SocMed Sean

JANUARY 8, 2012

2011 was a great year for my blog and I appreciate everyone who stopped by to check it out. The biggest category of content that attracted visitors to SocMedSean.com in 2011 was definitely my social media comic strips. In case you missed them, here are links to all my 2011 social media comics in one post.

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Justin Levy

JANUARY 1, 2012

Over the past month I’ve been working on my 2012 plans and getting myself organized and set up for the upcoming year. My three words for 2012 are: Consistency, Balance, & Ship. My three words for 2012 are: Consistency, Balance, & Ship. I want to keep that up in 2012 and make even more improvements.

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Direct Marketing Observations

DECEMBER 14, 2011

But then I started to think about 2012 and the challenges that most brands will face and thus the basis for this post was born: The challenges for a digital marketer or a digital brand in 2012. 1) Driving traffic - The challenge in 2011 is the same in 2012. Marketers and brands will need to land the plane in 2012.

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Direct Marketing Observations

DECEMBER 19, 2011

As 2011 winds down, it’s time for me to reflect on the state of my social media world in 2011. Things that I thought I knew about social media in 2011: 1) That I knew what I was talking about. 5) Corporations were ready to be transparent in 2011. 8) That FB would get to 1billion users in 2011.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The discussion kicked off with a great question from Deanna Boss , who wanted to know: “What does 2012 look like for #measurepr? The final #measurePR chat of 2011 will take place on Tuesday, Dec. What the #measurePR Community Thinks of 2012. New trends? Saying goodbye to bad habits? Any goals?”. You got it. 20, from 12-1 ET.

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Firebelly

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Here are the top 11 social media marketing posts on the Firebelly blog in 2011 based on number of views. We look forward to more of the same in 2012! Facebook For Business Tip #1: Pages not Profiles. Social Search: Tempur-Pedic “Ask Me” Commercial. Facebook For Business Tip #8: Wildfire Contests. Gettin’ Unique With QR Codes.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 15, 2012

A year ago, Cheryl Burgess and I published the first #Nifty 50 award winners, starting with the #Nifty50 Women of Twitter on this blog in May 2011 and followed by the #Nifty50 Men of Twitter published on Cheryl’s Blue Focus Marketing blog in June. Nominate your favorite technology twitterer using this form.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Mobile advertising spending will total more than $4 billion by the end of 2012, according to eMarketer estimates. The third quarter of 2012 saw a 574% jump in mobile ad spending for the automotive industry year-over-year. The third quarter of 2012 saw a 574% jump in mobile ad spending for the automotive industry year-over-year.

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Akamai Marketing

DECEMBER 22, 2011

2011 was a game changing year in social media. But this is a dynamic field and we’re sure to see changes in 2012 too? What should businesses plan for in 2012 and what should they be looking for? I’m putting my Carnack hat on and writing down the trends I see in social media for 2012.

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Mindjumpers

JUNE 25, 2012

Tweet Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012 was held last week and was the 59th annual festival. Design Lions: The Solar Annual Report 2011 by Serviceplan for Austria Solar. The Grand Prix winners have been announced during the past week and the remaining winners was awarded last Saturday.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

I’ve been a supporter for a few years now, but this year I was delighted to accept role on the 2012-14 campaign cabinet to help out with marketing and communications. . million to United Way Ottawa and the 2012 campaign raised a total of $30.6 Related posts: Schmoozefest 2011: United Way Ottawa. United Way Ottawa 2011.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

According to George Kirikos , the domain name JD.com sold for an estimated $5 million in 2012. million RMB to 36 million RMB as of December 2012. As of December 31, 2011, they recorded 2,621,000 RMB for domain names, but that rose to 36,032,000 RMB as of December 31, 2012.” that referenced domain names.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 24, 2012

Here are the fastest – and the slowest – news sites in 2012: Home Page Page Speed Score. April 2012. April 2012 Page Speed Score. April 2011 Change. For the sake of simplicity I pulled PageSpeed Online scores for the home page of each news site. 2 Mail Online (US home page) 94. 3 Business Insider 93. 4 TechCrunch 91.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

According to Compete.com, traffic to the site did fall off sharply in February and March of 2011 after an initial surge, but has rebounded to new highs since then (though half a million unique visitors per month isn’t particularly impressive for a social media site). Then they began to taper off and disappear.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 2, 2013

This post, along with 79 Remarkable Social Media Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2012 and 87 More Vital Social Media Marketing Facts and Stats for 2012 previously published here, provide a solid foundation for that understanding. While 47% felt somewhat good at social measurement in 2011, just 38% said the same in 2012.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Here are 11 concrete ways I think the environment in which B2B Marketers operate will evolve in 2011. So that begs the question – what’s on the horizon specifically for B2B Marketers next year? Facebook Advertising – will continue to improve and unfortunately get more expensive.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Here are my top 10 posts of 2012 by pageviews: The Best Free Tools for Twitter Analytics. The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012. The Facebook analytics tools post is actually from December 2011 but since it was a top performer this year I’m letting it make the list. 5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO.

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Mindjumpers

JANUARY 11, 2012

Tweet Recently, Awarness Inc released a report called The State of Social Media Marketing : Top Areas For Social Marketing Investment and Biggest Social Marketing Challenges in 2012. The It compares the state of social media in 2011 and expectations from 2012, based on this survey. Monitoring.

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Mindjumpers

APRIL 4, 2012

Since this survey has been done annually for the the last 4 years, it is possible to highlight significant changes since the 2011 study. In addition, it also highlights how B2B companies differ from B2Ccompanies and whether the size of a business has any bearing on results.

