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MARCH 23, 2010

I also promised to share results from that report regarding why people become fans of businesses on Facebook in a future post. The number one reason people "fan" businesses on Facebook? In Fans With Benefits: Add Value On Your Facebook Page , I wrote about providing the kinds of content that fans find valuable. And here it is.

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MARCH 17, 2010

51% of Facebook fans said they are more likely to purchase from at least a few brands they are fans of on Facebook. 60% said that being a Facebook fan of a brand would cause them to be more likely to recommend that brand to a friend. It pays to engage.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace. Social networking sites (SNS). 73 percent of teens and 72 percent of Gen Y are now active on at least one SNS. The survey also showed that teens are significantly less likely that Gen Y and adults to use Twitter. Your comment has not yet been posted.

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JULY 27, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Social Media News: Top 5 Stories of the Week | Main | 3 Stories That Rocked The Social Media World This Week » July 27, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: The Social Network Trailer The Social Network , aka "The Facebook Movie," hits theaters October 1st. What do you think?

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MAY 20, 2010

Facebook surprised, and upset, a lot of people yesterday when they announced that now only "Authenticated Pages" or Pages with over 10,000 fans can have a custom landing tab. If you're sending people to your Facebook Page from email or Twitter, link to the specific tab you want them to land on!

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JULY 9, 2010

Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference 5 Fun Twitter Quizzes : Comments Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Hart "Show The Love" Facebook Sweepstakes Firebelly recently helped client J.C. This current sweepstakes is being run on Facebook via a page seamlessly built into a custom tab on the J.C Hart Apartment Communities Facebook Page. We look forward to launching a series of social marketing programs with J.C. Hart in 2010.

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JULY 23, 2010

Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Social Media News: Top 5 Stories of the Week : Comments Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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JULY 30, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « YouTube Tuesday: The Social Network Trailer | Main | Ball Memorial Hospitals Facebook Nightmare » July 30, 2010 3 Stories That Rocked The Social Media World This Week Below are the top 3 stories that rocked the social media world this week. It’s natural and it makes sense.

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JUNE 25, 2010

Its Flickr Friday here on the Firebelly blog and this weeks pic is an infographic about peoples addiction to social media - their compulsion to check Facebook and their need to tweet. Click the image to view full size. Image: GroupM Social Media - Asia Pacific ] Have a great weekend everyone!

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JUNE 10, 2010

.  Firebelly helped United Way of Central Indiana develop and maintain the social marketing efforts for the LIVE UNITED GIVE UNITED campaign featured in the article. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Ball Memorial Hospitals Facebook Nightmare | Main | Firebelly VP Co-Authors Corporate Blogging for Dummies (Out Now!) Facebook Like Count Calculator Want to know how many likes, shares & comments youre getting on each post? Have a great weekend!

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JULY 13, 2010

» July 13, 2010 Coleman Campsite: The Original Social Networking Site "We're not saying that  Facebook and Myspace got their idea from us, but we're not saying they didn't either." Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Fun Twitter Quizzes | Main | What the F**k is Social Media NOW?

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JUNE 8, 2010

Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference YouTube Tuesday: I Can Make You Go Viral! Good for a laugh, but, again, do not call this guy!

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Firebelly VP Co-Authors Corporate Blogging for Dummies (Out Now!) Save 34% by ordering on Amazon for $16.49.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Happy Social Media Day - June 30th : Comments Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Toyotas "Sienna Family" YouTube Campaign | Main | Twitter is top social media channel among Fortune 500 » February 19, 2010 5 Facebook Stories From This Week You Need To Read Facebook made a lot of news this week. Facebook Outpaces Yahoo to Become No.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Facebook Launching Official Live Streaming Channel: Facebook Live By Sarah Perez The new Facebook Live channel will incorporate Facebooks real-time Live Feed technology to facilitate interactions between the viewing audience and the speaker. Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble?

