16. Measure what you do
• Qualitative vs Quantitative
• How often you engage
• Number and nature of comments
• Visits from links to your sites
• Sales or new opportunities or other
business benefits
• Increased word of mouth
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17. Tip #2
Use your
networks
and
contacts
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39. Social media facts
• Social networking site usage grew 88 percent among
Internet users aged 55-64 between April 2009 and May 2010
• In 2009, social gamers bought $2.2 billion in virtual
goods; Predicted to increase to $6 billion by 2013
• 53.5% marketers use social media as part of their
marketing strategy. Increased from 45% in 2009
• average Facebook user has 130 friends
• More than 30% twitter users access twitter via their mobile
phone
• 77% of Internet users read blogs
• 133 million blogs
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40. In Australia
• 9.8 million on facebook
• >1 million on LinkedIn
• 1.1 million on twitter
• MySpace decreasing numbers
• Facebook - 19.3% pages viewed in Sept 2010. Compared to
7.4% Google
• Average user spent 28 minutes and 58 seconds on facebook
• 77% watched video content in Oct 2010 - 26% on mobile
• 36% access internet via mobile phone in 2010
• 9% use their mobile phone to purchase
• 5% total retail sales online in 2010, increasing by 12% on 2009
http://digitalmarketinglab.com.au
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