Comments on: Social media more popular than ever

By: staffing225

staffing225 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:10:15 +0000

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By: wiliam143

wiliam143 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:31:47 +0000

Facebook growing is no surprise. In fact it would be a surprise if Facebook did not grow. It is quite simple, Facebook has had the most money invested, literally poured, into it, at 500 million USD. This immense, and some amy say ridiculous amount of capital can be aggressively spent on PR and marketing schemas to acquire users.

Twitter also has now secured 55 million total USD in financing, and this too will be poured into PR and user acquisition efforts.

So really growth is just an effect of how much money you can spend to pay newspapers, press, bloggers and other communication channels to write about your service.

The internet is far removed from the days when technical innovation meant growth and success of web hosting, and is now just a reflection of the physical world, where marketing and PR dollars are a must in order to build a brand. In numbers Facebook has 175 million users and has almost burned through 500 million USD (i.e. they have paid almost 3 USD a user).

MySpace, for all its flaws, is making good revenue in comparison to their total funding, which I believe was only like 20 million USD, before News Corp acquired the service.

By: Twitter’s traffic still on the rise / we are social

Twitter’s traffic still on the rise / we are social — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:19:37 +0000

[...] not much more to add – Twitter’s meteoric rise continues (as does that of social media in general), brands need to take notice. [...]

By: Will 2009 be the Ultimate Social Year? | psykoid.com

Will 2009 be the Ultimate Social Year? | psykoid.com — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:03:32 +0000

[...] We Are Social has written a very interesting article regarding social media figures in the UK, describing how swiftly we are starting to adapt to social networks. Even cell phone companies are expanding their users’ Internet options, which strengthens even more the ever more permanent connection that cell phone users have with the social web. This is surely going to make us more dependent upon such websites and to give them an even bigger place in our everyday lives. [...]

By: s

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:26:07 +0000

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By: European social network usage / we are social

European social network usage / we are social — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:45:56 +0000

[...] pretty astounding chart that shows social media’s impact isn’t limited just to the UK and the [...]

By: The Death of Public Relations. Will social media kill the beast?

The Death of Public Relations. Will social media kill the beast? — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:03:16 +0000

[...] Social Media more popular than ever. [...]

By: SpencerMike (SpencerMike)

SpencerMike (SpencerMike) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:56:55 +0000

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Social media on the up...thanks WeAreSocial [link to post]

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By: kevinandmclean (kevinandmclean)

kevinandmclean (kevinandmclean) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:07:26 +0000

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just reads stats about Twitter - gasp! [link to post]

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By: thedigikid (thedigikid)

thedigikid (thedigikid) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:29:44 +0000

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@olliejudge Apparently Twitter is more mainstream in the UK than the US... [link to post]

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