Posts Tagged ‘networks’

Marketers Say Social Media, Search Are Industry’s Hottest Ad Tools

Written on March 31st, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Social media and search advertising are projected to be the most popular advertising tools this year, each cited by 24% of respondents to a PointRoll survey [pdf] of US marketing ...
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Purchase Recommendations From Blogs Highly Influential to Women

Written on March 26th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
  61% of women who are active blog users say they have made a purchase based on a recommendation from a blog, a proportion that rises to 87% among BlogHer ...
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Social Networks Positively Impact Entertainment Decisions

Written on March 26th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
  Social network users are 27.3% more likely to say that the sites are important for making entertainment-related decisions than not (56% vs. 44%), according to The Hollywood Reporter (THR) ...
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Facebook rolls out Timeline feature

Written on December 7th, 2011 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Facebook has officially started rolling out its new Timeline feature that will enable users to show off the most important moments of their lives on their profile page. The new ...
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Facebook launches free SMS alternative

Written on August 12th, 2011 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Facebook is attempting to play a strong card against telcos with the release of a new instant messaging app that will also send free SMS. The world’s largest social media ...
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LinkedIn Seen as Most Important SocNet

Written on June 10th, 2011 by Mike Andrewno shouts
While Facebook has the highest engagement rate of the “big five” social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube), the highest percentage of online consumers think having a LinkedIn account is ...
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Facebook’s Diversification Drives Continued Growth

Written on March 25th, 2011 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Site evolves into all-purpose web destination for messaging, video-sharing, gaming and more   Facebook, the largest social network in the US as well as the world, has been adding members ...
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Facebook used to recruit ‘drug mules’

Written on December 3rd, 2010 by Mike Andrewno shouts
International drug syndicates are using social networking site Facebook to recruit young Malaysian women as ‘drug mules’, the deputy foreign minister said. The government has previously sounded the alarm over ...
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Who Spends Most Time on Facebook?

Written on July 9th, 2010 by Mike Andrewno shouts
How age, income and ethnicity affect time spent social networking The Nielsen Company reported in June that, on average, the global consumer spends about 1 in every 4.5 minutes online ...
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5 Factors Push Email Past SocNets

Written on June 28th, 2010 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Five key factors make email a more popular means of brand interaction than social networks, according to [pdf] a new study from digital marketing firms ExactTarget and CoTweet. Familiarity Because ...
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