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    Author: Corbett Barr

    Are You Using Social Media as Social Proof?

    August 27, 2010

    Did you know you can use social media to influence website visitors to stick around, read your content, become a subscriber or even tell their network about you or your business?

    You can, and social media can be more effective than other forms of influence, as you’ll see in a minute.

    First, let’s talk about the phenomenon I’m referring to. Influencing people you don’t know (in this case, new web visitors) by using information is known as social proof.

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