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A useful list of regularly-updated content on social media. From directory listings to curated sites and industry blogs.

• Statista - The Statistics Portal for Market Data, Market Research and Market Studies. Pingdom Royal | We Love The Internet. Social media data collection tools. CustomerThink. Social Media + Society. Big Think | Videos, articles, and tips to help you succeed, from the world's leading experts. Econsultancy | Achieve Digital Excellence. 10 Quick Content Marketing Tips (By DNN Software. Redesigned by Ethos… Boost Blog Traffic. Student guide to social media.

DMR Directory of Social Networks, Apps and Digital Services | DMR - Digital Marketing Ramblings. Photo by renaissancechambara DMR has always been meant to be a digital resource for marketers, business leaders and people just interested in digital marketing. Whether it is stats, strategy, infographics or even jobs, I (and now we) try to provide content that is helpful. This Directory of Social Networks, Apps and Digital Services is a helpful listing of social networks, apps, games, ecommerce and services that I come across along with helpful info and stats for each. Quick Note: This info is tougher to collect than you’d think. Much of what is included in this directory and the pages linked from it come directly from each company’s website. I try to link and source as much as humanly possible. That said, this is a much too fluid and scattered industry for me to guarantee 100% the validity of anything here. Mastering digital marketing. Few business functions have been as profoundly disrupted by digitization as marketing.

The era of expensive campaigns pushing products through mass media has been upended, as consumers, empowered by information, are demanding more and more from the companies they choose to form relationships with. In this interview with McKinsey’s Luke Collins, David Edelman, coleader of McKinsey’s global digital marketing strategy group, explains the state of digital marketing, what companies get wrong and what they should be doing, and the role of senior leaders in pushing their organizations to master the art of digital marketing. An edited transcript of Edelman’s remarks follows.

Interview transcript Most companies think in terms of campaigns. They periodically want to get interest in the marketplace, so they come out with something they want to promote, whether it’s on a quarterly, monthly, or maybe weekly basis. A different marketing model What companies get wrong What companies should do. Mobile Internet trends 2014 by Mary Meeker. 21 Internet trends from the annual KPCB trends report For anybody that doesn’t know, Mary Meeker is rightly famed for her intelligent selection and presentation of the key trends of digital business, so today we’re sharing a summary of her latest report with what we’ve jumped out to us from a marketing perspective – it’s hot off the press this week.

The full deck is 164 slides, I found I needed two coffees… Our summary Mobile, mobile, mobile. We’re all going mobile in a hurry. Video is growing in power for brands who seize it. Outside of mobile and video, cybersecurity is a key issue for business, and China is fast becoming a tech superpower. Here’s the full deck in all its glory: Internet Access Growth Slowing, But Not On Mobile: The total number of Internet users is growing less than 10% a year, outside of countries such as India and Nigeria.30% Of All Mobile Users Are Now Smartphone Users: So if you only worry about the web, you’re in trouble. Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project.

Little Big Details - Your daily dose of design inspiration. Choosing The Most Effective Social Media Platforms - Digital Static Infographic | Infographics.SG. Wisdom 2.0 Conference Videos. Smart Insights Digital Marketing. Quora. Social Media Buzz. This is all about social media from news to rumors to new platforms and everything social media. Inside Google + Facebook = 70 percent of all mobile ad revenues worldwide venturebeat.com Photo: venturebeat.com Also Google + Facebook = 70 percent of all mobile ad revenues worldwide venturebeat.com Facebook building drones and lasers with Connectivity Lab cnet.com Game Developers on Oculus Acquisition: From Feeling Validated to 'The Wrong Direction' mashable.com Facebook building drones and lasers with Connectivity Lab cnet.com / CNET Face­book announced Thurs­day that it's work­ing to trou­bleshoot the tech­ni­cal and finan­cial obsta­cles to bring­ing the Inter­net to the rest of the world with a team that it's call­ing Face­book Con­nec­tiv­i­ty Lab.

The Con­nec­tiv­i­ty Lab team, tasked with invent­ing new tech­nol­o­gy to pro­vide afford­able Inter­net access for all, is an exist­ing one that Face­book is just now decid­ing to talk open­ly about. Update, 5:56 p.m. MarketingProfs. Jeffbullas's Blog. Tom Fishburne: Marketoonist. WordofMouth.org. eMarketer. Chris Brogan. Social Media on Mashable. Who's Blogging What | The most useful web marketing posts from over 1100 top blogs. Social Mediopolis. The Guardian Social Media. Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging - ProBlogger.