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IM: Small Business Tool Or A Waste Of Time?

Small Business Mavericks

One of the most primitive online communications tools is instant messaging. There are some instant messaging clients, IM clients, now that allow you to send and receive e-mail and manage your social networks. Instant messaging is a great small business communications tool. I’m not being facetious.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity SMM

While 47% felt somewhat good at social measurement in 2011, just 38% said the same in 2012. The majority (as much as 70%) is “dark social”—links shared through email or instant messaging that generally get lumped in with “direct” traffic in analytics programs like Google Analytics. ( Marketing Charts ).

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know

Hootsuite

The AMA concept began on Reddit, but AMAs are now popping up in other social settings, like webinars, Facebook Live, or Instagram Stories. Other conversion examples include lead-generation actions like opting into a newsletter, registering for a webinar, or downloading a whitepaper. Instant message. See Direct message. —J—.

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