Infografía: Social Media en las empresas Fortune 100

Les comparto una interesante infografía sobre la manera en la que las empresas de Fortune 100 alrededor del mundo están abordando las redes sociales. Algunos datos interesantes: 65% tienen cuenta en Twitter 54% tienen cuenta en Facebook 50% tienen cuenta en YouTube y sólo el 33% tienen un blog corporativo Además 20% de las empresas utilizan las cuatro herramientas Publican en Facebook con un promedio de 3.6 post a la semana Via FastCoDesign, más en iStrategy2010

The Old Spice Campaign

I am quite sure that if you are like me, always monitoring what is going on with Social Media and new online marketing trends, then you have seen already the Old Spice Media Campaign that basically exploded some days ago and it is now considered as one of the most popular viral campaigns in history. What is this campaign about? Well, Old Spice and its marketing agency Wieden + Kennedy hired Isaiah Mustafa, an ex football player and actor, to be the “ridiculously handsome” Old Spice Guy.  He appeared in a Super Bowl ad this year and continued the campaign by appearing in around 180 online videos answering directly to the users that have been posting or commenting about him in many social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Digg and Reddit.  Within the persons he responds to, there are celebrities and reporters. The Old Spice guy recorded his video responses in Seguir leyendo

Museums and Twitter (Step by Step)

A great thing happening around Social Media is that people can get with ease a lot of information about their interests.  In the Social Media era, people can -finally- get rid of all the Noise and grab the Signal. One of the most interesting uses of social networks such as Facebook or Twitter is the approach given by the sector of Arts and Culture.  It is still quite impressive how many digital marketing or social media agencies have not realized this great opportunity, and are letting Museums or Galleries go by their own in the use of social networks. Browsing across the Internet I found an interesting blog, called “Museum Marketing“, written by Jim Richardson, who posted an interesting article about how Museums can start working on Twitter. Despite the specific objective of teaching Museums how to start using the social network, the tips might be useful for companies or Seguir leyendo

8 Things to Learn from Dating Sites

Is there something PR professionals can learn from dating sites? Sure! Those websites have been very successful because they commit to transparency and simplicity, in other words, users get what the site is offering, in a clear an expedited way. This week Conversation Agent posted around this topic and highlighted 8 things PR people can learn from dating sites: Clarity of intent – Dating sites are efficient and honest. It is about people, not numbers – There is no “follower” count. Simplicity rules – There are no complications, just easy steps. For the rest, click here.

Measuring Happiness on Facebook

Earlier this week it was shared on Twitter the way Facebook measures happiness of its users, by analyzing the status updates and counting the positive words people use they got into some interesting conclusions: People who do not disclose their relationship status on FB are about 50% more negative than everyone else. People who are in a relationship or marriage do seem to be happier than everyone else. If you are interested, you should read the rest.

Social Influence Marketing Trends

Take a look at this great presentation by Shiv Singh from Razorfish about the importance of Social Media as part of the marketing mix. Explore how some companies have evolved from the Brand voice, to the Social voice and even to the Social Brand.  The point is that you’re never going to buy again anything alone, now you are influencing and been influenced by others, everyday. Via Online Media Gazette

Global Map of Social Web

Trendstream published last November an interesting Infographic about Social Web Involvement to visualize in a map the number of active bloggers, social networkers, video sharers, photo uploaders and microbloggers in each of the most important markets in the World. In the case of Mexico the numbers are: 52.9% upload photos online 40.2% manage a social network profile 25.6% write own blog 22.1% upload a video online 13.7% use a micro-blogging service See the rest.

7 Reasons Your Social Media Marketing Failed

So you have done everything but your Social Media Marketing is still not working? Maybe: You Chose the Wrong Channels You Used the Wrong People Your Content Sucked Your Team Didn’t Believe in the Project For knowing what else you might did wrong click here, you will even find how to fix it.