The success stories usually go something like this: Company X starts using Twitter and watches sales spike because of the exposure. Company Y makes a Facebook page and grows its client list by 200 percent in six months.
The benefits that social media can offer have businesses of all types jumping on board. But lost in the excitement are some com
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Avoiding social media mistakes
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How Social Media Is Changing The World
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Esra'a Al Shafei put it all in perspective Saturday. Speaking via Skype from her home in Bahrain, the founder and Executive Director of MideastYouth.com, showed the crowd gathered at Social South the true power of social media, the internet and the idea of freedom.
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How Do You Use Social Media For Business?
Posted by CindyKing under Social MediaFrom http://cindyking.biz 5569 days ago
Made Hot by: Jed on August 25, 2009 8:34 pm
This is the story of how I got over my initial reluctance to join Twitter and used a business focus to find how to use social media to develop my business. Other businesses can use this same process to find out how to use social media for their business needs.
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5 Mistakes I Made When I Started My Business & How to Avoid Them
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Made Hot by: Jed on August 25, 2009 2:38 pm
Interview with Rieva Lesonsky, CEO of GrowBiz Media, candidly sharing the top 5 mistakes she made when starting a business, and how you can avoid the same errors.
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Social networking helps some businesses gain customers
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Made Hot by: shanegibson on August 24, 2009 2:45 pm
A black and pink sign stands outside Trendy Nails in Victoria, advertising the pedicures, acrylics and other services the shop offers. But potential clients can also grab up info online, through the business' tweets, status updates and online profiles.
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5 Common Mistakes When Measuring Social Media ROI
Posted by williswee under Social MediaFrom http://www.penn-olson.com 5568 days ago
Made Hot by: aliciatrinidad on August 24, 2009 2:40 pm
The biggest mistake you can make in social media marketing is failure to measure these returns. We have seen how to measure social media ROI but what are some of the common mistakes that people make when measuring social media performance?
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NEW: Twitter Tags Location to Your Tweets
Posted by Sarah_Chong under Social MediaFrom http://www.penn-olson.com 5571 days ago
Made Hot by: ritchelalms on August 21, 2009 3:49 pm
Twitter is planning to tag location to your tweets more accurately.
Tagging location right now depends on users to fill in their current location manually. With people putting their location as “at the top of your mind!” or “in your heart”, it doesn't really make up to reliable location data.
This new API will allow developers to add latitude an
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7 Ways Auto Dealers Can Fail at Social Media Marketing
Posted by kimmendrez under Social MediaFrom http://dealermarketing.com 5572 days ago
Made Hot by: stillwagon428 on August 20, 2009 5:08 pm
“Social media marketing” is a hot new buzzword in the Internet marketing industry, which generally refers to using popular social websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Digg (as well as niche interest forums and blogs) to market your business. It's “hot” because it works—from the smallest Internet forum to the front page of Digg, the marketing op
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MediaPost Publications AMEX OPEN Forum To Bridge Social Media Divide
Posted by roseanderson under Social MediaFrom http://www.mediapost.com 5572 days ago
Made Hot by: tiroberts on August 20, 2009 5:08 pm
American Express OPEN Forum has begun to develop tools that will allow small business owners to bridge the gap between building relationships and connecting through social media.
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Cool Startup Alert: Knowem.com | Small Business Trends
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Made Hot by: biancaaquino on August 20, 2009 5:08 pm
KnowEm.com allows a brand owner to protect their online brand and its identity across, well, seemingly the entire universe of social media sites and resources. Check it out. Very impressive.
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