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Facebook has hit 500 million users and more companies are using Facebook and social media in their marketing and advertising strategies. There is a huge amount of audience reach in social media marketing, but there are also certain tactics a business should use when engaging with their customers.

These 4 basic Facebook tools provide marketers with the ability to reach their audiences at a much more personal and involved level. It allows for an audience member to feel like they are a part of their brand and share their association with other friends.

The blogging movement is picking up speed as businesses begin to realize the benefits of blogging. Business blogs are sweeping the business community. Blogs are an excellent method to share a company's expertise, build additional web traffic, and connect with potential customers. Discover what a business blog can do for you company:

Everyone is online these days but not everyone is online for the right reasons. There is a new homewrecker today - it's called "e-cheating." Although e-cheating started with students buying their homework on the Internet. It has now become the word-of-the-day when someone in a relationship is cheating on the Internet.

There are many good reasons why restaurants, taverns and bars should be using social media marketing. It is a great way to interact with new customers and keep up with existing ones. It drives traffic to your website. It is much less expensive than traditional advertising mediums like television, radio and print.

As millions of people flock to social networks like Facebook and Twitter to chat, share and connect and reconnect with friends, businesses have the chance to tune in to billions of digital conversations. The phenomenal popularity of social media presents a tantalizing opportunity for companies big and small. They can pitch a product, listen to customer feedback and ask for ideas.

Email combined with social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter is a powerful marketing tool. The two channels help each other and offer an opportunity for marketers to create deeper connections and meaningful conversations.

The rise of social media has changed the way consumers receive financial information. It has dramatically impacted how individuals interrelate and how businesses relate directly with customers in the finance and investing sector. Online trading platforms and communities are enormously popular and many believe that social networking leads to greater trading volume.

Nestle went from the frying pan to the fire with their social media efforts recently. The anger wasn't because of Nestle's rain forest policy; it was because of the comments they made on their Facebook page.

Social media is the talk of the planet. But with so much information out there, where do you go to get the best tips and the latest news? Here are the top 10 blogs according to Social Media Examiner. These "winners" were narrowed down from a field of 150 finalists.