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INFOGRAPHIC: How To Decide Which Social Network To Join
When deciding on which social network to join, there are many factors to consider. Sure, most of your friends are probably on Facebook, so that would be the most logical choice for most people. However, what if you don't necessarily want to simply communicate with your friends and are aiming to get more out of social networking? A new infographic created by Column... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: MyHeritage By The Numbers
With 803 million profiles and 19.3 million family trees as of mid-August, MyHeritage is the largest family social network in the world. The company -- which allows you to create your own family website, build your family tree and search for your ancestors -- has published an infographic that includes some interesting stats about its network. It reveals that... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: How Sharing On Social Networks Is Expected To Grow
We share a lot on social networks. On Facebook alone we share 4 billion different items a day including status updates, links and photos. The number of photos shared on Facebook is projected to reach 100 billion by the end of summer. According to Mark Zuckerberg, sharing grows exponentially and 2 times as many people share today as they did a year ago. If that's the... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: How Much Do We Use Twitter?
We use Twitter and not just a little bit. We use Twitter a lot to tell our followers everything from what we had for dinner to what movie we thought was absolutely terrible. In June, we sent 200 million tweets a day and since then the number has certainly grown. Because we use Twitter constantly in various ways, Lab42 surveyed 500 Twitter users who were over the... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How To Land A Job In Social Media
With so many companies adopting social media as a form of advertisement, there's a growing demand for staff to support these efforts. A whole new crop of professionals are trying to score one of these coveted social media jobs, but is there an easy way to get your foot in the door of an industry that's so new? According to this infographic by Mindflash, executive... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: Why Do We Follow, Unfollow Users On Twitter?
We pick who we follow on Twitter carefully. Tweet too much and we might think you're annoying; spam us with links and you might get an unfollow. There are different reasons behind what kind of Twitter users we like and which ones we give the boot from our timelines after realizing they've committed some microblogging faux pas. This infographic published by... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: The Short History Of Social Media, From 1978-2011
Before we spent hours updating our statuses on Facebook or even sending quick tweets on the go, there was CBBS (Computerized Bulletin Board System) -- the first incarnation of a social network where users could share information with other users using a dial-up connection. This was in 1978, and since then, the world of social networking has come an enormous... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: How Small Businesses Leverage Social Media
Social media is an invaluable tool for small businesses to promote themselves. In a single click they have the potential to reach millions of people across multiple platforms -- and best of all, it can be used as a free form of advertising for a company that's just starting out. This infographic published by CreditDonkey shows how small businesses are utilizing... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: The Most Popular Parties At YouTube’s Town Hall
Since YouTube launched its Town Hall channel in May, the video-sharing service has been helping users get answers to important questions from members of Congress by focusing on specific issues rather than political parties. The Town Hall channel gave users the opportunity to ask politicians questions about anything from Afghanistan to the economy and then vote on... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: How Brands You Like View Your Facebook Data
What exactly does it mean to be a fan of a brand on Facebook? When you Like a brand or company's Facebook page, you will see status updates from them in your News Feed, but there's actually a little more to being a fan than that. A new infographic published by Moontoast takes a look at what kind of information a brand can learn about you when you engage with them... Read more »
