Buddy Media released their Social Media Stats & Quotes on Monday. There are some interesting figures in the complete PDF, but here are the highlights:
- Facebook grew 10% in June 2009
- Facebook is growing by 700,000 users a day
- 41% of the U.S. Internet user population visited a social network in 2008
- Nearly 60% of Americans who use social technology interact with companies on social media sites
- Twitter received nearly 23 million U.S. visitors, growing 16.5% in June 2009
- MySpace received just over 60 million monthly U.S. visitors, growing 7.2% in June 2009
Some good quotes:
“Basically, in a recession, the consideration phase is more important than awareness — and that’s where advertising flops and social applications succeed.”
- Josh Bernoff, Forrester Research
“Regardless of which site is in the lead, 2009 is the year of building social marketing strategy. 2010 and beyond will see increased activity and deployments.”
- Debra Aho Willimson, eMarketer
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This is huge info Whitney! Thanks for sharing. Wow… I’m tossing it over to every biz owner I know.
No problem, Alexis. Glad you liked it!
I do think it’s telling information. While some of the current tools we use may be a flash in the pan, the idea of conversational technology has caught on. I hope your business-owner buddies pay attention!
I second Alexis – thanks so much for posting this. Such valuable info! Cheers!
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