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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:

It’s March and the madness is here - not the college basketball championship, the new National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) rules about social media networking. It is driving people mad. Here is a page from the NCAA social networking guidelines that was written last year:

The world of internet marketing is constantly changing. Although new technology and terminology arrives every day, there are many words that will always be useful. We compiled a short glossary of indispensible phrases, terms and buzzwords to help you get by. Read it. Print it. Bookmark it. Save it. This glossary will come in handy for the pro and novice alike.

If you work for an online marketing agency the following scenario is probably not uncommon. A client comes to you wanting to help shape the search results for their brand names.

These 10 tips come from my personal experience as a blogger and reflect what I think is the best way to get attention or links from popular blogs. Essentially, you are using these tactics to target large blogs with a big readership in order to get more exposure for your website or business. These methods are for the most part free and only require a little time.

It isn't easy to become a winner in today's tough high tech market. The competition is fierce. There are many great ideas that don't even get out of the starting gate. Here are two winners from last year who are doing very well so far in 2010.

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.