My LinkedIn Number

             

There was a lot of coverage this week regarding LinkedIn’s promotion recognizing each individual user of their service. My number is 60,733. Each user was sent a Thank You note that identified the user by their registration number. Even more impressive was LinkedIn leveraged other Social Networking . . . → Read More: My LinkedIn Number

LinkedIn Broke 100M Users; Bring Out The Infographics

             

Read the news yesterday that LinkedIn broke 100 million users. A far cry from Facebook’s 580 million plus, but still an impressive number. Especially when you consider the service is growing at a rate of 1 million users per week. I got to say LinkedIn is the . . . → Read More: LinkedIn Broke 100M Users; Bring Out The Infographics

Facebook is Becoming the Display Ad Leader

             

I have done a few posts covering Facebook and it’s growth and their incredible business engine. Back in September I did a post titled Google Alert: The Search Landscape is Changing. This post explored the growth of Facebook as an advertisement contender and even more, illustrated their . . . → Read More: Facebook is Becoming the Display Ad Leader

Facebook Is What We Want [Video]

             

Facebook is a wonderful thing. A great way to blur your past and present personal and business personas. A community that is motivated by our collective drive to share personal content that is reviewed and even judged by our “Friends” everyday. With a community of over 500 . . . → Read More: Facebook Is What We Want [Video]

Thanks to You—Facebook is on its Way to 1 Billion Users

             

I have found another infographic covering Facebook that caught my eye (graphic below). Among other data points the infographic points out that the social network experienced 74% growth YoY during 2010. Even more interesting is Facebook has amassed over 585 million users. Within this population 25% are . . . → Read More: Thanks to You—Facebook is on its Way to 1 Billion Users

Problem: Foursquare Is Places Without The Social Network

             

I saw that Foursquare had a great year with 3,400 percent growth. The company now has six million users (up from five million just a month ago). They also had 381 million check-ins in 2010 (381,576,305 to be exact). Not bad for a new startup. For those . . . → Read More: Problem: Foursquare Is Places Without The Social Network

Facebook & Twitter have Changed Marketing Forever

             

The folks over at Digital Surgeons have posted a digest of information covering Facebook & Twitter. I think of Facebook as the new “Google” and Twitter as the new source of “Headline News”. It’s interesting to compare the quantitative data that make up the users of the . . . → Read More: Facebook & Twitter have Changed Marketing Forever