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  • High-growth professional services firms tend to place more emphasis on blogging, SEO, and social networking—and they generate a higher proportion of their business leads via online sources—than do their peers, according to a study by Hinge Marketing.

  • Nine in ten small business owners with an online presence dedicate time to networking online via social networks, online forums, etc., and 74% say networking online is just as valuable, or more so, than networking in person, according to a survey from Manta, an online community for small businesses.

  • Social media marketing facilitates engagement with consumers in real time and contact with people who influence others. But it also allows you to microsegment audiences in a way that traditional marketing segmentation couldn't possibly.

  • Personal social networks and professional ones satisfy different needs and interests, and have different sets of emotional drivers that fuel them: People not only make different types of connections but also experience different sets of emotions, depending on network type, according to a study conducted by TNS for LinkedIn.

  • Content creation is a huge opportunity for brands. But when done badly, it's a potentially huge fail that could tick people off—and damage your reputation, your brand, and your business. So Brands must adhere to some basic editorial standards, including these 10 ground rules.

  • Personal recommendations and branded websites are more trusted than paid advertising in all its forms, including digital, mobile, TV, and print media, according to a report by Nielsen, which surveyed consumers worldwide.

  • Both B2B and B2C brands are capturing leads and sales opportunities via social media, though some channels are proving more effective than others, according to a survey from Webmarketing123.

  • Does the size of a social media following matter? Though two in three SMBs (67%) say they favor quality over quantity, including a plurality (40%) who prefer very engaged followers, more than one in four (27%) SMBs place more importance on the number of followers than engagement level, according to a survey from Vocus and Duct Tape Marketing.

  • Companies are dispensing with the traditional website, instead integrating popular social networks right into their site and communicating with customers in real time via tweets and Facebook posts. Here's why you might want to follow their lead.

  • In this episode, we talk with Tim Washer, the man behind the IBM marketing video selected as a "Staff Pick" by Comedy Central, an honor not many B2B marketing pieces can claim. Tim is now social media manager at Cisco, and he talks about how to make comedy an effective part of your marketing.

  • This article teaches you the nitty-gritty of a powerful content marketing tactic that makes use of two of online marketing's most powerful tools: SEO and social media. The benefits you'll derive are invaluable.

  • Facebook is hugely popular today, but how does its future look? Most (54%) Americans expect the social networking site to last another 5-20 years, but nearly one-quarter (24%) say Facebook won't be around in 5 years, according to a survey from Forbes Insights.

  • Among mobile Web users in the US, mobile media (via phones and tablets) was the the most popular way to consume media content in the second quarter of 2012: Mobile media accounted for 2.97 hours of the total 9.00 hours spent consuming media via all platforms during the day, outpacing TV at 2.35 hours, according to a report by InMobi.

  • More than three-quarters (77%) of luxury advertisers are expected to increase their investments in online marketing in 2012, according to the 2012 Luxury Brand Study by Martini Media, a new study based on a poll of 400 agency marketers who serve luxury brands.

  • The use of blogging, Facebook, and Twitter among the nation's largest companies—those listed on the 2012 Fortune 500—has surged in 2012, according to a new study by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.

  • HubSpot's Kipp Bodnar discusses why so few B2B companies blog, how to develop a social media strategy, and what roadblocks companies encounter when trying to implement their strategy (if they actually have one!).

  • Content consumption is no longer a choice, it's innate. If you own a smartphone, tablet, or laptop, chances are you're absorbing content the majority of the time that you're awake. This brief survey considers how marketers consume content, and how they use and measure it in their work as marketers.

  • Despite the rapid growth of Pinterest, some 44% of ad and marketing executives surveyed say they have no interest in using the social networking site for business purposes, according to a new survey by The Creative Group.

  • As various technology platforms (e.g., social media, apps, tablets, smartphones, and TV) evolve to become more integrated with one another, more customizable, and more participatory, so are people's expectations around their everyday content experiences, according to a study by Latitude.

  • Pinterest, the mega-popular online pinboard platform, has more than 20 million users. But what do its users say about it? What about Pinterest inspires love or whips up hate?