The following links will take you to current articles about Social Media, especially as regarding Marketing.

Social Media Marketing 101: Build Relationships First [read]

Luxury Hotels & Social Media [read]

15 Ways To Use Facebook Pages for Business [read]

7 Essentials of an Effective Social Media Marketing Strategy [read]

100 Ways to Become a Twitter Power User [read]

Social networking giant Facebook turns eight [read]

Study: Is Facebook more addictive than alcohol or cigarettes? [read]

What’s An Average Day on Facebook? [read]

4 Tips For Avoiding The Social Media Time Suck [read]

Social Media Helps Market New Dallas Apartments [read]

“Connecting with people is the key to a successful experience on social media sites and online marketing. (It’s about people!)” [read]

Cash in on Content and Social Media Marketing in 2012 [read]

Market research firm comScore recently reported that Facebook’s value as a social media marketing tool grows every day. [read]

How Restaurants Are Using Social Media to Their Advantage [read]

“Marketers who are utilising Facebook ads are reporting a number of benefits to the system, such as heightened brand awareness, higher overall engagement levels and a notable increase in traffic to their flagship site”. [read]

“72 percent of the customers surveyed use social media to connect with brands, and 80 percent are more likely to try a product based on a friend’s recommendation on a social media platform” [read]

“Salon Cuts More Hair Thanks to Social Marketing” [read]

“Implementing social media into daily customer interactions has helped small businesses see a surge in effectiveness for interacting with customers” [read]

“Now is the time for law firms to adapt their business models and experiment with social media as part of their client acquisition and retention programmes, or risk being left behind” [read]

Social Media Marketing: 5 Predictions for 2012 [read]

A Social Media Survival Plan for Marketers [read]

“Facebook users return to the site each day, providing unparalleled distribution potential for applications and the opportunity to build a business that is highly relevant to people’s lives”. [read]

“…social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs) have become the fabric of how the world communicates…In today’s business environment, someone lacking not just an understanding but a working knowledge of social media and social networking tools is at a competitive disadvantage.” [read]

30 Brilliant Social Media Marketing Tips From 2011 [read]

Customer Engagement and Insight Top Social Media Benefits [read]

“With consumers logging into social media sites across the world — writing on walls, liking, interacting and influencing like never before — the face of marketing, buying and selling as we knew it has been transformed”. [read]

Think About Developing A Social Media Plan [read]

6 Layers of Social Media Content Strategy [read]

7 Ways to Integrate Social Media with Your Marketing Plan [read]

Social Media: You Can’t Pretend It’s Not Happening [read]

Social Media and Content Marketing [read]

Four measures of social marketing success [read]

How to Build a Social Media Strategy [read]

Engagement Boost Conversions [read]

College Grads Say Salary Is Less Important Than Facebook Freedom At Work [read]

3 Ways to Boost Interaction With Your Facebook Fans [read]

Facebook & Twitter More Prolific For Websites [read]

Social Network Marketing Meets Small Business [read]