You can DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF OUR REPORT HERE. Our report looks at: How LinkedIn has grown to become the world’s biggest professional online network. John Fell Social media Social networks FreshNetworks linkedin LinkedIn report LinkedIn Week social mediaToday sees an end to our focus on LinkedIn and the launch of our new report about the growth, current use and future direction of LinkedIn. Our predictions for the future growth of LinkedIn. How brands and businesses should use LinkedIn. The top 10 companies on LinkedIn. Tweet This! MORE >>

For those 397 million Europeans, social networking now accounts for 1 in 4 minutes spent online. Download the full comScore report here. Social Media Statistics Comscore EU5 Europe social networking statisticsThe average European consumer spends more than a day (25.9 hours) online every month, according to a new report by comScore. Other popular online activities among European consumers include: 3 in 4 visited a retail site. 62% visited a games site. 50% visited sports sites and newspaper sites. MORE >>

I’m about to install and muck around with Open Atrium as an social network intranet product for a client. It’s based on social networking software Drupal, and is free to download: Social Intranet Open Atrium. Social Intranet: Open Atrium social network for internal use is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy. Technorati Tags: drupal , free , Online Communities , open atrium , OpenSource , social intranet , social network. Twitter: Social StoryTelling (14). Web 2.0 MORE >>

pamorama marketing, life, social media Home About Bookshelf Links Contact Women Dominate Social Networks by Pam Dyer on August 3, 2010 Share According to a new study from comScore , social networking sites reach a higher percentage of women than men. Women on the Web: How Women Are Shaping the Internet ”, found that 76% of women visit a social networking site compared to 70% of men. Globally, women demonstrate higher engagement levels with social networking sites than men. Women Dominate Social Networks (pamorama.net) [.] MORE >>

There aren’t too many great social networking apps for the iPad, but I have found a select few that I find myself using on a regular basis. Below is the list that I use regularly that cover using Twitter, Facebook, blogging, news consumption and social/web stats. Synchs with Google Reader which is a major plus and easy to share articles to your networks. Ego ($2.99) – It’s not the most robust web/social analytics offering, but what it lacks in depth, it makes up for in simplicity and ease of use. My 9 Favorite iPhone Social Media Apps. MORE >>