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REPORT: Super Bowl Ads? Small Businesses Would Rather Have Large Facebook Communities

David Cohen — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:57:27 +0000

Small business owners surveyed by office-products giant Staples would rather have large Facebook fan communities than celebrity endorsements, or even Super Bowl ads.

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Local Business On Facebook Average 645M Views, 13M Comments Per Week

David Cohen — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:00:29 +0000

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.

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Boomerang Makes Social Gifting A Local Experience

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:08:34 +0000

Social gifting, which is becoming wildly popular on Facebook, has largely been conducted through gift cards and major retailers. Boomerang wants to make social gifting a local experience. The Chicago-based program is expanding to New York, Indianapolis, and Austin, Texas, offering small businesses and local retailers a chance to get in on the social gifting fun.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Small Businesses On Facebook Bullish On 2012 Holiday Shopping Season

David Cohen — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:41:41 +0000

Small businesses on Facebook are gearing up for the 2012 holiday shopping season, with nearly one-half expecting sales to increased compared with last year, nearly one-half planning some sort of promotion on Facebook, and most that have advertised on the social network expecting to do so again, according to a new study by Facebook commerce provider Payvment.

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Report: Small Businesses Reluctant To Pay For Advertising, Promotion Via Facebook

David Cohen — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:47:39 +0000

Facebook was the platform of choice for small businesses looking to use free offerings from social networks to promote their goods and services, but when it came to paying for promotion via social media, the result was quite the opposite, according to an email survey of 3,434 MerchantCircle member merchants, conducted by Reply.

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Small Businesses Win Big Through Facebook

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:56:32 +0000

Thanks to a partnership between Facebook and American Express, five small businesses earned $25,000 and social media help as part of the Big Break For Small Businesses contest. Casale Jewelers of Staten Island, N.Y.; Hendrick Boards of Orange County, Calif.; Dick Pond Athletics of Chicago; The Produce Box of Raleigh, N.C.; and Dutch Monkey Doughnuts of Cumming, Ga., were the lucky winners.

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As Facebook Rolls Out Ad Options, Retailers Pass

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:11:29 +0000

Facebook has been unveiling more options for companies to advertise through the social media site. However, Reuters reports today that many businesses have been eschewing paid options to do what they can to promote their biz for free.

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Trending: Facebook Cash Mobs Boost Small, Local Businesses

Julie D. Andrews — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:04:14 +0000

Have you seen a Facebook post for a cash mob? We haven’t, but by the sounds of it, we sure would like to.

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NOT PHISHING: Facebook Will Study Calls To Small Businesses

Jackie Cohen — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:33:06 +0000

Small business page administrators are receiving emails that look an awful lot like phishing attempts but are actually legitimate product research by Facebook. A copy of one such email appears at the bottom of this post.

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Are Local Merchants Cooling On Facebook Ads?

David Cohen — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:31:16 +0000

Growth in local merchants‘ use of Facebook ads has tapered off a bit.

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1 In 4 Small Biz Hate Social Media, Love Facebook

David Cohen — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:49:55 +0000

One-quarter of small business owners hate social media, but they love Facebook — or better to say they hate it the least.

A recent survey by iContact found that small businesses feel overwhelmed by social media.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Why Half Of Small Firms Don't Facebook

David Cohen — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:26:49 +0000

Half of small businesses aren’t on Facebook — but why?

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Meet The Winners Of Amex's Facebook Small Biz Contest

Ruth Manuel-Logan — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:18:03 +0000

And the winners are — well, there’s five. You may have voted for one of them in American Express’ Facebook Big Break for Small Businesses contest.

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Is Giving Away Free Facebook Apps Bad For Businesses?

Guest Blogger — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:46:09 +0000

Lujure is giving out free Facebook applications for small businesses. After launching on January 1st of this year, at barely six months old, the company now has 13,165 subscribers. The paying ones are forking over between $5.49 and $195 per month.
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