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#Analytics | Social Influencer Sites: How Relevant Are They http://t.co/n9idAV5adj #Klout #Kred #PeerIndex Via Ron Sela, Rami Kantari
Ron Sela's curator insight,
September 8, 2013 8:14 AM
Social Influencer Sites: How Relevant Are They? 
Lynn O'Connell for O'Connell Meier's curator insight,
February 3, 2014 4:08 AM
My 2 cents: They matter if you're in social media or marketing, but obsessing about your score is pointless. Focus instead on your social media activity and ENGAGEMENT and score will follow. 
Beckie Epke's curator insight,
May 14, 2014 1:27 AM
Brands are often trying to find someone who has a high social ranking to pass on the brands message. However if there message is given to a person with a high social ranking but has no connection to the brand then there is little point in using them, in fact a brand could get into trouble by doing this and completely miss their target market. For example Justin Beiber has a very high social status with thousand of followers on social media sites such as twitter however I doubt he would be used to advertise Mercedes. It is important to have a market maven who is relevant to your brand, like when ford gave free cars away to those most influential in the auto industry. People are more likely to spend time with people with similar interests and outlooks to them. Happy people are more likely to spend time with other happy people, same as unhappy people surround themselves with unhappy people. This makes it crucial for brands to research who they are using to connect with. Companies may give a message to be passed on, which is then read in a completely different context when said by someone else and therefore wasting resources on people who wont deliver a successful outcome.
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The world of social media is increasing and has a powerful role to play in the future. In 2012, more than 63% of online users visited more number of social media websites than any other types, and that number is expected to continue going up through 2013. View this infographic to find more statistics about online behavior and the use of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest and Instagram across the globe... Via Lauren Moss, Antonios Bouris
Angie Mc's curator insight,
January 26, 2014 10:13 AM
Making friends worldwide is one of the best parts of participating in social media. I especially love how Twitter makes it easy to connect across time zones. 
Lydia Gracia's curator insight,
February 14, 2014 5:20 AM
La Guia completa del Social Media en el Mundo
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A Palestinian information system expert says he was forced to post a bug report on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page after the social network’s security team failed to recognize that a critical vulnerability he found allows anyone to post on... Via Laurens ten Hagen
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Today, around the world more people have mobile phone subscriptions than have access to electricity and safe drinkable water. Today, almost a third of the world's population uses the internet (a 528.1% growth since 2000! So what are we doing with all the time we spend online, and how do we know all that time is being spent in useful ways? For many of us, the internet is among the first things we experience after we wake; in fact, 75% of users are online before 9 a.m. Over 75% of people in the US own a laptop, 53% a smart phone, and 31% a tablet. Email is the most common action performed by people on their laptops, while search is the top action for mobile phone and tablet users. 72% of people like to play games on their tablets while 70% use their mobile phones for social media. Where do we use these devices? 72% of people use their mobile phones while traveling, and 64% use them in restaurants and coffee shops. As for tablets, 88% of people use their devices in the living room, 79% in the bedroom.
Find more statistics and data at the infographic or article link. Via Lauren Moss, Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com
Paco Arcoleo's curator insight,
July 26, 2013 3:12 AM
Una semplice e chiara infografica sullo stato dei fatti degli utilizzatori di internet al giorno d'oggi, meno del 10% degli account umani/reali utilizza facebook, beh allora ci stiamo evolvendo sul serio ;)
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Digital marketing has become one of the most focused on streams of marketing in the last few years. Three of the biggest digital marketing issues include social network marketing, mobile, SMS marketing, and content marketing. Here’s a brief look at each: Social Network MarketingAs a marketing, you can rely on social media to connect, engage, and build relationships with current and potential customers. Mobile / SMS MarketingMobile marketing is a term that covers several different methods of marketing through mobile devices. Mobile marketing can take several different shapes but one of the most popular is SMS marketing. Content MarketingContent marketing is the development of interesting and helpful materials to engage customers and clients. Examples of content can be blogs, infographics, online tools, YouTube videos etc.
