Local businesses are thriving on Facebook, according to statistics released Friday by Dan Levy, director of small business at the social network, who said more than 2 billion connections exist on Facebook between users and local businesses, adding that approximately 70 percent of monthly active users in the U.S. and Canada are connected to local businesses.
We're kicking off our upcoming Social Media Marketing Boot Camp with a special keynote presentation by Ella Chick (left), the digital producer at Anderson Cooper 360°. She'll discuss how the network uses social media for breaking news and leverages social media to draw attention to organizations and causes. Learn more about our program and register here. 
Have you seen a Facebook post for a cash mob? We haven’t, but by the sounds of it, we sure would like to.
You can’t tell the players without a scorecard, and when it comes to local businesses on Facebook, social marketing platform Roost is aiming to provide data on the effectiveness of their social media presences with a free tool.