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JULY 16, 2010

Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference What the F**k is Social Media NOW? What the F**k is Social Media NOW? Link: [link] ] Have a great weekend everyone!

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Facebook Stories From This Week You Need To Read | Main | Firebelly Work: J.C. The insurance industry has the most Twitter accounts (13). Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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MAY 21, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Two Easy Ways To Still Get People To Your Facebook Landing Tab | Main | YouTube Tuesday: Im A Social Media Guru! Can you really send grandma a printed newsletter of your Facebook updates? Then select profiles of your Facebook contacts who you want to include in the newsletter.

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JULY 2, 2010

Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Fridays Fun Online Finds : Comments Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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JULY 22, 2010

Main | Jakes Take: Facebook Hits The Big 5-0-0 » July 22, 2010 How One Unhappy Customer Multiplies Across Social Media While shopping for new tires last night, I overheard a woman and the tire store manager (let's call him "Todd") getting into an argument. The woman was surprised too. " :-) S. I agree with you.

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MAY 25, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « How Grandma Reads Your Facebook Updates & 4 Other Social Media Stories | Main | BP Facebook Sentiment » May 25, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: Im A Social Media Guru! I love the line, "No one knows how to handle your customers like a total stranger working for $6 an hour."

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JUNE 4, 2010

Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Flickr Friday: Sexist Profiling on Twitter : Comments Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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MAY 19, 2010

Watch Part 1 of their interview about The Essence of Search and Part 2 about Vertical Search & Video. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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MAY 18, 2010

Watch Part 1 of their interview about The Essence of Search. Well post Part 3 about Local Search tomorrow. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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MARCH 19, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Facebook Fans Mean Business (And Are More Likely to Buy) | Main | Hook A Facebook Fan Up: Theyre Looking For Discounts » March 19, 2010 Social Media Marketing Madness [Cartoon] It has been uber busy in the Firebelly office this week.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Is Advertising on Facebook Really Effective? By Mia Dand The popularity of advertising on social networks is primarily based on the notion that sites like Facebook have a great deal of data on their users and this information can be exploited to deliver highly targeted ads to its huge user base. You think construction workers are sexy?

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MARCH 9, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read This Week | Main | Fans With Benefits: Add Value On Your Facebook Page » March 09, 2010 The New Dork - Entrepreneur State of Mind “Yeah, Now I’m in the Blogosphere. Now I’m in the Twitterverse. Fans get so immersed.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Firebelly Marketings Upcoming Speaking Engagements : Comments Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Youtube Tuesday: Lost Generation | Main | 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read » January 27, 2010 Dentyne "Friend Request" Commercial: 60 Connections In Every Bottle Many companies now include a Facebook or Twitter URL in their television commercials. Very clever.

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MARCH 12, 2010

10 Steps for Optimizing the Brand for Social Search By Brian Solis Facebook recently overtook Yahoo as the second most visited site in the United States. Keyword optimized social content and channels of promotion provide abundant signals to search engines for improved visibility on standard, social and real-time search.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The video we produced references the Edgar Dale Cone of Learning , which states that after 2 weeks, people tend to only remember 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, 30% of what they see, but 90% of what they do. Video URL: [link] ] This is sure to be a valuable experience. If youre interested in attending, you can register here.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

This week, however, I want to talk about those who aggregate content from all over the web and syndicate it through their Twitter streams. Its okay to supplement your Twitter activity with some syndicated content, but like I said in Part 1 , its important to not overdo it and run the risk of becoming a robot. What do you think?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Heres a brief play-by-play: First, Googles Social Search feature graduated from an opt-in Google Labs experiment to a default feature on Google.com for signed in users - although it wont leverage much of Facebook. Then Facebook announced that Bing will exclusively power Web search on Facebook and serve up search ads.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read | Main | Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs » February 02, 2010 Social Media & The Super Bowl Companies love to entertain us with their 30 second spots during the Super Bowl.

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