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Social Media News Ticker: Instagram Launches Bolt, Foursquare Debuts New Logo, Facebook Drops Gifts

The Realtime Report

Check out all the latest social media news from the last two weeks, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Foursquare: Facebook. Foursquare.

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Social Networking Stats: Twitter & Politics In 2012, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: over 25 million users. The tweet garnered not only the most retweets in 2012, but the most retweets in history (over 817,000, as reported by the Washington Post.). Hashtags – Twitter compiled the year’s top 10 political hashtags. Google Plus: 135 million monthly active users. via Google.

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Realtime Olympics: 60% of London 2012 Visits Came Via Mobile; Facebook Was 2nd Highest Traffic Source

The Realtime Report

million social media followers across Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Foursquare. Interaction around teams was also high, with the #SupportYourTeam hashtag seeing 1.55 Social media played an enormous role in driving traffic and engagement: 66% of web traffic (to London2012.com) The organization counted 4.7

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Social TV Analytics: Commercials Spur 145% Lift in Social Media Comments for Mike’s Hard Lemonade

The Realtime Report

If Mike’s had included a hashtag, or referenced exclusive content related to the brand’s Facebook page or Foursquare check-ins, would the number of social media comments have been even higher? .” The next question: how can brands advertising on TV encourage viewers to engage more on social media?

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Taking a Peek at Twitter Analytics

Social Media Marketing

Rather than reporting on a third person’s Twitter followers, I thought it might be more interesting (to me, at least) to take a look at a breakdown of my own Twitter followers. Scott finds himself with about 92,000 followers as of the time we''re pulling this report. The request was to share the analysis with you, my readers.

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How to Get Your First 1,000 Followers on Every Major Social Network

Buffer Social

This includes: Writing an awesome bio with one or two select keywords or hashtags. Step five : Use relevant hashtags. When you use a hashtag , people outside of those you follow will be exposed to your tweet. Tweet Reports also has a great listing of Twitter chats. Use relevant hashtags. Share a link.

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How to Fix a “Broken Brand” with Social

Convince & Convert

And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. Find us on iTunes: [link]. ” A promotion on Valentine’s Day last year gave a Lightning cupcake to anyone who checked in on Foursquare or Facebook. From Cision , a free ebook called Power Your Story: Content Marketing Essentials.

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