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The recent study, State of Social Media Marketing, conducted with more that 3300 social media marketers revealed many interesting facts. One of the most fascinating is the finding that YouTube and Video Marketing was cited as the top area of focus for social media marketers in 2011 with 77% of marketers saying they planned on increasing their YouTube and/or video marketing this year.