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I have clients contact me all the time asking how they can utilize the social media marketing universe to boost their business. Thanks to a lot of the so-called "gurus" out there, they've been hoodwinked into believing there's a one-size-fits-all solution. Social media can be a g

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Facebook landed in the bottom five rankings out of more than 230 total companies measured by a social media report by American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). On the other hand, Google+ came out smelling like roses with a 78 out of 100. It may be only a matter of time before Google+ begins to pe

News about how the top companies, more importantly those in the Forbes 100 list, utilize social media for customer service has been circulating all over the Internet. It was a very smooth move, considering that literally millions of people around the world are on Twitter, Facebook and other social m

After the huge Tornadoes in Alabama in May of 2011, which left nearly 200 people dead, there were some success stories. It turns out that the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa used crowdsourcing, and social networks to create smart mobs of first responders. Only the first responders were college s

The trend toward marketing to specific consumer bases in Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace continues to be phenomenally successful, even as the African-American consumer languishes as a relatively under-served segment of these marketing campaigns. As Black consumerism and purchasing

Social media marketing has totally transformed the landscape of today's business world. Small business owners need to understand if fully and utilize it to their advantage in order to remain competitive.

Facebook is an internet marketer's dream...if you know how to use it to promote your business. Since I've got a background as a financial planner, I've geared this article toward that market. Keep in mind that these strategies will work, however, with any business you're promotin

As many people have found out it can be quite difficult to get more than 2000 followers on Twitter. This article will show you how to get past this major sticking point and build a colossal Twitter following.

Social media optimization or SMO is yet another method for search engine optimization of your site. As the name implies, you optimize your site by advertising it through the social media sites, online communities and community websites such as blog sites, message boards, podcasts, wikis and blogs.

Social Media is one of the best platforms for helping you to establish credibility in your market, increase your visibility online and develop relationships with people in your target audience. But after you have done all of those things the next step of course is how to leverage those relationships

If you want to increase your lead generation base and build online presence, then the best tools are the social networking tools. Facebook, with its 500 million plus members is by far the best place to advertise today. To generate more traffic to their websites, many online firms generate a Social N

In the field of social networking there are two common points of view. The first field of thought is you should make as many contacts as possible, no matter what it takes.

The rise of obesity and weight-related diseases in the US has made it imperative for health services to do everything in their power to educate the public about these deadly threats. However, this is easier said than done. Many things impact a health service's ability to educate and provide vit

The rise in social networks use is frequently noted as a negative phenomenon in terms of developing interpersonal communications skills. This article identifies three positive aspects of social networking that encourage and enhance interpersonal communications and demand greater mastery of communica

The last few years have seen a social media revolution. Smart businesses jumped on the bandwagon and businesses that were slow to react got left in the collective dust of tweets, feeds, posts, and status updates. Now, with so many social networks available, the hardest decision for businesses to mak

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