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Social media, blogging and email marketing made SEO.com's top 10 list for best internet marketing strategies for this year. These same strategies will hold strong through 2010 as well, so be sure to incorporate online into your marketing budget for the upcoming year.

1. Organic Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

2. Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn

3. Keyword Research

4. Video Marketing

5. Online Public Relations

6. Link Building

7. Blogging

8. Conversion Web Design

9. Paid Search Marketing

10. Email Marketing

One of the great things about online strategies is once you start implementing a few you'll find they're interconnected and often support each other.

Via Marketing Charts.

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Gary Vaynerchuck, on and offline business guru, hit a home run for me with this video.

Those of us in the online marketing biz relinquished the thought long ago that social media is just a "condiment" on top of normal business practices. Instead, we know it IS business, end of story. Email marketing and blogging can easily be added to the "IS business" category too.

However, not everyone has come over to our way of thinking yet. But as Gary points out, the companies who let the online media bandwagon roll-on-by will become exposed and transparent whether they like it or not. Consumers have the power to share their experiences, positive and negative, with the world in just a few clicks.

If your customers are out there talking about your company (which undoubtedly they are), it's not simply a conversation you SHOULD be a part of, it's a conversation you NEED to be a part of.

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Blogging isn't rocket science. Or is it? Nicole Passonno Stott, a loyal More Magazine reader will be guest blogging for the magazine before the launch, and even from space.

The 46 year old astronaut plans to chronicle her first flight in space- launching this summer on the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-128, living, working, and blogging for 4 months as a crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS). She will be returning to Earth on the Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-129.

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With evolution comes adaption. Implement the concept and you will be rich. Smart traditional media leaders are taking steps to get their publications on the web and they are being rewarded.

Perhaps, newspapers are making the most notable advancements in this category. By offering online articles and up-to-the-minute blogs from qualified journalists, they are poising themselves to be the leaders in web news. If they can cut through the clutter, their message can reach far beyond the circulation of their community paper.

Magazine companies, who have taken their product online, have benefitted from the added ability to publish podcasts, vlogs, and reader interaction. Their followers are visiting by the groves. Their popularity is flourishing.

Going interactive gets you followers. Take your business to the web and you are likely to experience attention that once was only a figment of your imagination.

Blogging gets your news out, boosts your search engine optimization and gives you credibility. Put a well-written blog to work for your business and the money will come.

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If you are like me, you have scoffed at one trend or another, swearing off the craze that overtakes the teen population. In 1999, when blogs emerged publicly, I was no different. I thought it was a silly waste of time with no purpose other than giving a mic to the man on his soapbox. My unfounded opinion of blogging prohibited me from seeing the effect it would have on society and the shape communication would take for decades to come.

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In 2007, Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs. As social media gains popularity, it is likely that we will witness a sharp spike in this number.

The Internet is taking over. People turn to the web for nearly all of their information. From weather to weekend plans, the latest on the election to finding experts in elective surgery, people find it online. Want to know the best travel spot? You view a blog. Searching for the best penny stocks? Blog. Are you a celeb junkie? A foodie? A fashionista. Blogs. Blogs. And More Blogs. Blogs distribute more information, more efficiently, for free. It is the shape that information is taking.

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Newspaper sales are down. Readership is down. Ad sales are bottoming out, in fact, ad sales plummeted 2.6 billion in the first quarter of 2009.

Magazines sales reflect a downturn far more severe than newspapers. Paid circulation rates are falling at an alarming rate. Single copy sales fell 11% in the ladder half of 2008 reported the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC). ABC also cited a 17% decline in magazine ad sales during the last quarter of 2008.

Radio and television stations are feeling the crunch too. Ipods, the web and smart phones are giving the broadcast industry a run for their money. Ratings are down and the media mavens are scared.

Despite media hysteria, we are simply experiencing a very visible and very real evolution of communication and information management. Throughout history, we have resisted the dawning of new media. As the mode of transmission takes shape and is widespread, it becomes normal.

At every juncture we experience anxiety. In the 1950’s the television industry caused major upset to the magazine advertising business. Who can imagine life without television today?

From the hieroglyphics to the printing press, radio to the Internet, information and communication experienced change. As we travel through the 21st century, we are bound to face discoveries and developments that will affect our world and the way we think. It is the evolution of species. It’s not the end of the World. The Internet with its blogs and streaming video is simply the path toward tomorrow. Imagine where we will be 50 years from now!

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What is a blog? A blog is a type of website used for dissemination of information and individual expression. The term blog is a contraction of weblog.

A blog allows people to post regular entries of text or media on a web platform. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. Perhaps, the most significant element of a blog is the ability for viewers to share feedback in an interactive format.

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