As we ring in the new year, we’re sifting through our analytics to discover our best blog content from the past year—which posts generated the most pageviews, links, and comments? Here’s a look back at our five most popular blog posts of 2010:

1. How To Set Up Event Tracking in Google Analytics (And Why You Should!)

   Event Tracking is a very useful feature that Google introduced earlier this year and made available to all Google Analytics accounts. So what is Event Tracking and how do you use it? (Read More)

2. Top 10 Scariest Social Media Sins

   There’s also plenty of scary stuff going on in social media—in particular, for companies using social media to market themselves online (and doing a bad job at it). Today we’re highlighting the Top 10 Scariest Social Media Marketing Sins that we’ve helped our clients recognize and overcome: (Read More)

   
   

3. 30+ Groupon-Like Deal Sites for Online Media Planning

   The “Groupon model” has spread like wildfire and Groupon-like deal sites have been cropping up everywhere, both at the national and local levels. Here’s a look at 30+ “Groupon-like” deal sites and what they have to offer (and this is just the tip of the iceberg!). (Read More)

4. The Senior Side of Social Media

   Today’s senior population is exploding at historic levels. According to the U.S. Administration on Aging, the senior population numbered 37.3 million in 2006, or 12.4% of the U.S. population, and is expected to reach 20% of the population by 2030. Today there are a whole host of social community websites that focus on the specific needs and concerns of seniors, as well as present marketers an opportunity to reach them. (Read More)

5. The Rise of Mobile Social Networks

   The rapid growth of the mobile Web has led to the rise of new social networking sites and applications developed exclusively for mobile users. Taking full advantage of your phone’s 3G, GPS, and camera capabilities, mobile social networks are designed specifically with mobile users in mind. Here’s a look at some of the hottest mobile social networking apps today, and how they’re making our mobile experience more exciting. (Read More)

2011 promises to be an especially exciting year for online marketing. And we look forward to blogging about it!