This is the A2SM Link Post for February 5th through February 7th. To see more of the bookmarks we’ve found, check out our Delicious Feed.
- New Study Indicates Social Media Pays; Wetpaint and Altimeter Group Find Correlation Between Brands’ Social Media Efforts and Financial Performance –
- Nearly 70% of Online Adults Use Social Media, Often Research Products – MarketingVOX – More than two-thirds (68 percent) of online Americans say they visit online blogs, communities or social networks, and 33 percent engage in product research online to help make purchase decisions, according to (pdf) the August/September 2008 Insight Report from MarketTools – writes MarketingCharts.
- 3 Reasons Why You Should FINT – Branding Insight Blog – Ok, so what is FINT? FINT is (F)acebook, Linked(IN) and (T)witter. Those three social networks are part of the basics of social media marketing. To FINT means to have a presence on those three networks (Why those three? Check out our FINT announcement post). FINT also has a website at doyoufint.com. The website makes it easy for businesses to get started with FINT and share their FINT presence with their clients and customers.
- Amazon and Macmillan Agree: You Should Pay More for eBooks – Macmillan printed books and eBooks began to return to Amazon last night following a dispute over Amazon’s $9.99 eBook pricing scheme. Under the agreement, publishers can now raise prices to up to $14.99.
- FBI’s Most Wanted: Your Browsing Activity – FBI Director Robert Mueller wants ISPs to track “origin and destination information” about their customers’ browsing habits and store them for authorities’ use for two years, according to a CNET report.
