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At one point in time, many businesses viewed the world of social media as a playing ground for kids. Those days are long gone. In today's society, social media sites provide a valuable tool for marketing and branding any business. With such a level of importance placed on these sites, it is equally important to make your social media marketing plan an effective one. In this article we will give you a few tips for starting out right.

Add a "Retweet" button to the top of each blog post. This makes sharing your blog on Twitter easier for others. This allows your followers to advertise for you without any extra monetary cost to you.

Before developing a specific social media marketing strategy, figure out which social networking site you want to use. Each social networking site works differently, so it is important that your strategy will work with the site you pick. For instance, on Facebook you can create a poll, unlike most sites.

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