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Should Small Businesses Use Twitter?

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The quick answer is yes -  if you see a positive return from the time and effort required to maintain a Twitter presence.    A very small percentage of adult Americans are regular users of Twitter.    A recent Pew Internet study reports that about 8% of online, adult Americans use Twitter

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27% of Small Businesses Using Facebook

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As the chart below (chart 14 from the report) shows, Facebook is used by 27% of small businesses for business purposes.          This is stunning growth and another data point suggesting Facebook is taking over the web.    That's up from 17% just last June. 

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Is Facebook Replacing Traditional Websites?

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Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. » July 13, 2010 Is Facebook Replacing Traditional Websites?   They are doing this because it's cheap, easy and their customers are on Facebook.

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Free Webinar: Using Twitter to Grow Your Business

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Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. I will be moderating the session and I'm excited to hear about Twitter from these outstanding social media experts. Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.

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More Evidence Facebook is Taking Over the Web

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Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. Main | Smallbizlabs Bidding on Newsweek » May 05, 2010 More Evidence Facebook is Taking Over the Web Nielsen released their March data on the top social networking sites. 

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The U.S. Has 1.7 Million VanLifers

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  VanLife, which is a subset of the broader digital nomad trend , has been popularized in part by millions of #VanLife posts on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter.   Emergent Research (that's us) worked with MBO Partners on this study. 

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Retail and the Growing Experience Economy

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But the rise of social media has led to people wanting experiences they can post about on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and elsewhere. Of course, this is not a new trend. The 1999 book The Experience Economy covered this shift in detail. This is clearly helping to drive the growth in experiences.