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A social media tool that covers all your analytics Looking for the number of clicks, likes, retweets, and reach that your Tweets, FB posts and Google+ shares have received? We've got you all covered with powerful social analytics, including fully exportable data for Business users. How To Use Facebook to Build and Maintain a Customer Base. If you have just started a new web business or you’d like to but don’t know how to get the word out about it, Facebook is your friend.

How To Use Facebook to Build and Maintain a Customer Base

By using Facebook you can find potential customers, keep them up-to-date about your business and maintain their loyalty. Here are the ways you can build and maintain a solid customer base for your new web business on Facebook. Create a Facebook Page for Your Business This has become a MUST for any web business. By creating a page, you can allow fans to “like” your page, which will give your business more visibility. Use Your Friends If you already have a personal Facebook account and a long list of friends and family members, you can advertise your new web business through them. Build Expectations Looking for a way to create excitement and buzz for your business? Keep Everything Up-to-Date Keeping your Facebook accounts updated is an important job of maintaining your new online business.

The Author Pamelia can be contacted at pamelia.brown@gmail.com 255inShare. Six Social Media Trends for 2012 - David Armano. By David Armano | 10:25 AM December 12, 2011 Each year at this time, I look forward and predict trends in social media for the coming year.

Six Social Media Trends for 2012 - David Armano

But first, I look back at my predictions from last year. How’d I do? Not bad. Social media continues to move forward toward business integration, a trend that I identified last year. I was also partially accurate in predicting that Google would “strike back” in 2011. I had one big swing-and-miss on Facebook’s intrusion in the location-based services war. So what can we expect in 2012 in a world that seems to grow ever connected by the hour? Convergence Emergence. The Cult of Influence. Six Social Media Trends for 2012 - David Armano. Social Media Companies. Online Advertising Marketplace. Online Fundraising and Donations for Nonprofits. Facebook is Killing Local Social Networks around the World. Vincenzo Cosenza, an Italian digital strategist, who has shared his social media research with us in the past has just published a new edition of his World Map of Social Networks.

Facebook is Killing Local Social Networks around the World

The map gives us a closer look at the global popularity of various social networks, and unsurprisingly, Facebook comes out at the top of the list. The social network has secured the number one spot in 127 countries out of the total 136 countries in the list. The map offers a great visualization of Facebook’s dominance, throughout North and South America, most of Africa, Europe, Australia and part of Asia. With over 800 million active users, a number that continues to grow, Facebook is continuing to make its away across the world map, taking the place of local offerings or other international competitors. In June 2011, Facebook surpassed Hyves, to become Holland’s most popular social network, while just this month, it edged Orkut out of its dominant position in Brazil. Cool stuff. Mind42.com - Collaborative mind mapping in your browser. RingSurf- Join our create your own community.

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