Although fewer Americans use Twitter than Facebook, Twitter users “are far more likely to follow Brands/ Companies than social networkers in general. You’ll find the answers to these questions and many more here in 50 of the best Twitter tools, posts, how-to guides and rants of 2010 so far. Brian Solis provides a wealth of statistics that answer these questions and more, e.g., 87% of Americans said they were familiar with Twitter in 2010, up from just 26% in 2009. Share this on Facebook. Post on Google Buzz. How you can use it most effectively? Crabs. MORE >>

With the amount of helpful content about social media marketing growing faster than Facebook’s user base or Lindsay Lohan’s court appearances, it’s tough to keep up. Andrew Ran Wong provides a valuable list of productivity tips for Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, Google and other social networks to help readers get more done in less time. brand personalities Facebook and Twitter users hate by iMedia Connection. Google: the killer social media monitoring platform by Social Media Today. Share this on Facebook. Post on Google Buzz. MORE >>

Find out here in some of the best blog posts and articles about SEO link building of 2010 so far. Google’s Recommendations for Organic Linkbuilding by 10 Golden Rules Internet Marketing Strategy Blog. In this short post, Marc Purtell shares Google’s recommendations for organic link building, which basically come down to: produce quality content. Case Study: I Listened to Google and I Failed by Graywolf’s SEO Blog. This case study puts Google’s linking advice (see post above) to the test. Share this on Facebook. Digg this! MORE >>

Facebook is the world’s most visited social media brand with 54% of the worlds internet population visiting the brand. Americans spent nearly a quarter of their time online on social networking sites and blogs in 2010, up from 15.8 More than 700,000 local businesses have active Pages on Facebook. At its current rate, Twitter will process almost 10 billion tweets in 2010. Facebook, Twitter Growing As Video Referral Sources by MediaPost Online Media Daily. Are Twitter Followers Better Than Facebook Fans? Facebook reaches 57% of the U.S. MORE >>

In this post I want to focus on the trends in Marketing Automation for 2010. In 2010 you’ll start to hear about marketing methods. At Marketbright, we believe Agile Marketing will emerge as a popular methodology so marketing professionals can adapt and survive in 2010. Social Media Marketing FAIL: In 2010, we’ll see a lot of companies spend a lot of money trying to make a big splash into social networks and many will crash and burn. Social networks like Facebook and Linkedin will start to face customer defections as their networks get bogged down with marketing spam. MORE >>