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Few car dealerships use social media as effectively as Earl Stewart Toyota. They understand that it’s more about making friends and building a community than it is about selling a product or a service.

Finding a job is more difficult than ever. Job search sites have many listings but the chances of actually getting a job with these services seem almost impossible. Social media is a good alternative to traditional job search sites. It is a great way to build your personal network and help you find employment. This is how it works:

Every business website should have a fresh and engaging blog and it should always be monitored. This takes time and discipline. But what if you can’t write? The good news is that a blog requires more than writing skills. It needs good ideas and content – and some basic organizational skills. People like blogs because they are written by other people, and not by slick corporations.

We all know that social media marketing can be a powerful strategy. Many articles have been written about it. This article is not about convincing or converting you, it is about setting you up and getting you started.

The Red Cross communicates with a large online community of donors, volunteers and followers. They listen to conversations on blog posts, tweets and comments on Facebook. They use that information to improve what they are doing.

A new survey by Pew Research reveals interesting new trends in social media with teenagers and young adults. There has been "a decline in blogging among teens and young adults and a modest rise among adults 30 and older. In 2006, 28% of teens ages 12-17 and young adults ages 18-29 were bloggers, but by 2009 the numbers had dropped to 14% of teens and 15% of young adults.

Social media marketing is essential for your real estate career. It is not enough to have a website these days even if it is informational and well-managed. And traditional advertising just doesn't cut it anymore - it is too expensive and it brings too few results. Social media marketing is quick, precise, measurable and inexpensive. Realtors who have implemented social media into their online marketing have been able to see immediate results.

What good are social media conversations if you can't measure or track them? This is a question advertisers and marketers ask time and time again in the booming but wildly untamed social media marketing category. Now there is an answer - you can measure the number of people who respond to social media conversations.

There are many good reasons why lawyers and law firms should be using social media marketing. It is inexpensive. It adds to your client list. It drives traffic to your website and it is an ideal way to brand your practice and interact with prospective clients. Many law firms are already engaged in social media marketing.

The Pepsi Refresh Project debuted this week on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Thousands of people applied and 100 finalists were selected for February. Their ideas have been posted on the Pepsi Refresh website.