Small Businesses Focus Marketing Efforts On Social Media

Small Businesses Focus Marketing Efforts On Social Media: "

According to a new survey from the American Express OPEN ‘Small Business Monitor’, more than a third (35%) of US small businesses are using online social networking for marketing, up from 15% in fall 2009. In addition, 12% of respondents were using blogs as a social tactic, nearly double the figure from fall 2009.

(Via Social Media Optimization.)

Why Startups Need to Blog

Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …): "

Blogs. We all read them to get a sense of what is going on in the world, peeling back layers of the old world in which media was too scripted.

By definition, if you are reading this you read blogs. But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? Absolutely.

This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about.

(Via TechCrunch.)

12 Ways to Market Your Startup With Zero Ad Spending

12 Ways to Market Your Startup With Zero Ad Spending: "

Many entrepreneurs think the hard part of building a successful business is coding, while it is important milestone, but if no body bought it or used it, your startup will go no where.

Today we assemble a quick list in how to market your startup with zero ad spending, you are encouraged to tweet the method you found most effective and add your say :

(Via ArabCrunch.)

More Emiratis are writing blogs

More Emiratis are writing blogs - The National: "ABU DHABI // Blogging in and about the UAE traditionally has been the province of expatriates who wanted to communicate their experiences to friends and family back home.

But now, more Emiratis are joining the blogsophere."

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