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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. As a relative newbie to the “virtual&# world, our business model is being very successful. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 2

Webbiquity SMM

He also notes that once-hot Digg has devolved into “the MySpace of social sharing sites.” Meanwhile, dating websites and virtual worlds (e.g. Among the trends: paid search is projected to grow 15% in 2012 and 2013, followed by 13% in 2014. Second Life) are reportedly among the least popular online activities.