October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
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INFOGRAPHIC: LinkedIn By The Numbers - The Rise Of The Business Networking Giant
LinkedIn is looking good. It announced the 100 million user milestone on March 22 and enjoys wide favor for its various business-focused features. It has been in the news a lot as it continually expands its service and reach. Thanks to Online MBA, we're able to show you a nice looking infographic that illustrates the social network's epic growth and wide appeal - and... Read more » Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Looks To Be Returning To The Nest
It looks like all those nostalgic tweets that Jack Dorsey has been posting to Twitter lately have heralded in his possible return to power at the company he created with his partners Biz Stone and Evan Williams. Dorsey is in talks with Twitter's board of directors to increase his role at the company, possibly as a chief product officer, according to the Business... Read more »
STUDY: Correlation Between Stock Prices and Social Media Popularity Found
Social media popularity isn't just bringing in advertising dollars, it may also be bringing in Wall Street money. According to a study by Pace University, with information provided by Famecount, there seems to be a correlation between a certain brand's social media popularity and its share prices. There was even a correlation when a 10 and 30 day lag was introduced,... Read more »
Manchester United, Justin Bieber and Glee Pages Top The List Of 15 Most Active On Facebook
With over 600 million people using Facebook, it is easy to get a few "Likes" from some people. The hard part is to get said people to interact with a fan page - and in great numbers. A new study shows exactly which pages have this ability. The soccer team Manchester United, the television show "Glee" and pop star Justin Bieber top the 15 pages with highest level of... Read more »
New Study Says Celebrity Messages On Twitter And Facebook 50 Percent More Effective Than Regular Display Ads
This may come as no surprise, but sticking a product in a celebrity's hand usually means better business for a company's brand. This holds true especially through social media, according to a new study by Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT). It turns out that celebrity-endorsed messages on Facebook and Twitter do far better than traditional display ads. The study... Read more » Facebook Named Brand Of The Year, Beating Out Amazon And Google
Facebook has pushed past more than 200 technology companies to take the Brand of the Year award for 2011 in the annual Liquid Brand Impact Report. This means that it beat out big names like Google, Adobe and Amazon, which were also in the running. The list and winners are decided by the Liquid Agency and their partners at Socratic Technologies, who together... Read more »
Small Companies Love Twitter, Use Doubled in 2010
Twitter is quickly growing as a preferred digital marketing space for small and mid-size businesses. According to a report by eMarketer, the “Local Commerce Monitor-Wave 14″ by BIA/Kelsey and ConStat found that Twitter usage has doubled between 2009 and 2010 for 19 percent of survey takers. But, surprisingly, marketing in print publications like Yellow Pages... Read more »
Digital Music Provider Spotify Reaches 1M Subscribers
European music provider Spotify announced today that they had reached 1 million paying subscribers after almost two years in business. This is good news for a company that has yet to crack into the U.S. where it would have to compete with other music streaming websites. Spotify is a Sweden-based streaming music service currently available only in Europe. With a... Read more » Yelp to Measure Call Traffic to Businesses
Yelp will be adding call tracking to its wildly popular review site so it can measure the amount of phone traffic it provides to businesses. By doing this, Yelp will be able to get an accurate view of how much business it is driving to the companies it lists. The call tracking will be handled by call measurement solutions provider Telmetrics. Yelp already serves... Read more » Twitter at Suggested Value of $7.7B After Stock Auctioning
Things are looking good for Twitter, which is enjoying high popularity with stock investors and users alike. Word coming out from Reuters indicates that an auction for secondary stock in Twitter brings the company to a valuation of $7.7 billion. Private shares trading company SharePoint handled the auction of 35,000 shares of the social media giant's Series B... Read more »
