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title: "5 Must-Read Social Media Articles"
description: "A lot has been happening on the web these past few weeks so we thought it’d be useful to do a roundup of some of the must-read articles that we’ve come across that you may have missed. Do..."
url: https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/5-must-read-social-media-articles/
date: 2010-07-07
modified: 2025-10-10
author: "Crissy Campbell"
categories: ["Social Media Marketing"]
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# 5 Must-Read Social Media Articles

A lot has been happening on the web these past few weeks so we thought it’d be useful to do a roundup of some of the must-read articles that we’ve come across that you may have missed.

Do you have other interesting articles to add to this list?

**[5 Social Media Trends to Watch Right Now](http://mashable.com/2010/07/05/5-social-media-trends/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29)**

It’s important to always be looking forward online. This article from (http://mashable.com/) points out upcoming trends that they believe will be important in the future. As the article (http://mashable.com/2010/07/05/5-social-media-trends/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29), “…being aware of oncoming movements in the social media landscape can help keep you and your business out ahead of the curve…” We couldn’t agree more.

**(http://www.allfacebook.com/2010/06/how-we-got-to-40310-facebook-fans-in-4-days/)**

Very informative post about how (http://www.blitzlocal.com/) built up Weekly World News’ Facebook fans. They went from 3,244 fans to 40,310 fans (10 times larger!) in less than a week. The article lists some great tactics that you can follow to increase your fan base.

**(http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/6167/Top-10-Questions-Businesses-Asked-Us-About-Facebook-Marketing.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HubSpot+%28HubSpot%29#ixzz0t1ee5EFZ)**

(http://www.hubspot.com/) lists 10 common questions that companies often ask them about Facebook marketing and provides helpful, informative answers. Find answers to questions such as, “What is the best way to drive interactions on your Facebook page?” “How often should we be replying to fans?” And, “how can Facebook ads be used in a campaign?”

**(http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2010/07/why-friends-matter-at-work-and.html)**

Not necessarily focused on social media, this is a great post from (http://hbr.org/) that reminds us just how important friends are in all aspects of our lives. According to research referenced in the (http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2010/07/why-friends-matter-at-work-and.html), “money can buy happiness . . . as long as you spend it on other people.”

**(http://info.gigya.com/Identity.html)**

We’ll end with this neat graphic from the social optimization platform (http://info.gigya.com/) that shows what online IDs people use to sign in around the web. It is an interesting indicator of how we trust different services with our identities.