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Marketing a Small Business on a Tight Budget

It’s been a rough year for everyone in this economy, but business must go on. For people with a small business, that may mean finding a way to reach new customers, with a minimal marketing investment. So if you find yourself looking for way to grow your customer base on a tight budget, don’t despair [...]

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Is Social Networking Separated by Social Class?

That’s what a new Nielsen Claritas study suggests. The study says that there are class differences among users of social networks – particularly Facebook and MySpace. Wealthier people are 25% more likely to use the former, while the less affluent are 37% more likely to cling to the latter. More specifically, the research found that [...]

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Social Network Marketing Is About Brand Building, Not Bringin' in the Benjamins

“What can social network marketing do for me?” We get asked that question a lot. In fact, as early as last week, during our social media seminar, we were asked why social networking is important and how it can help individual companies. A few years ago there were few answers to these questions. The buzz [...]

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Inc. Magazine Gives Hunch.com a Helping Hand

Indecisive? Hunch.com hopes you are – because it’s relying on your questions to build a community of answer-seeking users. Inc. magazine recently profiled the company in its latest issue – and asked other business owners how Hunch can get the word out about its service. The company has benefited from steady positive buzz, but it [...]

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Coffee Break: Google, Google, Gmail, Bing Vs. Google, Blogs on Paper, and Michael Jackson doesn't crash the Internet

I’ve got six goodies for you today.  Google just announced a new operating system based on their recently released web browser, Chrome.  Is it a threat to Windows? They also recently removed a little word that’s been hanging around your Gmail screen since you joined the tens of millions of users of that popular email [...]

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The Theory of Social Media Marketing Evolution

According to a recently released study by Opinion Research Corporation for Cone, a brand marketer that counts social networking among its capabilities, nearly 60% of Americans who use social media interact with companies on social-media Web sites. This new data comes on the heels of a Vovici Corporation study on behalf of Internet Retailer that [...]

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Stop Poking Me: Spamming on Networking Sites

Sometimes, so-called “controversies” are overblown by the media. The topic of online privacy on social networks, however, is not one of those cases. Here’s a personal vignette to share: just this week, I found a friend request from someone I have already friended. It was a curious thing, and then I scrolled down to see [...]

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