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Inc. Magazine Gives Hunch.com a Helping Hand

hunchIndecisive?

Hunch.com hopes you are – because it’s relying on your questions to build a community of answer-seeking users.

Inc. magazine recently profiled the company in its latest issue – and asked other business owners how Hunch can get the word out about its service. The company has benefited from steady positive buzz, but it hasn’t yet launched a formal marketing campaign. No sweat. Five entreprenuers offer different suggestions on how to put Hunch on the top of the heap.

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Why Isn't Anyone 'Flock'ing?

FlockAs of July 2009, Mozilla’s Firefox accounted for nearly 23% of all browser usage – making it the second most popular Web browser worldwide behind Microsoft’s many versions of Internet Explorer, which claim 68% of the browser-usage pie.

While these two browsers are the most popular, there are several others – including Opera, Chrome and Safari – which begs the question, is there room for anybody else?

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An Expert Assessment of Social Media Marketing

social-media-waste-of-timeWe talk a lot about social media marketing. A lot. In the past few weeks alone we’ve published posts on using Twitter to help build a brand, advantages and disadvantages of being a YouTube partner, and statistics on how much MORE money we’ll spend on social network marketing this year.

What can we say  – we’ve got a soft spot for social media and its marketing potential.

Of course, we think we’re justified in our love of applying new technologies to tried-and-true techniques. After all, we have implemented some of these components in our own campaigns, and they seem, for the most part, to garner a positive response.

As always – and we preach this more than we prosthelytize social media as the second coming – serious consideration should be given to the benefits and pitfalls of social media before abandoning everything else you know. Even then, while you weigh your options, your question shouldn’t be ‘Should I engage in social media marketing?’ but rather ‘HOW should I engage in social media marketing?’

But you don’t have to take our word for it.

Maybe you’re the kind of person who needs to hear these things from IBM Vice President Sandy Carter, who did an interview on the subject with MarketingProfs.com.

During the chat, Sandy offers her professional perspective on the importance of social media for business, as well as some of the topics she’ll cover during a session at the B2B Forum in Boston on June 8 & 9 – a conference we highly recommend you attend if these sort of topics are your cup of tea.

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Social Network Marketing Spending to Increase in 2009

Social Network Marketing Spending to Increase in 2009

Emarketer projected that Social Network Marketing spending in the USA will reach approximSocial Media Graphately $1.3 billion in 2009.

On one hand, the growth for Social Network Marketing has slowed from 2008 to 2009 with the sluggishness being attributed to both the economic downturn as well as the plateau in the number of  new member applications. On the other hand, projections for 2009 show that 25% of US small businesses plan on spending more, 33% plan on continuing their current spending, and only 5% are planning on spending less. Though companies are cutting budgets and costs during these tumultuous times, projections indicate online marketing is doing better than other areas of the economy and is still a major focus for small business.

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Primer on Social Media Marketing (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of our Primer on Social Media Marketing – How to Get Started.

With the first step in our primer, we have established what Social Media is, and all the forms it may take on the Internet. Now, we’ll take you through some pointers on how social media marketing is implemented. As applications multiply by the day, we can’t list all methods, but here are some essentials. Continue reading ‘Primer on Social Media Marketing (Part 2)’