Social Media and the Fortune 100

This is just one of the fantastic graphs put together by the team behind iStrategy, which breaks out what platforms the Fortune 100 are engaged with. For the full graphical work, click here.

Global Audience Spends Two Hours More a Month on Social Networks than Last Year

“On average, global web users across 10 countries spent roughly five and a half hours on social networks in February 2010, up more than two hours from the same time last year. While the U.S. boasts the largest unique social networking audience, Italian and Australian web surfers led the way for average time on site with more than six hours each in February.”

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Socializing with the Fortune 500

“A longitudinal study from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research shows steady uptake of social media marketing activities by Fortune 500 companies, with Twitter a clear winner.”

“Even more Fortunate 500 companies have a Twitter account—35% (Twitter usage was not studied in 2008). Four out of the top five corporations on the list post regularly to their Twitter accounts. As with blogs, the top 100 companies have the greatest share of social media presence. “

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Social activities blur personal and professional

” Social media usage has soared not just among the general population but also among at-work Internet users, who are heading to the sites for both personal and professional reasons in greater numbers.

“The Collaborative Internet” report from Internet security firm FaceTime Communications found increases in the proportion of at-work Web users worldwide logging on to each network studied…

Overall, FaceTime found 95% of at-work Internet users headed to social sites during the work day for either personal or professional reasons, 61% did so at least once daily, and 15% said they were on the networks “constantly throughout the day.” “

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Restaurant Marketing via Twitter

Interesting video clip of a restaurant manager who attributes a good portion of his property’s success to the use of Twitter. What’s clear is that he truly embraced the medium, not simply dipped his toe into it. This is crucial as there is certainly a learning curve to Twitter and figuring out the myriad dynamics around tweeting, re-tweeting, following, commenting and finally marketing/advertising.