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» Social Media Influences Purchasing Decisions
By Jazial Crossley | Published 23/Sep/2008 | News , Social Media | Unrated
Here's yet another reason why you need to get your business networking on social media tools like Twitter and Facebook: nearly 70% of online adults use social media, and often for product research.
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» Social Networking More Popular Than Porn
By Jazial Crossley | Published 18/Sep/2008 | News , Social Media | Unrated
The internet is becoming a safer place by the day as social networking increases in popularity as an online pastime. The most popular websites on the internet these days are social media networks such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter, far eclipsing the visits to pornography sites. Internet users are now too busy networking with friends, colleagues and strangers that share similar interests to dawdle on dating sites or seek out adult images, with traffic to x-rated websites having taken a huge dive since the rise of social media. Find out how you can use this information to promote your business online.
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» Ethics on Twitter
By Jazial Crossley | Published 17/Sep/2008 | Social Media , News , Articles | Unrated
Social networking tool Twitter sparked a storm this week when a journalist posted live updates from a three year old's funeral. The child had died when a truck drove in to a Baskin Robbins ice cream store in Colorado, and the death was a hot topic in the local news. The reporter’s decision to ‘tweet’ the event has had people the ethics involved in the new world of social media.
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» Are You Ready for the Social Media Explosion?
By Jonathan Crossfield | Published 11/Jan/2008 | Social Media | Rating:

You may have heard the term Social Media thrown around a lot, usually in the context of Web 2.0 and other bits of jargon designed to make the novice feel like an outsider.

Yet social media is one of the newest platforms for online marketing and is fast defining the direction many successful businesses are moving.

Social media refers to the internet trend towards website interaction and online community building. Starting out merely as chat-rooms and bulletin boards, the marketing potential has exploded with the arrival of Facebook, MySpace, social bookmarking sites, modern blogging techniques and more. 

Marketing companies are fast realizing that the future of advertising is going to be interactive. The beauty of online social media is that this interactivity is within reach of even the smallest online business.

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