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How Search, Social Media and Content Accelerate Your Business

By Patricia RedsickerPublished May 18, 2012 Your customers get 99% of their information from search engines, social media referrals, online news sites and targeted content. If your business is NOT there among the solutions when your customers are looking, you’re … Continue reading

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Twitter Announces NASCAR Partnership; More Deals to Come?

Longtime informal social media buddies Twitter and NASCAR are making things official for next month’s Pocono 400 race. It’s Twitter’s first official partnership with a sports league, and may hint at a larger shift to come for the microblogging platform … Continue reading

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English Premier League: The Social Media Season

The English Premier League is arguably the world’s most popular sports organization, and this season saw explosive growth off the pitch in the realm of social media. Manchester City snagged its first English title in 44 years last weekend to … Continue reading

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Social Media Ad Spending Forecast to Hit $9.8 Billion by 2016

Social media advertising revenues in the United States will grow from $3.8 billion in 2011 to $9.8 billion in 2016, according to BIA/Kelsey’s U.S. Local Media Forecast (2011-2016). The leap would represent a compound annual growth rate of 21 percent. … Continue reading

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How Social Media Can Help You Score Your Next Internship [INFOGRAPHIC]

More than one-third of employers use social media to research job and internship candidates before they interview — and that number’s only going up. Employers plan to hire 8.5% more interns in 2012, meaning more applicants will be pursuing a … Continue reading

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