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InboxQ's Excellent Twitter Q&A User Survey

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I wasn't familiar with InboxQ until I saw a reference to a survey they'd done in Entrepreneur's Why Savvy Businesses Field Customer Questions on Twitter.  " The research shows Twitter users like to ask questions, and when they ask companies questions they like to get answers.    . 

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Why Surveys Show Wide Differences in Small Business Social Media Use

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You many have noticed that different surveys show very different small business social media usage rates. For example, the Wall Street Journal article Facebook Tops for Small Business reported on a survey that found small businesses quite positive about social media.    Another point of view comes from Citibank.

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Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey

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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.    As part of this research, SNCR is doing a survey on this topic.   Click Here to Take the Survey.   Click Here to Take the Survey.

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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.    So there's no historical data to compare the numbers with.

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Retail and the Growing Experience Economy

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. Millennials — the 20- and 30-something consumers whom marketers covet — would rather spend their hard-won cash on out-of-town vacations, meals with friends, gym memberships and, of course, their smartphones, many surveys suggest. Of course, this is not a new trend.

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27% of Small Businesses Using Facebook

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.  The chart also shows strong growth in the use of LinkedIn, with Twitter and blogs showing solid but less spectacular usage increases.    You may wonder why this survey shows lower social media usage than other surveys?    The answer is survey methodology. 

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Over Half of Baby Boomers Plan to Work Past Traditional Retirement Age

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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.   The survey covers generational attitudes in the workplace and looks at Baby Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y. .  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.