Mar 1, 2013, 6:37am PST

Get mad about social media and win $10k for charity

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If your company tweets and likes, then this competition is for you.

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Alex J. Martin

Social Engagement Manager- Silicon Valley Business Journal

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Does your company have the best social media skills in all of Silicon Valley? Perhaps the entire country?
Prove it.
Enter into our #SocialMadness competition and face(book)-off with other companies in Silicon Valley and across the country, and your company could have $10,000 in charitable donations made in your behalf – not to mention all the social media bragging rights you'd like. Ok, the bad puns stop now.
Here’s the skinny from last year:

• Nearly 4,000 companies nationwide participated
• Nearly 14 million new Facebook pages were liked
• Over 2 million new Twitter-ers became followers
• Over 200,000 new LinkedIn connections became connections
• Nearly 750,000 votes were cast by your potential fans, followers, connections and customers during the competition

Want your company to get a slice of all that? Sign up here.
Even with all the success of last year's social media battle royale, we made some tweaks to raise the level of quality in the 2013 edition. Here's some highlights of changes you need to know:

• We’ve added Google+. You're welcome, Larry Page.
• The competition has been trimmed down by 5 weeks, from 16 to a manageable 11
• We’re measuring social media engagement to determine the winner this year, not growth.

That last part is important. The size of your company doesn’t carry that much weight. If you’re driving a conversation on your social platforms and connecting with your fans, it does.
Have any questions? You can reach us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Google+. You can also email me directly at amartin@bizjournals.com or you can even call me with a telephone device by dialing the number (408) 299-1830 with your fingers.
Get social. #SocialMadness

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