Social Media Marketing Budgets in 2012: Expect Big Increase

Recently I was presented with an interesting question that, when I think about it, deserves a blog post: Will social media marketing budgets increase in 2012 and, if so, by how much?
Google Freshness Algorithm Update Highlights Importance of Blogs

I can still hear the voices of naysayers echoing in my head while a tiny cricket plays a sad song on a violin. Google’s new algorithm update has sluggish companies and social media-unfriendly SEO practitioners running for the hills. The window of opportunity has shut.