Awesome Social Media Stats Of Today [Infographic] December 30, 2011 by Jeff Hurt . This is a long infographic and full of social media data from November 2011. Compiled by Sarah Evans and published in AdAge. Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , facebook, Google, LinkedIn, twitter
Is Your Conference Twitter Worthy Or Not? December 28, 2011 by Jeff Hurt If no one tweets about your event, did it really happen? While you may think this question is absurd, research shows that we’ve moved from the “experience economy” to the “social economy.” Now, it’s not good enough to simply attend an event. We have to tell others about that event while it’s happening, or the … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , experience economy, facebook, social economy, social media for events, twitter, Twitter for events
These 20 Things Happen Every 60 Seconds On The Internet Part 2 December 26, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Infographic by- GO-Gulf.com Web Design Company This is the follow-up infograhic to Every 60 Seconds These 21 Things Happen On The Internet. Did You Know? Did you know that these things happen within 60 seconds? 710 computers are sold worldwide and 555 of these computers are sold with Intel processors 1,820 TB of data is … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media
Are Pirates Running Your Social Media? December 6, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Arrrr! Ahoy Mateys. We be here to take over th’ seven seas. We want ye gold. We want ye social media engagement. ‘Tis better to do ‘n ask fer forgiveness than wait fer ye approval. Translation: Hello social media friends, followers and connections! We don’t care about unspoken, traditional, bureaucratic practices and procedures. We are … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , association best practices, social media for associations, social media policy, social networking, social technology
Increasing Social Media Engagement Increases ROI December 2, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Engagement: It’s been the buzzword de jour. So what exactly is engagement in social media and why is it important? Parta Dialogue’s white paper Engagement Is Efficiency explains the importance of engagement to social media ROI in Google and Facebook. What Is Engagement? According to a 2007 Forrester marketing report, “Engagement is the level of … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , engagement, facebook, Google, online social media conversation, ROI social media, social media for associations, social networking
How Twitter Is Socializing Conferences November 16, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Have you noticed an emerging trend of Twitter and Facebook integrating with TV? Smartphones and tablets are now on coffee tables beside the TV remote. Nielsen says that 40% of television watchers are multiscreening everyday. These couch potatoes have a TV remote in one hand and their mobile device in the other! Why? One-third of … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , conferences, social conference, social media for events, social technology for events, twitter, Twitter for events
Using Social Media To Generate Conference Attendee Registration October 12, 2011 by Jeff Hurt “This year we are going to start engaging with more people via social media,” your boss says at the staff meeting. “We’re going to have a conference blog, a Twitter feed, a conference Facebook page and a Linkedin event. And I need each of you to contribute some weekly content.” Hearts drop. Eyes roll. Some … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , attendee growth, attracting attendees, conference best practices, conferences, event, social media for events, social technology for events
Top Seven Conference Functions Easily Leveraged By Social Media October 6, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Your conference’s social media presence is worthless unless you do something with it. It isn’t enough to have a conference blog, an event Facebook page, a conference YouTube channel, an event Twitter profile, a LinkedIn event or a multiplicity of other outposts in social media. Ok, perhaps it’s better than not having a presence at … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , conferences, event, social media for events, social technology for events
Confusing Social Terms Defined. Cheat Sheet: Web 2.0 Glossary August 10, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Imagine for a moment that in 1998, Google was operating in a garage, Apple introduced the iMac and the founder of Facebook was still in junior high school. Fast forward to today. A lot has changed. We’ve seen the rise of collaborative software and social networks. Web 2.0 has made seismic shifts in our communications, … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , glossary, social learning, Social Media, social networking, social technology, social terms
Every 60 Seconds These 21 Things Happen On the Internet July 11, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Infographic by Shanghai Web Designers. The World Wide Web is growing rapidly. On average, 6 billion pages are added to the World Wide Web every day. Take a look at Go-Gulf infographic about what happens on the web every 60 seconds. Did You Know? Did you know that every 60 seconds: The search engine Google … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , social economy, social networking, social technology, social tools
