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Social Networking Stats: Global Social Media Ad Revenue To Grow 60% Year-Over-Year, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. Global Social Media Ad Revenues Grow 60% Year-Over-Year. Global social media revenues will increase from $11.8

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RIP Google Plus: The Highs and Lows of the Once Popular Social Network

WebInKnow

Google Plus launched in mid-2011 to great excitement. Initially by invitation only, a clever ploy to get early adopters to sign on, Google Plus became the fastest growing social network in history when it opened to everybody in September 2011. Now, less than a decade after launch, the service is shutting down today.

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Link Love Monthly: Best of February 2011

SocialFish

Social Business: It’s like the Internet in 1997 (Jeremiah Owyang). Tech/Analysis. The Art of Social. Expanding the Concept of Event Social Networking Beyond Online Platforms (Michelle Bruno). Cutting Through The Noise: Tying Social Media Program to Business Objectives (Olivier Blanchard). Datalicious.

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Link Love Monthly: Best of March 2011

SocialFish

MIT Media Lab Identity, 2011 from readyletsgo on Vimeo. Real-Time Analytics For Social Plugins (Facebook Developer Blog). The State and Future of the Social Media Management System Space (Jeremiah Owyang). 29 social networks that have at least one million visitors per day (Royal Pingdom). Tech/Analysis.

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Google vs Facebook: Name the 2011 Winner

Ari Herzog

Judging by an analysis of the most-visited websites during the first 11 months of 2010, in comparison to 2009, Facebook hit first place and surpassed Google. Will it be Facebook, Google, or someone else? -- Ari Herzog thanks you for reading Google vs Facebook: Name the 2011 Winner on his blog.

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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

Research released today by LoyaltyOne and two leading North American academic institutions provides the long-awaited proof that social media interaction between a customer and a brand drives immediate and long-term sales increases. The Air Miles program logo in Canada since 2009. Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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Annual Social Media Budget Planning For Companies And Bloggers

SocMed Sean

NOTE: I originally wrote and published this article back in November of 2011 and it has generated a lot of interest over the years. Regardless of whether you have a team of 25 or are a team of one, these resources might include: 1) Time allocated to social media listening, community engagement, content creation, and customer service.

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