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Debunking Five Social Media Myths

Socialized

Everyone knows MySpace is the social network for kids, but in truth, in October, 2006, comScore reported More than Half (51%) of MySpace Visitors are Now Age 35 or Older, as the Site’s Demographic Composition Continues to Shift. This piece originally appeared November, 2009, on my Very Public Relations column on Talent Zoo.

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Social Media Revenue: Huffington Post TechCrunch Valuations

Laurel Papworth

We estimate about $10 million in 2009 revenue and apply a 15-times multiple (higher than other blogs given growth and brand strength) to arrive at a $150 million valuation. In 2006, The Wall Street Journal wrote that TechCrunch has revenue of $120,000 a month. Monetizing: Virtual Goods venture capital 2009 (2). 24/7WallSt ).

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As seen on compete.com, alexa, comscore and other sites, Digg growth has flattened in the past few months. Reply hoalaQuorogox January 6, 2009 at 3:29 pm What is bumburbia? Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009). © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. It has thrown me for a loop the past week.

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Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Based on my findings, Problogger started in 2004, Copyblogger started in 2006, Daily Blog Tips started in 2006, Steve Pavlina’s Blog started in 2004, and Entrepreneur’s Journey started in 2004. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009). © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. All rights reserved.

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Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 2

Webbiquity SMM

Dan Nelms dives into a Comscore report which found that although Facebook engagement is increasing (the average time spent on the site per user per month increased from 4.6 The most rapid increase in adoption has been in the use of social networking, which has nearly doubled since 2009. • hours to 6.3 for the year).