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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | | | GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS JULY 26, 2011  Blogging, social media use skyrocketing at universities 100 percent of colleges and universities studied are using some form of social media, up from 95 % last year, 85% in 2009 and 61% in 2008. 53 percent in 2007, 54% in 2008 and 73% in 2009 report they monitored the internet for buzz, posts, conversations and news about their institution. Some highlights: Social media usage soars. Podcasting has risen from 22% to 41% in just one year. | | | | | |
| | | GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS AUGUST 21, 2012  Kred tries to one-up Klout by taking influence to the masses Andrew Grill: When we gained access to the Twitter firehose back in 2008, we developed our architecture to be able to handle the masses of data that come from sources like Twitter, Facebook, and the ever-growing social networks. It is so graphically-intensive that I wanted to provide a video (below) so you can experience the changes first-hand. So what does this mean to you ? Tweet. | GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS MARCH 13, 2012  Lean StartUp Movement turning some heads Ries coined the term “Lean Startup” in 2008. Click here if you cannot see this video interview with Eric Ries of The Lean Start-up. had the pleasure of catching up with Eric Ries , author of The Lean Start-Up after he was just coming down from an amazing day of success at SXSW 2102. You get to hear about this first in this video interview! | GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS JULY 31, 2012  What NBC’S Olympic Coverage Teaches About Content Marketing The commentators reminded us that we narrowly beat the French in the 2008 Beijing Games during the same event. By Stanford Smith, {grow} Contributing Columnist. Addiction to the Olympics is a family tradition. The television in my bedroom is tuned to NBC 24-hours a day. Changing the channel for the next few weeks is punished with immediate “pooper-scooper” duty. We revere the U.S. The U.S. | | | | | | | |
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 Is Facebook a human right or a weapon?
” The 7th District US Court of Appeals agreed with the ACLU and overturned the law, which has been in place since 2008. There was a very disturbing and significant social media-related court ruling last week that, curiously, has received little notice or commentary on the web. Let’s change that shall we? Federal Appeals Court ruled that an Indiana state law that bans registered sex offenders from Facebook is unconstitutional. Is social media a human right? Why is the State of Indiana willingly and knowingly putting convicted child molesters back in business? Forever. MORE >> -
 A fascinating “hardcore” B2B social media success
In 2008 the company turned to the social web to help them through several marketing challenges: Image of being an impersonal software company. With many companies now engaged in social media marketing strategies for nearly two years or more, success stories are starting to emerge, even in the difficult marketing world of industrial B2B. I discovered a great success story to share with you through a masters thesis being developed by Haakon Jenson of Norway. BACKGROUND. Their core product TradeNet, an e-commerce platform connecting industry buyers and suppliers. STRATEGY. ACTIONS. MORE >> - Twitter at Year Five
Number of Twitter employees in Jan 2008, Jan 2009, Jan 2010, Jan 2011 and today. Twitter has had a transformational effect on many individuals and businesses. Five years ago this week, the service launched as Jack Dorsey (@jack) sent the first Tweet. Here is Twitter by the numbers, courtesy of the Twitter blog : #tweets. years, 2 months and 1 day. The time it took from the first Tweet to the billionth Tweet. The time it now takes for users to send a billion Tweets. 50 million. The average number of Tweets people sent per day, one year ago. 140 million. 177 million. 6,939. accounts. MORE >> -
 Ascent of the social media climbers: Klout goes mainstream
The company, which was founded in 2008, recently raised $8.5 I’ve never done this before, but today I’m reprinting an entire article from another publication on {grow}. Because this excellent piece from Boston Globe reporter Beth Teitell represents one of the first times the concept of social scoring systems like Klout have jumped into the mainstream media. think this is significant. Here is Beth’s fine article: Ascent of the social-media climbers. By Beth Teitell Globe Staff / February 18, 2011. She checks her own follower count three times a day. I felt worthy.’’. MORE >> -
 New research puts Fortune 500 social media usage on display
This is up from 16% in 2008. 93 of the 108 F500 blogs are linked to a corporate Twitter account, a 300% increase over 2008. The Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts released a new study of the Fortune 500’s adoption of blogging and Twitter. Highlights: One hundred-eight (22%) of the Fortune 500 companies have a public-facing blog with a post in the past 12 months. Blogging varied by industry type. As might be expected, companies in the computer industry like H-P, Dell and Oracle have the most blogs (11). 500 companies (45%). Tweet This! Digg this! MORE >>
- Small business? THIS is how to work the social web! GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2010
- Twitter smack-down: Pizza joint hit with $2 million lawsuit GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009
- Research shows Facebook emotional boost is like marriage GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS | THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2011
- My blog is my gun. GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS | THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011
- Does Amanda Chapel matter? GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2010
- Research shows fastest-growing businesses pile on to the social web GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2010
- New report suggests corporate blogging may be at saturation point GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2010
- Will Blogging Kill Trade Publications? GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009
- More marketing for less: Think inside the box. GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS | MONDAY, MAY 25, 2009
- Why B2B's MUST adopt social media strategies GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009
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