<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8fdeec5b-30ba-4df5-a520-e47deeae72db/616A7FF8-80FE-4991-859E-27B7172900C4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/americans-expect-companies-to-have-social-media-presence-6222/cone-social-media-companies-presence-september-2008jpg/" href="http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/americans-expect-companies-to-have-social-media-presence-6222/cone-social-media-companies-presence-september-2008jpg/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.marketingcharts.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/americans-expect-companies-to-have-social-media-presence-6222/cone-social-media-companies-presence-september-2008jpg/"><H2><A rev="attachment" href="http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/americans-expect-companies-to-have-social-media-presence-6222/">Americans Expect Companies to Have Social-Media Presence</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/americans-expect-companies-to-have-social-media-presence-6222/cone-social-media-companies-presence-september-2008jpg/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.marketingcharts.com/img/282C7A35-FFDF-4862-9FCB-F848636D9CA6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/americans-expect-companies-to-have-social-media-presence-6222/cone-social-media-companies-presence-september-2008jpg/"><P>Approximately 60% of Americans use social media, and an overwhelming majority of these (93%) say companies should have a social media presence, while 85% of social media users believe these companies should not only be present but should interact with consumers through social media, <A href="http://www.coneinc.com/content1182">according to</A> research from <A href="http://coneinc.com">Cone</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/americans-expect-companies-to-have-social-media-presence-6222/cone-social-media-companies-presence-september-2008jpg/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.marketingcharts.com/img/6FEF3219-DDDB-40E8-9BCA-4E190466FEEE" alt="cone-social-media-companies-presence-september-2008.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/americans-expect-companies-to-have-social-media-presence-6222/cone-social-media-companies-presence-september-2008jpg/"><P>Among social media users, 59%  interact with companies on social media websites and one in four interacts more than once per week. 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