Tag Archives: Research

The Science of Word of Mouth (infographic)

Posted 14 May 2010 | By | Categories: Industry News, Research, Social Media | 373 Comments

Here’s a really nifty infographic I came across via the recent Smash Summit event’s blog. While it doesn’t contain much information I haven’t already read/seen elsewhere, it provides a nice at-a-glance visual overview (unfortunately, the chart doesn’t cite it’s data sources). Print it out and hang it over your water cooler (click to enlarge)

The Social Marketing “Land Grab”

The Social Marketing “Land Grab”

Posted 11 August 2009 | By | Categories: Marketing, Research, Self-Promotion, Social Media | 284 Comments

“Social Media” are the two hottest buzz words on the block in the big, wide world of marketing.  Diving into the various social marketing platforms – such as Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr (or another blogging platform although I have all my pesos on Tumblr reigning supreme), and the hottest little platform on the list, Twitter, is [...]

Young Folks Don’t Care About Twitter… Maybe

Posted 05 August 2009 | By | Categories: Industry News, Research, Social Media, Technology | 173 Comments

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 [...]