Best Small Business in Social Media - The Shorty Awards http://shortyawards.com/category/6th/smallbusiness

THE SHORTY AWARD FOR SOCIAL MEDIA'S BEST SMALL BUSINESS

The #SmallBusiness Shorty Award, honors a small business effectively using the social web to grow their company. It's more important than ever for small businesses to understand how to pick the right social platforms to achieve goals. Small businesses are using to share advice,and information about their business; to generate interest for coupons, contests READ MORE

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