Oct 28, 2010 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

CRM & SCRM – Internal Ecosystems: A Business Necessity

What is Social? It’s used so often in our business practices these days, over and over again. And when companies use the term, at its highest level, social means that each company needs to understand that they lead and participate within an ecosystem. Companies and organizations need to start understanding why this is a new reality, and this understanding is a necessity in order to grow and... read more

Oct 7, 2010 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

Social Networks Dominating Globally [Fascinating Infographic]

If online communities were drawn out to size in a globe, this is what it would look like…nice job from the crew who put this together http://xkcd.com/ Creator Randall Munroe explains that, rather than attempt to estimate raw traffic, he used “total social activity” as his main metric. “Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community’s... read more

Sep 1, 2010 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

No Parents Wanted: CollegeOnly Exclusive Social Network Launches

When Facebook first debuted, I graduated from college that year, and saw it as something a bit passé for my taste, and figured I’d most likely would never touch. Well, after hitting my head several times on my monitor for being completely foolish, I woke up and become cheerfully addicted, and since then has helped shape my career as a digital marketer. However, one aspect I was never really able to... read more

Aug 27, 2010 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

Report: Older Adults Flocking to Facebook, Twitter

While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools. Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled—from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010. Between April 2009 and May 2010, social networking use among internet users ages 50-64 grew by 88%–from 25%... read more

Aug 19, 2010 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

The Geosocial Universe: Facebook Still a Small Company? [Infographic]

As ubiquitous a term Facebook has become, it’s hard to imagine it as a small company. But a recent infographic from JESS3 titled, “The Geosocial Universe” illustrates how large Facebook & other social network’s opportunity given a mobile market reaches nearly 5 billion people. Will Facebook’s announcement of “Places” yesterday help boost these numbers quicker... read more