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Social Networking Stats: LinkedIn Is Most Important Social Network for B2B Marketers, #RLTM Scoreboard

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Tumblr: 69 million blogs. via Tumblr. Other favorite social channels included YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Stumbleupon and Tumblr. 57% listed poorly define success metrics and key performance indicators. Renren: over 170 million users. via iResearch iUser Tracker. LinkedIn: 174 million members. via Instagram.

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Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. The community had to react. Completely.

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10 Questions You Should Ask Your Social Media “Expert”, “Guru” or “Wizard”

SocMed Sean

They might not be hard metrics in terms of sales or conversions, but there should be some measurement involved , even if its the increasing the number of positive online interactions and reducing the amount of negative chatter around your brand. Share this on LinkedIn Share this on Tumblr Share this on del.icio.us

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The Value Of Blog Comments

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They can push it out through StumbleUpon , Reddit or Digg. It's going to be hard to generate comments and community going forward as more disruptions and tools to share (look at Tumblr , etc.) They can just create their own post, on their own space about it and not even link back to it. The conversation is anywhere and everywhere.

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Just like it’s not uncommon for someone to click the “Digg&# button on Digg without ever visiting the site.

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The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In order to provide an assessment of the quality of traffic driven by each network, four site metrics were analyzed: Average page views Time on site Bounce rate Percentage of returning visitors Let’s see what the figures reveal. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Seems to me that in order to gain the benefits of Social Media Marketing tactics, traditional marketers must give up their need for control, especially of the metrics. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Systems evolve in unpredictable ways.

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