Affinitive’s Social Media Playground

As anyone might have guessed, December 2009 brought with it a deluge of year-end retrospectives and year-ahead predictions in social marketing. Industry luminaries, climbers, and just about anyone with a Twitter account and an opinion spoke out.   By putting an ear to the ground one may have heard some harmony emerging, and innovation [...]

[Read more →]

That’s the percentage of retailers who have NO plans to have a Facebook page. ONE. PERCENT.
That means that of the retailers surveyed in a survey by the e-tailing Group and PowerReviews in August and September of this year, Facebook will have almost 100% brand penetration, as reported by eMarketer.
Other interesting insights  from the survey:

More than [...]

[Read more →]

In the past year Facebook has become all but a staple in an online marketer’s repertoire thanks to their accelerated global growth and widening appeal across demographics.  There are few brands out there that wouldn’t stand to benefit from an official Page for customers to connect with.  Pages have offered myriad methods of engagement, from [...]

[Read more →]

There’s a lot of buzz over the “Teens Don’t Tweet” report published by the Nielsen Company today, including articles from Mashable and Business Insider.
While I have no evidence to argue against this other than the myriad personal anecdotes from teens in the comments of the media coverage (I tweet therefore we tweet!) and the [...]

[Read more →]

On the heels of the first-of-its-kind WOM industry study in 2007, The Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), in conjunction with PQ Media, just released their Word-of-Mouth Marketing Forecast 2009-2013: Spending, Trends & Analysis study. It’s chock full of great data and insight, and includes the following eye-opening prediction:
Total spending on WoM marketing is expected [...]

[Read more →]

It’s no surprise that marketing budgets will continue to shift towards better ways to engage and reach consumers as this recession begins to subside. Continue with building better brand equity and not only will consumers remember you but feel a connection and loosen up pockets as more money begins to come in. This is also [...]

[Read more →]