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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

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You’ll learn from this fascinating infographic that Forrester Research estimates that $716 million was spent on social media marketing in 2010, and the figure will reach $3.1 Study: Social Media Affects SMB Purchasing Decisions by HubSpot Blog. Less than 30% of respondents in either group said their company maintains a blog.

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

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Where SMB Spend their Marketing and Advert Money? In 2009, only one-third of SMB marketers viewed Faebook as “very&# or “somewhat&# beneficial. By 2014, Forrester predicts that social media spending will be higher than that for both email and mobile, though still much smaller than search and online display advertising.