2011, 2012, Activities and Social Media

Social Media Stats [Infographic]

Mindjumpers

JANUARY 18, 2012

Tweet 2011 was a great year for social media where we saw true integration of “social” to our lives. To demonstrate the growth of social channels in the last one year, here is an interesting infographic designed by Internet marketing firm Dream Systems Media based on the data provided by AdAge.

Social Media

Social Media Statistics Mobile B2B

102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. What do buyers really want from social media marketers? 25 Social Media Facts and Statistics. e-Strategy Trends ). e-Strategy Trends ).

Social Media

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9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

Akamai Marketing

DECEMBER 22, 2011

2011 was a game changing year in social media. In some ways, social media is growing up, but in other ways we’re just getting started. But this is a dynamic field and we’re sure to see changes in 2012 too? What should businesses plan for in 2012 and what should they be looking for?

Social Media

Social Media Trends Smart Phone ROI

The State of Social Media Marketing– Annual Survey Report

Mindjumpers

JANUARY 11, 2012

Tweet Recently, Awarness Inc released a report called The State of Social Media Marketing : Top Areas For Social Marketing Investment and Biggest Social Marketing Challenges in 2012. The It compares the state of social media in 2011 and expectations from 2012, based on this survey.

Survey

Survey Report Social Media ROI

Case Study: Blogger Outreach for Oxfam America’s International Women’s Day 2012 Campaign

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 26, 2012

One of the most fun projects I’ve worked on recently was Oxfam America’s (OA) International Women’s Day (IWD) 2012 campaign. Since OA already has a robust social media presence, our task was not to add to its social media plan, but to supplement it via blogger outreach. The project.

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8 Marketing Trends to Implement in Your 2012 Marketing Plan

yMarketingMatters

JANUARY 19, 2012

What a year was 2011 for social media and marketing! I watched and experienced first-hand the marketing and social media landscape change, consolidate, focus, develop and evolve all at the same time. As I’ve said before, social media needs to be INTEGRATED into your overarching marketing plan.

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Trends Marketing Mobile Wireless

The State of Social Media In The UK

Mindjumpers

JANUARY 10, 2012

Tweet Beginning of 2012 has brought in a lot of predictions and opportunities. Another chance to look at the social media universe, analyse the trends and make the strategies. 25-34 year olds are now the largest age group on Facebook as we enter 2012, with users under 17 years making up just 5% of the user base.

Social Media

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Nominate Your Favorite Technology Twitterer(s) for the 2012 #Nifty50 Awards

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 15, 2012

A year ago, Cheryl Burgess and I published the first #Nifty 50 award winners, starting with the #Nifty50 Women of Twitter on this blog in May 2011 and followed by the #Nifty50 Men of Twitter published on Cheryl’s Blue Focus Marketing blog in June. to 50 disadvantaged kids in all 50 states. Check out Google’s Project Glass Video.

Twitter

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US Mobile Ad Spending Will Top $4 Billion in 2012

The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Mobile advertising spending will total more than $4 billion by the end of 2012, according to eMarketer estimates. And new research by Millennial Media reveals that certain industries have seen tremendous growth (more than 400% year-over-year) in mobile advertising. education went up 421%. sports grew 417%. Do you agree?

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The Cannes Lions Grand Prix Winners for 2012

Mindjumpers

JUNE 25, 2012

Tweet Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012 was held last week and was the 59th annual festival. Design Lions: The Solar Annual Report 2011 by Serviceplan for Austria Solar. Promo & Activation Lions: Small Businesses Gets An Official Day by Crispin Porter + Bogusky for American Express.

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Film Small Business Curation Mobile

Social Networking Stats: LinkedIn Tops 187 Million Active Users, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Facebook: 1 billion active users. Qzone: 599 million monthly active users. LinkedIn: 187 million active users. Google Plus: 100 million monthly active users. via SmartBlog on Social Media. LinkedIn Tops 187 Million Active Users. LinkedIn Tops 187 Million Active Users. via Facebook.

Social Networking

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Social Networking Stats: Global Social Media Ad Revenue To Grow 60% Year-Over-Year, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

JULY 27, 2012

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Facebook: 950 million active users. Qzone: 576 million active users. Global Social Media Ad Revenues Grow 60% Year-Over-Year. Global social media revenues will increase from $11.8 billion in 2011 to $16.9 billion in 2011 to $8.8

Social Networking

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The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012

Adam Sherk

APRIL 24, 2012

Page speed is not a major ranking factor (according to Google it impacts roughly 1 in 100 searches) but it does have a direct and indirect impact not only on SEO but also on social media activity and the overall user experience. Here are the fastest – and the slowest – news sites in 2012: Home Page Page Speed Score.

