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LinkedIn Reaches 174 Million Members, Revenue Up 89%

The Realtime Report

Unique visitors in Q2 2012 totaled 106 million, according to comScore, and pageviews dropped slightly from 9.4 A breakdown of earnings: revenue from Hiring Solutions products was up 107% compared to Q2 2011, representing 53% of total revenue in the quarter (vs. LinkedIn now has 174 million members, up from 116 million one year ago.

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Social Media Strategy Daily News

Proactive Report

A Dramatically Different Approach to Social Media Metrics in 2011. Conversion jumps from eighth place last year to the number two spot for 2011. By the end of 2013, half of all companies will have been asked to produce material from social media websites for e-discovery, says Gartner.

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How Can Linkedin Grow?

Idaconcpts

View more pictures from the bell ringing ceremony taken at the New York Stock Exchange, the day LNKD started trading – May 19, 2011.). After becoming the first social network to go public on May 19, 2011, LinkedIn is now in the hot seat as finance pundits examine whether the company’s market valuation is realistic.

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Is the Hype around QR Codes Overblown?

Idaconcpts

In October 2011, Sam Beckbessinger (Memeburn) wrote that QR codes are ‘a crock’. The limb was especially tenuous as her declaration came soon after comScore released figures that supported the use of QR codes. QR codes: that’s where it’s supposed to be at this year. Or are they? It worked out to roughly 6% of the US population.

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Time Spent on Mobile Apps Totals 76% of Time Spent Watching TV

The Realtime Report

The average time spent (compiled using publicly available data from comScore and Alexa) on the web declined 2.4%, from 72 minutes to 70 minutes year-over-year. Time spent in mobile apps now totals 76% of time spent watching television.

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30 Social Media Stats for the C-Suite

Jeff Esposito

Every month I read countless research reports and blog posts on interesting social media metrics. Below are 30 of the top stats I have seen over the past few months that can help you either sell social media to the higher ups in your company or help you in securing additional resources for your company’s social program.

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Did This National Restaurant Chain Put Too Much Love Into the Like?

Convince & Convert

I’m glad that more and more companies are putting significant effort into their social media programs. But, we can’t let enthusiasm obfuscate reality, and that seems to be occurring with alarming regularity these days in all corners of the social Web. Really, I am. It was on June 30. Send carnations next year).