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JULY 1, 2014

This month, NBA Digital held its third annual NBA Social Media Awards , which honors NBA players and teams for their active participation on social media throughout the regular season. The NBA handed out 10 social media awards in 10 categories over 10 days, with the help of fan voting on NBA.com , Facebook and Twitter.

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JANUARY 13, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest: Facebook. Any social media updates we missed? Social Media News Ticker Facebook Google Pinterest Sponsored Stories Twitter' Let us know in the comments below.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

What were the most popular social media case studies in 2012? Both Toyota and Twitter learned an important lesson about social media campaigns that involve automated messaging, and LocalResponse no longer runs this type of campaign.

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MARCH 4, 2014

We’re now in an age where large public events lead to a huge increase in social media activity; Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres’ selfie that ‘broke’ Twitter with the most retweets ever is just the latest example. election night in November 2012 and a major snowstorm in February 2013. “We No problem.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

What social media stats got the most attention in the last year? According to our traffic-counting elves, here are the top social media statistics we published in the last year: Twitter Hits 500 Million Registered Users (Feb 24): Approximately 12.3 new accounts are being registered per second, according to Twopcharts.

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JANUARY 20, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and Spotify: Facebook’s new Trending section. Any social media updates we missed? Let us know in the comments below.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

One-Third of Latin Americans Will Use Social Networks by 2013. increase in social networking users this year. While this number is slightly below the worldwide average in growth, that leaves plenty of room for social networking to grow in the region, according to the latest eMarketer estimates.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

New marketing efforts reflect this shift, and are aimed directly at the female demographic — with social media as the primary tool for reaching out. Do you think Under Armour made the right decision by focusing their new campaign largely on social media? Set a goal. VH1 and Nickelodeon.

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JANUARY 17, 2014

if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. . Employers, Universities Denied Access to Social Media Passwords of Prospective Workers, Students. Should employers or schools be allowed to request social media usernames and passwords from potential students and employees?

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JANUARY 9, 2014

These top three received the most mentions on Twitter in 2013; USA Today and the Washington Post also dominated the list of the top 10 most-tweeted newspaper website stories in 2013. One USA Today article was the most tweeted newspaper website story of the year, with 408,816 tweets during 2013.

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JANUARY 24, 2014

A new study from Simply Measured compares the Twitter accounts of the Interbrand 2013 Top 100 Brands and the Forbes 100 Best Small Companies in America to analyze how successful brands of different sizes use the micro-blogging social platform. audiences grew by 20% in the fourth quarter of 2013.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

IM Academy Students Focus on Cultivating Mindset and Mentorship at New MMX Academy IM Academy , a provider of online educational resources, launched five new academies in 2022, the most since the platform was established in 2013.

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APRIL 17, 2014

KLM – known for creativity in social media marketing – came in second, with 6,691. KLM was one of the first to offer 24-hour social media customer service on Twitter and YouTube, and even began displaying customer service response times on the brand’s Twitter account back in November 2013.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

Norway is currently well in the lead, with 57% of the population using mobile phones to access the web in 2013. Thanks to increased smartphone adoption, the penetration rate of mobile phone internet users among mobile phone users will rise from 49% to 78% between 2013 and 2017. By 2017 that number will rise to 66%.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

If the answer is no, then it’s time to start: a new study from Yesmail Interactive shows that, as of Q4 2013, half of consumers now read emails only on mobile devices. Social Media Statistics desktop email desktop purchasing email campaign email marketing email optimization mobile mobile email mobile purchasing Yesmail Interactive'

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Revenue per visit Q4 2013 [Adobe report] Visits from Facebook still provide the highest return, but Tumblr just rose to the #2 slot in terms of revenue per visit, with a 340% increase from last year. Social Media Statistics Facebook referral traffic revenue per visit social networking statistics Tumblr'

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JANUARY 10, 2014

Eighty percent of world leaders used Twitter in 2013, according to a study from the Digital Policy Council. US President Obama tops the charts with 16 million new followers in 2013, followed by Indonesian leader President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who amassed 4.2 million followers despite only joining Twitter in 2013 ( AllTwitter ).

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Who’s using social media in New Zealand? Nearly 95% of internet users in New Zealand accessed a social media site during November 2013, or 2.8 The top social media platforms include: Facebook, with 1.95 million unique visitors in November 2013. million Kiwis.