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Sites News Yahoo Comparison

Social Media Training for February March 2012

Laurel Papworth

JANUARY 30, 2012

If you are in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane I am teaching some one day hands on courses on social media campaigns, Facebook and Twitter, also 1/2 day courses on LinkedIn or Google Plus. Social Media Campaign (one day course). Google Plus reached 49 million members (Dec 2011) in only a few months! Will let you know.

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Training Social Media Class Course

Thinking Aloud in 2012

Net-Savvy Executive

JANUARY 22, 2013

It's the same for 2012: only one of the top 10 posts in 2012 was something I wrote in 2012. Three Buckets of Social Media Data I've tried categorizing social media before, but this one is turning out to be more helpful than my previous attempts. Can You Trust Social Media Sources?

Privacy

Privacy System Analysis Data

Nominate Your Favorite Technology Twitterer(s) for the 2012 #Nifty50 Awards

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 15, 2012

A year ago, Cheryl Burgess and I published the first #Nifty 50 award winners, starting with the #Nifty50 Women of Twitter on this blog in May 2011 and followed by the #Nifty50 Men of Twitter published on Cheryl’s Blue Focus Marketing blog in June. to 50 disadvantaged kids in all 50 states. Check out Google’s Project Glass Video.

Twitter

Twitter iPad B2B Apple

Social Capital Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

JULY 3, 2012

Canada’s national capital is Ottawa and one of the city’s many strengths is the active and passionate social media community that thrives here. It’s a community that continues to grow and learn that’s why it supports the 2nd annual Social Capita l conference taking place later this month.

Social Capital

Social Capital Conference Community building Newsletter

Predictions Revisited: Five Not-Too-Distant Technologies That Might Change Social Media

Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2017

Six years ago, I published the post “ Five Not-Too-Distant Technologies that Might Change Social Media.” Just because it’s not as shiny as it was back in 2011/2012 doesn’t mean we should write it off. Now, listening to podcasts is a major cultural activity, spanning demographics. Hurry up technology!

Social Media

Social Media Project Apparel Trends

Social Media: The Key to Transforming Doctor-Patient Communication [Redux]

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 24, 2013

and will be particularly interesting to you if you work at the intersection of health care and social media. You put on your Dr. Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. If social media and blogs in the U.S

Health Care

Health Care Social Media Insurance Education

The Year in Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 24, 2011

As 2011 comes to a close, it's only natural (and for a blog, virtually mandatory) to reflect on the year that's passed. Since that first post more than three years ago until now, this blog has served as the foundation for everything I've done in creating and building the social media practice at Booz Allen.

Social Media

Social Media Gov 2.0 Sports Education

Social Networking Stats: Sina Weibo Reaches 400 Million Users, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Facebook: 1 billion active users. Qzone: 599 million monthly active users. LinkedIn: 187 million active users. Google Plus: 100 million monthly active users. via SmartBlog on Social Media. million average daily active users, there was no mention of that statistic in this quarter’s report.

Social Networking

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Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

Buffer Social

JUNE 30, 2017

Do you remember your first social media profile? Or, how about your first social media post? Social media has changed and evolved so much since the early days, it’s almost hard to believe how far we’ve come. How people use social media has changed as well. Let’s dive in!

Social Media

Social Media MySpace Hashtag News

Social Networking Stats: 80% of World Leaders on Twitter, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

JANUARY 10, 2014

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. billion monthly active users. Twitter: over 218 million monthly active users. Qzone: 599 million monthly active users. LinkedIn: 259 million active users. Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. WhatsApp: 200 million monthly active users.

Social Networking

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Snapchat as a platform for branded content?

Mindjumpers

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Since its first launch in 2011 and rebranding in 2012, Snapchat has grown rapidly. More than 100 million users worldwide share over 400 million snaps a day (outpacing the photo-sharing activity on both Facebook and Instagram!). If Snapchat deals properly with the hacking scandal, the platform has extensive potential.

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How Short-Form Video Impacts Presence on 5 Platforms

Jon Loomer

APRIL 24, 2023

Here’s a video I recorded about my growth on Instagram… Facebook Follow Me: facebook.com/jonloomerdigital Start Date: September 30, 2022 I’ve had my Facebook page since November of 2011. It’s where my social media presence as a business was born. My page has been through lots of ups and downs since then.

