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Make the Connection: Social Media is the New Word of Mouth Platform for Marketing and Sales
by Peter Auditore on 06/30/2009 19:38 1 comment , 538 views Categories: Social Enterprise, Marketing Ideas

Social Media Today and SAP launched MyVenturepad.com in the summer of 2007 and it has now grown into a vibrant 2000+ member social network where small business owners are able to address, discuss and, in some cases, even help solve critical business problems for each other.

I want to thank you all for being a part of MVP and participating in the community that we have created together. Our intent from the beginning was to address all of the key pain points that small business owners face, not simply technology issues. This has been one of the keys to its success. As the community evolved, it began to focus on a wide range of topics of importance to growing businesses.

When we launched MVP we had no idea how far out on the bleeding edge of this newfangled "social media" approach to marketing that we were. Our partners didn’t get it, our marketing organization couldn’t see the light, but we persevered. Today, social media networks (of which, MVP is a pioneering example) are the “new platform” for word of mouth marketing in the millennium and they are forming and gaining momentum at an...
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