One thing is for sure, there are about as many rules or methods in social media as there are people.  I do a lot of research online about social media and what stands out to me is that what everyone is in agreement about is the importance and impact that social media is having on the majority of online businesses. It use to be www links on various businesses. Now, even the Forbes 500 companies have their follow me twitter and facebook links on their ads.  No doubt about it, if you want to succeed online you must get SOCIAL.

Inbound Marketing: A Social Media Primer – WebWorkerDaily

While we may not all agree on the “rules” when it comes to marketing, we can all agree that marketing has changed considerably in recent years, largely due to social media. “Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs” by HubSpot’s Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah is a primer for those looking to learn how to make the most of social media to pull in customers.

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• Inbound Marketing 101 (socialfish.org)
• Social Networking Presentation – Monitoring (slideshare.net)
• The New Era of Inbound Marketing (seomoz.org)