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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

How much time will you be able to allocate to this project? Because niche solutions offer context and relevance unique to a particular vertical, these solutions (just like Ning is to facebook) may in fact be the better solution. • What’s the budget? How much can you afford to spend on the tool? • You might want to test this. •

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Best Social Media and Digitial Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 1

Webbiquity

16 social media statistics that might surprise you by Communications Conversations Arik Hanson lists social media stats from various sources showing that 75% of brand ‘Likes’ on Facebook come from advertisements. And 73% of U.S. companies now use social media for marketing. Fridays at 4 p.m. eastern time (U.S.)