Posts Tagged ‘Social Media’
Favorite Ways Teens Communicate With Friends [CHART]
Teens are avid social media users, but when it comes to their preferred methods of communication with friends, social networks barely register, per findings from a Common Sense Media report released in June 2012.
Read MoreTeens' Online Communications Habit [CHART]
9 in 10 teens have used social media at some point & half visit a social networking site at least daily, finds Common Sense Media in a June 2012 survey.
Read MoreRetail Trends In The Next Five Years [TABLE]
75% of US retailers believe that developing a more engaging in-store customer experience is going to be critical to their business in the next 5 years, according to a Motorola Solutions survey released in June 2012.
Read MoreTop Benefits Of Social Media Marketing According To Canadian Execs [TABLE]
35% of business executives in Canada reported already heavily using social media because it provided a good opportunity for their company.
Read MoreWhy Facebook Users Like Brands vs. Why Marketers Think They Do [CHART]
The link between social media and loyalty seems to be on the minds of many, but user behavior on social networks is still misunderstood.
Read MoreAverage CTR For Facebook Marketplace Ads By Country, Q1 2011-Q1 2012
In 2011, major marketers dramatically increased their spending on Facebook, buying up the site’s so-called “Premium” ad inventory—ads on users’ homepages and in other exclusive spots—in a quest to acquire “likes.” This year, some marketers have reduced spending on these Premium ads so they can reassess the ads’ effectiveness. As a result, Facebook has seen…
Read MoreFacebook & Twitter Users' Opinions About The News They Get There [CHART]
via emarketer.com According to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, 39% of Twitter users said most of the news they got on Twitter in January 2012 was not material they would have read elsewhere. On Facebook, the corresponding percentage was a bit lower at 34%. This means that, by eMarketer’s estimates of…
Read MoreFacebook Timeline's Effect On Content Engagement [CHART]
via emarketer.com Since late 2011, Facebook has been gradually rolling out its Timeline interface, which puts greater focus on media activity compared with the previous iteration of the Facebook newsfeed. The experiment thus far seems to be successful. According to a report from Simply Measured, as of February, worldwide content engagement on Facebook has gone…
Read MoreOnline Seniors [INFOGRAPHIC]
via marketingprofs.com Though seniors (adults age 65 and older) have spent much of their lives without the technology that younger generations have grown up with, fully six in ten (60%) say they use the Internet, participating in a variety of activities such as social networking, playing games, and buying products, according to report by Forrester…
Read MoreTop 6 Traffic Drivers For American & European Bloggers [CHART]
via marketingcharts.com American and European bloggers are relatively in agreement when it comes to the most effective ways to drive traffic to their blogs, both citing frequent updates and promotion on social networks as their top 2, per an Overblog study released in June 2012. Yet, when it comes to what defines the ultimate success…
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