/weather/anodyne-light-brushes.php
http://pstutorialsblog.com/61/free-photoshop-brushes-resources-2/
http://angryblue.com/downloads.shtml
http://www.magurno.com/
http://designfruit.com/jasongaylor/blog/?p=37