Here’s a few facts and statistics about social media that may surprise you. In the US, there are 149M active Facebook users, 70% log in once a day – Ogilvy & BuddyMedia Social media accounts for ~ 25% of all time spent online over 35 minutes per hour –Nielsen Facebook accounts for 8.93% of all website [...]
Outagamie Co. Airport Uses Social Media from Mark Gehrke on Vimeo. Outagamie Co. Airport Uses Social Media from Mark Gehrke on Vimeo. Debra Gehrke talks with Kim Sippola, Outagamie Co. Airport Marketing Manager, about how the airport uses Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to connect with travelers and the community. Interview conducted at Renew Summit 2009 [...]
Are you building your personal brand to help grow your business? @tommytrc does a great job explaining why it’s important to start building a personal brand. Tommy has some great advice to help you get started creating the brand of you. How does having a strong personal brand translate to building a successful business? If [...]
Social media is not a fad and the Social Media Revolution video explains why.
You cannot expect your business to gain traction in social media by simply setting up a blog or a Facebook page. You have engage your audience by participating in the conversation, providing value, and reaching out to potential customers. On communities like Facebook, this is especially true – a good ongoing engagement commitment will go [...]
I want to highlight an article about the history of social media that my friend Zaskoda shared on his blog. Zaskoda has been ahead of the curve on the web for years. Here’s an entry about Social Media from Wikipedia that he found: Social media is information content created by people using highly accessible and [...]
According to a new report from Netpop Research, “Media Shifts to Social,” the percent of time people spend communicating online has increased 18% since 2006, while time spent on entertainment has declined 29%. The Executive Summary says that Online entertainment is shifting to a small, powerful proportion of social media contributors fueling Web activity through [...]
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Here are some of my favorite stories about the growing relationships businesses have with social media and some challenges in bringing social networking into organizations Embracing social media a wise choice in uncertain times With a full circle approach social media can entirely reshape your organizations day-to-day means of [...]
Ice cream and social media have a lot in common. You can make your own ice cream just like the big ice cream companies with the tools of social ice cream. Watch the video to see social media compared to the spread of ice cream businesses all over Scoopsville.
