Almost all U.S. youths ages 18-24 participate in social media at least once a month, according to a report released this week.
The data, from Forrester Research, shows that only 3% of online young people are classified as inactive on social media.
The study broke down online social activity among all age groups across the United States and Europe
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Social media: (Almost) everyone's doing it
Posted by biancaaquino under Social MediaFrom http://www.freep.com 5355 days ago
The Greying of Social Media
Posted by biancaaquino under Social MediaFrom http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk 5355 days ago
Finally some good news from the world wide web: social media is greying. US analytics group Forrester Research issued a report on Tuesday which revealed that engagement in social networks by people aged between 35 and 54 shot up 60% last year. While web research firm comScore reports that only 11% of Twitter users are between 12 and 17 - the tradit
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Effective Viral Marketing using Social Networks
Posted by jenniferhelen under Social MediaFrom http://blogs.position2.com 5355 days ago
Viral marketing is a marketing technique that uses social networking to lead to increased brand awareness as well as achieve marketing objectives such as sales through self-replicating viral processes.
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Is TV Advertising Dying in Social Media's Hands?
Posted by Sarah_Chong under Social MediaFrom http://www.penn-olson.com 5355 days ago
No one can challenge the fact that TV is a revolutionary technology with wide influence and reach, but are advertisers still paying it much heed?
TV advertising is very costly while social media advertising could potentially be free or at the very least, affordable. Moreover, social media could be much more effective than TV with people spending
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How E-mail Marketing and Social Media Can Work Together
Posted by kimmendrez under Social MediaFrom http://multichannelmerchant.com 5356 days ago
A shift has taken place in corporate marketing strategy. If your brand, company or organization is like many others, you've moved away from traditional marketing strategies and are now focusing on strengthening your online efforts.
Social media and e-mail campaigns, in particular, have both seen tremendous growth in recent years. Although we tend
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Social Media: Listen first, sell later
Posted by kimmendrez under Social MediaFrom http://blog.seattlepi.com 5356 days ago
I think too many people are focused on the "push" aspects of social media right now.
Creating blogs.
Producing videos.
Sending out tweets.
Updating Facebook pages.
Launching radio podcasts.
Add it all up and this turns out to be a lot of work that needs to get done and every entrepreneur I talk to tells me they don't have enough time to be do
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19 Social Media Tips Under 140 Characters by @shanegibson
Posted by shanegibson under Social MediaFrom http://www.closingbigger.net 5356 days ago
19 Social Media Tips Under 140 Characters
Here are a selection of Tweets (Twitter Updates) I recently shared on Twitter (via @shanegibson). I've put them all in one place as a brief social media tip digest.
Social Media Tips:
1. Unique, brief sound bytes produced consistently can yield great results.
2. Once in a while ask your FB an
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Have Whole Foods Boycott-ers Won? [Video]
Posted by williswee under Social MediaFrom http://www.penn-olson.com 5356 days ago
3 days after our previous post on Whole Foods, its boycott group has grown from 23k to 28k fans. Meanwhile, two pro Whole Foods groups, “Support Whole Foods and Free Speech” and “I Support Mr. John Mackey and Whole Foods Inc” were set up; each with 3k fans.
If you say numbers alone cannot dictate who wins, maybe the killer letter can
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How I Created a Twitter Marketing Funnel for My Business
Posted by godsfree under Social MediaFrom http://www.beawealthyentrepreneur.com 5356 days ago
You might have been aware of the term Marketing Funnel, with the “marketing funnel” model, your prospects gives you their email or physical address in exchange for getting something free. Over time, you move your prospects into your marketing funnel by introducing them gradually to purchasing your high-end products and service, by “funneling” pros
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Get Up to Speed on Social Media With an Unconventional Guide
Posted by biancaaquino under Social MediaFrom http://webworkerdaily.com 5357 days ago
Using social media to promote yourself seems to be becoming more and more important for web worker, but figuring out the best was to do can be difficult. Chis Guillebeau and Gwen Bell have brought together a guide that demystifies the process: “The Unconventional Guide to the Social Web.”
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