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3. New Media, the basics
Social Networks: Facebook, Google+, Linked In
Blogging/microblogging: Blogger, Word Press, Twitter
Geo-Location: Foursquare, Facebook places
Media Sharing: YouTube, Slideshare, Flikr
Review Sites: Yelp, Trip Advisor
4. Traditional Media, the basics
Newspapers and magazines
Static web content
TV/Radio
Print advertising
Direct mail
5. “Prior to the Social Media, the last technology that had
any real effect on the way people sat down and talked
together was the table”
-Prof. Clay Shirky
6. By The Numbers...
20 percent of searches on Google each day have NEVER been searched for before
There are more than 3.5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, etc.) shared each week
on Facebook
43 percent of all online consumers are social media fans or followers
53 percent of people on Twitter recommend companies or their products in their tweets
The average American internet user watches 30 minutes of video online per day
35 hours of video footage is uploaded to YouTube every minute (Up from 24 hrs 2010!)
56 percent of LinkedIn's 100 million users are outside of the United States
Every day, 2,300 new Wikipedia articles are created, adding to its 17 million articles, with contributions from
91,000 active contributors
1.4 million new blog posts are created every day
800 million Facebook users, 500 million use it every day for at least 1 hour per day. 200 million Facebook users
access the service from a mobile device and those people use it 2x as much as a desktop/laptop user.
There are more than 5 billion photos on Flickr
45 million people view SlideShare presentations each month
$3.08 billion will be spent to advertise on social networking sites in 2011, a 55 percent increase over 2010
Hubspot, Aug. 31,2011
7. Use of Both Media for
Commercial Purposes:
Synergy