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Facebook Marketing and Brands

It's always important to recognize the effectiveness of brands on social networks and how people interact with them. As such we have found a report by Razorfish on 1,000 "connected" consumers and their online behavior. The statistics may be surprising to a lot of business owners who are not convinced that social networks are an effective means for marketing their brand.

5 Ways Google Social Will Affect Online Marketing

October 26th, 2009 - Google Social Search goes live. What does this mean and how does this work? Currently this is really in beta mode as you need to sign in to Google and go to Experimental Labs to join this experiment. Once you have done so you will see relevant results from your social circle near the bottom of the search results screen.

YouTube Marketing Vancouver

Started by 3 former Paypal employees and sold to Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion, YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world. Most content on YouTube has been uploaded by it’s massive user-base, but media giants are jumping on board to syndicate their content since TV continues to lose ground to the [...]

Social Media Statistics 2009

Probably not news to you that 2009 shows a huge influx of users to social networks including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Digg. However, what does this mean for businesses looking to market within social networks? Are friend adding tools creating another avenue for SPAM to exist outside of email?

Twitter as a Viral Marketing Tool

Twitter's latest bump of $100 million from venture capitalists means only one thing - that it's chance of survival as a powerful communication tool is only going to get stronger. With upwards of 24 million unique visitors in August (according to Compete.com) Twitter's stake in the social media game is getting bigger and bigger. In this article we look at some businesses who are using Twitter as a powerful viral marketing tool.

Social Media vs Traditional Marketing

In today’s business world social media is a huge buzz word, but many still do not understand how social networks such as Facebook and Twitter contribute to the bottom line of a company’s sales goals. This article seeks to demystify social media marketing and how it can impact any business competing in a crowded marketplace.

Social Media Marketing Case Study – Weight Loss and Training

Weight Loss and Training is a health and training related web blog which started out as a social experiment on Facebook. Providing weekly tips the group exploded to over 5,000 members in just two months. Many would be too overwhelmed to even begin a venture in the most competitive market on the web – the weight loss arena, but this health blog continues to grow at an incredible pace thanks to Brave Media’s IMS Trifecta strategy.

Blog Marketing Success Story

A recent article on WebProNews with regards to the success of blog marketing as a powerful traffic generation method really caught the attention of our group here at Brave Media. In the stated case study, WebProNews reports that ecommerce store Alice.com in fact gained a majority of its traffic source from blogs. Not Twitter, Facebook or even Search! The fascinating part about the traffic is that the site has garnered 387,000 unique visitors in July through viral word-of-mouth blogging strategies after being live for only 2 months...

Internet Marketing with LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a popular business related social network used mainly by professionals. The site was launched in May of 2003 and has grown to include the most influential pros in over 170 industries. As of this July the site has gained more than 43 million registered users, most who earn a 6 figure a year salary. But how can LinkedIn benefit your business?

Twitter For Business

Twitter continues to make waves as a social networking site that allows you to provide status updates to your followers. While some people are quick to dismiss the business value that Twitter offers, these ‘tweets’ do not have to be reserved for what you ate for breakfast and can actually be an invaluable communication platform that connects your company with its customers…