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

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. via Search Engine Land. billion in 2011 to $16.9 billion in 2011 to $8.8 Social gaming revenue more than doubled between 2010 and 2011, with the sale of virtual goods largely responsible for the revenue in this area. Tumblr: 66 million blogs. via Tumblr.

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Monday’s 5 Social Media Must-Reads

Firebelly

Your LinkedIn company page gets listed in Google’s and LinkedIn’s search engines, allows others to follow your company’s updates, gives you a place to promote services and products and even reports analytics. How to Build the Perfect Facebook Fan Page, 2011 Edition. By Jamie Beckland 2011 has been hailed as the “year of geolocation.”

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Social Networking Stats: #RLTM Scoreboard, Marketers Buy Facebook Ads for Awareness, Not Fans

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. via Search Engine Land. “Brands spent a lot of time and energy in 2011 building up their fan base, and fan acquisition was a top goal for many brands,” Debra Aho Williamson, principal analyst at eMarketer, told AdAge. Tumblr: 64 million blogs. via Tumblr.

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A Deeper Look into Social Authority

The Social Media Incubator

As I mentioned in an earlier post about social authority , using social media strategically in this manner also can improve where your website ranks in the search engine results. Copyright © 2009-2011. Public Relations and Small Business Mavericks C.E.L. Public Relations Small Business Mavericks Loading Quotes.

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True Social Media ROI is All About Integration

The Social Media Incubator

One of the main reasons for that is Social Search – that is, where conversations taking place on social media sites become a part of the search engine result listings – otherwise known as “real time search.” ( Learn more about how social media helps your search results ). Copyright © 2009-2011.

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Is Your Brand Socially Agile?

Convince & Convert

Andy was the engineer behind the world’s most successful Twitter campaign , which was centered around the hashtag #WantAnR8. Audi was also the first brand to use a hashtag – #ProgressIs – during a Superbowl commercial, back in 2011. All of these examples show the brand’s social agility. They get a ton of kudos.

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Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall by Adam Sherk on January 20, 2010 Today The New York Times made it official that they will be introducing a metered model starting in 2011. UPDATE: For those interested in more actual information, NYTco.