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Australia: Senior Citizens on Facebook over 55’s

Laurel Papworth

Facebook has seen a surge of 513% of Senior Citizens and over 55’s joining in the USA. Australia too has a massive increase in seniors in Facebook and social networks generally in the last year or two. Australian figures show that about one in five over the age of 55 is connecting through Facebook, with 550,000 logging in.

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Your 2011 Digital Marketing Reboot

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The pervasiveness of mobile smartphones ( iPhone , Android , BlackBerry ), tablets ( iPad , Samsung , Dell ) and the entire app economy that surrounds it is quickly becoming a dominant business force. We also can't ignore the powering growth of Facebook. Over the holiday break, Facebook was named the most visited site in 2010.

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Will The Rise of the Photo Apps Kill the Written Word?

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74% and 73% of the Inc 500 use Facebook and LinkedIn respectively, and the study concluded: “Fewer [companies] are using blogging, message/bulletin boards, online video, podcasting and MySpace. More companies are using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, downloadable mobile apps, texting and Foursquare.”.

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