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Ball Memorial Hospital's Facebook Nightmare

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FOX 59 News in Indianapolis reported on the story and the Facebook wall comments escalated even further. The woman voiced her complaint on Facebook and on Ball Memorial Hospitals Facebook page. Others rallied around her and began posting comments on the Ball Memorial Hospital Facebook page as well.

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Facebook Fans Mean Business (And Are More Likely to Buy)

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This report from Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate also explored why people become fans in the first place. 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.

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Twitter is top social media channel among Fortune 500

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19% of the 2009 Fortune 500 is podcasting, a three percent increase over the 2008 study 31% are incorporating online video into their blog sites, a 10% increase over 2008 A full copy of the 17 page report can be downloaded on the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth website.

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

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SMS other social networks are built on SMS revenues such as SMSFun. Twitter has probably done their dash with doing SMS deals by now. Real World Events Music labels, film studios pay MySpace for record launches and Secret Shows. Social ads is the worst revenue payer in social media (MySpace make $2.17 20 million?

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Hook A Facebook Fan Up: They're Looking For Discounts

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I also promised to share results from that report regarding why people become fans of businesses on Facebook in a future post.

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5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read This Week

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The Numbers: Super Bowl Ads, Social Media By MarketingProfs Among the 38 brands that ran TV commercials during the Super Bowl this year, 75% reported twice as many blog posts about their brands on Sunday, compared with levels on Sunday evenings over the previous six months, reports Radio Business Report, citing research from Prophesee, the social media (..)

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Your Twitter Story: How did you start Tweeting, and how big of.

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I think you’ll enjoy what you learn, as well as the laughs Mr. Stephen Colbert will give you through his unique interviewing style and questions.

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