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3 Up & Coming Social Media Tactics Every Small Business or Startup.

Jason Yormark

This is especially the case when you offer a product or service that is provided by major players that are hard to compete solely on price with. Location Based Rewards – I love the idea of Foursquare , Whrrl and Gowalla. Reputation/Review Sites – I find myself using Yelp more and more to make service based buying decisions.

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How Social Media Changes Retail Storefronts

Ari Herzog

I fought with competing distributors over the signage in the front window and the decals on the door. I spoke to restaurant owners when competing Budweiser decals faded. In the front window next to the door there are four social decals — Google Favorite Places, CitySearch, Foursquare, and LevelUp. Businesses are evolving.

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3 Up & Coming Social Media Tactics Every Small Business or Startup.

Jason Yormark

This is especially the case when you offer a product or service that is provided by major players that are hard to compete solely on price with. Location Based Rewards – I love the idea of Foursquare , Whrrl and Gowalla. Reputation/Review Sites – I find myself using Yelp more and more to make service based buying decisions.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

.&# Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. Buy your own product.

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BrainDump: 101+ Things You MUST Know About Social Media For Business

SocMed Sean

25) Never, ever, ever buy Facebook fans. Twitter 27) Twitter is not just about people eating oatmeal and sharing where they checked in on FourSquare. 36) Never, ever, ever buy Twitter followers. If you really want to create a great channel, call YouTube and tell them you want to spend some money on advertising revenue.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

23 Social Media Marketing Tips from Dell, Comcast, HP, Wells Fargo, Best Buy, General Mills, Ford, UPS, Home Depot, Cirque du Soleil (Online Marketing Blog): Lee Odden takes advice from the best minds in social media who have worked in the corporate world. She has some great comparisons. Sending products to bloggers helps too!)

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70+ Resources on How to Start a WordPress Blog

Kikolani

Note: Remember, you are not actually buying a domain, but registering that you will be the one that will use it. So, instead of competing, we joined them! WP Engine – a WordPress hosting solution used by major brands like Foursquare, HTC, Williams-Sonoma, and others. Registering a Domain Name. Hosting Your Domain.