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What's your social currency?

Akamai Marketing

Now, adults ( who make up the largest segment of social media users ) accept brand presence as part of the social media experience, but here’s some bad news: According to a recent study by Forrester Research, just 6 percent of 12-17-year-olds who use the Web desire to be friends with a brand on Facebook.

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Social Media Marketing Madness [Cartoon]

Firebelly

Instead I leave you with an oldie but goodie cartoon from Hubspot. Image: HubSpot ] Have a great weekend everyone! Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009. And like last year, I have a gift for you. Every year, I read hundreds (thousands?) He offers great tips here. Starting a Blog?

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Super list of 50 social media links - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

blog with FeedBurner Social Media Release Criticism: Nine Points to Consider Social Media – Digg, MySpace,YouTube – Web 2.0 The Hubspot blog is useful. 50 social media links. [.] ¬ ¬ Quick Easy Bookmarking #263 February 12th, 2008 at 5:20 pm Wow, quite a list. Jim Spencer’s last blog post.

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Eight Factors to Consider When (Re)Launching a Business Blog

Webbiquity SMM

According to Small Business Trends and HubSpot , the percentage of businesses with blogs has increased from less than half in 2009 to nearly two out of three in 2011. Why are so many companies now embracing blogging? Just kidding, this really isn’t a tough decision: use WordPress. Blogger , TypePad ) to fee-based systems (e.g.,

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55 (of the) Best Social Media Tips, Tactics and Tools of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

If 2009 was the year many marketers puzzled over, poked at and pondered incorporating social media into their marketing mix, 2010 was the year of diving in. According to a HubSpot study, 71% of marketers viewed Twitter as a useful marketing tool last year, up from just 39% in 2009. Adoption soared. 85% of Inc.