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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

The findings are based on a two-year analysis of brand-customer social media engagement and transaction data with the more than 10-million member AIR MILES Reward Program. It’s proof that smart social media marketing can deliver a significant, lasting and measurable increase in customer engagement and transactions.

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Startups To Watch in 2011

Idaconcpts

However, it can be a pain to post those cute baby pictures on a host of social networks and check each site for comments. Here are some examples of recent startups that stayed in touch with the average user to create exceptionally usable products: Easy Photo Sharing with Instagr.am. Instagr.am

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Super Bowl Becomes Social Bowl

Mindjumpers

Therefore Mullen and Radian6 have created the site BrandBowl 2011 which uses Twitter to analyse people’s reactions and sentiment towards Super Bowl commercials. Online version of the Boston Globe is partner on BrandBowl and will be promoting the event and hosting it on their site. Focus on Social Media.

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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. We renamed the company Likeable, and then I had the privilege of writing one of the first big books on social media, Likeable Social Media. It was love at first sight. .

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31+ of the Coolest Social Media, Search and Web Tools of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

Supplement your email list with your contacts’ social network info? Find out if the username or vanity URL you want is still available across dozens of social sites? Display a feed of brand-related comments from a variety of social networks on your website? Promote events through social media?

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Who Profits From Social Media?

Small Business Mavericks

According to an article on My Edmonds News website, small businesses stand to profit more from social media than big businesses or corporations. So what is meant by social media? If your business does business globally, then any of the large networks are worth your attention. One Response to “Who Profits From Social Media?&#

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Webinar Recap: A Decade in Social Media. What’s Now. What’s Next?

Ignite Social Media

This month, we hosted a webinar in honor of our 10 th anniversary in business. The focus of our webinar was around the changes we have witnessed in the social space over the past decade, the current trends, and our predictions for the years to come in social media. The Past 10 Years in Social Media.