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“Beyond the Hype: How to Profitably Use Social Media Tools to Grow Your Business” moderated by Ramon Ray.

In 2007 just over half of Internet users (56%) participated in some form of social media. One year later, that figure has risen to 75%.

In a globalized world, we cross cultural boundaries every day.  We do business across borders, communicate with pen pals on other continents, and frolic in “ethnic” restaurants, lapping up the novelty of what is foreign to us.
But we’re all on Facebook.
It looks like Matt Dickman at Techno//Marketer has been celebrating the official eclipse of Facebook’s [...]

The first time I ever heard the word Internet was in 1993. I was watching the news and the anchor invited viewers to provide feedback by “logging on to the Internet.”

Tuesday night’s debate between Barack Obama and John McCain presented America with a new contender. Are you ready for fast food to tip the election?

This is a recap of Wednesday’s presentation: “Fusing Social Media with SEO Strategy.” Included in this list are social media case studies, SEO plugins for Wordpress, and more.

Thanks to everyone who attended Taste of Technology at the Time Warner Center tonight. Below are some of the products and trends mentioned over the course of the discussion.

(New York) Join us for the latest in the Taste of Technology small business series, “Beyond Websites and Email: How Social Media Can Grow Your Business”.

“The number of people “just browsing” in search engines vastly outnumbers those walking up to the cash register. Therein lies your opportunity.”

“For 20 million people (and more and more each day), LinkedIn is the new business card. Take some time to make it look right — and making it easy for people to access will pay off in the long run.”

“Imagine you’re a clothing designer, and you want to show off your new fall collection — why rely on Google to point to one image, when you can have visitors see the whole series?”

It’s a slippery slope. That’s why Wikipedia has so many editors in the public at large. You won’t know if you don’t try…and a lot of smart marketers already have.

This is a clear indication number of tactics which used to work are either dying or already dead. But in light of these trends, which approaches will work better in 2008?

For a safe bet on the next medium of comprehensive marketing efficacy to both businesses and consumers, it’s hard to beat the search engine.

A lot of blogs (including Clicksharp) will embed YouTube videos to add value to their text and image based content, bypassing the YouTube interface and retaining control over the presentation of their material…