The Realtime Report

APRIL 7, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: Vine adds direct messaging via video (photo: Vine blog). ’s SecondSync; teams from both will join Twitter’s London office (WSJ).

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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.

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Visually SM

AUGUST 19, 2020

But with so many social media platforms out there, how can your company make such a big decision? In this guide, you will understand why it is so important to have social media profiles for your business. By the end of this article, you will be able to understand: Why does a brand need a social media presence?

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 16, 2012

A new compilation of stats from the 2012 Olympic Games reveals that 60% of visits to the official London 2012 Games website and apps came from mobile devices. The London 2012 stats – showing engagement across 77 digital products - were compiled by Alex Balfour, the head of new media for London 2012.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Will Google+ be a “Facebook killer” or just Google’s next failed social network? Then again, the average Facebook user spends nearly seven hours per month on the site—compared to just three minutes for the average Google+user. So what makes Google+ special? Google+ Guides and Tips.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 19, 2013

But Google has completely changed the way we “hang out” with our near and dear ones. With the advent of Google+ (G+) multi-party video chats or Hangouts, not only can we now hang out with our friends and family, but, if we like, with the Prime Minister, Finance Minister, or the President of the country.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 11, 2018

“She does social media,” is the go-to introduction my friends bestow on me at parties. In 2018, in a world where many of my millennial friends have more captivating Instagram accounts than me, this introduction sound about as impressive as, “She Googles real good.”. We already use “social” in isolation.

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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. Check out Google’s Project Glass Video. to 50 disadvantaged kids in all 50 states.

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Mindjumpers

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

In a previous blog post , Jonas made a summary of a report called “The State of Social Media Marketing” from January 2012 in which he outlined the key points and conclusions drawn from the report. As in the beginning of 2012 the big three – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn – remain at the top positions.

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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 For Business (Morning Course). This is very intensive course.

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Proactive Report

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Today I am going back to the four social media trends Beverly Macy predicted would be hot in 2012 in the Huffington Post. The rise of Social Intelligence. Social media education and training. Social Media Intelligence is a sure bet in my view – see this post. And what about Google+?

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Firebelly

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Below are 5 social media must-reads that we wouldn’t want you to miss. Twitter’s Fly Redesign Aims To Be Faster, Simpler. By Laurie Segall When co-founder Jack Dorsey returned to Twitter earlier this year, he announced that his top priority would be to improve the service’s user experience.

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Mindjumpers

DECEMBER 11, 2012

As you may know, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and to some degree Google are blocked in China. A survey done in 2012 by McKinsey, showed that 95 percent of those living in Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 cities are registered on a social media site and proves at the same time to be the most active users.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 31, 2012

Would you agree that social media is faster than seismic waves? Ancita Satija (@ancitasatija) March 5, 2012. Mahant (@DKMahant) March 5, 2012. To me, this incident exemplifies how badly we are hooked on social media. That said, is social media all that bad? Dushyant K.

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Today’s guest post comes from Hazel Fogg, creative social media manager and editor at Academic Brits. Just recently she started to create her first social media course. Thanks to Hazel for sharing her thoughts on the use of humor in social media. They don’t want to be sold to.

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Proactive Report

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In her post about social media trends in 2012 Beverly Macy says content curation is important because people want to know what’s important and they want to discover interesting and relevant content. Advertorial has always been a good revenue vehicle for the media and a means for brands to publish their content their way.

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The Realtime Report

JUNE 27, 2014

Twitter: 255 million monthly active users. Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. . Twitter Sees Over 300 Million Tweets About #WorldCup (And Counting). over 1 billion monthly unique users. via YouTube. via VentureBeat.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Here are my top 10 posts of 2012 by pageviews: The Best Free Tools for Twitter Analytics. News Organizations on Google+: Which Pages Get the Most Engagement? 5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO. The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012. Media Relations Gone Wrong: How Not to Pitch a Journalist (Video).

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Socialized

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Here are my five social media predictions for 2010. Location-Based Applications Will Dissolve Into General Social Networks. Twitter recently rolled out its Geotagging capability on a limited basis. More Social Media Regulation Will Follow the FTC’s October Endorsement Guides. Even Google, a Web 1.0

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 11, 2013

If you were to do a Google search for some of the top social networking sites , you’ll almost certainly stumble across a news story concerning privacy issues with user data. Guest post by Athena Newton.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 8, 2012

The biggest category of content that attracted visitors to SocMedSean.com in 2011 was definitely my social media comic strips. In case you missed them, here are links to all my 2011 social media comics in one post. In case you were wondering, my favorite comic that I created this year was The Social Media Kneejerk.

