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    9 Small Business Social Media Success Stories

    Are you curious what small businesses are doing to achieve success with social media marketing? Look no further.

    This article highlights nine small businesses of various sizes and industries that have transformed their online presence with innovative social media marketing practices.

    You're guaranteed to find inspiration for your social media marketing efforts here.

    These tactics will work for just about any business—from solopreneur to multi-employee manufacturer. So let's dive in!

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    Win Free Tickets to Small Biz Success Summit 2012

    **UPDATE: We have announced our two winners. The winner of the comment/blog portion of the contest, receiving two tickets to Small Biz Success Summit is Paulette Salvia, read her comment here.

    The winner of the Twitter contest is Ali Goldfield. Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest. We look forward to seeing you all at the Summit.**

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    7 Reasons to Rethink Your Blogging Strategy: New Research

    Is your business working with bloggers?

    Do you blog?

    This article examines new research that shows blogging is here to stay.

    Like many social media tools, blogs have seen a steady increase in numbers and influence over the last several years.

    Note the growth charted by Invesp. On Dec. 2, 2011, that number was 178,637,835 (according to BlogPulse).
    Number of Blogs Grows

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    Win the Small Biz Dream Contest: Make 2012 Your Best Year Ever!

    *UPDATE: Congratulations to P.J. Jonas of Goat Milk Stuff and Erica Conroy of Coupsmart, the grand-prize and second-prize winners in the Small Biz Dream Contest. All 10 winners won a free pass to Small Biz Success Summit. P.J. also won 3 hours of consulting from John Jantsch. The top winners also won a library of marketing books and John Jantsch's Complete Small Business Marketing System. Go see the winning entries.*

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    Would you like to win free private coaching from the world's foremost small business

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    26 Promising Social Media Stats for Small Businesses

    Is your small business "all in" with social media? New research shows incredible opportunity for small businesses.

    Keep reading to discover why social media is changing small business for the better.

    Six months ago, I highlighted many benefits of social media for small business, but several new research articles add urgency to this message.
    Swiftly Changing Landscape
    Social media marketing is a rapidly changing environment, as we all know. But the good news is that your customers are embracing social media as a normal part of their

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    6 Ways to Measure Your Social Media Results

    How much time are you spending on social media? Can you tell if it's helping sales?

    Wouldn't it be nice to have a framework for measuring the impact of your social media efforts?

    That's where Susan Etlinger's new research for the Altimeter Group comes into play. Susan did qualitative research with 60 social media marketers and vendors to understand how businesses currently measure their social media performance.

    Her goal: to develop a framework for tying social media performance to business goals.

    NOTE: Because Susan's original

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    9 Facebook Marketing Success Stories You Should Model

    Are you curious what other companies are doing to achieve success with Facebook marketing? You've come to the right place.

    This article highlights nine companies (big and small) that have transformed their Facebook presence by implementing innovative Facebook marketing practices.

    You're guaranteed to find inspiration for your Facebook marketing efforts here.

    These tactics will work for just about any business—large or small, B2B or B2C. So let's dig in!
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    Win Free Tickets to Facebook Success Summit 2011

    **UPDATE:  We have announced our two winners. The winner of the comment/blog portion of the contest, receiving two tickets to the Facebook Success Summit is Theodore Sturos, read his comment here. The winner of the Twitter contest is Kim Isles. Thanks to everyone who participated in the event. We look forward to seeing you all in a couple of weeks!**

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    Social Media Examiner has worked hard to bring you our second-annual Facebook Success Summit. It's even

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    Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages: 2011 Winners!

    Small businesses can stand out in a big way with Facebook. If you're looking for some creative examples of Facebook pages from the small guys, look no further!

    More than 1400 nominations came in from our contest.

    Our panel of Facebook experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing their landing pages, engagement, reader involvement and creative use of promotions (among other things).

    None of these businesses have huge budgets, yet they have all achieved amazing success. The following are the winners of Social Media

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