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Tag Product Photos on Facebook Fan Pages

May 18, 2011
Tag Product Photos on Facebook Fan Pages

Facebook continues to add more functionality that makes it more appealing for small businesses to have a presence on Facebook and more important for brand managers to help with the process.  Facebook just...
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Facebook is Top Social Media Tool for SMBs

Facebook is Top Social Media Tool for SMBs

According Social Media Examiner’s 2011 Social Media Marketing Industry Report, about seventy percent of SMBs say that social media is important to their business.  Facebook was listed as the top social media...
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Advertising on Facebook is Now Mainstream

Advertising on Facebook is Now Mainstream

According to comScore, Facebook ranked as the top display advertising publisher in the first quarter of 2011, serving up nearly 1/3 of all display ads in the US. Google still leads the way in...
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Facebook’s New Send Button Can Replace Email to a Friend

Facebook’s New Send Button Can Replace Email to a Friend

Last week Facebook’s new Send button launched on about 50 major websites including People, Orbits, WSJ, Huffington Post and 800-Flowers. Similar to the Like button, it lets your customers share...
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Tablet Computers and Local Advertising

May 4, 2011
Tablet Computers and Local Advertising

Another challenge for brand managers is coming to the forefront very quickly and it’s the plethora of tablet computers that are hitting the market.  It’s not enough to worry about how consumers get your product...
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Newspapers Say Newspapers Still Relevant for Shopping

May 2, 2011
Newspapers Say Newspapers Still Relevant for Shopping

I see a lot of research and I always remind myself to consider the source.  Here’s some new research from the the Newspaper Association of America  and it shows that newspapers are the...
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Online Tactics Used by Retailers in 2011

April 29, 2011
Online Tactics Used by Retailers in 2011

Here’s a chart from a recent report by American Express Open that shows the online marketing tactics used by small businesses. There is a lot to glean from this but one of the...
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Search Engines Beat Coupon Sites

April 25, 2011
Search Engines Beat Coupon Sites

With all of the attention lately about coupon sites, such as Groupon, it was interesting to see this study at MarketingCharts.com As we’ve seen in so many other studies, search engines are an important step...
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In-Store Mobile Product Browsing Growing

April 13, 2011
In-Store Mobile Product Browsing Growing

Local advertising is continuing to change as consumers find new ways to shop for products.  Here’s a recent report that shows how consumers are using their phones to research products while they are in the...
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Google Adds Phone Support for AdWords

April 13, 2011
Google Adds Phone Support for AdWords

Google local search is a great value to retailers.  With Google, retailers only reach potential customers in their market, who are interested in buying what they have to sell, right now.   And, a...
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