Although the “thud” wasn’t verified until this afternoon, it seems that an online giant fell a couple of days ago.  According to new data from Hitwise, Facebook managed to beat Google in terms of visits between March 7th and March 13th, becoming the most visited website in the U.S. for the week.
Heather Dougherty explained, “The [...]

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Foursquare might’ve been last year’s breakout app at SXSW, but it looks like this year’s conference had a much more profound impact on the service’s growth. The location based networktweeted on Wednesday afternoon that it’s added “almost 100,000 users” in the past 10 days.
That’s a huge number when you consider that the year-old company reported having “over [...]

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Here are seven steps to getting more and better referrals, and raising your net promoter score:
Step 1 – Create a referral-generation plan: Referrals are not automatic. Some “just happen,” but most occur because you do something to trigger it. Some business owners assume that a great product or terrific customer service will generate referrals by [...]

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When you start hearing about social media taking up more budget rather than having to struggle for dollars and attention, it’s clear that the practice is gaining in legitimacy.
Remember the days of having to gently introduce the concept, or of having to prove that in fact it’s something that’s a coming trend? We had to deal [...]

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With traditional advertising proving less effective, marketers need new outlets like Twitter and Facebook to help create interest and demand. Here are some ways Twitter can make money.
1. Answer a Person’s Product Need.  We all search in Google, Yahoo, and MSN because we’re looking for something. How do the search engines make money? When people search [...]

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