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

Webbiquity SMM

This post, along with 79 Remarkable Social Media Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2012 and 87 More Vital Social Media Marketing Facts and Stats for 2012 previously published here, provide a solid foundation for that understanding. More than 80% of small to midsized businesses (SMBs) plan to increase their use of social media in 2013.

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How Will Ford Go Further with the Launch of the 2013 Fusion?

Social Media Marketing

Or, as MediaPost recently observed , Ford "could probably publish a textbook on social-media launch strategies for cars and crossovers." Why Transmedia for the 2013 Ford Fusion?

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The Oscars: content marketing success

Sherrilynne Starkie

The Academy Awards 2013 have come and gone. And, while the awards show and its host, Seth McFarlane , were both widely criticized even as the broadcast was just going out for being boring, badly written and not funny, it was a clear, out-of-the-ballpark content marketing success for the global entertainment industry.

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As TED 2013 Takes Place, Here Are 10 TED Talks To Help You Re-imagine Your Business

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Thousands of very lucky individuals are seated in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center as you are reading this and they're having their minds blown by business leaders, scientists, innovators, agitators, inventors, designers and artists at TED 2013. The book was published in 2006 right before this TED Talk took place. arab spring.

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How to import Posterous to self-hosted WordPress

The Way of the Web

With the news that Posterous will be closing on April 30, 2013 , many people are now looking to export their content and start to publish on a different platform. WordPress is particularly suited to self-hosting, as it’s so widely used and most hosting services will offer a simple one-click install to get you up and running.

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The Evolution of Social Media, and of Likeable

Likeable

The problem was, FiOS was still quite new, and we had trouble finding people who both already had service and wanted to host (even free) house parties. In 2012, I published my second book, Likeable Business —arguing that businesses needed to embrace social media far beyond marketing in order to meet the growing expectations of consumers. .

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How to import Posterous to self-hosted WordPress

The Way of the Web

With the news that Posterous will be closing on April 30, 2013 , many people are now looking to export their content and start to publish on a different platform. WordPress is particularly suited to self-hosting, as it’s so widely used and most hosting services will offer a simple one-click install to get you up and running.