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Why It's Trending: An $800 million injection in Twitter from Digital Sky Technologies gives the micro-blogging service an $8.4 billion valuation. In 2010, Twitter made $45 million in revenue, and expects to triple that in 2011.

How to Stop Wasting Your Time on Twitter

Tech Trends columnist John Brandon tests Sprout Social, a Web-based tool that lets you manage and analyze multiple social media accounts. Here are the results.

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The Best Social CRM Programs

New Social CRM software is being developed everyday. We asked an expert which one you should use now.

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4 Cool Help Desk Tools

It's no secret that part of your help desk and customer support strategy can be handled more efficiently using programs and web-based software. With so many to choose from, here are a few we recommend.

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Report: Small Businesses Don't Consider Social Media Crucial

But 14 percent admit they're still not sure how to use it.

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7 Great Viral Marketing Campaigns

They're weird. They're funny. And they're incredibly powerful marketing tools. Here are seven campaigns that caught fire online, going wildly viral.

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