You can follow @klit_nielsen to get insights and thoughts on social media from his extensive work with large international companies. Social Media Facebook f8 Google Jonas Klit Nielsen social media 2011 Steve JobsTweet Closing in on the end of 2011, I have listed the three big “events” that in my opinion have lead to important development within the field of social media. My original idea was to list five, but I’m having a hard time thinking of others that are in the same league as the below mentioned. But please do share if you can list number four and five. Data, data, data. MORE >>

Nielsen BuzzMetrics. Nielsen’s monitoring covers more than 100 million blogs, social networking sites, discussion boards and other sites where consumers can post content. Forrester Research has named Nielsen a leader in brand monitoring solutions, saying “the vendor has the strongest strategic vision and currently competes at a scale unmatched by any other competitor.&#. Until fairly recently, keeping track of your organization’s online presence was relatively easy. simple tool like Google Alerts would pick up most stray citations. No more. Social Mention. MORE >>

According to The Nielsen Company , social network sites have grown in importance globally in 2009. Tags: Matt Rhodes Social networks Australia facebook France FreshNetworks Germany Nielsen Company Social network Social network service Twitter Image by Balakov via Flickr. In December 2008, global consumers spent an average of just over three hours on social networks. In December 2009, they were spending over five and a half hours on average. An increase of 82%. Alongside blogs, they are now the most popular category online when ranked by time spent on site. million to 18.1 MORE >>

According to The Nielsen Company the 135 plus million Americans who visited Facebook in January spent an average of seven hours, twenty-four minutes and 12 seconds interacting with that platform. Source: The Nielsen Company. One last stat from the Nielsen project that might bring this into focus. Source: The Nielsen Company. Social Media facebook nielsen company non-profit postaweek2011 Royal Pingdom small business social media social media marketingIf you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. – Lewis Carroll. Statistics! Case in point. MORE >>

I found a lot to like and not like about the  Global Trends in Online Shopping  - A Nielsen Global. … The Nielsen Company conducted a survey in March 2010 and polled more than 27,000 Internet users in 55 markets from Asia Pacific , Europe , Middle East , North America and South America to look at how consumers shop online: what they intend to buy, how they use various sites, the impact of social media and other factors that come into play when they are trying to decide how to spend their money. While the information  Global Trends in Online Shopping  - A Nielsen Global. MORE >>