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This Week in Social Media – 6/12/2013

Social Media Marketing

In the first quarter of 2013, email grew by 11.6% If you''ve ever gotten pushback from an executive who thinks social media eats into productivity, perhaps you should help them understand what smokers are costing their company, in productivity, downtime and healthcare costs. Think email is dead? Think again. versus 22.2%

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Here’s what you need to know about the Google+ shut down

Sprout Social

The company announced that it was too challenging to keep maintaining a product that could not meet consumers’ expectations. Since 2013, Google+ had been experiencing low activity. A lot of Google+ users created a profile just to sync it with the other Google products they’re using such as Gmail.

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How to Sell on Pinterest: 7 Simple Steps

Hootsuite

If you take the platform seriously and put some love into your business page, you can start selling products on Pinterest in 7 simple steps. Why sell products and services on Pinterest? In 2013, they introduced Rich Pins, which pulled data from brands’ websites to their Pinterest content. It’s self-contained. Create a catalog.

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