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Alicia Cowan’s Best of the Blogs 2011

Absolute PA

DECEMBER 17, 2011

2011 was a busy year for me: As I approached my third year in business I changed direction, practically starting from scratch and re-branded. I’m really excited to be spending time relaxing with friends and family (especially the latest addition to the family – my 5 week old niece) and recharging the batteries ahead of 2012.

Twitter

Twitter Hashtag Facebook Features

Social Media Metrics and Conversion

Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

US businesses have definitely accepted that social media has to be a part of their marketing and PR activity - four in five US businesses with at least 100 employees will take part in social media marketing in 2011, says eMarketer. That’s a big jump from the 42% who used social media in 2008.

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Alicia Cowan’s Best of the Blogs 2011

Absolute PA

DECEMBER 17, 2011

2011 was a busy year for me: As I approached my third year in business I changed direction, practically starting from scratch and re-branded. I’m really excited to be spending time relaxing with friends and family (especially the latest addition to the family – my 5 week old niece) and recharging the batteries ahead of 2012.

Twitter

Twitter Hashtag Facebook Features

Public Relations. It’s Still About The People

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 14, 2012

concepts that I constantly “preach” both in my daily life as a undergraduate communication/public relations professor at Curry College , and in my “other” life as an actively-engaged member of the Public Relations Society of America. Words like “empathy” and “people” were everywhere.

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Banking Flickr Library Newsletter

Your Tax Dollars: U.S. State Department Pays $630,000 for Facebook Likes

Bill Hartzer

JULY 3, 2013

taxpayer dollars on two separate social media campaigns: to increase the number of Facebook Likes on their Facebook page. What’s even worse, is that these two social media campaigns were complete flops, with less than 2 percent actually engaging with their posts. Social Media'

Facebook

Facebook Buy Campaign Report

The Top #Nifty50 Men Writers on Twitter for 2013

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

In 2011, I teamed up with Tom Pick (@ TomPick ) and his Webbiquity blog to unveil the first annual #Nifty50 Awards. Our goal in designing these awards was to honor the top 50 women and top 50 men in social media. She is a social branding consultant with expertise in social business and social media.

Twitter

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How ShopLAStyle is Dealing with Hacker Crisis

Idaconcpts

MARCH 1, 2012

If you do a Twitter search on ShopLAStyle you would normally find some good deals on clothing, but on 3/1/2012 you will find a series of messages alerting people about a hacker attack. The Social Media Reaction. Updates 3/1/2012. Hacker Attack on ShopLAStyle.com. Having your website down only adds more fuel to the fire.

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Retail Sites Engineering Company

Study: The Global Social Media Check-Up 2012

Mindjumpers

JULY 23, 2012

Tweet Burson-Marsteller has conducted a survey examining the social media activity of the world’s 100 biggest companies – the Fortune Global 100 companies. The Global Social Media Check-Up 2012 specifically looks into how these companies use Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+ and Pinterest.

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Study Social Media Survey YouTube

I Asked 13 Buffer Leaders for Advice on Succeeding in My New Role

Buffer Social

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Andy Yates, Staff Engineer 📍Started at Buffer in June 2012 as iOS Engineering Lead 🌎 Location: California, U.S. Andy’s advice: ‘Be passionate about your industry’ “At Buffer, it helps to be active and passionate about social media. What are we building on the product side?’

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Team Engineering Company System

5 Essential Qualities of Growing Your Blog Quickly in a Crowded Niche

Kikolani

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

This is a guest post by Marcus Sheridan , recently named one of the Top 10 Social Media Bloggers of 2012 by Social Media Examiner. We all want our blogs to grow. I do, you do, we all do. Think Wayyyyy Outside the [Opt-in] Box.

Blogger

Blogger Blogosphere Training Industry

Time for an Update

Net-Savvy Executive

JUNE 27, 2017

The Analyst's Canvas ( First Look , 2017) is the big one at the moment, because I'm actively looking for people to try it while it's still in development. 2012) is the other one that explores things we're not doing yet. Attention ( What Happens After Your System Notices Something Important?

Privacy

Privacy Open Source Exercises Skills

Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 26, 2014

This question is particularly compelling today as we see Facebook set new records in terms of users, market valuation and revenue growth and wait with anticipation to see if Myspace can reinvent itself after conceding its market leadership position in social networking back in 2008. Background on the two social media sites.

