Friday, January 7, 2011

SOCIAL MEDIA ::: The Next Era on the Internet

 

 

Social Media Is Revolutionizing Communications. BIG TIME ???!!! 

Some of the FACTS to prove Social Media Growth :::

  •  Facebook is the top-visited Website on 2010
  • The United States has the has the largest unique social networking audience 
  • Among internet users, 78% say that they at least occasionally conduct product research and 32% report that they have posted online product comments.
  •  Nearly six-in-ten adults (58%) have done research online about the products and services they buy, and about a quarter (24%) has posted comments or reviews online about the things they buy.
  •  59% of All Adult Americans Go Online Wirelessly
  •  Time spent on social networks is growing at 3x the overall internet rate.
  •  Three of the world’s most popular brands online are social-media related (Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia) and the world now spends over 110 billion minutes on social networks and blog sites.
  •  While 14% People Trust Ads, 76% of People trust consumer recommendations.
  •  47% of online adults use social networking sites and 73% of teens and young adults are a member of at least one social network
  •   Internet is the second activity that US Adults spend more time on and they spend an average time of 155 minutes per day
  •  Facebook.com accounts for 24.7% of page views in the US, which is far higher than the 7% of US page views which Google.com currently receives.
  •  Only 18% of the traditional TV campaigns generate a positive ROI
  •  Dell has earned $500,000 in sales by sending special offers to its Twitter group
  •  Half a million people sign up for Facebook or MySpace every day
  •  Businesses are using Facebook-like features to improve employee and customer engagement
  •  78% of people trust what their social network says about a product or services
  •  Only 14% trust advertisements
  •  83% of Americans use online social networks
  • And these numbers keep on increasing ....

Agreed?? So where do you stand....?

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