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Last week, a lot of you read my guest post about the ROI (return on investment) of social media. There is no doubt that social media is changing the ways people interact online and hence, the way companies communicate with their customers. The thing that is still missing is quantifiable data about these interactions. We're in a theory stage - w Read More

Preconceived notions about the Baby Boomer generation abound, but many are merely myth, according to the third Quarterly Boomer Report from AARP Services and Focalyst, titled “How Well Do You Know Boomers? Counting Down the Top 10 Boomer Myths.” “Contrary to many common assumptions, Boomers are making retirement obsolete, are very savvy about Read More

Market research (especially customer-focused research) must be taken with a sizable grain of proverbial salt. Here are four reasons why. Read More

Twitter has been a hot item in the uber-social media , micro-blogging crowd for the past few years. I have to admit that when I first heard about it I dismissed it with a cyber-sneer...but today I have Twitter open in a browser sidebar most days. This article is an excellent description of the attraction of the Twitter experience. Read More

Though fashion still accounts for 41% of the total teen budget, total teen spending in the category declined nearly 20% year over year, pointing to a “discretionary recession,” according to the 15th semi-annual “Taking Stock With Teens” study by Piper Jaffray. Compared with last year's study, young men spent 15% less on discretionary items (fa Read More

Most social media websites give you an individual profile page alongside the option of befriending other site users. The adding of someone as a 'friend' on a social media website is not just an empty gesture. Usually when you add someone as a friend, you're giving them greater access to you through the social media channel. Read More

You may have noticed that at the bottom of each of bizSugar's story pages, we now have a “Related Forum Posts” area. Based on keywords from each article, those links will take you to related forum posts from EvanCarmichael.com. Read More

US households with $100,000+ in income are the fastest-growing segment of the population according to US Census Bureau data, up from 19.7 million in 2005 to 22.2 million in 2006, an increase of nearly 13%, said Unity Marketing. Read More

Morgan Stanley's Internet Trends report from last month takes a big turn from previous reports - the focus is nearly 100% on social applications and how they are taking over the Internet Read More