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Net-Savvy Executive

JANUARY 22, 2013

It's the same for 2012: only one of the top 10 posts in 2012 was something I wrote in 2012. Previous years' lists 2011: Top 10 Posts , Revisiting 2011 2010: Top 10 posts , Thinking through 2010 2009: Top 10 posts. Since the stats favor the old posts, here's a recap of some of the stuff I'd hope you didn't miss.

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Net-Savvy Executive

DECEMBER 31, 2012

March 2011 (#3 in 2011). Human vs. machine analysis - April 2007 (#5 in 2011). Visual text analysis - April 2007 (#6 in 2011). Global Social Media Usage Patterns - January 2011 (#4 in 2011). Professional-Strength Social Media Aggregators - June 2010 (#8 in 2011).

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Mindjumpers

JANUARY 18, 2012

Tweet 2011 was a great year for social media where we saw true integration of “social” to our lives. A few interesting take outs for social media statistics in 2012 : Facebook Statistics 2012: An average Facebook user has 130 friends and likes 80 pages. Each week on Facebook, more than 3.5

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 15, 2012

A year ago, Cheryl Burgess and I published the first #Nifty 50 award winners, starting with the #Nifty50 Women of Twitter on this blog in May 2011 and followed by the #Nifty50 Men of Twitter published on Cheryl’s Blue Focus Marketing blog in June. Nominate your favorite technology twitterer using this form.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 12, 2012

So, since it’s January 2012, we are now seeing the search engine market share for December 2011. Google’s web sites led the core search market in December 2011 with 65.9 comScore, Inc. NASDAQ: SCOR) is a leader in measuring the digital world, and released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S.

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Mindjumpers

JANUARY 10, 2012

Tweet Beginning of 2012 has brought in a lot of predictions and opportunities. But before starting this, it is always good to look back at how 2011 has been for our different sites and then go on to predict how it would be in future. 2012 Social Marketing & New Media Predictions [White Paper].

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The results of the Vocus 2011 PR Planning Survey are out and the number of organizations that plan to focus more on SEO and social media has declined. In this year’s survey 51% of the respondents indicated that they would focus more on SEO in 2011, down from 57% in 2011. Does Social Media Increase a Journalist’s Value?

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 29, 2011

If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Thank You to 1,183 Commentators in 2011 in your browser. Have a great 2012! Thank you for reading! Ari Herzog is a new media explorer. You can join his Facebook blog community here and sign up for his email newsletter. by Christopher Roberts Glad I made the list Ari.

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Debbie Weil

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Inspired by a number of other bloggers and authors, including Chris Brogan ( Temple , Untangle , Practice ), Jonathan Fields ( Serve, Inspire, Transcend ) and Chris Guillebeau ( Finishing ), I am starting 2012 with three words. I was tempted to say "launching" 2012 because that's what it feels like. More about that in a minute.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Nevertheless, here are my top 10 posts of 2011 by pageviews: Which NBA Teams Have Seen the Most Growth on Twitter and Facebook? Looking at my 2011 posts, it is interesting that a sports topic got the top slot since that’s not a major focus for me. Enjoy the holidays and hope you have a great 2012. Original idea!

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Sherrilynne Starkie

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

The International Association of Busines s Communicators (IABC) recently presented its Silver Leaf Awards for 2012, and Thornley Fallis and our client Allstate Canada were recognized with two Awards of Merit. Quick report on the IABC 2012 conference in Chicago. Click here to start to receive my newsletter. Related articles.

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yMarketingMatters

APRIL 15, 2013

An impressive increase from 35% in 2011 and 44% in 2012. Currently, 31% of Americans own a tablet compared to 11% in 2011 and 22% in 2012. Time spent on mobile social media increased by a huge 387% from 2011 to 2012. In 2013, 91% of Americans own a smartphone. 13% are 18 to 24. are 25 to 34. are 35 to 44.

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Kikolani

MAY 11, 2012

And this week, he outdid himself by getting this amazing shot of Supermoon 2012 which was featured on Mashable ! You're reading Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Supermoon 2012 , originally posted on Kikolani and copyrighted by Kristi Hines, freelance writer and professional blogger. Photo of the Week. Related Posts.

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Net-Savvy Executive

JANUARY 3, 2012

So, I started a new post last year: a list of the past year's posts that didn't make the 2011 Top 10 , but that I think are worth another look. Twitter Best in Events and Emergencies Emergency management pros started paying serious attention to social media in 2011—tsunamis, tornadoes, and popular uprisings command attention, after all.

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Ignite Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2020

Bonus: The first video to hit one billion views was Psy’s “Gangnam Style” in 2012. Hashtags don’t exist for the first few months (they don’t make their debut on Instagram until 2011). The 15-minute time limit is removed. The most watched video of 2010 is the Bedroom Intruder Song (Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife). Yes, really.)

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 7, 2012

Unique visitors in Q2 2012 totaled 106 million, according to comScore, and pageviews dropped slightly from 9.4 In the second quarter of 2012, revenue was up 89% over the same period a year ago. revenue from Premium Subscriptions rose 82% compared to one year ago, representing 19% of total revenue in the second quarter of 2012.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 23, 2013

To get a better sense of the situation I pulled StumbleUpon referral figures from 2010-2012 for a group of 47 news and content sites that we work with at Define Media Group , primarily magazine brands. Declines in StumbleUpon Traffic: 2012 vs. 2011. One thing to point out is that not every site experienced a decline in 2012.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

MAY 25, 2012

It takes place on Wednesday, 30 May 2012 from 5:00 to 8:30 PM at University Centre,Room 216 (2nd Floor), 85 University Street in Ottawa. Hope in the City 2011. That’s why the public relations society has organized Dress4Success, an event to help students put their best foot forward! The Presentations. Related articles.

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