Over the past couple of posts, we’ve been working on helping you understand your target audience and find your unique positioning when it comes to social media. These are crucial first steps to becoming a Social media success and once you have those items a bit clearer in your mind, you’re ready to start experimenting with how you’ll participate in social media.
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http://advantagemarketingforyou.com/what-to-share-what-to-share-your-roadmap-to-social-networking
Pinterest has grown from 700,000 to 20,000,000 unique users in the past year; that's already almost half the number of Twitter's users.
It is cannibalizing other social media: Compete attributed a 3% decline in Facebook activity in June to users' preferences for Pinning.
1 in 4 users spend less time on other social media in Pinterest's favor, with 15% of Pinterest users saying they don't use any other social sites.
That number's even higher, 23%, among those with an income of less than $30,000.
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http://www.marketingprofs.com/short-articles/2642/pinterests-impact-on-users-and-on-your-brand#ixzz28S4pxro1
"If you have just attended a conference or an exhibition, taken part in a Speed Networking Event sponsored by a trade organization such as the Chamber of Commerce and have walked away with a large number of contacts and cards you need to no what to do with these new contacts... Business Networking is a professional marketing activity and does not end after you have exchanged handshakes and said goodbye upon first getting to know one another. Work out how to develop those contacts before you make them."
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http://www.businessnetworkingnow.com/business-networking-tips/how-soon-should-i-contact-people-i-have-just-met
"After recently reviewing an article in Social Media Examiner, I wanted to post my perspectives on the tips they provided. Twitter, simply put, is not just a numbers game. For your opinion to matter people need to actually care what you have to say. Building such a following can be done through the following four concepts..."
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http://www.irisemedia.com/blog/2012/04/23/4-ways-to-grow-a-relevant-twitter-following-for-your-business.html
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http://blog.laptopmag.com/101-social-networking-tips
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