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Advertisers to Spend $1.7 Billion on Social Networks in 2010

Posted by: Carlee Vellinga

Social networking sites are implementing creative methods for presenting advertisements to their users. Businesses recognize the impact of advertising on sites such as Facebook and Myspace. This article by Adam Ostrow at mashable.com shows that U.S. advertisers are expected to spend more this year on social networking sites.

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Advertisers to Spend $1.7 Billion on Social Networks in 2010

The latest numbers from eMarketer project that advertisers will spend nearly $1.7 billion in the U.S. on social networking sites in 2010. Worldwide, spending will hit $3.3 billion according to the report.

The numbers represent a significant bump up from estimates published by the research firm at the end of last year, when it projected $1.3 billion would be spent on the space in the U.S.

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Entrepreneur and CEO Valerie Jennings Reviews Social Media Marketing, Branding & Website Traffic

Posted by: Micah Pratt

Here is a podcast from Valerie Jennings, entrepreneur and CEO of Jennings Social Media Marketing.

Picture 46 322x252 Entrepreneur and CEO Valerie Jennings Reviews Social Media Marketing, Branding & Website Traffic “Hi this is Valerie Jennings, CEO of Jennings Social Media Marketing. I want to offer a few tips about how you can use social media to protect your brand, build awareness on the Internet and drive traffic to websites like your blog or primary company website or even a landing page. Some of the things that we look at are competitor analysis reports, so that we can see how competitors are appearing on the Internet in comparison to some of our clients. Additionally, we try to make sure that we have all of the holes plugged as far as having a Twitter account, Facebook page and do they have their LinkedIn site set up properly. These are some simple things you can do as a business owner to make sure that you have all of your social networking sites reserved so that a competitor does not try to take the name or hijack your brand.”

Click below to listen to the rest of Jennings’ tips on how to use social media to protect your brand and drive website traffic.

 

CEO & Entrepreneur Valerie Jennings of Jennings Social Media Marketing Interviewed: How to Viralize Videos

Posted by: Micah Pratt

Picture 15 409x252 CEO & Entrepreneur Valerie Jennings of Jennings Social Media Marketing Interviewed: How to Viralize Videos

Thank you to Sarah Shaw at The Entreprenette Gazette for compiling the 57 best ways to use videos to market a business. Valerie Jennings, CEO of Jennings Social Media and Marketing, was included in the list with “how to viralize videos”.

57 Ways to Market your Video

How many of you use video to market your business? Have you thought about all the ways you can use your videos? Thanks to my Entreprenette Experts, here are 57 ways to use video to market your business and possibly get them to go viral…….that would be awesome right? I am working on my own videos now and getting ready for a big launch over the summer ……. we devoured all these tips and I am sure you will too!!

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