Imagine being able to follow a New York Times journalist directly from her byline, tweet about a video without leaving YouTube, and discover new Twitter accounts while visiting the Yahoo! home page—and that’s just the beginning.

Mashable’s got some more details about it here.

Most businesses said they were using social networking to generate new business.

One thing businesses said they struggled with is the time involved (that’s where we can help!).  Half of those using social media said it’s taken more time than they’ve expected.

45% of those surveyed said they believed they would make back their social media investment this year.

Here’s one success story from the study, an eye doctor who says he was able to reduce marketing costs by 80% while using social media to boost his business.

“In order to meet the growing challenges of a tough market last year, I was forced to consider alternative options to keep my business visible,” says small business owner Dr. Alan Glazier, CEO and Founder, Shady Grove Eye and Vision Care. “With a very small investment in social media marketing, I was able to generate new business opportunities. Our Google® ranking is consistently number one for many of the phrases people use to search for eye doctors in and around my city and we have received a “bump” in terms of new visitors to the site. My blog has been picked up by different news sources and led to media interviews. I am now recognized as a thought leader in social networking within my profession and lastly but most importantly, my marketing budget has been reduced by more than 80%.”

For more on our story, click here.

• Do you need a Facebook Fan Page? Consider it done!

• Want to tweet, but don’t have time? We do, it’s our job!

• Is posting regularly on that blog of yours completely overwhelming? It’ll be a snap for us!

• Not sure why you even need (yes, need) to get into social media? We can explain!

• Need help with some other type of writing/communications project? Leave it to us.

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As an added enhancement to Raw Beets brand awareness Paris created the webseries Pillow Talk, tapping into yet another web demographic: the video viewer. With a Raw Beets Channel on YouTube, Pillow Talk webisodes have had massive success in educating, entertaining and spreading the Raw Beets name virally throughout the web.

But we understand that businesses want more than promises – you want proof that investing in social media is going to do more than qualify you for a Shorty Award for Best Tweet. In the coming months, here and on our blog we’ll share our success stories of the businesses we’re working with.

Completely new to social media? Click here for our Social Media primer.

Over the last year, companies large and small have already seen results that have made them Social Media believers. One of the biggest is Pepsi. Pepsi is such a devotee that it killed its planned Super Bowl ad this year in favor of spending $20 million on Social Media marketing.

So what does Pepsi know that you don’t?

Pepsi created interactive campaigns on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social networks that allowed customers to help the soda giant pick its next Mountain Dew flavor. Pepsi learned that by not just marketing to customers, but engaging them, it could develop a unique dialog with fans never before possible.

So maybe you’re not Pepsi. Yet. Bigger businesses aren’t the only ones benefiting from social media marketing. About 25% of small business owners plan to spend more on social network marketing in 2010, according to the Ad-ology Small Business Marketing Forecast.

Why? It’s where customers are. Consumers are following businesses they frequent on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks as a way to keep up on the latest deals and happenings. Finding out about sales and deals is the top reason consumers gave for following companies online, according to a December 2009 MarketingSherpa survey. But consumers are also following to learn about new products and services, the survey found.

So who are these consumers? And are they really buyers or are they just young kids? The short answer is it depends on the social network. But, it’s not just the domain of the very young. According to a recent iStrategy survey:

50% of Facebook users fall between the ages of 18-34.

28% are between ages 35-54

Now consider this: 350 million people are registered on Facebook and 175 million of them log in to the site everyday. Why not be there when they do, alerting them to the latest deals in store, upcoming events and other friendly reminders that keep your business on their radar?

That’s what Tell Tale Ink is here for. We help you choose the right social media strategy so that your business is where your consumers hang out. We put you in the conversation.

To be part of our success story, give us a call or shoot us an email.