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This Week in Social Media – 6/12/2013

Social Media Marketing

Google Maps get more social, the role of social and television, where traditional media is heading, Facebook gets all #cool, Twitter opens analytics to all, making progress on social metrics, the NSA''s use of big data and more - it''s This Week in Social Media. In the first quarter of 2013, email grew by 11.6%

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

Webbiquity SMM

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. While three-quarters of marketers consider measurement of social media impact important, 70% say that measuring those results is difficult. Visual.ly ).

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This Week in Social Media – 8/7/2013

Social Media Marketing

Industry Social network usage rates for seniors ages 65 and older have tripled since 2009, one in every five Internet users is now on Twitter and 72% of online adults are social networking users, according to the Pew Research Center''s Internet & American Life Project''s latest report.

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This Week in Social Media – 7/24/2013

Social Media Marketing

Social sharing continues to grow and some platforms are serving specific purposes. Half of all content shared to social networks is done through Facebook, but other networks are strong as well: Pinterest for e-commerce, Twitter for consumer brand sites. But these events are not about your brand.

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Health And Fitness Apps See 62% Increase In Usage In Last Six Months

The Realtime Report

Usage of health and fitness apps has grown exponentially since 2013. Looking at data from over 6,800 iPhone and iPad apps listed under the health and fitness category, Flurry Analytics reports a 62% increase in the usage of health and fitness apps over the past 6 months, while the overall mobile app industry has only seen a 33% increase.

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This Week in Social Media – 4/3/2013

Social Media Marketing

Storify is a platform that allows you to curate content from other social networks - videos, tweets, blog posts, etc. In the "what took them so long" category, Amazon will acquire the social reading site Goodreads. and may very well point to the future of content.

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Why “Hidden Like Counts” Won’t Hurt Influencer Marketing

Ignite Social Media

That began to plunge in December of 2013 and total engagements fell right along with it. Nearly 6 years later, total investment in social media marketing has only skyrocketed. Social networks rely on a variety of signals to inform what content they show each individual. Social networks do a tremendous amount of good.