http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-hon ... 85281.htmlThe Google +1 button is used 5 billion times per day. (source: AllTwitter)
Monthly Facebook active users now total nearly 850 million. (source: Jeff Bullas)
There are 175 million tweets sent from Twitter every day in 2012. (source: Infographics Labs)
In August 2012, Instagram hit 80 million users and counting. (source: Visual.ly)
Fascinating only for those with a very short attention span, and no sense of perspective.harmonyudon wrote:100 Fascinating Social Media Statistics and Figures From 2012
Can't follow you on this @Jack?jackspratt wrote:Fascinating only for those with a very short attention span, and no sense of perspective.harmonyudon wrote:100 Fascinating Social Media Statistics and Figures From 2012
Social media /= social engagement.
Some of the statistics/figures are for me fascinating.More than 1 million websites have integrated with Facebook in various ways. (source: Uberly)
85 percent of women are annoyed by their friends on Facebook. (source: AllTwitter)
250 million photos are uploaded to Facebook every day. (source: Jeff Bullas)
You rather prove my point George:harmonyudon wrote:Can't follow you on this @Jack?jackspratt wrote:Fascinating only for those with a very short attention span, and no sense of perspective.harmonyudon wrote:100 Fascinating Social Media Statistics and Figures From 2012
Social media /= social engagement.
Some of the statistics/figures are for me fascinating.More than 1 million websites have integrated with Facebook in various ways. (source: Uberly)
85 percent of women are annoyed by their friends on Facebook. (source: AllTwitter)
250 million photos are uploaded to Facebook every day. (source: Jeff Bullas)
Fascinating only for those with a very short attention span, and no sense of perspective.
@Jack, more engagement with a new tool, also for example for datingjackspratt wrote:Fascinating only for those with a very short attention span, and no sense of perspective.
Social media /= social engagement.
Today, Facebook announced a major new search product called Graph Search. (Here's the inside story of the launch.) A few thoughts:
* This is, of course, primarily a threat to Google. Facebook's search bar has long been terrible; now it will be pretty interesting. I remember being stunned, years ago, that Facebook wouldn't even let me, for example, figure out which friends of mine lived in Philadelphia, if I was heading there for a weekend. Now it can do that. And Facebook has tons of data that it doesn't allow Google to index.
* It's also, however, a threat to lots of other small companies. It will allow you to search for single people near you, which could take business from dating sites, and it could also help you search for job candidates—which might hurt this site.
* The biggest problem, of course, is privacy. There's lots of stuff that we put on our Facebook pages that we don't want to be entirely private but that we want to be hard to find. For example: our relationship status, perhaps. It's one thing for someone browsing your profile to figure out your status, it's another to have it suddenly popping up in search. There are going to be horror stories.
* The name is terrible. It's confusing (what does a "graph" have to do with search?) and alienating ("graph" is not a word with positive connotations).
In sum, it's a risky launch, and a partially flawed one. But my sense is that, if this works well, it's going to make Facebook substantially more powerful and more useful.
Nicholas Thompson - Editor of Newyorker.com
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(BB voice call for example, only with WIFI) What is Mooo?KHONDAHM wrote:Facebook users = Mooo
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 083028.htmProject manager Dr. Hanna Krasnova, who is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Humboldt-Universität, explained that, "Although respondents were reluctant to admit feeling envious while on Facebook, they often presumed that envy can be the cause behind the frustration of "others" on this platform -- a clear indication that envy is a salient phenomenon in the Facebook context. Indeed, access to copious positive news and the profiles of seemingly successful 'friends' fosters social comparison that can readily provoke envy. By and large, online social networks allow users unprecedented access to information on relevant others -- insights that would be much more difficult to obtain offline." Those who do not engage in any active, interpersonal communications on social networks and primarily utilize them as sources of information, e.g. reading friends' postings, checking news feeds, or browsing through photos, are particularly subject to these painful experiences.
Here are the "7 Keys to Insanely Happy Customers in the Social Media Era"They may have yelled before, but now they have megaphones. Whether they’re bashing or praising your products and your brand, customers are online and louder than ever. And right now, they’re on forums, review sites, Facebook and Twitter, sending out thousands of uncensored opinions—that could have major consequences. Take for example last year, when one unhappy client ended up spurring a massive PR catastrophe for retail chain David’s Bridal. Her single Facebook post (describing a lousy experience at her local David’s outlet), received an astonishing 125,140 likes and 11,000 comments and led to thousands more complaints being posted on the company’s Facebook page—along with a mass call for boycotting the brand altogether.
Lacoste has had a presence on Facebook for a few years as a popular French fashion label. In it’s 2011 campaign, Lacoste wanted to generate more traffic to their website and increase their sales. The company ran a two month campaign with about 100 varying advertisements linked directly to their website. The company targeted people based on location, gender, age, and Likes and Interests. Lacoste broke down ads to fit men or women, ages 18 to 25 or 25 to 44, and Germany, England, or France.
Results:
Lacoste saw an increase in online sales
The ads received 43 million, 66 million, and 70 million impressions in the UK, Germany, and France respectively
Lacoste’s conversion rate for this campaign had a 500 percent increase from its previous Facebook ad campaign
Luxury Link ran Facebook Ads that offered travel packages for people interested in upscale getaways. They marketed a live chat with a Caribbean travel expert. The ads were targeted at married people interested in Chanel, Fendi official Page, Prada and Starbucks. Here is a sample of the ad copy used: “Get 65% offa luxury vacation. Book your dream getaway today!”
Results:
100% increase in sales for travel packages coming from Facebook
30% increase in site visits month over month from Facebook
Mazda UK began their presence on Facebook with a check-in deal that allowed consumers to take 20% off a Mazda MX-5 Miyako when they checked into a dealership on Facebook. The company began to promote this competition through Facebook Marketplace Ads. After seeing the success with this promotion, Mazda extended the competition, and it created a new competition that allowed winners to win and drive a Mazda MX-5 for 5 months. These two competitions reached consumers in and out of the market for a new car. The promotions were both advertised on Facebook through Marketplace Ads.
Results:
February sales were increased by 34%
Mazda sold 100 special model Mazda MX-5 Miyakos in the first two weeks of the Check-In Deal.
742 people checked into Mazda dealerships in the U.K. 162 people entered into the giveaway competition.
Mazda made news with major news sources in Europe including BBC News, The Telegraph, The Daily Mirror, Which?, and MSN Tech.
True very true Parrot ,,,,, but watching Catfish ,,seems to point to FB as being the main method of these fruitcakes and Walter Mittys .. causing misery .parrot wrote:pienmash wrote:MTV .... CATFISH ..... facebook can act as a platform for weirdos ..... and destroy lives
The same could probably be said about udonmap or the other forums. General email as well, for that matter.