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87 More Vital Social Media Marketing Facts and Stats for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Though social media marketing is now used in about 90% of companies, techniques, platforms and best practices continue to evolve. What will likely be the hot trends in social media over the next couple of years? Social Media Stats and Demographics. Social networks and blogs In the U.S MindJumpers ).

Social Media

Social Media Hubspot B2B Marketing

Social Subscribe – Why Facebook Likes Do Matter

Convince & Convert

JUNE 19, 2012

Some others have figured out how to manipulate Google Analytics in a way that helps determine assisted conversion value, providing an ‘apples to apples’ benchmark against other, more traditional digital marketing activities. An Expression of Intent To Subscribe. Converting Delivery to Dollars.

Facebook

Facebook Study Apple Consultant

How Carlton Football Club Use Social Media to Engage Fans

ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

One of the cool things about the Carlton Football Club in the last 12-18 months is the way that they’ve been reaching out to their supporters via social media – this blogger outreach day is just one example of it. Can you tell me a little about the reasons behind CFCs increased push into Social Media in 2011? .

Social Media

Social Media Engagement Training Blogger

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Human Slingshot

Kikolani

JUNE 8, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. How to Use Social Media to Aid in Your Search for Employees – The following are some ways to incorporate social media into your search for qualified employees.

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Mashup Resources Meme SEO

How to Make Money Online Through Blogging and Writing

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Writing is my number one source of income that has been a result of my blogging activities. Freelance Switch – Website or RSS – To apply for these jobs, you have to be an active member of the Job Board with a subscription plan at $7 per month. Entry cutoff date is November 30, 2011. Become a Paid Contributor.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

The history of social media is a long and storied one. It’s bursting with pivotal moments like the launch of Instagram Stories, to that one time Zuck was on trial for Facebook privacy issues, to…honestly, let’s just look at the entire social media history timeline. So, how old is social media?

Social Media

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Will ‘Technology’ Survive the Recession?

Atom Thought

JANUARY 22, 2009

By 2012, India alone will have over 650m subscribers and 60% of these would come from rural areas. I cannot see a huge negative repercussion of recession in this sector; rather telcos can activate a chain reaction of sorts which will be critical for the revival of global economy. Not for Social Media Marketing!

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Crowdsourcing Open Source Microsoft Cost

Social Media Stats [Infographic]

102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Trending Sources

9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

The State of Social Media Marketing– Annual Survey Report

Case Study: Blogger Outreach for Oxfam America’s International Women’s Day 2012 Campaign

8 Marketing Trends to Implement in Your 2012 Marketing Plan

The State of Social Media In The UK

Nominate Your Favorite Technology Twitterer(s) for the 2012 #Nifty50 Awards

US Mobile Ad Spending Will Top $4 Billion in 2012

The Cannes Lions Grand Prix Winners for 2012

Social Networking Stats: LinkedIn Tops 187 Million Active Users, #RLTM Scoreboard

Social Networking Stats: Global Social Media Ad Revenue To Grow 60% Year-Over-Year, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012

Social Media Training for February March 2012

Thinking Aloud in 2012

Nominate Your Favorite Technology Twitterer(s) for the 2012 #Nifty50 Awards

Social Capital Ottawa

Predictions Revisited: Five Not-Too-Distant Technologies That Might Change Social Media

Social Media: The Key to Transforming Doctor-Patient Communication [Redux]

The Year in Social Media Strategery

Social Networking Stats: Sina Weibo Reaches 400 Million Users, #RLTM Scoreboard

Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

Social Networking Stats: 80% of World Leaders on Twitter, #RLTM Scoreboard

Snapchat as a platform for branded content?

How Short-Form Video Impacts Presence on 5 Platforms

Alicia Cowan’s Best of the Blogs 2011

Social Media Metrics and Conversion

Alicia Cowan’s Best of the Blogs 2011

Public Relations. It’s Still About The People

Your Tax Dollars: U.S. State Department Pays $630,000 for Facebook Likes

The Top #Nifty50 Men Writers on Twitter for 2013

How ShopLAStyle is Dealing with Hacker Crisis

Study: The Global Social Media Check-Up 2012

I Asked 13 Buffer Leaders for Advice on Succeeding in My New Role

5 Essential Qualities of Growing Your Blog Quickly in a Crowded Niche

Time for an Update

Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

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Social Subscribe – Why Facebook Likes Do Matter

How Carlton Football Club Use Social Media to Engage Fans

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Human Slingshot

How to Make Money Online Through Blogging and Writing

The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Will ‘Technology’ Survive the Recession?

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