Some Social Media Facts and Figures to Ponder
Much has been written about social media but who has time to ponder all the analytical data to come up with trends and cool statistics?
To that end, I was reading Dec/Jan edition of Forbes Small Business (FSB) magazine and I came upon some random social media tidbits that I thought were worth sharing. I cannot vouch for the veracity of the information but sources were cited to confirm the facts.
35% of Americans 18 and over used social media of some type in 2008; only 8% were involved with social media in 2005 (source: Pew Internet and American Life Project)
95% of business decision makers worldwide use social networks (source: Forrester Research)
Of 2000 recent tweets that were analyzed by Peer Analytics:
- 4% were spam
- 6% were self promotional
- 9% were “moderately interesting”
- 38% were conversational
- 43% were “babble”
Finally (and not surprisingly):
87% of adults said they prefer dealing with others in person instead of via computers or smart phones (source: Centralvalleybusinesstimes.com)
I am not sure what it all means but I figured the info was worth a shout out.
Hat tip to FSB!
Until next time...
Good Luck and Good Networking
