SearchDay | CEOs Should Drink the Social Media Kool-Aid

by Kevin Newcomb, May 18, 2009 Comments

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CEOs Should Drink the Social Media Kool-Aid

SEW EXPERTS: SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
Inferior companies and products can no longer hide behind massive marketing budgets. The days of shouting and imposing your message on the masses is gone.
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