
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?
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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?

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