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Sina Weibo Expands to Singapore and Indonesia. We’ve received news that Sina Weibo has officially expanded to both Singapore and Indonesia, appointing a new company called Trends Media to focus its expansion efforts.

Sina Weibo Expands to Singapore and Indonesia

According to Trends Media sales and marketing director Jimmy Li, for Singapore, it aims to get more companies to sign up ‘blue V enterprise-verified’ Weibo accounts, connect with more fans, and set up a social store. Sina Weibo’s blue V enterprise-verified accounts are a bit like Facebook brand pages, and will allow merchants in Singapore and Indonesia to tap into a new pool of Chinese-speaking and overseas Chinese users for Sina Weibo, something which other social media platforms have previously neglected. We’re told Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) hopes to serve as a platform for brands to expand into the China market. With the these accounts set up, Sina aims to increase the number of Weibo followers and user community engagement. Building up location-based data.

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Twitter. FaceBook. Pinterest. The 10 Most-Followed Brands on Pinterest. The U.S. Army Gets Pinning. By Mark Evans - Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 at 7:30 am ShareThis As we all know, Pinterest in the hot, new and fun social media service…and it’s only getting more popular.

The U.S. Army Gets Pinning

It is a simple virtual pinboard that doubles as a content aggregator. You still must request an “invite” to use Pinterest, and there is a whole set of etiquette rules that users must follow. It has broken some of the rules of social media, only to give us something exciting. This might explain the U.S. It’s an odd but interesting idea for such a military organization to use social media in this way. Social media is the perfect avenue to put a happy face on something that is seen as corporate or impersonal. The Web lets military bodies and some of the world’s biggest corporations reach large audiences in a slightly skewed or brighter light. The secondary goal of connecting with the families of army personnel is also sincere and compelling. It is a strange sight to see the U.S.

Where the U.S. ShareThis. Is Pinterest the Next Big Social Network in Europe? – February 22, 2012Posted in: Europe, Social Networking Pinterest.com has created a lot of buzz in the US, and it appears to be working its magic in the large EU markets as well.

Is Pinterest the Next Big Social Network in Europe?

From May 2011 onwards, when the site began meeting our minimum reporting standards, the growth rate for visitors has been in the double, triple and quadruple digits. The fastest growing market for the social network between May 2011 and January 2012 was Germany, where visitors to the site spiked by over 2956 percent, and in January 2012 the site had 67,000 unique visitors. Spain ranked second with a rise of 1348 percent during the time period, with 62,000 people visiting the site in January 2012. Pinterest grew nearly 80 percent in the UK and by some distance it was the largest market for Pinterest.com with 245,000 unique visitors in January 2012.

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Panorama des médias sociaux 2012. (The english version of this article is here: Social Media Landscape 2012) Il y a quelques années une analyste disait que dans cinq ans, les médias sociaux seront comme l’air (omniprésents).

Panorama des médias sociaux 2012

Nous sommes en 2012 et les médias sociaux n’ont jamais occupé une place aussi importante sur le web, à tel point que l’on en vient à se demander dans quelle mesure il est encore pertinent de dissocier les médias sociaux et le web. How Are Companies Leveraging Social Media? This post was written by Jenny Urbano, our Social Media Manager.

How Are Companies Leveraging Social Media?

Here at Demandforce, we love seeing and celebrating your ideas! And more than that, we love to hear from YOU. We want to bridge the gap between us and you, so that’s why we’re offering a once in a lifetime opportunity to win a trip to San Francisco, sightsee in this amazing city, visit Demandforce headquarters and share your ideas with us! Stuzo_Infographic_4Jan11-2. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn And The Hierarchy Of Needs [INFOGRAPHIC] SMI_socialmedia_map.jpg (910×1140) Les enseignements du rapport 2013 de Technorati. Tous les ans, il y a une nouvelle édition du Guide Michelin.

Les enseignements du rapport 2013 de Technorati

Et tous les ans, il y a une nouvelle édition du rapport de Technorati. Historiquement centré sur la blogosphère (cf. mes analyses des éditions 2010 et 2008), Technorati se présente comme un moteur de recherche et un portail lié aux médias sociaux. Si la notoriété de ce pionnier du web 2.0 s’est effondrée au cours des dernières années, les rapports qu’ils éditent tous les ans sont néanmoins une source incontournable pour les observateurs avertis (lire à ce sujet : État des lieux des médias sociaux en 2012). L’édition 2013 du Digital Influence Report , mais n’a visiblement pas eu la visibilité qu’ils souhaitaient. Il faut dire qu’entre la nouvelle version de Facebook, la fermeture de Google Reader, le nouveau smartphone de Samsung et le festival SXSW, ils avaient de la concurrence. Je vous propose donc un petit résumé des enseignements de ce rapport : Laissez un commentaire.