This infographic displays some eye-opening statistics about these 3 digital marketing streams and might get you thinking more about including these streams into your marketing mix. Via Lauren Moss, Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com
Ennio Martignago's curator insight,
August 29, 2013 3:01 AM
Sociale, Mobile e… Contenuti (!!!). Il terzetto di punta dell'anno in corso (e ml'olio solo di questo) 
Ubleam's curator insight,
August 29, 2013 3:47 AM
So do you use the smart logo : http://pinterest.com/ubleam/
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A constant challenge for Internet marketers targeting Facebook has been gaining engagement. Generally brands and page admins have defined engagement as things such as likes, shares, and comments, but more importantly to gain reputation with Facebook’s algorithm. This infographic created by SocialMouths and American Express OPEN illustrates ways to help make a Facebook page’s post a bit more popular through optimization of post elements such as short posts, the use of emoticons, the best times to post, and contest ideas... Via Lauren Moss, roberto toppi
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Usually glacially-paced universities are investing in a start-up strategy: "Build fast and worry about money later." Does this "Facebook" style strategy also mean, "Build fast and see who benefits later (as long as it includes the investors)?"
There is some controvery that access to free courses does not a degree make, and that, after all, this could be a grand marketing scheme with questionable motives. Degrees are still in demand as much as they ever were. _____________________
"[It's] a new educational plutocracy where the "rich" are enabled and embraced, and the middling and lower classes are given scraps ...so that they can participate, but perhaps not really benefit. ~ Stacey Simmons _____________________
"By denying qualified people (meaning those who have completed the work) access to degrees or some other endorsement, institutions are establishing a new educational plutocracy where the "rich" are enabled and embraced, and the middling and lower classes are given scraps by which they might educate themselves so that they can participate, but perhaps not really benefit, and certainly never enter the world of the elite. ~ Stacey Simmons, one of Fast Companies "Most Creative People"
If you've seen the movie: The Social Network, you'll know that that using Facebook as a business model is not unknown to higher education. However something ununusual is happening in usually glacially-paced universities; they are investing in a start-up strategy: "Build fast and worry about money later."
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Coursera is following an approach popular among Silicon Valley start-ups: Build fast and worry about money later. Venture capitalists—and even two universities—have invested more than $22-million in the effort already.
"Our VC's keep telling us that if you build a Web site that is changing the lives of millions of people, then the money will follow," says Daphne Koller, the company's other co-founder, who is also a professor at Stanford.
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Deb: But, does it change their lives for the better? Stanford, of course, had one of the first professors to jump ship to offer a large, free course to the world. Sebastian Thrun, an adjunct professor of computer science at Stanford who invited the world to attend his fall semester artificial intelligence course and who ended up with 160,000 online students, announced he had decided to stop teaching at Stanford and direct all his teaching activities through Udacity, a start-up he co-founded that will offer online courses from leading professors to millions of students.
