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Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down

Adam Sherk

So I pulled the 2009-2011 Reddit and Digg referral figures for selection of 12 major magazine and Web-only content sites. 12 sites is a very limited sampling so this survey is certainly not meant to be conclusive. Among the surveyed group, Reddit went from a combined total of 6.3 million visits in 2009 to 22.7

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New Research: Most Companies Do Not Have the Talent to Leverage Marketing Analytics

Convince & Convert

The latest edition of The CMO Survey , from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke, has arrived, and there are some implications for social media marketers worth noting. In the case of The CMO Survey, and for social media expenditures in. Read the whole entry. » » Social Media Research'

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What is Market Research?

Idaconcpts

The main forms of quantitative research are polls and surveys. When the market changes, you may be seeing all the new opportunities and problems the wrong way because of the solutions you’re used to”, stated marketing expert Seth Godin [link] back in 2009. Mail-back Surveys. Phone Surveys. Online Surveys.

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A Social Network For Genetics Research: Can It Help Isolate Parkinson’s Genes?

The Realtime Report

The company has already collected more than 125,000 DNA samples from customers, and is now specifically reaching out to those with Parkinson’s, in an effort to find new genes linked to the disease. Participants were asked for a DNA sample, and sent online surveys about their diagnosis, symptoms and lifestyle habits.

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Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Adam Sherk

by Adam Sherk on September 17, 2009 Now that the improved Facebook Pages have been around for a while I wanted to check the level of engagement that major news sites are achieving with them. Using a sampling of 15 16 news sites, I captured the total number of fans on their Facebook Pages as of today. in the sidebars and subpages.

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How to Uncover Meaningful Social Data

Convince & Convert

One commenter on Jay’s post mentioned surveys revealing that social media conversations play a significant role in people’s buying decisions, but social media interaction simply does not show up in conversion rates because a social media site is almost never the last click before somebody buys something.

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Recession? Not for Social Media Marketing!

Atom Thought

The latest report from FORRESTER (Q4, 2008 SOCIAL MEDIA ONLINE SURVEY) outlines a very clear trend: 53% of the marketers are determined to increase their social media budget during the recession. Though the survey also brings out the fact that 75% of the marketers have allocated USD100,000 or less for social media marketing!