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Social Media Now Top Information Source for B2B IT Buyers

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LinkedIn , Facebook and Wink ) and blogs. Search is the most important source of information during the research phase, while discussion groups and blogs are the most heavily used tools for narrowing a vendor list and conducting a final evaluation. tags: Web 2.0 tags: Web 2.0 tags: Web 2.0

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It Came from Facebook! The Social Media Marketing Challenge that Can't be Ignored

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The model behind traditional, interruption-based advertising was that consumers were provided with entertaining or informative content for free, in exchange for viewing ads. The largest growth in Facebook traffic came from people in the 35-49 age bracket. Facebook is now used by one out of every three people online globally.

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Social Media, Cell Phones and Online Shopping: Is Big Brother Us?

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Social Media: This is a treasure trove of information for any Big Brother-ish entity. It isn't just overweening or Orwellian government agencies that may take advantage of the increasing amount of voluntary online exposure of personal information of course. Facebook can even get a person killed. And then there's Google.

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 4

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Facebook Lets Users Open Up Profiles by MediaPost Online Media Daily Mark Walsh helpfully outlines the recent changes Facebook has made to its privacy settings, though noting that " profiles opened to everyone, however, will still not turn up in searches on Google or other outside search engines. " What’s In Your Social Media Toolkit?

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The Social Media Email Signature

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In the old days, email signatures pretty much just mirrored business card information: name, company, title, phone, fax (gotta love that 80's technology still hanging on!) For most people, that's still the only information their email signature provides. and email address. A growing number of Web 2.0-savvy signatures. signatures.

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 2

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Of the hundreds of Facebook applications available, which ones are best for business? Top 10 Business Applications for Facebook by Duct Tape Marketing Of the 1,000+ Facebook apps built thus far, only a very small number—perhaps a couple of dozen or so—have value for B2B marketers and PR pros.

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What's Next for B2B Social Media? FYIndOut Now

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Still, most of what's being done today, from creating a company Facebook page to using a social media email signature , is extremely tactical. The creators of the site believe that buyers will post reviews because 1) they increasingly use social media ( Twitter , Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)