Paul Gillin

article thumbnail

Social Marketing Wisdom from the Insurance Industry – Really

Paul Gillin

I was privileged to be on a panel with some outstanding social media practitioners from the insurance industry at the 2011 Social Media Conference for Financial Services put on by LOMA LIMRA this morning. The insurance company’s YouTube channel has had more than five million views, many for its TV commercials.

article thumbnail

The End of ‘Social Media’

Paul Gillin

I’ll resist that urge, though, and instead present a plea: Let’s make 2011 the year we stop talking about “social media.”. Seven years, 200 million blogs, nearly 600 million Facebook members and a few billion YouTube videos later the information landscape has been completely transformed.

article thumbnail

Small Firms Again Trump Enterprises in Social Media Use, UMass Study Reveals

Paul Gillin

500 use at least one of the tools studied, which include blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest and Foursquare. 500 companies that were blogging in 2011. Only 44% of respondents says they’re looking to spend more on social media, down from 71% in the 2011 survey. Ninety-two percent of the Inc. 500 after for years.