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Does Social Media Pay the Bills?

A new study released today from Wetpaint and the Altimeter Group confirms that deep engagement with consumers through social media channels correlates to better financial performance.  The ENGAGEMENTdb study (www.engagementdb.com) showed significant positive financial results for the companies who measured as having the greatest breadth and depth of social media engagement.  These “Social Media Mavens” on average grew company revenues ...

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Do Ads on Facebook work? YES

So a big question for all of us in the Social Media game is what works as far as advertising?  Should I spend on Google Ad Words? Yahoo Ad Words? Facebook Ads? How can I get my non profit or my stuff in general out to more people? Well in the last few weeks I tried out Facebook Ads for ...

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Nerd Alert: All For Good vs. Social Actions

Special Friday guest post from our friend and fellow non profit Nerds over at Prelude Interactive. All For Good vs. Social Actions Smackdown (Part 1) All For Good launched very recently as an aggregator of service opportunities within the United States.  Earlier this spring I got involved with Social Actions, which is an aggregator of worldwide service and micro-loan opportunities.   ...

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Social Media Games that Move You

Cancer has been linked to obesity and so has heart disease and a ton of other bad things.  Social Media mostly involves you sitting on your butt in front of TweetDeck or Fscebook or your browser. But why can’t social media games actually make you work. Check out these two new games that require players to get out and get ...

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