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MARCH 7, 2014

if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. . Foursquare Sees Major Revenue Growth in 2013 and Q1 2014. He announced on CNBC that the platform’s revenues grew 600% in 2013 – pretty impressive. Please email marissa@modernmedia.co over 45 million users.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

Click on the image to ‘watch’ as 2014 arrives: Related Stories DiGiorno and “The Sound of Music”: Spontaneous Tweeting Pays Off Social Media Stats: The Best of 2013 Top Social Media Campaigns in 2013. Social Media Campaigns 2014 Happy New Year interactive map Twitter'

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APRIL 25, 2014

On Wednesday, Facebook announced that more than one billion users now access the social network on mobile devices every month. This milestone was followed by more good news for Facebook: revenue is up 72% from Q1 2013, and 59% of advertising revenue comes from mobile devices, nearly double the 30% from Q1 2013.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

The same can be said of Tulleys’ Halloween campaign in 2013 , which was investigated by the advertising watchdog following complaints. If you have a large social media presence, you may wish to look at some more simple things that you can do during the spooky season.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

An “absolutely spontaneous” series of tweets from DiGiorno during the live broadcast ended up gaining attention from several major media outlets, reports AdAge. DiGiorno knew the live broadcast of the musical would be generating a fair amount of buzz on social media, and the brand “wanted to get in on the conversation.”

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JANUARY 3, 2013

Now nearly one-quarter of all US households have and use connected TV; this number could approach 3 in 10 by the end of 2013. By the end of 2013, 35.1 will do so by the end of 2013. million US households will have at least one television connected to the internet. million homes had smart TVs in 2012 (out of 26.8

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APRIL 30, 2014

Related Stories Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Launches “Nearby Friends” Mobile Ad Spending Grows 105% in 2013 Social Networking Stats: Facebook Tops 1 Billion Users on Mobile, #RLTM Scoreboard. Social Media Statistics ad revenue mobile mobile advertising Twitter Twitter earnings report'

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APRIL 9, 2014

Here’s a breakdown of the results: Mobile’s dominance among social media platforms follows a general trend in digital: smartphone engagement has grown more than 3X from 131 billion total minutes in December 2010 to 442 billion by December 2013. Tablet usage has grown ten-fold over that same time period.

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The Realtime Report

JULY 19, 2012

Lay’s is one of the latest brands to experiment with crowdsourcing on social media — by allowing consumers to submit recipes for a new chip, and fans on Facebook to vote for the best new flavor. Lay’s has already been running these “create-a-chip” contests outside of the U.S., shrimp chips in Egypt.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Related Stories Facebook Ranks #1 for Social Commerce, But Only #4 for Average Order Value Mobile Ad Spending Grows 105% in 2013 Social Networking Stats: 52% of SMBs Use Facebook for Ads/Promotions, #RLTM Scoreboard. Social Media Statistics Facebook messaging service social media statistics WhatsApp WhatsApp statistics'

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Budweiser UK (@BudweiserUK) December 2, 2013. Back in May, Anheuser Busch launched the first ever “ social responsibility blimp ” with a mobile billboard reminding adults to drink responsibly, though judging from the @budblimp account (with just 574 followers) it wasn’t hugely popular on social media.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Related Stories Social Media Stats: The Best of 2013 LinkedIn Grows 53% Year-Over-Year in New Zealand Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Nears Deal With Stripe, Spotify Drops Free Listening Time Limit. Social Media Statistics Facebook Google Instagram LinkedIn social networking statistics Twitter'

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MAY 28, 2014

Social media is prevalent among Chinese internet users ages 16-64; nearly 85% have a Qzone account (the most popular social network in China) and roughly half (50%) are monthly active users on the service. ” Monthly active users of major social apps among Chinese internet audience.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

If 2012 was the year influencer marketing emerged on the social media marketing scene, 2013 will bring more structure, best practices and better frameworks for leveraging online influencers across marketing initiatives. Let us know how you’re planning to use influencer marketing to boost your results in 2013!

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

– 73% of internet users also use social networks – while China lags well behind with just 48%. Social networking use in selected countries compared with the U.S., 2013: ( [link] ) pic.twitter.com/wGCJEO0Vbf. — Pew Internet (@pewinternet) February 17, 2014. Are you surprised by these numbers?

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APRIL 11, 2014

YouTube is the “undisputed champion” among social networks in terms of driving referrals, delivering the most traffic and the highest levels of engagement, according to a new study from Shareaholic. How much traffic does your site receive from social media referrals? pages per visit and just 54.99 seconds on site.

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JUNE 20, 2014

In 2012, that figure was at 3.4%; in 2013 it was 9%. Related Stories World Cup Social Media Fever: 53% of US Smartphone Users Plan To Use Facebook To Discuss The Games Social Networking Stats: World Cup Draws 58 Million Facebook Users On First Day, #RLTM Scoreboard 20% Of Apps Are Opened Only Once.

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JANUARY 31, 2014

” The evidence is in: in Q4 2013, 53% of Facebook’s advertising revenue came from mobile ads (on iPads, smartphones and other mobile devices). Here’s a look at recent mobile growth on the platform: in Q4 Facebook had 556 million daily mobile users, up from 507 million in Q3 2013.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

billion in 2013. Thanks largely to growth in mobile ad revenue, Facebook became a major player in the digital ad space this year; the social network is now the 2nd largest digital ad seller in the US (with $3.17 was 9%; in 2013, that number jumped to nearly 17%. Facebook Accounts For 17% Of Mobile Ad Revenue in U.S.

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