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Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd

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I hate to kick that dead dog again, but it sucked in 2007, it sucked in 2008, and it’ll continue to suck wind in 2009.&#. The Freakiest Ads of 2008, Final 4 by AdFreak. Top 21 Signs You Need a Break From SEO (2008 version) by Small Business Search Marketing. Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Tweet This!

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2011 Social Media Marketing Trends

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Just 5% of Americans said they were familiar with Twitter in 2008; by the fall of last year, that figure was 87%, and Twitter is now adding 300,000 new users per day. Social media marketing has progressed from radical new idea to widely adopted practice in a remarkably short period of time. Share this on Bebo. Share this on del.icio.us.

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SEM Mystery: The Case of the Missing Leads

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Originally published on the WebMarketCentral blog in December 2008. It was 5:00 on a sultry, simmering Friday afternoon when she walked into the office. Trouble, spelled with a capital T, a capital R, and several other letters. “Hello Sugar,&# I said as I slipped a bottle out of the bottom drawer of my desk and poured myself a belt.

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50 (of the) Best Twitter Guides, Stats, Tips and Tools of 2010 (So Far)

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Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business.

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Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 2

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Jenise Uehara Henrikson highlights the phenomenal growth of social media over the last six years, and particularly since 2008. He also notes that once-hot Digg has devolved into “the MySpace of social sharing sites.” The Growth of Social Media: An Infographic by Search Engine Journal. StumbleUpon Stats.

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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

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5% of Americans had heard of Twitter in 2008; that figure rose to 87% last year. Twitter has the fifth oldest. 75% of small businesses in the U.S. have a company page on at least one social networking site (but only 39% blog and just 26% tweet). 35% of bloggers are professional journalists. 80% of Twitter use is on mobile devices.

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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

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Another notable Pam Dyer post, this one summarizing a study from online advertising network Chitika which shows that Twitter is the best place to share news: 47% of the outbound traffic from Twitter goes to news sites, vs. 28% from Facebook, 18% from Digg and an imperceptable share from MySpace. Content Marketing.