Social Media Believe it or NOT!!!

The world is filled with amazing data and statistics but these will blow your mind. It’s social media believe it or not!
Adding fuel to the fire: How important is Facebook?

New research shows that Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat reign with teens, but let’s take a closer look at the implications.
Are you in a social media experiment?
The answer is yes, but are there limits to social media experiments? Who owns your data?
Content Code: A blueprint for succeeding in a world of overwhelming information density

If you are facing an uphill battle against content competition, the content code is your blueprint forward to becoming the signal in a world of noise.
Does Content Marketing Really Have a Confidence Problem?

Let’s revisit a common content marketing research statistic, turned myth, that is misrepresenting the state of content marketing today.
Kernels of truth on social media marketing
If I leave a conference with a few “kernels of truth” I can gnaw on and think about, I consider the time well-spent. Here are a few nuggets I picked up at the Social Fresh conference held in Nashville this week. “Movements make their audience feel like rockstars.” To me, the highlight of the conference […]
A futurist’s view of the “next big thing” in social media
Venessa Miemis’ Twitter bio describes her as a “Metacog, futurist and thought architect tracking emerging media and technology trends & impacts.” Now THAT got my attention. Currently pursuing a masters degree in New Media Studies at the New School in NYC, she has been passionately thinking and writing about the future for seven years. Venessa kindly agreed to an interview […]
Research shows small business owners struggle with Twitter
The latest research report from Business.com shows that small business owners are still trying to figure out Twitter … but those who have mastered it are seeing an advantage. The expansive report covering 1,711 small business decision makers showed that of all the social media channels, Twitter was the least-used. Just 27 percent of the respondents […]
This is the future of social media
Mark Schaefer makes 12 predictions about the future of social media
Social media: Old people rule!
Today I’m pleased to introduce a special guest-blogger, my daughter Lauren, who provides a 20-something perspective of social media. Lauren is an awesome young woman (with a capital AWE) and is a junior majoring in Public Relations at Indiana University. She is also completing a summer internship with a company in San Francisco. This week, […]