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What you can learn about social media from Big Bird

The Sesame Street character became a social media sensation this week. Here’s what entrepreneurs need to learn from the 8-foot-tall yellow bird.

They say that you learn everything you ever needed to know in kindergarten. As far as a social media strategy for your business, that may very well be true.

In the first presidential debate on Wednesday night in Denver, President Barack Obama and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney faced off over a slew of domestic policy issues, including the growing deficit, taxes and small businesses. When Romney was asked about what he would do to decrease the federal deficit, one of the programs he said he would stop funding was Public Broadcasting Service. One of PBS’s most popular shows is Sesame Street, on which the 8-foot-tall yellow bird is a star.

“I’m sorry, Jim, I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I’m going to stop other things. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too. But I’m not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it. That’s number one,” said Romney.

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