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Direct Marketing Observations

DECEMBER 19, 2011

As 2011 winds down, it’s time for me to reflect on the state of my social media world in 2011. Things that I thought I knew about social media in 2011: 1) That I knew what I was talking about. They’re ready as long as they have their social media policies in place. Would you pay to advertise on Twitter?

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Social Media Policies Consultant ROI 228

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 12, 2012

“Real” people don’t “do” social media like we do. By “we,” I mean people like you and I (or, at least, like I used to be), who are on social all the time. If you enjoyed it, be sure to connect with Shonali on Twitter , Facebook , or Google+. I mean, all.

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The Realtime Report

JULY 11, 2012

Burberry, a “digital darling” among luxury brands, recently launched its Autumn/Winter 2012 collection across 10 different social platforms, according to L2. million followers on Twitter, nearly 38,000 subscribers on YouTube (and over 14.6 YouTube has a series of short films about the collection.

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Campaign Platform Social Media Microblogging 189

Laurel Papworth

MAY 31, 2012

Workshop training on social media strategy and campaigns – I’m teaching (doing a practical session, showing how to set up Facebook, Twitter, blog etc) an afternoon course with Inforum Group. Facebook, Twitter, blogs will be covered (we set up a blog live) as well as how to build audiences. Learn here!

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Convince & Convert

MAY 15, 2012

Amy Schmittauer is the Founder & Face of Savvy Sexy Social. She is a “social media frenzy” working in social relations consulting, blogging, and, of course, vlogging about life on her YouTube channel. Connect with her on Twitter. May 24, 2012, Columbus, Ohio. June 5-7, 2012, New York, NY.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Twitter: over 500 million users. Google Plus: 135 million monthly active users. via Google. Google Plus: 135 million monthly active users. via Google. via SmartBlog on Social Media. Twitter Tops 200 Million Monthly Active Users. There are now more than 200M monthly active @ twitter users.

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The Realtime Report

JULY 27, 2012

Twitter: over 500 million users. Google Plus: 170 million “people who have upgraded” via Google. Google Plus: 170 million “people who have upgraded” via Google. Global Social Media Ad Revenues Grow 60% Year-Over-Year. Global social media revenues will increase from $11.8

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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

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Health Care Social Media Insurance Education 192

Ignite Social Media

MARCH 2, 2021

Social media marketers constantly try to balance the proven practices on established social networks with strategic bets on the up and comers. When I started Ignite Social Media in 2007, the battle between MySpace and Facebook still raged and Friendster was hanging on for dear life.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 18, 2017

Back when Ignite started in 2007, social media was a simpler time. Myspace was the top social media site, Facebook was new, and we were fine with it. Ignite has been serving up social media for some of the world’s best brands for 10 years, and we’ve seen a lot of changes. Drop us a line !

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Jeffrey Levy commented on this blog in 2008 that his description of Twitter was a source of filtered, purified water out of a raging river. I tell my students that I compare LinkedIn to the Chamber of Commerce, Facebook to the cocktail party, Pinterest to the digital scrapbook, Tumblr to the photo collage, and Twitter to the river.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 10, 2014

Twitter: over 218 million monthly active users. via Twitter. Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. . 80% of World Leaders On Twitter. million followers despite only joining Twitter in 2013 ( AllTwitter ).

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Socialized

DECEMBER 14, 2009

About a month ago, I wrote about my five social media predictions for 2010. Social media and careers are covered by prediction #6: “In 2009 we saw a couple of interesting surveys by respected organizations indicating that recruiters are increasingly using or planning to use social media to find and investigate talent.

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SocialText Social Media Foursquare Microsoft 157

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 19, 2016

Social media use isn’t quite universal—but it’s getting close. population now has at least one social networking profile; more than half use two or more social networks. The number of worldwide social media users is projected to grow from 2.1 But social media marketing spending will rise anyway.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Our goal in designing these awards was to honor the top 50 women and top 50 men in social media. In that first year , we cast a wide net, honoring those whom we felt actively engaged as brand ambassadors on Twitter day in day out, exchanging valuable information, and just generally being good, helpful people.

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 22, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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