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7 statistics that prove the importance of social media marketing in business

Sprout Social

Companies that fail to do so risk being left behind. Social media is a place for discovery and now, it’s nearly as common for consumers to learn about brands or companies on social as it is through TV or radio ads. 68% of consumers agree that social media enables them to interact with brands and companies. Not convinced?

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Can Facebook Communities Replace Company Websites?

Firebelly

Many brands now opt to put “Find us on Facebook” next to or even in place of their own web address as they hope to build a community around their brand. For one, effort should be taken to make the Facebook page effective as a community tool. People will spend hours taking part in a community that truly interests them.

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A Tale of Two Communities Part II – Salesforce.com

SocialFish

This post is the second in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. Read Part 1 here. See [link] for a quick overview.

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Reasons Why You Can’t Do Without a Company Blog

Mindjumpers

Tweet At the moment, we are beginning to see more and businesses running a company blog after having established a presence on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. However, I think that a lot of marketers still might wonder whether it’s actually effective to run a company blog. HubSpot). >

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Seven Ways to Increase Your Brand Influence

Webbiquity SMM

According to recent statistics, 57% of companies in the U.S. This landscape is in constant flux, which presents companies with a huge challenge in increasing their influencing power. There are a lot of other aspects of their offering, including company culture, customer service, giving back, etc.

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Google+ Communities Yay or Wait and See?

Janet Fouts

I don’t know about you but I’ve gotten more than a dozen invitations to Google+ communities in the last couple of days. In case you’re not aware of what that means, Google+ launched a new feature, Google+ Communities on Dec 6. Add to that the very important fact that anyone can create a Google+ Community.

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How to Leverage a Community of Passionate Fans

Convince & Convert

Many casual users of Garmin may only know them as a GPS company, but the truth is that Garmin has been around much longer than the portable GPS has been available, working on equipment for aviation, marine, outdoor recreation, and fitness industries. Everyone is just figuring it out as they go.” ” #socialpros ( tweet this ).