Among the global Forture 100 companies, 65% use Twitter, 54% are on Facebook and half post videos to YouTube. 54% of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) were using social media to promote their businesses as of September 2010, double the number using these sites in December 2009. Study: Social Media Affects SMB Purchasing Decisions by HubSpot Blog. Regardless of age group, personal recommendations from company or industry colleagues are rated the most influential information source, while retail websites are least relied upon. last year (2009). And much more. MORE >>

Sure, teenagers spend a lot of time on YouTube, but did you know that three-quarters of business executives watch work-related online videos weekly? Among the findings: “Three-quarters of all executives said they watched work-related videos on business websites at least once a week, and more than half did the same on YouTube.” Over 2 billion videos are viewed every day on YouTube. are the most retweetable day/time of the week, per Dan Zarella of HubSpot. companies are currently using blogs for marketing purposes, up from 29% in 2009 and just 16% in 2007. MORE >>

The results speak for themselves: 134 million-plus views on YouTube (1 million-plus for many videos including 8 million-plus for the recent iPad clip ), numerous awards and most importantly, a 700 percent increase in sales since the campaign started in 2006. Rick Short, marketing director at Indium, talks about it as a mathematical issues in this Hubspot interview. One of their key strategies is to aggregate industry content for customers and potential customers–making it easier for them to find important information they need. What don’t we see a lot of? MORE >>

Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. Jennifer Laycock reports some fascinating statistics and insights from a HubSpot study, revealing factoids such as: the average Twitter user has about 300 followers and follows 170. Brian Solis provides a wealth of statistics that answer these questions and more, e.g., 87% of Americans said they were familiar with Twitter in 2010, up from just 26% in 2009. So what are the best ways to use Twitter for business? MORE >>

As of July, 2010, 16 year-old Justin Bieber is the most searched for celebrity on the internet and has the most viewed youtube video in history. His debut album, My World , was the highest grossing debut by any artist in 2009 and he is the first artist in history to have seven songs from his debut album reach the “Billboard Hot 100.” ” According to his Wikipedia page , Justin was “discovered” when Scooter Braun, a talent agent, accidentally came across one of the videos his mother uploaded to youtube. Connect with HubSpot MORE >>