Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have experienced explosive growth and now play an important role in marketing for many businesses. Effective social media strategies involve engaging customers through conversations on these channels, listening to feedback, and participating in online communities to build relationships and influence purchasing decisions. It is also important to maintain a consistent presence across social networks and avoid one-time campaigns in order to keep customers engaged over the long term.
1. Beyond the Buzz: What can Social Media do for your business? WISE Symposium April 8, 2010 Syracuse, NY
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6. The New Way to Mourn and Commune Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him June 26, 2009, CNN London Tiger’s Tales bad news for golf…Good news for ‘Net
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9. Putting it in Context: Source: from Hubspot Survey Online spend 12% of total ad budgets, but projected to reach 21% by 2014. Source: Forrester Research Of all Social Media, blogging leads in sales generation. Source: Mediapost.com
36. Small Business Twitterers to follow Adam Ostrow http://twitter.com/adamostrow Editor, Mashable J.K. Glei http://twitter.com/the99percent Editor of 99% blog about making ideas happen Tony Bacigalupo http://twitter.com/tonybgoode Mayor of New Work City, a coworking space in NYC Jon Stokes http://twitter.com/hannibalrex Editor of Ars Technica, a popular technology news site Anita Campbell http://twitter.com/smallbiztrends Editor and Founder of Small Business Trends For more: http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/money/article/80-small-business-twitterers-you-should-be-following-gregory-go
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