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Question by Babe: what are some ways that companies persuade people to buy their products?
can you please describe some ways on how companies “get” us to purchase their products and what they do so we get their attention?
please help!

Best answer:

Answer by Elliott
On of the hottest ways for companies to persuade people to buy their products is through social media. Here’s a link to a list of different companies using social media to persuade people to purchase their products or services. http://www.elliottlemenager.com/2010/09/02/why-the-top-ten-facebook-pages-are-successful/

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10 ½ Ways to Take Advantage of "Social SEO"
As Search Engines evolve and continue to look for legitimate ways to determine rankings, social media continues to become a more important factor. “Social Media will have two main benefits for companies,” says Benjamin Ard, Director of Social Media for …
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Social media, mobile devices empower gift shoppers more than ever
Experts point to five ways you can take advantage of social media tools: 1. Get the scoop on deals and products. The Web gives you more information than ever before — sometimes before anyone else has it. Shoppers are taking in information and sending …
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How Valuable is a Social Media Audience, Really?
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Much has been said about the state of digital audiences today, and even …
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The Social Media Wars Turn Hot
Forget the browser wars . Social media is the new hot zone. A week after Google ( Nasdaq: GOOG ) introduced its Google+ social platform , Facebook fired back yesterday with a video messaging service built on Skype.
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Guest Post: “Creepy” invasion of pharma into patient-targeted social media space
Editor’s Note: Recently I wrote about why patients should be subject to the same critical scrutiny as anyone else when their views about medical and scientific topics are presented in news coverage of medical stories. One aspect of the subject that I didn’t consider is that those patient views may well have been influenced by industry, as suggested in this guest post by Gary Schwitzer, which …
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Social PR: 10 Ways to Do PR Better with Social Media
Optimizing and blending your online public relations strategy with social media and SEO has never had so many robust options. Here are 10 ways a business can capitalize on the social PR opportunity. …
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Social media as a filter for information overload
Social media tools have the potential to help people deal with information overload. The ability to filter content based on the “reputation” of people in your community was a key point raised during a panel discussion on social media and the impact on telecom at the Mobile World Congress on Tuesday.
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Social media, good, bad, indifferent
Some may ask what the heck is social media? Well just think of social media like the explosion brought about by the telephone, fax machine, the computer, Internet or the cell phone and more not yet defined.
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Small Businesses Embrace Social Media
Small and midsize enterprises are increasingly turning to social media sites to generate sales according to new research.
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