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		<title>Blogging Improves Your Twitter Following</title>
		<link>http://socialmediastuff.com/2010/01/11/232/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study of 2,100 HubSpot customers reveals that companies that blog have 79% more Twitter followers than those that don&#8217;t.
The relationship between blogging and Twitter followers is particularly strong for small businesses. We compared 942 small-business customers (customers with less than 15 employees) and discovered that small businesses that blog on average have 102% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Twitter &#8211; Influence</title>
		<link>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/12/31/the-power-of-twitter-influence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rapid growth of Twitter in the past year has many people talking about this phenomenal social media platform. Many companies, celebrities, sports figures and politicians are establishing their Twitter ID’s. Some go on to effectively mass large followings, while others never seem to get off the ground.
When discussing Twitter with others for the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why B2B Companies Should Be Using Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many &#8220;com­pa­nies turn to social net­works to show their lead­er­ship in their field, to find new poten­tial cus­tomers by com­mu­ni­cat­ing with the com­mu­nity, to receive cus­tomer feed­back and give cus­tomer ser­vice. There’s no bet­ter tool these days than Twit­ter to han­dle real-time cus­tomer ser­vice issues.&#8221; 
Read more about B2B use of social media: click here

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		<title>Study: Inc. 500 CEOs Aggressively Use Social Media for Business</title>
		<link>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/12/15/study-inc-500-ceos-aggressively-use-social-media-for-business/</link>
		<comments>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/12/15/study-inc-500-ceos-aggressively-use-social-media-for-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;For the third consecutive year, the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has conducted a study that looks at the usage of social media among Inc. 500 companies. The 2009 results confirm that America&#8217;s fastest growing private companies adopt social media marketing initiatives at much higher rates than other companies, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Marketing Book</title>
		<link>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/12/12/twitter-marketing-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Business Use]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great resource on how to use twitter for marketing your business. Published by By Marko Saric of HowToMakeMyBlog.com


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		<title>Twitter 101 For Business</title>
		<link>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/12/12/twitter-101-for-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great guide for basic set up and use of Twitter for business.
Not sure of the source, possibly twitter itself. Published here intact


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		<title>You Can’t Think Like A Business Person To Use Social Media</title>
		<link>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/12/10/you-can%e2%80%99t-think-like-a-business-person-to-use-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[By Martin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://socialmediastuff.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently read a blog post by Seth Godin (Click here) who describes why it can be so difficult for organizations to use social media. Basically he communicates: it is because social media is process oriented and traditional businesses think events. 
One of the steps to achieve some of my midrange goals was to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Your Customers A Voice!</title>
		<link>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/12/09/giveing-your-customers-a-voice/</link>
		<comments>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/12/09/giveing-your-customers-a-voice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Business Use]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great thought on social media and customer service.
Lead with your glass jaw
 &#8211; Seth Godin
Here&#8217;s one way businesses can profit from a social media presence:
Make it easy to get hurt.
If you&#8217;re in a low trust industry (like car sales), a social media presence dramatically increases the opportunity people have to call you out, beat you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networks: The New Reality</title>
		<link>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/09/30/social-networks-the-new-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/09/30/social-networks-the-new-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[But that’s the rub of social networking: You do business by not doing business. “When you start treating it like a community, which it is, you’re going to make more friends, therefore you’re going to sell more merchandise to more people,” says Bobby Lehew, director of operations for Robyn Promotions (asi/309656). “If you treat it like a marketing campaign, you might as well not even try.”]]></description>
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		<title>Online social media can help boost business</title>
		<link>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/09/30/online-social-networking-media-can-help-boost-business/</link>
		<comments>http://socialmediastuff.com/2009/09/30/online-social-networking-media-can-help-boost-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's important to have a plan with defined business goals before spending any time trying to establish a presence on most of these sites. Typically, the social media approach works best for brand building, increasing Web site traffic, increasing customer loyalty, and offering promotions and specials.]]></description>
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