Interesting Stuff About Social Media

Interesting Fact About Social Media

Whatever you might think of “Social Media”, believe me, it’s here to stay. My Grandma didn’t like to use the telephone. It was like she was afraid of that newest technology and would much rather just yell across the corn field to her neighbors. Please don’t be like Grandma. Don’t be afraid of new technology. Try it, you might like it.

• Social Media is not about technology. Social Media is about People.
• Over 50% of the world’s population is under 30 years old. To them, Dracula is a cereal character and Vampires live in high schools.
• In 10 years over 40% of the Fortune 500 will no longer be here.
• Social Media has overtaken pornography as the #1 activity on the Web.
• Facebook tops Google for weekly traffic in the U.S. It even impacts our offline behavior.
• 1 in 5 couples meet online
• 3 in 5 gay couples meet online.
• 1 in 5 divorces are blamed on Facebook
• What happens in Vegas stays on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Flickr
• An education study revealed that online students out performed those receiving face-to-face instruction.
• Kindergartens are learning on iPads, not chalkboards.
• If Facebook were a country it’d be the world’s 3rd largest, yet Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Google are not welcomed in China.
• 95% of companies using social media for recruitment use LinkedIn.
• A new member joins LinkedIn every second.
• “We don’t have a choice on whether we DO social media. The question is how well we DO it.” Erik Qualman
• Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Britney Spears have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of Sweden, Israel, Greece, Chile, North Korea,  Australia.
• 50% of the mobile Internet traffic in the UK is for Facebook. Imagine what this means for bad customer experiences.
• Over 37 million people watched the VW Darth Vadar Super Bowl Ad on YouTube. The child actor had never seen Star Wars.
• The ford Explorer Launch on Facebook generated more traffic than a Super Bowl Ad.
• Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passé. (Y are those born 1977-1994) (Z are those born 1995-2012)
• Some universities have stopped distributing e-mail accounts.
• John Doe is now friends with John Doe Jr.
• 69% of parents are “friends” with their children on social media.
• eReaders have surpassed traditional book sales.
• GROUPON will reach $1 billion in sales faster than any company in history.
• 1.5 Million Real Farmers......80 Million Farmville Farmers.
• social gamers will buy $6 billion in virtual goods by 2013.
• movie goers buy only $2.5 billion in real goods.
• YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world.
• Every minute 24 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube.
• If Wikipedia were made into a book, it would be 2.25 MILLION pages long and would take you over 123 years to read.
• Word of Mouth is on DIGITAL STEROIDS......World of mouth.
• 34% of bloggers post opinions about products & brands. Do you like what they are saying about your brand? You better....
• Socialnomics is here to stay...
• 90% of consumers trust peer recommendations. Only 14% trust advertisements.
• 93% of marketers use social media for business.
• The ROI (return on investment) of Social Media is Your Business Will Still Exist in 5 years.
• Babies in Egypt have been named Facebook. Now that’s revolutionary.