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  • Your "marketing universe" contains everyone you can sell to; you must expand it, or your business will stagnate. Even if you build a receptive, high-conversion audience, but then can't increase its size, you'll soon be sunk.

  • Some 178 million Americans—roughly 83.3% of the US Internet audience—watched more than 33 billion video content views in February 2013, with Google Sites generating the highest number at 11.3 billion and Facebook reaching its all-time high of 558 million, according to data from the comScore Video Metrix service.

  • Half of surveyed Millennials—those now age 18-34—are surpassing their generational peers in adopting new technologies, according to the forthcoming 2013 Digital Marketer Report from Experian Marketing Services. Such Early Adopter Millennials strive to be the first to have the latest electronic equipment, and they are willing to pay almost anything to do so; they also spend far more time using mobile devices than their peers do.

  • It's all here: great uses for Vine, promos via Tumblr, and hashtags on Twitter. Hashtags on Facebook. More targeted Twitter ads. YouTube's record-breaking traffic. Yammer for SharePoint. Social warfare with Shakespeare-worthy love.

  • Being in the top 2-3 listings of a Facebook Graph Search results page is key to ensuring a listing is seen quickly and for a relatively long duration, according to eye-tracking research that explored which elements of a Graph Search results page hold the most interest.

  • Consumers are using social media to interact with brands, but most customer complaints and comments there remain unanswered. Big mistake! You must deal with these five types of complainers on social media.

  • Subway, Google, and Target took the top 3 spots on a ranking of 25 global brands for most effectively reaching their customers via social media, according to the 2013 Social Currency Impact Study by Vivaldi Partners.

  • Does your content sound like everyone else's? Did you do any research before producing your content? Do you always use the same media format? And do you tailor your content according to venue and audience?

  • Social media is full of numbers, but most of the time we don't use them in any actionable way... because social metrics are often too complicated. But here are some easy (but rough) calculations that will give you a general idea of success. They may not be perfect, but they will give you actionable insights you need to succeed online.

  • Blogs are more influential than social networks in shaping consumers’ opinions and purchase decisions, according to Technorati’s 2013 Digital Influence Report. Even so, brands seem to be investing more on other social channels, particularly Facebook, than on blogging.

  • Facebook marketing expert Mari Smith offers 14 tips to boost your content's visibility and viral sharing on Facebook—all in this infographic by ShortStack.

  • As SXSW winds down, insights come flying: See videos on the most buzzed-about tech and startups, and learn to tell better brand stories via social. We've also got tips on ROI-effective Vines, Pinterest's new analytics service, updated mobile advertising guidelines, and the usual tidbits about Twitter, Facebook, Google... and even Etsy and eBay.

  • I'm a solo-preneur and a guy, and I run a women's jewelry and accessories store. I needed data to understand women's jewelry-buying habits. So I designed a survey, ran a contest, and marketed it via lifestyle bloggers. All for less than $350. Here's how.

  • Buoyed by stock market gains as well as improvements in the housing and job markets, optimism among affluent Americans (who, BTW, apparently ascribe their own productivity to multitasking regularly) has reached a six-month high, according to Ipsos MediaCT's February 2013 Mendelsohn Affluent Barometer.

  • Many B2B marketers are still avoiding social media. They wonder whether it works and how in the world they can tell whether it's working. Let's put that excuse to rest once and for all, shall we?

  • Small businesses say tools such as online surveys and loyalty tracking systems are most effective at engaging existing customers, whereas daily deals and Internet ads seem more effective at attracting new customers, according to a survey from Constant Contact.

  • "Content marketing strategy" is a phrase that gets thrown around quite a bit, but how well do we really understand it? Not well at all, which is why content marketers make these 10 content marketing mistakes.

  • Among recruiting and staffing professionals, increased access to passive job candidates via social media presents the biggest opportunity for recruiting in 2013, according to a survey from Bullhorn. Among those using social media for recruiting, LinkedIn was the most popular channel.

  • Facebook's new News Feed, SXSW tips, tools for managing LinkedIn leads and gathering Twitter data, how-tos for hashtags and social branding, a study on social business, women and teens demographics, a Harlem Shakes wars infographic, and much more (including your dancing-pony fix). Skim for social sustenance!

  • Facebook presents a robust opportunity for your to reach potential and current customers. If used correctly, it increases brand awareness and advocacy, lowers service costs, and drives loyalty and incremental sales.