Stacey Simmons, CEO & Founder at Omnicademy, questions the motivation (Free is Not Liberated...) of offering free courses if degrees from prestigious institutions are not accessible to the many. On the other hand, it could be an amazing new education model, per her TED conversation here. Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, How an Upstart Company Might Profit from Free Courses Via Deb Nystrom, REVELN
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Because of the increasing personalization of Google search, +1's on posts on Google+ can vastly extend the reach and influence of your content. Work hard at building an influential Google+ network. Via Ron Sela, Rami Kantari
olbow's curator insight,
September 6, 2013 12:04 PM
good effects on plusses. * recommended posts on the streams * recommended posts are shown to your circles, but can also be shown to your extended circles * CTA to add the person to your circle * last but not least, the posts plussed by your circels will score better in your google search result => more than ever, googleplus tries to put people that don't know each other in contact and that's what I love with them compared to Facebook, the simple notion of circle instead of friend : you "connect" instead of "friend"
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The best tools, web apps and resources for any independent web publisher Via Robin Good, Massimiliano Cammuso
Ricardo Serrano's curator insight,
March 30, 2016 9:34 PM
If you need a handy reference for your web publishing needs I have spent a few days pulling together the best tools I use and know-of that I would recommend to use, in an organized and curated link directory of over 70 different categories. From "landing page builders" to "survey tools" and "domain name finders" I have you covered. In general, I have limited the amount of tools and services listed per category to the top 5 I know as to serve also as a curated filter for the vast number of choices available out there. This is definitely a work in progress as you need to continuously edit, refine and improve a directory like this to make it really useful. You are welcome to suggest tools and services that I have not included and I'll make sure that if they are valid ones they get their space too. Free to access. Full directory: https://web-publishing.zeef.com/ ; 
Nurkhamimi Zainuddin's curator insight,
April 3, 2016 3:07 AM
If you need a handy reference for your web publishing needs Robin Good has pulled together the best tools in an organized and curated link directory of over 70 different categories. Free to access. Full directory: https://web-publishing.zeef.com/
Nurkhamimi Zainuddin's curator insight,
April 3, 2016 3:08 AM
If you need a handy reference for your web publishing needs Robin Good has pulled together the best tools in an organized and curated link directory of over 70 different categories. Free to access. Full directory: https://web-publishing.zeef.com/
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There are 7 Hero Stories Every Website should master: * Vicarious BestBuy). * Altruistic (Kiva.org). * Rescue (Kiva.org). * Togehter (Kickstarter). Via Martin (Marty) Smith
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Early last year we learned that one hour of YouTube is uploaded every second. It was a bracing reminder of just how many people are spending their time online simultaneously.
Created by rewards site Qmee, the infographic "Online In 60 Seconds" is a pie chart that shows off the sheer amount of online activity that takes place every single minute. The amount of YouTube videos uploaded has already increased from January 2012's 60 hours per minute to 72. Additionally, over 1.8 million things are liked on Facebook, and 278 thousand bon mots tweeted. Not depicted in the chart: the amount of work that is going undone while all of these items are being viewed. Via Lauren Moss, Antonios Bouris
Angie Thao's curator insight,
May 15, 2016 7:06 PM
Single Chart Infograph: Like: Good visual, good data. Dislike: Can be a little overwhelming to look at.
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A showcase of the best infographics from around the web (Internet Users By Region – How Much Of The World Is Online?
A look at the current statistics of worldwide internet usage. Via Lauren Moss, Antonios Bouris
's comment July 11, 2013 5:05 PM
Interesting facts. Thanks for sharing them with us...
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As it turns out, social media and search go hand-in-hand...
From Facebook and Twitter, to Pinterest and MySpace (yes, it still exists), social media users are often on the search for… something. For marketers, understanding the searches that lead to improved engagement is critical. To that end, Azntaiji Multimedia and SocialRadius have produced a new infographic highlighting exactly what so many of us are searching for. Via Lauren Moss, Irvin Banut, Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com
Joe Wise's curator insight,
May 21, 2013 5:33 PM
Helpful in knowing which clients will need you to pull content out of thin air for them > 
Ramzi Mouakassa's curator insight,
May 22, 2013 7:06 AM
Not a surprise at all that the top 5 searched topics socially are (1) Technology / Scoial Media, (2) Fitness, Health, & Sports, (3) Music, (4) F&B, & (5) Travel... I think that this one dropped Movies / Cinema for sure 
Michelle Gilstrap's curator insight,
May 22, 2013 12:37 PM
Ever wonder what people are searching for? This infographic will open your eyes. If you have a small business, you might want to be on the social media that can get this type of search by consumers.
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Social networking sites have each a unique protocol and don’t usually provide members with practical how-to advice to help use their sites effectively. They let us figure out the how-tos on our own.
I share in this article my basic LinkedIn how-tos that may shorten your learning curve and save you time and frustration. They are merely suggestions, not rigid guidelines. If you have an idea or advice you find helpful, please share it with us in a comment.
Here are ten tips for maximizing your LinkedIn social networking success:... Via Martin Gysler
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