101 Companies Using Social Media [Ebook]

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Is your company using Social Media effectively?

Chances are that if your company is not utilizing Social Media Networking and Marketing tools, you are losing a lot of business and potential customers. If you are losing business and potential customers, that means that some other company is gaining them and their loyalty. If you are a company that is still in the dark, refusing to use Social Media and the Internet, you are company owner who is probably just looking to get by, often struggling, and trying to stay in business. If you are fine with this, than you probably stumbled across this article by accident. If you are looking to change your company, you have stumbled upon the right place for influence.

If your company offers a product or service and you are just a local business, you have the potential to go statewide, nationwide, and possibly even worldwide, if you plan to start marketing on the Internet and using Social Media for advertising and engagement with your customers. Ensure that you are investing your time and money on the right social networks and go after the right target audience. Your efforts will pay off if you do everything right and rather than just struggle to get by, you may just be able to hire more employees and become an empire. Make sure you are ready to handle such a demand when your business grows.

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While this article does not get into the particular ways of advertising and marketing, there are plenty of articles you can check out on this website in the Articles section. So what does this article have to offer you? It is actually the Ebook that is the major point of focus. As I wrote earlier — you are in the right place for influence. The Ebook focuses on 101 companies who are utilizing Social Media Networks effectively. What are you waiting for? Discover all there is to know about Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, Flickr, Foursquare, Google Plus, Tumblr, Triberr, Yelp, Digg, StumbledUpon, Technorati, and many more.

It seems like social media is everywhere, and every marketer is clamoring
to get in the game. And it’s no surprise why: the time most global consumers spend on social media has grown over 250% in just the past two years. Therefore it is becoming more and more evident that companies must engage with individuals on these multiple channels. The difficulty now is that one company may have to maintain and engage its audience on three, four, five, or even more social networks at once. This can be a daunting task if you aren’t a so-called social media expert.But that doesn’t mean you simply ignore social media. According to Gartner, the forecast for global social media revenue will be 29 billion by 2015. Clearly there’s value to being present, and effectively using, these platforms.
At HubSpot, we are huge fans of taking inspiration from companies we think are killing it online. To help inspire your creative juices, here is our collection of 101 companies rocking it on social media. We hope you can pick up a lesson or two from each company to help build your own social strategy.

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This Ebook was written by Desmond Wong.

Download: A COLLECTION OF 101 COMPANIES ROCKING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA (Right-click for save options)

These companies will inspire you to up your Social Media game! Maybe you have heard of them?