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How to get “Custom Customers”

Taylor Marek

Why are all these marketing surveys, segments, action plans, and spread the message being conducted by companies big and small? Remember the old saying, “If You Try To Be Everything To Everyone, You’ll Be Nothing To No One&# ? Take that idea in perspective. Look at the bigger picture. Why do you market to certain segments of people?

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Debunking Five Social Media Myths

Socialized

It’s hip and cool to say Facebook, Twitter, and text messaging have replaced e-mail, and “anything worth saying can be said in 140 characters,” but it isn’t true. Had I sent it to her via Twitter, it would have required 60 separate messages. E-mail is far from dead, particularly in large companies. The CEO Needs to Blog.

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Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs

Firebelly

Blogging by teens (ages 12-17) has been cut in half - from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2009. The survey also showed that teens are significantly less likely that Gen Y and adults to use Twitter. Social networking sites (SNS). 73 percent of teens and 72 percent of Gen Y are now active on at least one SNS.

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Who Profits From Social Media?

Small Business Mavericks

Let’s see – there’s Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and a whole host of other websites that have both a global reach as well as a local reach. Conduct a little survey and choose the sites that have the most potential for helping you grow your business where you want it to grow. So what is meant by social media?

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What is the First Rule of Social Media?

Taylor Marek

January 9, 2010 by Taylor Marek I asked this question on Twitter: What is your answer? Home About Contact Archives Testimonials Speaking Podcast Chat LIVE Social Media Vault My Inner Circle Plugins eBook Hire Me What is the First Rule of Social Media? I’ll publish the results in a future blog post for your enjoyment.

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About.Me: A Good Starting Place On The Web? | Small Business Mavericks

Small Business Mavericks

But I recently took a quick survey of About.Me You can link to your Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other social sites around the Web from your About.Me Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., I still am.

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The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube

Adam Sherk

In my ongoing look at mainstream media outlets and social media I have done multiple posts on news sites and Twitter, Facebook and Digg but I’ve yet to look at YouTube. So whether they see it as a necessarily evil or a great chance to reach new audiences, YouTube is in the social media mix. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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