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Social Media

New average ages of social media users: Twitter 31, Facebook 33, LinkedIn 39, MySpace 2606 Nov

According to a review of the newest Pew Internet report, average ages of the top social media sites are shifting and converging. Social media, it seems, is becoming common. “Today, Twitter is now the second-youngest of the top four social networking sites. Its median age is 31. MySpace’s is 26, LinkedIn is 39, and Facebook [...]
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Social Media Sites Serve More than 25% of UK Display Ad Impressions02 Nov

comScore released the results of a UK study of online display advertising on social networking sites, based on data from the Ad Metrix service. The study found that social networking sites accounted for 13.8 billion display ad impressions in August 2009, representing 25.5 percent of all display ads viewed online. The good news is that [...]
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Foo Fighters To Stream Concert Tomorrow Night On Facebook, Powered By Livestream30 Oct

The Foo Fighters will be streaming a concert live tomorrow night on Facebook, direct from the band’s Studio 606 headquarters in Los Angeles. You can RSVP to the event here, and stream it live here beginning at 7 PM PST tomorrow. As with Facebook’s other recent video streaming events, users will be invited to update [...]
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Hopes and Fears of Social Media Marketing29 Sep

Seeking increased customer engagement It’s not news to online retailers that social media adoption is on the rise. Three-quarters of US Web retailers surveyed by the e-tailing group and PowerReviews in August–September 2009 for their “Community and Social Media Study” said they thought brands were accelerating their use of, and commitment to, social media. More [...]
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Get Connected presentation to CMI 15 Sept 200916 Sep

The slides are now available for my presentation I gave to the Chartered Management Institute on Sept 15th 2009. Get Connected Sept 15 2009

… and another thing

Did you know that more people access the internet using a mobile device than a PC?

Facebook currently has in excess of 350 million active users on global basis. Six months ago, this was 250m… meaning around a 40% increase of users in less than half a year.