Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Everyone’s all abuzz and atwitter about Plus, the new social network from a search engine company with which you might be familiar. My initial, abbreviated take is that Google’s new social toy is essentially a Facebook Twitter hybrid with outstanding ease-of-use and eye-popping potential.

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Google Picasa Adwords Engineering 149

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The recent release of ComScore’s Digital Year in Review provides detailed information on search and advertising. While the report doesn’t directly address much about social media, it does make a case for some strategic choices that may impact your social media campaigns.

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comScore Review Klout Marketing 156

Buffer Social

JULY 27, 2016

I’ve done some thinking about what this new addition means to Snapchat content and the future of the social network. Keep reading to see what Memories is all about and how Snapchat is evolving into a must-have social media channel. Memories can feed the evolution of Snapchat’s ad product.

API 40

API Marketing comScore Video 40

Mindjumpers

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Tweet Twitter is now the fastest growing social networking site among U.S. million for the year ending in August 2011, says a new study by comScore. The overall social networking population across mobile devices increased by 37% to 72 million people – about 31% of all U.S. mobile users (aged 13 and over).

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Mobile LinkedIn comScore Twitter 203

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

I live twittered hour 23 and 24 of my last story submission to Digg. If you also ask me, Digg has had a lot of vocal supporters and those voices are going to be preaching about other social networks now. As seen on compete.com, alexa, comscore and other sites, Digg growth has flattened in the past few months.

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Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream 100

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 8, 2013

The use of social media and social networks for marketing has rapidly advanced in the past few years from the “should I do it?” ” level to the current “how do I measure and optimize social media marketing efforts?” 500 companies use at least one major social media platform. 90% of Inc.

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Social Media ROI B2B Marketing 207

ProBlogger

JULY 22, 2014

The combination of SEO and social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest can be overwhelming for big as well as small business marketers. Consider the below mentioned social network growth statistics: YouTube hosts nearly 14 billion videos. Source: comScore.

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Engineering Social Media Foursquare StumbleUpon 55

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Reports, surveys, studies and infographics are among the most popular content posted and shared across social networks. But which networks are most effective for spreading the content produced? How widespread, really, is the use of social media for marketing? 59% are on Twitter, and 43% use a company blog for marketing.

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Statistics Research Social Media B2B 190

Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

As one of the fastest growing social networks in the world, everyone wants a piece of Instagram. A Shopify report discovered Instagram had the second-highest average order value compared to other social media platforms. With an average order of $65, Instagram beat out Pinterest ($58.95), Facebook ($55) and Twitter ($46.29).

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Instagram Brands How To Fashion 40