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Is social media marketing too labor intensive?

Direct Marketing Observations

. “Doing&# Social media can sometimes give you the impression or sense that you have done or accomplished a lot, but the reality is that as a channel, as a stand alone entity, it needs the support of a lot of other “things&# in order to truly “work&# and be most effective. Create microsites using social platform providers.

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Some Social Tools You Should Know About

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NutshellMail users social network updates so they don’t have to login and check. MemoLane is a “virtual scrapbook” generated by a user’s social media history. It also allows users to search their social history across multiple networks.

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If You Could Use Only One Social Media Solution, Which Would It Be?

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Let’s short list 11 high level social media solutions and tools right now. Social Bookmarking. Social Monitoring. Remind me again, what’s the goal of social media? You don’t need to try or “do&# every social media solution to be successful. A Ning Like community or Forum solution.