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Why Is Social Media So Important For a Small Business?
ByMarnie March 7, 2012

Still doing marketing the old “outbound” way — direct mail, trade shows, ads in the Yellow Pages and in the ever-shrinking local newspaper? Is it working for you? Is it cost effective? According to research, the answer is…NO! Social media “inbound” marketing is another story. The fact is that social media not only dramatically increases…

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Are Google Plus Pages a Plus for Business?
ByMarnie November 17, 2011November 30, 2011

What is a Social Media Manager to do? I knew this was coming, but I’ve been so busy creating Google Places Pages and Facebook Fan Pages for clients that I’ve been negligent posting nuggets of social media insights to my own blog. Google’s recent announcement has broken my silence. As a Social Media Manager my…

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Has Social Media Killed Marketing As We Knew It?
ByMarnie June 7, 2011November 30, 2011

There is so much talk these days about social media taking over all those “old” techniques of marketing that I’m wondering if it’s time to finally recycle all of my old marketing textbooks from grad school. Actually, I’d also have to clear my mind of all that dogma that was drilled into my brain through…

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