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Is Social Media Good or Bad For Business?

Is Social Media Good or Bad For Business?

By Chris Crum October 28, 2008 | 51 Comments

Business owners often struggle with the question of whether or not their employees should be using social media in the workplace. There are obvious reasons why they shouldn’t, but there are certainly potential benefits as well, and unfortunately not a lot of clarity to the matter. So let’s look at this from several different angles.

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